The Session, which is the general meeting of the members of the IOC and its supreme decision-making body, will feature updates on Olympic Agenda 2020, reports from different areas of the IOC’s activities, a presentation by PyeongChang 2018 on the preparations for the Games, the election of new IOC members, and votes on positions on the IOC Executive Board.

One of the highlights will be the election of the host cities for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games on July 31st. The cities bidding to host the 2022 Olympics are Almaty (KAZ) and Beijing (CHN). Meanwhile, Brasov (ROU) and Lausanne (SUI) are the candidates for the 3^rd edition of the Winter YOG 2020.

The Session will be streamed live and available for replay at: www.olympic.org/128th-ioc-session

AIOWF Gathering and International Federation Olympic Games Management Briefing

In conjunction with the IOC Session, the seven federations of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) will gather in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 30^th July with FIS President Gian Franco Kasper overseeing the meeting as AIOWF President.

The association will receive updates from the IOC Executive Board Meetings, SportAccord as well as from the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Additionally, both the Winter and Summer Federations will participate at a seminar organised by the IOC in regard to Olympic Agenda 2020 Recommendation 13,“Maximise synergies with Olympic Movement stakeholders to ensure seamless organisation and reduce costs – The IOC to enhance the role of the International Federations (IFs) in the planning and delivery of the Olympic competitions, including the study of transferring responsibilities from the OCOGs to the IFs.”

FIS Secretary General Sarah has been appointed to the IOC Working Group for IF Games Management.