The Sport & Society Conference is pleased to announce the Conference Welcome and Opening Reception.
"Norwegian Olympic Museum Lillehammer 2016" by Norwegen-Service, Martin Schmidt is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit link.
The Norwegian Olympic Museum highlights the history of sports and the greatest Norwegian sporting achievements in the Olympics. The museum tells about the Olympic Games from antiquity to modern times, about Norway's two Olympics in Oslo in 1952 and in Lillehammer in 1994.
The Norwegian Olympic Museum is a modern and colorful museum. We bring you on an engaging journey through time through Olympic history.
Get the feeling of the greatest Olympic moments! Memories of the joy of sport, experience the festival atmosphere, and the feeling of community are kept alive by original objects, interactive installations, and spectacular films.
Follow the development from the first games in Olympia in ancient Greece, and immerse yourself in the history of Norway as the host nation for two Winter Olympics, which is guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
The Paralympics and Youth Olympics are also part of the story.
Date: 10 June 2026
Time: 5:00PM (17:00)
Cost: Complimentary to all fully registered delegates of the Sport & Society conference (2026), but sign up is required below.
Join other delegates for a pre-conference welcome reception and training session.
We are excited to announce the online conference will be delivered on the CGScholar platform – developed by the Common Ground Media Lab, the research and technology arm of Common Ground Research Networks.
This special event will walk you through the CGScholar Event Mircosite so you have a rich online experience by learning how to comment and participate online. It will also teach delegates how to update their profile and Presenter Pages in order to add digital media: video, sound, other files.
10 June 2026 - 10:00AM Central Standard Time USA
Talking Circles are a distinctive feature of our in-person conference, and this year we are also taking them online. Talking Circles offer an opportunity to meet other delegates face-to-face, and engage in extended discussion about the issues and concerns they feel are of utmost importance to that segment of the Research Network. Participation is open, encouraged, and supported.
12 June 2026 - 10:00AM Central Standard Time USA