The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, is an international winter multiple sports event that will be celebrated from February 7 to February 23, 2014. The host city, Sochi, Russia, was elected on July 4, 2007, during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala. This will be Russia's first time hosting the Winter Olympics (the Soviet Union had previously hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow). As well, this will become the first Winter Olympics ever held in the subtropics.

Monday, February 11, 2008

British Embassy in Russia Co-hosts Inward Mission for Sochi 2014

Seminar on Delivering Major Sporting Events to Be Held With British Suppliers. Their Experience from London 2012 Important to Success of 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi

The British Embassy, in collaboration with the Russian Association of Sport Infrastructure, today organized the “UK Trade & Investment Major Sporting Events Seminar” in Moscow. This event aimed at sharing experience on all aspects related to successfully delivering a world-level sport event, from choosing the appropriate construction contractors to risk management and new technologies to be implemented, as well as introducing British companies to the preparations for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Olympic Games.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, Sochi 2014 Chief Executive Officer, attended the seminar and commented:

“We are here to listen, learn and share expertise and know-how with professionals who closely monitor the planning for London 2012; as we are currently moving from planning to implementation, the preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi are on track and in many areas are ahead of schedule. However, we are not complacent; we are taking full advantage of every day, in order to deliver innovative Games and leave a lasting legacy to the Olympic Movement, to Russia, Sochi and the surrounding area. This seminar highlights the enormous potential for cooperation and we will consider carefully all recommendations and opportunities presented by such international experts”.

Following the seminar, the delegation of representatives from British companies Arup, Atkins, DLA Piper, Eversheds LLP, HOK Sport Architecture, Industrial Design Associates Ltd, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ltd, Mace International, Mott MacDonald, Octopus TV Ltd, Pinsent Masons and PmpLegacy visited Moscow and the Krasnodar Region, met with the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, the State Corporation “Olimpstroy”, a state body responsible for construction works of Olympic Venues and infrastructure for the Games, and experts from the Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of Russia.
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