London Olympics: What's in it for women?

1.30-6.00 6th July 2011

This half-day seminar explored how much and in what ways gender has been taken into account in planning 2012.

Has the Olympic site been designed to address gender issues relating to ergonomics, safety, transport and accessibility?

Have the competition facilities been designed to raise the profile of women's sports?

Have the Olympic boroughs used the 2012 opportunity to increase the provision of women-friendly sporting venues?

What are the wider implications for urban design of policies aimed at increasing women's participation in and access to sports?

Afternoon programme:

1:30 Registration – Tea/coffee

1:45 Welcome – Alison Blunt – QMUL Geography and LWPF Steering Group

2:00 Selina Mason - Director of Design Integration, Olympic Park Legacy Company

London 2012: Design and Delivery using 'Girl Power'

2:30 Jayne Caudwell - Senior Lecturer, Chelsea School, University of Brighton

The Olympic Games: Excluding Sportswomen?

3:00 Break

3:15 Tim Woodhouse - Head of Policy and External Affairs, Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation

The Olympic Rings: Diamond encrusted or worthless tin? What hosting the 2012 Games will deliver for women in the UK.

3:45 Rimla Akhtar - Chair, Muslim Women's Sport Foundation

London 2012 - a minority perspective

4:15 Discussant - Louise Mansfield - Senior Lecturer, Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, Canterbury Christ Church University

4.30 Discussion

5.30 Drinks reception