dic.24.2007

The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee(TTOC) will attend the Legacy Lives 2008 conference in Barbados.

Scheduled for the 28-30 January. The high profile conference will bring together some of the leading figures in the world of sport.

The TTOC will be the host National Olympic Committee(NOC) for the inaugural Caribbean Games in 2009.

In November T&T Olympic chief Larry Romany revealed that the TTOC is also thinking of making a bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

According to legacylives2008.com the conference isdesigned to cater specifically for the major sporting event and sports tourism market.

The speaker programme, interactive workshops and exhibition are tailored to meet the needs of cities thinking of bidding for major events in the future, bidding cities, candidate cities and host cities. The conference will also provide valuable advice on how cities, LOCs and Governments can raise their profile, maximise the economic impact and related benefits from the bidding process as well as from the delivery of the event.

The strong speaker line-up includes representatives from, for example, the following organisations:

  • London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
  • Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
  • 2010 Legacies Now
  • Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
  • Singapore Sports Council
  • FIFA 2010 World Cup, South Africa
  • Commonwealth Games Federation
  • 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi
  • Event Scotland/Glasgow 2014
  • UK Sport
  • Legacy Barbados
  • Centre for Tourism Research in Africa
  • Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance
  • Metro Denver Sports Commission
  • Utah Sports Commission
  • Vero Communications
  • Hirthler and Partners
  • pmpLEGACY
  • Cannon Design
  • Siemens
  • Steer Davies Gleave
  • Live Consulting
  • 1 Sports and Entertainment Marketing