(ATR) Around 600 Rio 2016 officials will head to Tokyo to participate in the Olympic Games knowledge transfer next week.
The presentations they will give to Tokyo 2020 officials will be vastly different from the ones they heard from London 2012 four years ago. For the first time the Olympics knowledge transfer will use dedicated panel discussions, instead of the traditional presentations given in previous editions.
Rio 2016 officials will deliver some presentations to spearhead discussion. Around the Rings understands question and answer sessions will dominate the knowledge transfer, with the entire Rio 2016 executive board available for questions. The panel sessions will discuss "overarching themes of discussion," according to an IOC spokesperson.
The spokesperson confirmed that throughout the year a number of "subject specific seminars," between Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 will take place. These seminars will focus on specific points that were not covered during the debrief, allowing for continued dialogue.
"It was decided that a better use of the Debrief event would be to discuss wider issues relevant to the Games organization," an IOC spokesperson told ATR about the changes. "This will give the future OCOGs the opportunity to hear from the Rio team about their thoughts on these wider areas including from their own Games experiences and to relate them to their own context."
Presentations by Rio received active involvement from the IOC in crafting what will be said to Tokyo officials. ATR understands the presentations were "tailor-made" to show what gaps in knowledge Tokyo 2020 has after watching Rio deliver the games in August and September.
The actual knowledge transfer will take place over three days on Nov. 28-30. After Rio 2016 wraps up, the IOC Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission will meet from Dec. 1-2. It will be the third meeting of the commission in Tokyo.
Written by Aaron Bauer
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