Congresos y reuniones varias

SYMPOSIUM ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DANCE:
RESEARCH AND APPLICATION
University of Birmingham, 29th May, 2009

This symposium will bring together nationally and internationally recognised academics and practitioners with an interest in the psychological aspects of dance. Focus will be placed on our contemporary understanding of perception and action in dance as well as the psychological processes impacting well-being in dancers.

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3rd International Qualitative Conference
in Sport & Exercise
"Communicating Experiences"
Roehampton University, 10-12th June, 2009

Qualitative research in sport and exercise is increasingly committed to finding ways of communicating the dynamic, embodied, nature of sport and physical activity. This Conference will create an inspirational environment for both academic and practitioner communities from across disciplines, to share and discuss their experiences of conducting qualitative research and/or working in sport, exercise and physical activity.

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The 14th Annual
ECSS Conference

Sport Sciences: Nature, Nurture and Culture

Oslo, Norway, June 24-27th, 2009

Sport is a complex phenomenon that includes most dimensions of human life. The complete study of human activity in most sports must build a diversity of scientific approaches. The 14th Annual Congress programme will feature theoretical, applied and cross-disciplinary sport studies as well as research findings based on the natural, behavioural, social and human scientific disciplines.

ECSS 09 is a congress with a high quality scientific programme in an exciting urban and natural setting.

• 1500 - 2000 participants from approximately 70 nations
• Four plenary sessions, 36 invited symposia
• Top scientists from all over the world are invited as chairs and speakers

Visit Human Kinetics on stand 21 at this event

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ISSP 12th WORLD CONGRESS
"Meeting New Challenges and Bridging Cultural
Gaps in Sport and Exercise Psychology".
Marrakesh, Morocco, 17-21 June, 2009

The 12th World Congress intends to cover various aspects of modern sport and exercise psychology and to bring together sport psychologists, researchers, coaches and athletes with different genders, cultures and perspectives.

The International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) and the Moroccan Association of Sport Psychology (AMPSYS) welcome your active involvement as sport psychologists, researchers, scholars, athletes, and coaches and hope that you will contribute to the 12th World Congress Programme by submitting abstracts and papers for oral and poster presentations.

Human Kinetics will have a stand at this event

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ISPGR 2009

Bologna, Italy, 21-25th June, 2009

The International Society for Posture and Gait Research was formed in 1969 under the name the International Society of Posturography, by a group of basic scientists and clinicians who had similar interests in quantifying postural sway during stance.

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27th annual ISBS Conference
Limerick, Irish Republic
17-21st August, 2009


This conference will promote conversation and collaboration between scientists and coaches, enabling them to disseminate information to the sporting community.

Limerick embraces its sporting nature and the University of Limerick focuses this nature with Ireland's foremost facilities for sport and sports science education.

The Biomechanics Research Unit at the University of Limerick can be considered the leading centre for sports biomechanics teaching and research in Ireland. The unit comprises a large number of applied sports biomechanics lecturers and postgraduate researchers coupled with world-class equipment and facilities.

The aim is to create a four day conference which will be remembered for the scientific quality of the proceedings, the friends made and reacquainted, and the traditional Irish welcome that will provoke a return visit.

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Copenhagen International Summer School 2009
'Sport and movement cultures -
developments and practices in a globalised world'
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
17-24th August , 2009

International Summer School for Young Researchers - Course for PhD Students.
The aim of this Summer School is to reconstruct the emergence of various concepts of physical activity in the Western world and their struggle for dominance in the social field of sport.

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