Seminar on Delivering Major Sporting Events Held in British Embassy
The British Embassy, in collaboration with the Russian Association of Sport Infrastructure, organised 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”.
Following the seminar, the delegation of representatives from British companies 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.