Vancouver, Canada - March 29-31, 2009

Every two years, the International Olympic Committee in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme hosts a World Conference on Sport and the Environment. The conference brings together the worlds of sport and environment to share knowledge and advance practices related to sport and its relationship with communities and the environment.

This March 29-31, the 8th World Conference on Sport and the Environment will be held in Vancouver, Canada with a theme of 'Innovation and Inspiration' and a subtheme, 'Harnessing the Power of Sport for Change'. Join Olympic athletes, corporate and environmental thought leaders, and producers of major sporting events as they share their expertise on how sport is embracing the challenge of reducing its environmental footprint for social, economic, and environmental benefit.