The Post Event Report of the Lausanne 2012 Summit, that took place in Lausanne, is now available for download.

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The IOC announced that only three of the initial five applicant cities will continue as candidate cities for the 2020 bid to host the XXXII Summer Olympiad. The three cities to progress to the next stage are Istanbul, Tokyo, and Madrid while the cities of Doha and Baku did not advance.

The 2012 Lausanne Summit will take place in Lausanne, the Olympic Capital, on 1 - 2 October 2012.

The content and the photos of the 2011 Lausanne Summit, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, are now available for download.

In 2011, the cities of Tokyo (host of the 1964 Summer Olympics), Qingdao (host of the sailing competition during the 2008 Summer Olympics), Atlanta (host of the 1996 Summer Olympics) and Nanjing (host of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics) became active members of the World Union of Olympic Cities. 

Durban, Rotterdam, and Reno has joined the association as invited members. 

The World Union of Olympic Cities has now 28 members.

 PyeongChang achieved its dream of hosting 2018 Winter Games Olympic. The World Union of Olympic Cities congratulates the city for this election.

Registrations for the the 4th Lausanne Summit which will take place from the 10 to 11 November 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, are now open.

The post-event report of the Lausanne Summit for Olympic Cities 2010, which took place in Beijing, is now available for download.

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The World Union of Olympic Cities is pleased to host a new event that will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland on 16 and 17 May 2011 .

18 October 2010 - Beijing, China

The third edition of the Lausanne Summit for Olympic cities came to a close after two days of conferences in Beijing, China. This was the first time that the event was held outside of Lausanne and attracted 33 cities from 19 different countries and 110 participants. Beijing exhibited immense hospitality and delivered a very well organised conference underlying the city as a first class venue for future events.