An international panel of Olympic experts will sit face to face with an audience of Britain's leading sports journalists to debate hot topics surrounding the staging of the 2012 Games.

The debate will be introduced by the SJA's President Sir Michael Parkinson and chaired by former Channel 4 and BBC broadcaster Sybil Ruscoe.

The panellists will be Minister for Sport and the Olympics Hugh Robertson, London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton, UK Sport chair Baroness Campbell, International Cycling Federation (UCI) President Pat McQuaid and award winning American Olympic journalist Alan Abrahamson.

BP will be using the event to help communicate its partnership with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as the role that its target neutral programme could play in contributing to a lower-carbon Games.

"We are delighted to welcome BP as our partner in this event and are appreciative of their support," said SJA chairman Barry Newcombe.

"Last year ahead of the General Election we staged a similar event with the sports spokesmen of the three leading political parties and generated headlines for the rest of the week.

"We are sure that our Olympic Question Time will be just as newsworthy."

Lively debate is expected on a range of subjects ahead of the Games covering topics such as ticket prices, Britain's post-Olympic sporting legacy, budget challenges and drug testing.

The event is taking place during the Sport Accord Convention in London while places in the audience for the event are limited.

Priority will be given to those who are registered as delegates to the SportAccord Convention and SJA members.

To attend the event, you need to register online by clicking here.

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