Atos and IOC Extend Worldwide Olympic Partnership

Paris, July 9, 2020

Atos, a global chief in electronic transformation, and the Intercontinental Olympic Committee (IOC), right now declared an extension to their lengthy-standing Worldwide Olympic Partnership by way of to 2024.

Atos will prolong its Major partnership by way of to 2024, hunting to further more support the electronic transformation of the Olympic Video games as the lead integrator for technological innovation and to maintain satisfying its position in securing the IT infrastructure for the Olympic Winter Video games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Video games Paris 2024.

Elie Girard, Atos CEO, and Thomas Bach, IOC President, at Bezons, on July 9, 2020

Atos has been an Data Technological know-how Lover to the Olympic Movement because 1989, when the company provided companies for the Olympic Video games Barcelona 1992 Organising Committee. Atos turned the Olympic Movement’s Worldwide Data Technological know-how Lover in 2001.

IOC President Thomas Bach mentioned: “In these unparalleled times, the support and self-confidence of our Worldwide Partners is now more significant than ever. In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the potential, we are happy to keep on doing the job with Atos, our trustworthy manual in a time period of great electronic transformation, to deliver the electronic spine and essential electronic platforms we depend on to run the Video games. We are delighted to be equipped to maintain counting on Atos to support the Olympic Movement and to enable deliver the Olympic values to billions of people across the globe.”

Atos CEO, Elie Girard, mentioned: “We are thrilled to further more prolong our presently 30-yr-robust journey with the IOC. We will be pursuing our dedication to the empowerment of the Olympic Video games by way of leading technological innovation and innovation – absolutely connecting, securing and digitally enabling the Video games to all stakeholders. We will accomplish this feat by uniting people, enterprise and technological innovation, and providing sustainable alternatives to the IOC, placing environmental dedication at the coronary heart of the Olympic tactic, aligned with Atos’ robust environmental dedication in tackling the weather change emergency.”

As a global Lover, Atos will keep on its support of the Olympic Video games Tokyo 2020, as well as the Olympic Winter Video games Beijing 2022, and the Olympic Video games Paris 2024, exactly where Atos’ global headquarters is situated.

The settlement also incorporates advertising and marketing legal rights for the Intercontinental Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Paralympic Video games by way of the IOC-IPC lengthy-time period collaboration settlement, as well as for the Youth Olympic Video games.

Atos is presently supporting the Organising Committee for the Olympic Video games Tokyo 2020 by providing main Olympic programs, these types of as the administration of accreditations, as well as purposes that incorporate athlete entries for situations, the on the internet volunteer portal, the competitiveness timetable, workforce administration, and the voting application for the IOC Athletes’ Fee, amongst other individuals. This is in addition to delivering all official success to the Video games-time web and application, and providing the media with biographies of athletes and other styles of qualifications information.

At PyeongChang 2018, Atos shipped about the Cloud for the initial time the essential IT programs of the Olympics. This was a replicable product, which will be employed for Tokyo 2020, supporting the IOC in utilizing sustainable alternatives by minimising the environmental effects in comparison to previous editions. At these following Video games, Atos will also deal with the most innovative Highly developed Accessibility Management Process (AACS).

Jiri Kejval, IOC Internet marketing Fee Chair, mentioned: “Atos becomes the twelve^th Worldwide Olympic Lover to indicator by way of 2024. The lengthy-time period support of our global partners implies the Olympic Movement is equipped to appreciate fiscal balance and operational support, which assists to overcome issues, such as the current unparalleled time period. By redistributing 90{ae9868201ea352e02dded42c9f03788806ac4deebecf3e725332939dc9b357ad} of the revenues it generates, the IOC is equipped to support activity and athletes globally, all yr round.”

Patrick Adiba, Head of Main Gatherings at Atos, mentioned: “The Olympics is all about teamwork as we function with an ecosystem of partners. We have to function alongside one another to achieve a common target: producing the magic of the Olympic Video games happen. The Olympic Video games is a advanced multi-stakeholder environment exactly where we are responsible of numerous companies, from consulting to integration and operations. We have developed a great deal in new techniques and technological innovation because of the complexity and large demand from customers environment of the Olympic Video games. We are very pleased to prolong our support to the Olympic Movement, definitely bringing the Olympic Video games into the electronic age.”