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Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Goldfields Theatre |
Overview
Global mega-events and their impact on sport legacy, integrity, inclusion and management
Details
Global mega-events and Impact in the last Decade – the learnings from London 2012 have influenced the approach that the UK has taken to the Women's European Championships (2022) and the Commonwealth Games (2022) where they feel they ‘got it right’. What are the learnings and what should we be considering for the next decade of global mega-events in Australia, including the importance of integrity, inclusion and systems approach to management. 20-minute presentation from Tim Hollingsworth, followed by panel session with remaining time.
Speaker
Mr. Alan Goh
Chief Executive Officer
Sport Singapore
Panellist
Biography
Patrick Johnson OLY
Culture and Safety Advisor, Sport Integrity Australia
Board Member, Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee
Panellist
Biography
Hon Dr Andrew Leigh
Asst. Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Asst. Minister for Employment and Federal Member for Fenner
Panellist
Biography
Andrew Leigh is the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in Arts and Law. Andrew is a past recipient of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
His books include Disconnected (2010), Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia (2013), The Economics of Just About Everything (2014), The Luck of Politics (2015), Choosing Openness: Why Global Engagement is Best for Australia (2017), Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (2018), Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator (with Joshua Gans) (2019), Reconnected: A Community Builder's Handbook (with Nick Terrell) (2020), What's the Worst That Could Happen? Existential Risk and Extreme Politics (2021) and Fair Game: Lessons From Sport for a Fairer Society & a Stronger Economy (2022).
Andrew is the father of three sons - Sebastian, Theodore and Zachary, and lives with his wife Gweneth in Canberra. He has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1991.
Hannah Macdougall
Research Fellow
Deakin University
Panellist
Biography
Dr Hannah Macdougall is a dual Paralympian, previous World Record Holder, has captained the Australian Swimming Team at both a World Championships and Paralympic Games and completed a PhD in Athlete Well-Being.
She has represented Australia on an international level since 2001 in numerous international, national and state competitions in both swimming, cycling and now triathlon. In 2022, Dr Han had the honour of Korowa Anglican Girls School naming their new pool, ’The Hannah Macdougall Swimming Pool’.
When Hannah isn’t training, she is an inclusion advocate, mindfulness, breathwork and wellbeing ‘pracademic’. She is currently working on an Athlete Well-Being research project for the Australian Institute of Sport through Deakin University.
Tim Hollingsworth OBE
Chief Executive
Sport England
Global mega-events and Impact in the last Decade – the learnings from London 2012 have influenced the approach that the UK has taken to the Women's European Championships (2022) and the Commonwealth Games (2022) where they feel they ‘got it right’. What are the learnings and what should we be considering for the next decade of global mega-events in Australia.
4:03 PM - 4:23 PMBiography
Tim is Chief Executive of Sport England, the agency responsible for delivering sport and physical activity at grassroots and community level across England. He has held the role since November 2018.
For seven years prior to this, Tim was Chief Executive at the British Paralympic Association, the National Paralympic Committee for the United Kingdom, serving as Secretary General for ParalympicsGB at four Paralympic Games
Before that, Tim was first Director of Policy & Communications and then Chief Operating Officer at UK Sport. Previously, Tim worked as Director of a strategic communications consultancy, HBL Media, as well as in other senior business roles. He is a Trustee of the Football Foundation and member of the International Paralympic Committee’s Paralympic Games Committee.
Chair
Sam Lane