Olympics and Paralympics 2012

Wednesday March 24th 2010, Guoman Charing Cross, 08:20 - 16:05

Olympics and Paralympics 2012: Creating a UK Legacy for the Future, Today

"Building the Games is a truly nationwide endeavour:

London 2012 will directly award £6bn worth of contracts, creating around 75,000 business opportunities along the supply chain
Already more than 900 businesses have won contracts together worth around £3.5bn. Almost half of these have gone to UK firms outside London, two-thirds of which are small or medium sized enterprises

Nor are these opportunities confined to the construction industry. The moment the Olympics and Paralympics are over, the focus switches to the new retail park and businesses that will flourish on the buildings and world-class transport links inherited from the Games."

Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Olympics Minister, 29th April 2009

Overview

With just over two-and-a-half years to go before the London 2012 Olympic Games takes place, to what extent are the Games acting as a catalyst for regeneration projects, assisting councils to attract inward investment, and supporting programmes to encourage more people, irrespective of their age, ability, or background to play and participate in sport across the UK?

Although London was awarded the 2012 Games, the government intends for the whole of the UK to benefit from London’s hosting of the Games. The Games will focus attention on the UK and draw visitors from around the globe. Sydney is still reaping the benefits from the rise in tourism. In 2001, Sydney benefited from £2.3 billion of tourism spend and the Games generated around £1.2 billion in new business benefits, including new sports infrastructure and service contracts.

The London 2012 Olympic Legacy Action Plan that was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in June 2008, set out the long-term benefits of hosting the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012. It builds on the Promise for 2012, published in June 2007, which made five promises to set the scale for their ambition: to make the UK a world-leading sporting nation; to transform the heart of East London; to inspire a generation of young people; to make the Olympic Park a blueprint for sustainable living; and to demonstrate that the UK is a creative, inclusive and welcoming place to live in, visit and for business.

However, given the current economic and financial circumstances, how well prepared are local authorities, the NHS, sporting clubs, business sectors and their representative bodies, third sector service providers, charities, arts organisations, regional procurement bodies, and the higher education sector to benefit fully from the opportunities presented by the 2012 Games, to attract inward investment, and to help shape the Olympic legacy in their region?

Agenda

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00	Chair’s Welcome Address Professor Ian Henry, Director, Centre for Olympic Studies and Research, Loughborough University (CONFIRMED)
09:05	Managing the London 2012 Olympic Legacy Integration of the regeneration plans for east London Building of thousands of new homes Creation of jobs Building sporting and learning facilities and the largest urban park in central London The business planning and marketing of the Olympic Park and commercial opportunities leading up to 2012 The management of the Olympic Park and venues after 2012 The redevelopment and integration of sites used for temporary facilities with retained venues Securing economic and social benefits and improvements in the areas of deprivation surrounding the Olympic Park Andrew Gaskell, Head of Development, Olympic Legacy Company (CONFIRMED)
09:25	Questions and Answers Baroness Margaret Ford, Chair, 2012 Legacy Delivery Company (invited)
09:35	2012 Games: Delivering a Lasting Legacy Funding: what will be the size of the contribution from the Lottery to the 2012 Games? Physical legacy: Olympic site; Olympic Park venues Management, maintenance, reuse, and purpose of site following 2012 Games Recouping a proportion of the investment in development of Olympic sites through land sale Increase community participation in sport: examples of key strategies employed to achieve this aim Providing the range, access to, and number of sporting facilities Free swimming for older people and young people David Brooker, Director, Legacy, Government Olympic Executive, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (CONFIRMED)
09:55	Building a National, Sustainable Legacy for the 2012 Games Key ambition: develop sustainable communities through integrated, targeted ‘single conversation’ approach with local authorities National perspective, local approach through nine regions: Key targets: building 180,000 affordable new homes by 2011; three million homes by 2020 in rural and urban locations Advancing sustainable procurement and equality strategies Economic regeneration: improving key sector skills and training Stephen Stringer, Deputy Director for Olympic Park Legacy, Communities and Local Government (CONFIRMED)
10:15	Questions and Answers Session
10:30	Coffee Break and Networking
11:00	Sport for all: Building a Sporting Legacy Change agents – sport for all: using the 2012 Games as a springboard to promote the advantages of participating in sport Healthy advantage: increase the number of people who regularly participate in sport Sport in school: promoting sport in schools and in local communities through increased investment in sporting facilities Develop a world leading network of sports clubs, coaches and volunteers Encourage the playing of sports by children in and outside of schools by training community sport coaches Medal winners: identifying and investing in young sports men and women Mihir Warty, Director of Strategy and Research, Sport England (CONFIRMED)
11:15	Using Cultural Change to Create a True Legacy for Disabled People Using the 2012 Games to challenge and change cultural attitudes to disabled people in sport Engaging with local authorities, sports, fitness clubs, businesses and schools to remove barriers to participation in sport and physical activity by disabled people Encouraging more disabled people to participate in sport and physical activity Stewart Lucas, Chief Executive, London Sports Forum for Disabled People (CONFIRMED)
11:35	Questions and Answers Session
11:45	How the Third Sector can make the Most of the Opportunities of the games and helping shape the legacy? The Third Sector: significant contribution to health and wellbeing, economy; skills, and training The 2012 Games: opportunities for the third sector The Big Opportunity: coordinating body and voice for the London Voluntary Sector Third Sector engaging with the Games: third sector organisations have unique offerings to benefit the operation of the 2012 Games Funding for change agents: attracting funds for community change projects Paul Bower, The Big Opportunity Co-ordinator, London Civic Forum (CONFIRMED)
12:05	Realising the Opportunities for the UK from the 2012 Games Deliver the 2012 Games on time and to budget Restore lottery funding to correct level: not to be used to make up funding shortfall Sports legacy - focus resources on: Elite sports: funding for elite sportsmen and women Sport in primary schools: achieving the 10% target for each pupil to do 2 hours of sport each day Mass participation: ring-fence community sports funding Lord Glentoran CBE DL, Shadow Minister for Sport and the Olympics (CONFIRMED)
12:25	Creating a Lasting Legacy for Tourism 4bn spectators, worldwide: promoting ‘Brand Britain’ to an emerging, and younger markets Promote diversity of product offering Target an increase in the number of domestic holidays Attract inward investment through the quality of our tourism product Invest in skills training, and increase productivity Compete strategically to attract more business customers Chris Foy, 2012 Games Strategy Manager, Visit Britain (CONFIRMED)
12:45	Questions and Answers Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Realising the Grassroots Opportunities for the UK from the 2012 Games The legacy opportunity for community sport Increasing secure provision of outdoor recreational space Meeting government targets for participation Engaging and empowering the public Helen Griffiths, Communications and Marketing Manager, fit (fields in trust)(CONFIRMED)
14:20	Cementing the legacy of the 2012 Games: Partnering with Further and Higher Education Sectors How are the further and higher education sectors nationally contributing to the 2012 Games? Community engagement: contacting hard-to-reach groups to promote alternative pathways into further education Raising aspirations and skill levels in local communities Working more closely with local businesses and social enterprises Act as a learning hub to promote the transfer of knowledge, showcase local expertise, and improve cultural awareness Supporting elite disabled and able-bodied athletes, and promoting health and volunteering campaigns using sport Gareth Smith, Head of Unit, Podium (CONFIRMED)
14:40	Yorkshire Gold 2009-2017 - Engaging with the 2012 Games: a Regional Approach The 2012 Games presents the region with 5 golden opportunities: Sport and physical activity Communities Culture Tourism Business Encourage 100,00 more adults to participate in sport UK Schools Game 2011: provide facilities and encourage more young people to play sport Promote the positive image of the Paralympic Games to enable more disabled people to work and/or participate in sport Promote the region as a centre of excellence for sports: coaching; studying; playing Stage an international cultural and sporting programme Attract tourists to the region Yorkshire Gold: ensuring that Yorkshire companies and organisations benefit from the staging of the 2012 Games in London Increase the number of volunteers with the aim of raising their skill levels and experience Don Stewart, Special Projects Manager, Welcome to Yorkshire and Project Director, Yorkshire Gold (CONFIRMED)
15:00	Questions and Answers Session
15:15	Coffee Break and Networking
15:35	2012 Games and Business Engagement What legacy should the business community expect from 2012? What is the likelihood that this will be delivered? What are the opportunities for small and medium sized businesses to benefit from the Olympics? How can SMEs become involved in supporting the Games? Nick Winch, 2012 Co-ordinator, Federation of Small Businesses (CONFIRMED)
15:55	Plans for an Olympic Legacy across the London Borough of Greenwich Use the Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote the borough The five boroughs: a progress report Greenwich: local employment training programmes for London Hackney: developing an excellent, diverse, inclusive, cultural programme Newham: promoting the 2012 Games to the nation Waltham Forest: improving our education and schools Tower Hamlets: community engagement in sport Using the Games to attract investment and economically regenerate the borough Increase participation in sport and physical activity Secure Olympic related Jobs for local residents Increase skills Strengthen the local economy Use Volunteering as a pathway to employment Improve Cohesion and Inclusion Engage Young people Katrina Delaney, Head of Communications and Community engagement, Greenwich Council (CONFIRMED)
16:15	Questions and Answers Session
16:25	Chair's Summary and Conclusions
16:30	Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates will be drawn from: local authorities; central government departments, bodies, and agencies; health service professionals; sports organisations; professionals, and representative bodies; clubs and organisations from the tourism, hotel and the private sector including those working in sports and leisure services, cultural and youth services, education and children’s services, tourism, construction and the voluntary sector.