Delivering Success: Engagement, Legacy and Vision Olympic Winter Games 2026 Case Study Developing Knowledge Economies Just as the Games can be a catalyst for physical development, the impacts on a city’s knowledge economy can be equally powerful. An Olympic Games candidature and delivery The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be no brings together experts from a wide range of different. Emerging technology in Japan functions, including from outside the host city promises to enrich our experience of the Games or country. This helps develop new competencies and could go on to have global signi昀椀cance. that can strengthen a city’s place in the knowledge economy. Expertise in mega-event Instant voice translation, self-driving taxis and hosting, improved communications and marketing a village of robots are just a few of the innovations functions and awareness of best-practice that will support the ef昀椀cient delivery of the Games; sustainable technology are some of the bene昀椀ts boost engagement with athletes and spectators; that cities may accrue. and showcase a key capability of the host country. Many cities also use the platform of an Olympic Games to increase global awareness of the strength of their knowledge economy. Host cities often introduce revolutionary new technology to the world at the Olympic Games. This trend goes back as far as 1964 when the Shinkansen, or “Bullet Train”, was unveiled to coincide with the opening of the Tokyo Games. PyeongChang 2018 will be the 昀椀rst Olympic Games to use 5G, the world’s fastest mobile data network. From one month before the start of the Games, spectators and visitors will be able to experience 5G technology for the 昀椀rst time in PyeongChang and Gangneung, the two main Games sites, and the cities of Seoul and Incheon. Economic Impact 15