Sport ministers & Olympic Committees chiefs to meet in Sochi

SOCHI, March 24 (Itar-Tass) - Sport ministers and the heads of the
national Olympic Committees of more than 20 countries will discuss
prospects of cooperation on Thursday. The conference has been organized by
the Russian Olympic Committee and the Russian International Olympic
University.
A seminar titled "Sport and Business: Problems and Prospects of
Effective Interaction" will take place on the sidelines of the conference.
The Russian Olympic Committee and the national Olympic Committees of
the CIS countries, the Baltic States and Eastern Europe will sign
memorandums of cooperation.
Russian Vice-Premier Alexander Zhukov, who's the president of the
Russian Olympic Committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the
Sochi-2014 organizing committee, and Lev Belousov, the general director of
the Russian International Olympic University will participate in the
seminar, a University source told Itar-Tass.
Other speakers will include Rene Fazel, the president of the
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Anthony Scanlon, the executive
director of the International Golf Federation, John Tibbs, the head of the
Jon Tibbs Associated, and Mikhail Kusnirovich, the head of the Bosco di
Ciliegi Company.
The seminar will dwell on urgent issues of international Olympic
cooperation, prospects of interaction of businesses with international and
national sport federations as well as the training of national teams in
the Olympic games.