Being at the heart of the London 2012 games

As the Official Network Infrastructure Provider for the Games, Cisco is at the heart of the London 2012 games. The London 2012 Games needs to be the most connected Games possible – Cisco’s Borderless Network architecture will connect nearly 100 locations, including 36 competition venues and 20 further venues such as the Olympic Village and operations centre. By 27 July 2012 under the scrutiny of the world this all needs to be perfect – the network is at the heart of the staging of the events and is essential to commercial broadcasters and the athletes... but also to the millions of viewers who will want to generate and share experiences.Roger Black, Olympic silver & World Championship gold medalist, will outline the role of technology from an athlete’s perspective and Neil Crockett, Managing Director for London 2012, Cisco will discuss the legacy of the Games and how we can build a brilliant future for technological innovation in the UK after the Games.

When and Where?

Wednesday 19 October, 9:20 AM - 9:55 AM

Theatre: Keynote Theatre

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Speaker Profile

Roger Black MBE
(Team GB 2012 Ambassador)

Roger Black MBE BiographyRoger Black is one of the country’s most successful sportsmen having represented Great Britain for fourteen years at the highest level in the world of athletics. Born in Portsmouth on the 31 March 1966, Roger was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and subsequently went on to read medicine at Southampton University. He is particularly admired for his triumphs over adversity, overcoming serious injuries and a rare heart valve condition to go on to become a world champion.Sporting ProfileRoger won fifteen major Championship Medals including European, Commonwealth and World Championship Gold Medals. His greatest achievements were winning the Olympic 400 metres Silver Medal in 1996 and being part of the Gold Medal winning 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 1991 World Championships. He was British Men’s Team Captain and was awarded the M.B.E. in 1992. Roger is now also an official Team GB 2012 Ambassador – one of a group of 27 of Britain's most inspirational and accomplished Olympians from previous Games. The Ambassadors will offer their voluntary help to British athletes and the wider Team GB to achieve their Olympic ambitions.TelevisionRoger has presented for BBC South, BBC Breakfast News, BBC 6 o’clock News and News 24. In 1998, Roger was signed to BBC Sport and presented the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the World Athletics Championships 2001 in Canada, the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2002 European Championships from Vienna and the World Championships from Paris 2003. Roger regularly appears on prime-time television, programmes include A Question of Sport, They Think It’s All Over, Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Master Chef and GMTV. He co-presented the last series of Tomorrow’s World and co-presented 4 series of the BBC’s award winning City Hospital. He has appeared in the new series of SUPERSTARS and most recently Celebrity Mastermind. Motivational Speaking and TrainingStill one of the UK’s most popular speakers, Roger inspires and motivates audiences throughout the UK and Europe – he understands the dynamics of becoming a champion, how to live a dream, set goals and fulfil ones potential. Along with fellow Olympian and business partner Steve Backley, Roger also looks at performance. Their vision put simply is...to transfer Olympic performance into the workplace.

Speaker Profile

Neil Crockett
(Managing Director, Cisco London 2012) Cisco

Neil leads Cisco´s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsorship team. He´s responsible for delivering a mission critical network that supports the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and its associated partners as preparations continue towards the Games.