Excellent initiative of the IOC President Thomas Bach who has established 14 Working Groups with as many themes in order to analyze and prepare operational guidelines for the Olympic Agenda 2020, a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, meet between 16 and 24 June at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. On the agenda, a chance to discuss in detail the proposals made by the Olympic Movement, the world of sport and individual members of the public. The refined proposals for Olympic Agenda 2020 will lastly be presented for discussion by the entire IOC membership and final approval at an IOC Extraordinary Session in Monaco on 8 and 9 December 2014.
The IOC has awarded its broadcast partner Japan Consortium, which includes NHK (the Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association, the broadcast rights (across all media platforms, including free-to-air television, subscription television, internet and mobile) in Japan for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 in Tokyo, as well as the broadcast rights for the 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games, the third Summer Youth Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires in 2018.