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  • Анонс обращения Many warm thanks! I was happy to take part in this cool event! It’s the second year in a row that RIOU has provided a venue for an exciting discussion of the challenges and opportunities associated with the legacies of major sports events. This year’s conference brought together top notch speakers from across Eurasia – from Norway to Taiwan. RIOU keeps raising the benchmark and encourages us to work really hard developing solutions that would allow us to wisely use the phenomenal ability of sport to serve as a vehicle of positive change in all areas of social life.
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  • Анонс обращения On behalf of Interros Group, and on my own behalf, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Russian International Olympic University for inviting me to take part in SOL’17. It was an unprecedented event giving industry professionals a unique opportunity to assess the Sochi 2014 Olympic legacy, discuss the existing expertise and prospects for legacies of sports events in other regions and countries. It’s hard to believe that so many substantial reports and discussions could be fitted into just one day. It appears that RIOU knows not only how to manage sport but also how to manage the speed of time. Warmest thanks to Lev Belousov, Irina Badayan and the whole team of the Russian International Olympic University for the comfortable, friendly and constructive atmosphere of SOL’17.
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  • Анонс обращения Both the organisation of the event and its practical value exceeded my expectations. Professionals and experts in the area of major event organisation provided very important and relevant information in an easy-to-understand way. One significant outcome of the conference is a huge number of new professional contacts. It’s great that discussions of issues concerning the legacy of mega events produce solutions that are being implemented in various spheres of city life and operations of sports facilities. Many thanks to the conference organisers!
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  • Анонс обращения Thanks again! I was delighted to be among such highly acclaimed speakers, and I’m envious (in a good way) of the RIOU students. Having access to expert knowledge in the areas of professional and amateur sport is really a great benefit.
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  • Анонс обращения Thank you for organising an excellent conference and inviting me to attend it! It was really interesting to hear the speakers’ contributions.
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  • Анонс обращения The conference was very good quality and very informative. The participants discussed the most pressing issues in today’s sport. Thanks to the organisers.
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  • Анонс обращения I want to thank all the organisers for such a carefully planned and well implemented conference. I hope there will other editions in future which will attract an ever increasing number of Russian and international participants.
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    Анонс обращения Today, Russian International Olympic University is not only an educational establishment officially recognized by international sports and educational communities as one of the best in the world. It has also become an innovative interface for active communication, and an important exchange for expertise and best practices. The University is the host and organizer of the annual SOL international conference of sports academics and practitioners ‘Olympic legacy and mega-events in sports: identifying growth areas.’ A team of renowned academics, young researchers, large sporting event organizers, political and social figures is united around the idea of shaping the future of sports management and sustainable development for countries and regions on the basis of effective use of legacies of Olympic Games and other mega-events in sports. Come to Sochi to meet true opinion leaders whose perspectives are capable of changing the world around us. The SOL’17 Agenda spans a wide range of challenges faced by sporting mega-event organizers such as human
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