Date: Wednesday 15 July, 4.30-6.30pm

Venue: Committee Room 12, Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 0AA

Please use Cromwell Green Visitors' Entrance - marked no. 6 on this map: http://www.parliament.uk/documentsuploadcolmap.pdf

Speakers include:

• Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Olympics Minister
• Tim Yeo MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee
• Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent, The Financial Times
• Jo Willacy, Director, Shuttle Services, Eurotunnel
• Kulveer Ranger, Director of Transport Policy, Mayor of London
• Stephen Twigg, Director, Foreign Policy Centre

In an increasingly interconnected world, universal and inclusive sustainable development is no longer just an option, it is an imperative. Can major international sporting events such as the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the London 2012 Olympics champion the development of environmental sustainability and promote universal access and inclusion?

At this Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) Westminster seminar, the question of how major international sporting championships can move beyond the iconic infrastructure which so often symbolises such events, towards successfully promoting a practical agenda for action and change with sustainability, access and inclusion as achievable outcomes was examined. This seminar provided a platform for the promotion and discussion of ideas which will help inform the development of a Sustainability Charter.

Download Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP's speech (330 kilobyte PDF)