ABSTRACT
This chapter commemorates the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne draws on the papers read at a symposium held to mark the occasion at the University of Lausanne on 25 and 26 June 2015. Jean-Loup Chappelet opens the proceedings with an overview of how Olympic administration has evolved since the IOC set up its headquarters in Lausanne, in 1915. Emmanuel Bayle draws on interviews with senior figures in the sporting world in order to suggest ways in which the IOC and other Olympic stakeholders can implement social responsibility and thereby enable the IOC to pursue its eternal raison d'être of placing sport at the service of humanity. Jean-Loup Chappelet closes the issue with a brief post face in which he categorizes the types of governance applicable to the various Olympic organizations. The success with which these highly diverse organizations have implemented governance reforms might depend on the category to which they belong.
