Singapore is hosting the 117th IOC Session to be held from 2 to 9 July 2005.  This is the first time in the history of Singapore sports that a meeting for the highest level of sports administrators is held in Singapore.

The 117th IOC Session will be a watershed event, as two important decisions will be made.

For that will be when and where the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be announced and the review of the Summer Olympic Games programmes. So as the world waits for this major announcement, all eyes will be watching as Singapore take centre stage.

We are expecting attendance of IOC Members who are high profile personalities from sports, businesses, politics and royalty, high-ranking officials from International Sports Federations as well as 1,500 media personnel from around the world to congregate in Singapore.  Total number of participants is estimated at 3,000 to 5,000.

The candidate cities that have been short-listed to compete to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games include Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid