A highly select group of up to 20 key Olympic Movement stakeholders are converging on the pretty lakeside Swiss city for what will be the third gathering of its type.

Attendees are expected to include Marius Vizer, SportAccord President, Sir Craig Reedie, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and Sepp Blatter, President of the football governing body FIFA, who should be in fine form following a successful 2014 World Cup in Brazil, won by Bach's native country of Germany.

At the last Summit in November, the most significant initiative was the establishment of a Commission to look into the increasingly crowded sporting calendar, and the progress of this work will almost certainly be among subjects discussed.

The progress of efforts to attract more Government funding for WADA is also likely to be raised, insidethegames understands.

But it is matters related to Olympic Agenda 2020 which may get the lion's share of attention this time, with Bach doubtless keen to ensure that Olympic Movement heavy hitters continue to feel that they have been fully consulted about proposals in the run-up to the Extraordinary IOC Session in Monte Carlo in December, where the IOC will decide which concrete proposals to adopt.

Lausanne, the home of the International Olympic Committee, will be the setting for tomorrow's Summit ©AFP/Getty Images



The agenda for Monaco is unlikely to start being formulated in earnest until the autumn.

However, discussions around this Olympic city in recent days have yielded a clear impression of the direction of travel on certain themes.

At this stage, the expectation of informed observers points towards no resumption of visits to bidding cities by IOC members and probably no increase in the maximum age limit for IOC members, although there are suggestions that more flexibility might be introduced to enable, for example, International Federation presidents to remain IOC members until the end of their term, even if they are over 70.

The Youth Olympics look to be safe, although wide-ranging changes to strip down any extravagance are anticipated.

The 17 participants in the last summit also included: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees, Claudia Bokel, chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission, John Coates, IOC vice-president, Patrick Hickey, President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and the Presidents of the Chinese, Russian and United States Olympic Committees.