Alexis Lyras, PhD
Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (TIAS)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2017 OLYMPIAN GLOBAL INNOVATION FORUM (FOR TOMORROW) ................................................................ 4
FORUM CONTRIBUTIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 4
FORUM THEME AND TOPICS.............................................................................................................................................. 4DISCIPLINES AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE ...................................................................................................................... 5
WHAT OUR INITIATIVE EMBRACES ................................................................................................................................ 5O4HU INITIAITVE & SUSTAINABLE ACADEMIC INNOVATION LEGACY .............................................................. 6
SAIL FOR TOMORROW ......................................................................................................................................................... 6OLYMPIA-DŌ 道 & O4HU INITIAITVE PRINCIPLES .................................................................................................... 7
SCHEDULE................................................................................................................................................................................. 8SELECTED PICTURES FROM THE OLYMPIAN GLOBAL INNOVATION FORUM............................................... 10O4HU Initiative @Alexis Lyras, PhD. Sustainable Academic Innovation Legacy (SAIL) and Olympian Global Innovation Forum(Not to be shared or reproduced without permission from the author)

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NOTE: A detailed description will be provided with extensive report and publications and bookchapters

2017 OLYMPIAN GLOBAL INNOVATION FORUM (FOR TOMORROW)The Thessaloniki Olympic Museum in collaboration with colleagues and institutions fromacross the globe hosted a weeklong global innovation forum, which took place take place at thebirthplace of the Olympic idea, in Delphi, Ancient Olympia, Thessaloniki and Athens on July-25-August
1, 2017. The conference, called Olympian Global Innovation Forum, formed part of an Olympic andParalympic Education (OPE) and Olympian Civilization Preservation global venture that aims to create
the foundations for establishing a Tokyo 2020 and beyond, Sustainable Academic Innovation
Legacy (SAIL) for Tomorrow. The 2017 Olympian Global Innovation Forum in collaboration
with University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (TIAS), aimed
to serve as a bridge between Ancient Olympia and Japan’s Virtues and to infuse this Heritage in themodern world.
FORUM CONTRIBUTIONS•White Paper and book series initiatives•

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 O4HU Initiative, SAIL Global Team and Strategic Planning (social innovationchampions)•Integrated Olympic and Paralympic education framework and guidelines•

Formal and non-formal education curricula for primary, secondary and tertiary educationalsystems
FORUM THEME AND TOPICS

The theme and the topics covered during the 2017 Olympian Global Innovation Forum were: OLYMPIANCIVILIZATION, EASTERN HERITAGE AND THE MODERN WORLD: ECONOMICS, LITERACYAND SUSTAINABLE ACADEMIC INNOVATION LEGACY (SAIL)•Olympian civilization literacy and heritage: Concepts and virtues lost in time.

•Olympic and Paralympic education and Olympism in society.
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Futuristic coaching & athletes’ training: Engagement, values & dual careers.

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Integration of visions, virtues and heritage: Olympian heritage, UN 2030 agenda, IOC 2020
recommendations, Tokyo 2020, OVEP, TIAS and SFT.

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Blending arts, education, science and athleticism towards resilience, innovation, peace-building
and global citizenship.
DISCIPLINES AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

An interdisciplinary group of world-leading experts have come together from across the globe toinaugurate 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 & Paralympic Committees

Football for Peace

University of Delhi

University of Illinois

Panjab University

University of Cyprus

Olympism for Humanity Alliance, Inc.

This program was ideal for academic faculty, policy-makers, students, champions and Olympians of socialchange and humanity, athletes, NGO practitioners, researchers, program officers and educators inprimary and secondary educational systems. The 2017 Olympian Innovation Forum will host 30 invited
participants from across the globe to form the core team and shape the SAIL for Tomorrow strategy.
WHAT OUR INITIATIVE EMBRACES

1. 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.
2. The vision of 2020 Games stakeholders, such as Sport for Tomorrow and Tsukuba
International Academy of Sport Studies.
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3. The content and guidelines of Olympic and Paralympic

Education (OPE) programs,

the Olympic Values Education Programme (V2.0) and IOC president’s 20+20
4. The 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda.
5. 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 fromthe field.
O4HU INITIAITVE & SUSTAINABLE ACADEMIC INNOVATION LEGACYSAIL FOR TOMORROWThe O4HU Initiative & SAIL for Tomorrow Project is initiated and led by Dr. Alexis Lyras, whocurrently holds a faculty position at the Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies(TIAS), the academic arm of Sport for Tomorrow, a Tokyo 2020 Games Project. Its purpose is topreserve the Olympian heritage and civilization by making the Olympic idea an accessible, relevant anduseful educational tool to help resolve current social challenges. Dr. Alexis Lyras, with support from theAcademic and Scientific Team, Operating Team, Advisory Board as well as the National Delegations – alldriven by the vision and purpose of this venture.
The ultimate goal of this venture is to pioneer a global academic innovation ecosystem committed toproviding ongoing and sustainable mentoring and capacity-building to the Olympian stakeholders andhuman resources of tomorrow (TIAS, SFT and 2020 Legacy Vision). Its purpose is to:
1. Promote humanitarian virtues and applied knowledge relevant to the modern world, inclusive ofdiverse cultures, backgrounds and abilities.
2. Serve as a leading force and catalyst for implementing global education programs and initiatives
for schools, universities, coaches, athletes, sport federations, NPCs, NOCs, NOAs and communities
to help them embrace innovation, civic engagement, peace-building, personal and community
health and resilience.
3. Before, during and after the Tokyo 2020 Games, to create and sustain a global academic
educational network committed to the establishment and preservation of applied Olympic andParalympic Education (OPE) ventures for humanity.
4. Create applied inclusive OPE programming and training through evidence-based Olympian youth
camps and year-long training programs for school and after school, student engagement, athletes’
dual careers training, international service learning and community outreach programs.

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5. Design and implement a capacity-building, impact evaluation and fundraising plan to enableachieved outcomes and impact on different contexts, time and space (sport and society, before andafter 2020).
OLYMPIA-DŌ 道 & O4HU INITIAITVE: PRINCIPLES & FOUNDATIONSThe ultimate goal of this venture is to pioneer a global academic innovation ecosystem committed toproviding ongoing and sustainable mentoring and capacity-building to the Olympian stakeholders andhuman resources of tomorrow (TIAS, SFT and 2020 Legacy Vision). For this purpose, we areintroducing Olympia-dō 道, an expression symbolizing the blend between the Ancient Hellenic andOlympian heritage with the Japanese and Asian culture and virtues, a pathway and a global force forinnovation, cross-cultural dialogue, humanity and community regeneration.
•The word Olympia, stands for the civilization we have inherited as a way of community
development, democratic governance and a social innovation platform through arts, science,technology, civic engagement and social progress in the service of humanity.

•The word dō 道 , means pathway, the martial artist mindset and discipline, effort and long-term
commitment needed to embrace human virtues as a peaceful warrior of social change, progress andprosperity.

The aim of this venture is to preserve and promote the virtues and heritage lost across time andtranslation, and to create a universal and applied humanitarian framework for community regeneration,social inclusion, innovation, peace-building and resilience. This will be achieved via skills, applied
knowledge, long-term commitment and competencies that combine the following O4HU Initiative
foundations and principles:
O4HU Principle #1 Restoration of Ancient Olympia’s humanitarian civilization in the modern world.
O4HU Principle #2 Embrace global humanitarian heritage, wisdom and virtues across cultures andcivilizations.
O4HU Principle #3 Trigger innovation, social entrepreneurship, peace-building, personal andcommunity health, sustainable community regeneration and resilience.

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SCHEDULE

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WEDNESDAY 26/7/2017

Welcome & Introduction
Olympian Innovation Futurism &Governance: Action,Evidence…and a vision

9.00 - 10.00 Dr.Kyriaki Oudatzi

9.00 - 12.30

10.00-10.30 Dr.Alexis Lyras

Olympian-Ability:
Inclusive and Adapted
Educational Programs for
All - EDUCATIONALPROGRAM & ''OBJECTSTUDY'' EDUCATIONALPROGRAMS 4 ALL
GOALBALL & BOCCIA

9.30- 10.00
10.00-10.30

Presentation of educational
programs & Guided tour at T.O.M.

V. Soumintoub
10.30-12.30 &Dr.K. Oudatzi

LUNCH BREAK

12.30-14.30

LUNCH BREAK

12.30-14.30

Olympia-dō道& SAILing forTomorrow: Existing Gaps, Vision &Foundations (Round Table I)

Dr.Alexis Lyras &14.30-17.00
Dr.Kyriaki Oudatzi

Olympia-dō道& SAILing
for Tomorrow: Existing
Gaps, Vision &Foundations (RoundTable II)

14.00-16.00

Public Intellectuals: Changing theAcademic Paradigm

13.30-20.30

9.00 - 9.30

Olympism for Humanity
Restoration Enterprise: The caseof India
Implementation of Olympic
Education in Greece
Olympian Atheles, Educational
Programs and Dual Career
Prospects
O4H Praxis Workshops andPresentations: Project Design
Goals and Vision

Official Reception

Dr.Randeep
RakwalThe Olympic Games ofancient Macedonia

Dr. EvangelosAlbanidis

Yale McMillan Center:
Goals and Vision

Rahima Chaudhury

Personal and Community
Resilience

Dr. Anthi Loutsiou

Participant-led
Projects
Participant-led
Projects

19.00-20.30

16.15-17.15

Olympian Innovation
Praxis Workshops andProject Design,
Communications &Global Strategy

Participant-led
Projects
Participant-led
Projects

17.30-20.30

Dr. Vrasidas
Charalambos, Dr.
9.00-12.30 Oudatzi Kyriaki, Dr.
Albanides and Dr. Alexis
Lyras
CyprusDr. Anthi Loutsiou
Japan

Dr. Devena Hagis

India

Dr. Randeep Rakwal

GreeceDr. Kouli Olga

12.30-14.30

Dr.Alexis Lyras &Dr.Kyriaki OudatziDr. John Sugden

O4H Praxis Workshops
and Presentations:
Project Design Goals andO4H Praxis Workshops
and Presentations:Global Strategy

Olympian-Innovation: Elearning, E-platform &EU-Funding(instructional design, elearning- technology
tools and for building a
global community)

LUNCH BREAK

Belfast United andFootbal For Peace:
History and Foundations

Sofia
Papadopoulou

O4H Praxis Workshops andPresentations: Global Strategy

School for the Blind
Dr. Sawae Yukinory,
Ms. Sugiyama Ayano& Mr. Akimoto
Shigeharu
Practicum Practice byDr.Sawae and''Science of Sports''
Exhibition Tour byTOM

Dr. John Sugden

Dr.Evangelos
Albanidis

17:30-19:00

10.30-12.30

T.O.M. OBJECT STUDY& MINI WORKSHOPPRACTICE

9.00-12.30

8.30 - 9.00

THURSDAY 27/7/2017

13.30-20.45

Arrival Guests, Registrations

15.00-19.00

8.30-12.30

TUESDAY 25/7/2017

THESSALONIKI
GUIDED TOUR(MONUMENTS &ARCHAEOLOGICALSITES)

Dr. Loutsiou Anthi
Ms. Ierotheu Valentina
Ms. Michael Elena
Dr. Kouli Olga
Mr. Kameas Nicolaos
14.30-17.00 Ms. Samara Katerina
Ms. Sarantiti Maria
Mr. Faniopoulos
Christodoulos
Mr. Yiannakopoulos
AnestisMs. Sugiyama Ayano
Mr. Akimoto Shigeharu
Mr. Thadeo Leonard
Mr. Sharma Manikant
Dr. Hagis Devena

Olympian Innovation
Presentations

17:30-20.00

Sympiosium, Cultural
Event and StepsForward

20.00-22.00

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SELECTED PICTURES FROM THE OLYMPIAN GLOBAL INNO VATION FORUM

Participants at the Olympic Museumin Thessalloniki

Dr John Sugden and Dr Alexis Lyrasand students at the Olympia Forum

Participants at the Olympic Museumin Thessalloniki

Some participants at the site visit at
the archeological site in Delphi

Presentationa and workshop on
adapted physical activities

Presentationa and workshop on
adapted physical activities

Dr. Vrasidas Charalambos at theOlympian forum in Thessaloniki

Prestation and workshop at 2004
Archives in Ancient Olympia

Dr Rakwal and Dr Albanides at theTIAS poster presentaion

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