IOC members will decide on Monday whether a joint bid by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo has won the right to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Milan and Cortina, who are up against Sweden's Stockholm-Are bid, have a 100-strong delegation at the IOC's headquarters in Lausanne for Monday's vote.
Giovanni Malago, the head of Italian Olympic Committee CONI, is leading a technical presentation on the Italian bid in the morning.
Premier Giuseppe Conte, meanwhile, will speak at a second presentation later in the day. IOC President Thomas Bach will announce who has won at 18:00.
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