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6th EUROPEAN EVENING OF SPORT 21 June 2022 at 18:15 Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU Rue Belliard 60 – 62, B-1040 Brussels Time Event 18:15 DOORS OPENING AND RECEPTION WELCOME Bodo Lehmann 19:00 Head, Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU Spyros Capralos President, European Olympic Committees SIGNING OF THE EOC - EUROPEAN COMMISSION 19:10 ARRANGEMENT FOR COOPERATION KEYNOTE SPEECH 19:20 Thomas Bach President, International Olympic Committee PANEL DISCUSSION - THE FUTURE OF MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS IN EUROPE Moderator: Sabine Appelmans, former professional Belgian tennis player Mariya Gabriel Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, responsible for Sport 19:40 Spyros Capralos President, European Olympic Committees Andrew Parsons President, International Paralympic Committee Emma Terho Chair, IOC Athletes' Commission Glen Killane Executive Director, Eurovision Sport, European Broadcasting Union DINNER AND CULTURAL PROGRAM Buffet 20:40 Live music by Crosstown Sport performance by Freestyletalent 6th EUROPEAN EVENING OF SPORT 21 June 2022 at 18:15 Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU Rue Belliard 60 – 62, B-1040 Brussels Meet the speakers Mariya Gabriel Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, responsible for Sport Ms. Mariya Gabriel is the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, responsible for Sport. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) (2009-2017). During her time as an MEP, Gabriel served as Vice- President of the European People’s Party (EPP) group, as Vice-President of EPP Women and as head of the Bulgarian EPP delegation. She was previously European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society. Thomas Bach President, International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach is the President of the International Olympic Committee. He was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2021. He is an IOC Member since 1991 and was elected to the IOC Executive Board in 1996. Bach served as IOC Vice-President from 2000-2004 and 2006- 2013. Bach was the founding President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (2006-2013). A lawyer by profession, Bach is an Olympic Gold Medallist in fencing at the Olympic Games Montreal 1976 and was a founding member of the IOC Athletes' Commission. Spyros Capralos President, European Olympic Committees Mr. Spyros Capralos is the President of the European Olympic Committees since June 2021 and is also President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (since 2009), where he is serving a fourth term. Capralos is an IOC Member since 2019 and has been involved in several IOC Commissions. A two-time Olympian in water polo, Mr. Capralos represented Greece at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and also acted as Chef de Mission with the Greek Olympic Team at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. 6th EUROPEAN EVENING OF SPORT 21 June 2022 at 18:15 Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU Rue Belliard 60 – 62, B-1040 Brussels Meet the speakers Andrew Parsons President, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Mr. Andrew Parsons was elected President of the IPC for the first time in 2017. He also served as Vice President of IPC (2013-2017) and IPC Governing Member (2009-2013). Aside from his work for the IPC, he served as President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (2009-2013) and as President of the Americas Paralympic Committee (2005- 2009). Parsons is an IOC Member and represents the IPC on the IOC Coordination Commission for LA28, the IOC Marketing Commission and the IOC Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad. Emma Terho Chair, IOC Athletes’ Commission Ms. Emma Terho is Chair of the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission since 2020. Terho is a five- time Olympian and became Finland’s youngest ever medalist at the 1998 Winter Games. She is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (Nagano 1998 and Vancouver 2010) and previously served as captain of the Finnish international hockey team. Glen Killane Executive Director, Eurovision Sport, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Mr. Glenn Killane is Executive Director at Eurovision Sport, after serving as Deputy Director. Prior to joining the EBU, he was Managing Director of Eir Sport and Eir TV. Killane was previously Group Head of Sport at RTÉ Television (2004-2010), before being the Managing Director at Ireland’s state broadcaster (2010-2016). It was during this period he was elected Chair of the EBU Television Committee. Sabine Appelmans Former professional Belgian tennis player Ms. Sabine Appelmans won 11 WTA Tour events, while regularly competing in Grand Slam events at Wimbledon. She played for Belgium’s Fed Cup team for over a decade and in 1997 reached a career-high world ranking of 16th. She competed at three Olympic Games (1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney) and won three singles titles in 1991. From: Folker Hellmund <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 6:29 PM To: Folker Hellmund <[email protected]> Subject: European Evening of Sport 2022 - Invitation EUROPEAN EVENING OF SPORT 21 June 2022 at 18:15 Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union Rue Belliard 60 – 62, B-1040 Brussels Dear Madam / Sir Dear friends of sport, On behalf of the European Olympic Committees and the EOC EU Office it is our great pleasure to invite you to the 6th European Evening of Sport The event will take place on 21 June 2022 at 18:15 at the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union (Rue Belliard 60/62, 1040 Brussels). It will bring together leading representatives from the Olympic Movement and the European Union as well as athletes and media representatives to discuss current challenges for the European and international sport. We have the honour of welcoming Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, who will deliver the keynote speech, followed by a high-level panel discussion on: "The future of major sports events in Europe”. Moderated by former Belgian professional tennis player Sabine Appelmans, the panel will include the following distinguished speakers: • Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, responsible for Sport • Spyros Capralos, President of the European Olympic Committees • Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee • Emma Terho, Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission • Glen Killane, Executive Director of Eurovision Sport, European Broadcasting Union The programme and further information are attached to this letter. Please confirm your participation no later than 14 June 2022 by using this registration link. We kindly ask you to take note that this is a personal and non-transferable invitation. We look forward to welcoming you to Brussels! Yours sincerely, Spyros Capralos Folker Hellmund President Director European Olympic Committees EOC EU Office