2014 Invitational Forum: Program & Technical Report

Session 1: IPC strategy for sustainable legacies, problem definition

Apostolos Rigas, IPC
IPC strategy for sustainable legacy of Paralympic Games
Problem definition: defining potential Paralympic legacies and fostering legacies from hosting the Paralympic Games

Jocelin Sebastiani, IOC OGI Project Officer
Introduction to OGI: Background, approach used, evolution and current status

Session 2: Lessons learned in conducting PGI/OGI – completed impact and legacy studies

Apostolos Rigas, IPC
Beijing 2008 PGI methodology & results, lessons learned

Caitlin Pentifallo, UBC
OGI Technical Manual & Paralympic indicators, Vancouver 2010 OGI-PGI methodology & results, lessons learned

Session 3: Lessons learned in conducting OGI – impact & legacy studies underway

Paul Foster, former Paralympic Lead in Government Olympic Executive, coordination body of UK Government for London 2012
The legacy plan of UK government for persons with a disability and the role of London 2012 Paralympic Games in it

Maria Goryachko, Moscow State University
Sochi 2014 OGi-PG methodology & results, lessons learned

Session 4: Current status and directions – What are the aspirations, what are the challenges?

Sandrine Cuvillier, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio 2016 bid commitments for PG legacy, current status of persons with disability in Brazil, status of OGI-PG study

Byungnam Lee, Director General of Games Planning and Coordination
Pyeong Chang 2018 bid commitments for PG legacy, current status of persons with disability in South Korea, status of OGI study

Shinji Nakamae, Director Paralympic Games Planning, Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 bid commitments for PG legacy and current status of persons with disability in Japan

Session 5: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Impact and Legacy Assessment

Panel 1: Conceptualizing the range of possible Paralympic Legacies

Bob Sparks, UBC CSS
Introduction: Beginning the conversation

Tracey Dickson, University of Canberra
Evaluating legacy framework

Natalia Dannenberg-Spreierent, IPC Digital Media Manager
The evolution of media coverage of Paralympic Games

Session 6: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Impact and Legacy Assessment

Panel 2: Conceptualizing a Research Agenda

Andrea Bundon, Loughborough University
Paralympics, Parasport – Mobilizing youth using digital methods

David Howe, Loughborough University (by Skype)
Ethnographic research as a lens to understand Paralympic legacies and impacts

Caitlin Pentifallo, UBC
Importance of national and local contexts

Facilitator: Keith Gilbert, University of East London

Group Discussion

Session 7: Engaging with the IPC Strategy of Active Promotion of Legacies

Keith Gilbert, University of East London
David Legg, Mount Royal University Calgary (by Skype)
Paralympic Legacies

Laura Misener, Western University of Ontario, Canada
Leveraging Parasport events for positive social impacts: Comparing integrated versus non-integrated events

Evgeny Bukharov, Director of Paralympic Integration & Coordination for Sochi 2014 Organising Committee
Implementing a targeted Paralympic legacy strategy: Barrier-free environment programme of Sochi 2014

Session 8: Identifying Concrete Next Steps

Facilitators: Apostolos Rigas, IPC and Bob Sparks, UBC CSS