Summer Study Tour 2024 – 18th June
For those who missed the 4th day of the Lausanne Summer Study Tour on the 18th of June, here are some highlights.
Hosted at the FIVB, we went back to the roots of the Olympic idea with Prof. Sylvian Fachard from UNIL speaking about the Status of the Athlete in Ancient Greece and Dr. Panayota Badinou also from UNIL discussing the question of women and girls in physical activity in Ancient Greece.
Christiaan Page, Executive Director of Legacy Groupe, took us through the evolution of technology at the modern Games followed by the presentation of a new technological invention «Eyecap’, a connected swimming cap, which would help blind swimmers to navigate their race independently, presented by Aziz Orfia and Luis Miranda.
Lunch at the Olympic Museum Café was followed by an afternoon at the Olympic Study Centre and a visit to the Olympic Museum.
Thanks to the speakers for sharing their knowledge adn time:
Prof. Sylvian Fachard and Prof. Panayota Badinou Zisyadis – University of Lausanne – UNIL
Christiaan Page – Legacy Groupe
Maria Bogner, Diego Girod and Raphael Rodriguez – International Olympic Committee –Olympic Study Centre
Also to Aziz Orfia and Luis Miranda – Eyecap for sharing this great idea with all of us.
Thank you to FIVB (Hugo Derycke, Francesa Inglette, Giuseppina Rigamonti)
Thanks to all the organisers, partners and participants for making this event possible. Lilamani de Soysa, Mount St. Mary’s University Evaleo, Power to Play, Period, The Active Well-being Initiative, Legacy Groupe and Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport
