March 2015
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Richard Bailey PhD, ICSSPE Office
Members may know that ICSSPE has been co-author and partner in the development of Designed to Move - a collaborative, international physical activity agenda that seeks to transform expectations and experiences of activity around the world (for more on Designed to Move, visit: https://www.designedtomove.org/).
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Project Launch in Brussels, Belgium
On 25 and 26 February 2015, ICSSPE, EUPEA, FESI, ISCA, the SPOLINT Institute, Sport and Citizenship, and TAFISA gathered in Brussels, Belgium, to launch their European wide physical activity promotion project.
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Founding Father of Germany’s Sport Science
Professor Ommo Grupe has passed away on 26 February aged 84 years.
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Florida, USA
Sports Neurologist Frank Conidi, Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology, is conducting a study to validate the 25 year old King Devick Test for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. The intention is to provide practitioners potentially with another pillar to add to the current standard of physical diagnosis of signs and symptoms, balance error and neurocognitive assessment.
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Global Virtual Walking
It is less than a month until the 2015 World Day for Physical Activity, on 6 April. The central topic for this year is Sedentarism is a Disease; Physical Activity is Health.
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6 April
For the second time in a row the world of sport will not only celebrate 6 April as the World Day for Physical Activity, but also Sport for Development and Peace. Since 2013, the community of sport for development of peace is using this date to promote their activities and to promote the potential of sport to contribute to the development of civil society.
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Deadline for Award Nomination Is Coming Up
The European Fair Play Movement is reminding the sport movement to take note of upcoming deadlines for the nomination of candidates to receive one of their several awards in their different awarding categories.
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Brighton, UK
The Centre of Sport, Tourism and Leisure Studies at the University of Brighton is announcing its new one-year full-time master programme in Sport Business Management.
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Masters Programme at the University of Peloponnese
The Department of Sports Organization and Management of the Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences of the University of Peloponnese, with support of the International Olympic Academy, organises for the academic year 2015-2016 a Masters Degree Programme entitled Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events.
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Giving Physical Education a New Face
The European Physical Education Association has launched its new internet presence.
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Job Offer
The International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) is looking for 2 volunteers, aged between 20 and 30 years old, to join the team in the office for a period of 12 months starting 1 September 2015.
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Ghent, Belgium
ISCA’s first Moving Age Conference will take place from 30 April to 2 May 2015 in Ghent, Belgium.
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KU Leuven, Belgium
The second European conference on evidence-based aquatic therapy, “Aqua-Leuven 2015”, will be held April 15 - 18, 2015 at the KU Leuven, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, in Belgium. The theme of the meeting will be “The added value of water”.
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Registration Open
FISU announces that registration for the 2015 Summer Universiade Conference is open.
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Phoenix, Arizona
The 2015 ACSM Summit will be held 31 March until 3 April at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Programme now available
The 2015 ACHPER conference will be held from 13 – 15 April 2015 in the Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, Australia.
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National Women and Sport Conference
Conversation 2015 is a national Women and Sport conference which will be held in collaboration with the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) and Égale Action, the Quebec association for the advancement of women and sport and physical activity.
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Call for Papers for Play the Game 2015
The 9th Play the Game Conference will occur 26 - 29 October 2015 in Aarhus, Denmark.
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First European Sport Tourism Academic Conference
The European Sport Tourism Academic Conference in Sport and Tourism will be held 15 May 2015 at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
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Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, June 2015
The 4th CSIT World Sports Games will be held in the city of Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, from 7 to 14 June, 2015.
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Split, Croatia
The 2015 ISHPES Conference will take place in Split, Croatia, 18 - 22 August, 2015.
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Deadline Approaching
The next Sport for All Congress which is organised by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) and the Cuba Cuban Olympic Committee (COC), will be held from 23th until 27th November at the Havana Convention Centre.
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