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Past and present projects

Olympic Games

 

PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Advisor

  • Rio 2016 Olympic Games - IOC Media Ops   - Press Conference Room Management

  • -Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014 - IOC Media Ops

  • London 2012 

    • IOC Media Adviser

    • Management of MPC Main Help Desk

  • Vancouver 2010

    • IOC Media Operations

    • Management of  MPC Press Conferences

  • Beijing 2008 -  Consultants to BOCOG and IOC Media Operations

  • Torino 2006  - POI planned and managed the MPC

  • Athens 2004 - four year consultancy on delivery of Press Operations

  • Sydney 2000 - SOCOG Head of Press Operations and Manager Press Services

Commonwealth Games

  • Manchester 2006

    • Consultants on Games time communications strategy

  • Melbourne 2006

    • Initial advice on press operations planning and venue media facilities

    • Members of Melbourne observation team at Manchester 2002

  • Delhi 2006

    • Initial planning advice to organising committee on press operations

    • Consultants to Indian Government's Press Information Bureau on Games media operations and venue planning

    • Consultants 2005 - 6 to BECIL, the Indian company contracted to provide the MPC and press operations staffing.

  • Gold Coast 2018

    • Bid consultants on press operations

    • Member of Gold Goast external consultants panel

Perth2011 ISAF World Sailing Championships

 

  • Australia's biggest ever regatta of Olympic class yachts sailed off Fremantle

  • POI was responsible for Event communications November 2010 - December 2011

  • POI Principal Richard Palfreyman was Communications Manager for Perth 2011

  • Sue Graham was Manager, Venue Media Centre and researched the athletes data base for the event information system

  • Management of media operations during Championships December 2011

  • POI designed the VMC and planned the media facilities and services for the event

  • 1200 sailors from 80 nations competed over two weeks

  • More than 200 national and international sailing journalists were in Fremantle to report the event

Other Major Events

  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

    • Sue Graham, Accreditation Manager for SCG and Canberra

  • Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships

    • Event communications November 2010 - December 2011

    • Management of media operations during Championships December 2011

  • Consultants to Event Knowledge Services, Lausanne for various events and clients

    • Commonwealth Games Federation

    • Commonwealth Games bid city process

    • Olympic bid city advice

  • Successful Gold Coast Commonwealth Games bid

  • Football Australia World Cup bid - media operations

  • Rio de Janiero - Pan American Games consultants

  • Media Operations, Goodwill Games, Brisbane 2001

Other IOC roles

 

  • IOC Press Commission - Richard Palfreyman member or adviser 1995 to present

  • IOC advisers on Press Operations since 2003

  • Young Reporters programme  Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010 and Nanjing 2014

  • IOC Media Operations team members for IOC Sessions in Guatemala  (2007) Copenhagen (2009)  Durban (2011) and Buenos Aires (2013)

  • Writing and editing roles for the IOC Technical Manual for Media

  • Evaluation of Olympic Bid City candidate submissions on media operations

  • Assistance with Olympic media accrediation

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