Changing Today For A Better Tomorrow
Lewis Pugh will speak at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment in Sochi, Russia on November 1st.The International Olympic Committee is organizing the Conference in partnership with the United Nations. The Conference is supported by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Russian Olympic Committee, and Sochi 2014 Organisation under the theme, Changing Today for a Better Tomorrow.
The World Conference on Sport and the Environment, in advance of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014, offers a platform for the IOC and the sporting community to raise awareness among governments and the public at large about the relevance of sport to address the sustainability agenda and renew the commitment of the sports movement to this global issue of concern.
For more information or to watch a live online streaming of Lewis Pugh’s keynote address the world’s community, visit here.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff.
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