On December 11-12, 1999, the International Olympic Committee, meeting in 'Extraordinary Session', voted to approve 49 reforms recommended by the IOC 2000 Commission. The Commission was appointed to address an Olympic legitimation crisis that had been growing throughout the 1990s and which exploded with the Salt Lake City bribery revelations and the IOC's seeming indifference to the Tour de France doping scandal. The wide-ranging reforms promised major changes in the composition, structure and operations of the IOC, the manner in which Olympic host cities were chosen, and the organization of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Links to the relevant documents are posted on the conference site.

This conference has been organized to evaluate the implementation of those Olympic reforms and related developments within the Olympic Movement within the last decade. It is intended to advance scholarship into the Olympic Movement, and to bring Olympic scholars, members of the Olympic Movement, and interested members of the public together, in a spirit of engaged critical inquiry, academic freedom, and respectful debate, to discuss how the 1999 spirit of Olympic reform can be maintained, strengthened, and implemented while addressing the challenges the Olympic Movement faces today.

Additional documents:

The IOC Code of Ethics

IOC 2000 Reform Follow-Up

2008 Gobal Accountability Report prepared by One World Trust