Sustainable Academic Innovation Legacy (S.A.I.L.) For Tomorrow

S.A.I.L.-ing from Ancient Olympia to Tokyo 2020 and Beyond

Thessaloniki, Delphi, Olympia & Athens, July 25 – August 1, 2017

The 2017 O4H Praxis took place at the birthplace of the Olympian idea on 25 July -1 August and entailed interactive Olympism in Action workshops, roundtable discussions, symposia and field visits across four Olympian Heritage sites: in Thessaloniki, Delphi, Ancient Olympia, and Athens.

Olympian Civilization and Heritage from Macedonia, Delphi, Ancient Olympia and Athens to Tokyo 2020 and Beyond

The 2017 O4H Praxis started with a symposium at the Thessaloniki Olympic Museum called Sustainable Academic Innovation Legacy (S.A.I.L.) For Tomorrow Forum and aimed to create the foundations for establishing a sustainable academic legacy guided by the 2020 Tokyo Games. The program was conducted by Olympism for Humanity global Allies, in collaboration with the Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (TIAS), the academic arm of Sport for Tomorrow, a Tokyo 2020 Games Project.

The central theme of this forum was aiming at creating foundations that can serve as a bridge between Ancient Olympia and Japan’s Virtues and to infuse this Heritage in the modern world. The purpose was to preserve the Olympian heritage and civilization by making the Olympic idea an accessible, relevant and useful educational tool to help resolve current social challenges.

The Forum hosted 30 invited participants from across the globe who formed the O4HA core team and strategy for the upcoming Games in Tokyo. The focus of this forum was to understand how to create a sustainable humanitarian, inclusive and engaged global environment of support via academic institutions, NGOs, educational agencies and practitioners. By working together, the aim was to create products and services that strengthen people’s aspirational opportunities, community resilience and social welfare.

Forum Theme and Topics

Olympian civilization literacy and heritage: Concepts and virtues lost in time.
Olympic and Paralympic education and Olympism in society.
Futuristic coaching & athletes’ training: Engagement, values & dual careers.
Integration of visions, virtues and heritage: Olympian heritage, UN 2030 agenda, IOC 2020 recommendations, Tokyo 2020, OVEP, TIAS and SFT.
Blending arts, education, science and athleticism towards resilience, innovation, peace-building and global citizenship.

Forum Contributions and Vision

Strategy White Paper and book series initiatives during the 2020 Olympiad
Framework inspired by Hellenic-Japanese virtues and heritage
Three keynote addresses, three panels, parallel sessions with four roundtable discussions, workshops and poster presentation sessions
Formation of a O4HA Global Team and Strategic Planning
Establish campaign and support of O4HAthlon social innovation champions of change
Integrated Olympism in Action education framework and guidelines
Formal and non-formal education curricula for primary, secondary and tertiary educational systems

Central theme and goals related to the 2020 Games

The role of universities in infusing the Olympian idea and heritage in society by innovating humanitarian community programs, student engagement ventures and courses that address current global challenges.
The vision of 2020 Games stakeholders, such as Sport for Tomorrow and Tsukuba International Academy of Sport Studies.
The content and guidelines of Olympic and Paralympic Education (OPE) programs, the Olympic Values Education Programme (V2.0) and IOC president’s 20+20
The 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda.
The O4H Curriculum and the elements of effective programming that are grounded on robust Olympism for Humanity and Sport for Development Theory, driven by evidence from the field.

Disciplines and Areas of Expertise

An interdisciplinary group of world-leading experts have come together from across the globe to inaugurate and sustain this venture. The team comprises world-leading experts from the following agencies:

Yale University	Olympic Museum of Thessaloniki
CARDET	Democritus University of Thrace
TIAS at the Un. Of Tsukuba	Olympic and Paralympic Committees
Football for Peace	University of Brighton
University of Cyprus	Panjab University

They comprise extensive academic and practical field experience in the following areas:

Olympic and Paralympic education	Social and organizational change
Educational Policy	Community rehabilitation
Public and community health	Anti-doping
Peace-building	History and Historiography
Psychology	Anthropology
E-learning	Event management
Arts and sciences	Global education
Human Rights education	Analytical Sciences
Cause-related marketing	Intervention design and evaluation
Global sport policy	Sport & peace-building
Special education and disability	Instructional design and delivery
Social innovation & Design thinking	Project management
Social entrepreneurship	Paralympic Values

Restoration Games and 2020 steps of Olympism for Hope and Humanity

As a next step of this forum, guided by the richness of the Olympian and Japanese heritage, we have established a number of ventures and a global outreach action plan as a platform for global engagement through our Humanity G.O.A.L.S. and Vision- our 2020 venture with a 2040 Vision.