From a press release issued by FIM:

FIM Centenary Congress – Paris 2004

The 122nd FIM Congress will be held from Sunday 17 to Saturday 23 October next in the Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche in Paris (France). The celebrations of the FIM Centenary will take place on Saturday afternoon. The programme of the meetings will be as follows:

Sunday 17: Management Council (closed meeting)
Monday 18: Opening Ceremony – General Assembly (morning)
General Assembly (afternoon)
Tuesday 19: Commissions and Panels (morning)
Commissions and Panels, Honorary Members (afternoon)
Wednesday 20: Commissions and Panels – Meeting of Secretaries General (afternoon)
Friday 22: Management Council (morning – closed meeting)
Commissions and Panels (afternoon)
Saturday 23: General Assembly

Elections for the Vice-Presidents and Internal Auditors will take place during the Monday afternoon session. The main items to be discussed in the various meetings are: possible amendments to FIM rules including the Statutes and the Sporting Code, proposals from the Management Council and the National Federations, working groups’ reports, calendars for the 2005 season and proposals from the Commissions and Panels for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. The proposals and the calendars for the 2005 season approved by the Commissions and Panels will go through the Management Council in the Friday morning session before going for ratification at the General Assembly on Saturday.

The selection committee for the FIM Centenary Photo Contest will meet on Wednesday 20 in order to judge all the photos received at the FIM Secretariat (the deadline for sending photos is tomorrow, September 30).

During the Congress, information will be issued directly from the FIM Press Office at the Congress Centre.