Trentino – Italy, Sept 20, 2013: FISU and the University of Trento organize the 26th Winter Universiade International Conference on December 9th and 10th at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rovereto (Trentino, Italy). The conference is themed ‘University Sport: Inspiring Innovation’.
The objective of the conference is to investigate from different angles how sport (and in particular sport within universities) can become:
• an important source of inspiration for new research projects;
• a driver for innovative companies, products and services;
• a stimulus for designing innovative curricula for students (employability).
Abstracts
Extended Abstracts (max. 2 pages, 2,000 words) in the following areas (the list is not exhaustive) can now be entered:
Research
– Research projects and outcomes inspired by sport (in any field of knowledge);
– Innovative products and services inspired by sport;
– Collaborative research partnerships between universities, sporting organizations and the sports industry;
– Field Labs for sport innovation;
– Funding bodies and fund raising for sport-related research projects;
– Research networks connecting academia, sport industry and investors.
Education
– Innovative Dual Career Programs: How to enable elite athletes to combine their sporting career with university studies?;
– Education Support for high-performance Athletes and Athlete Talent Development programs;
– Curricula for the next generation of professionals in the sport & innovation industry;
– Support collaboration between University faculties to enable high-quality sport sciences education;
– Academic Performance of Student-Athletes.
Market & Careers
– Business of sport: the link between academia and the sport industry;
– Business opportunities and entrepreneurship in Sport & Innovation;
– Innovation, entrepreneurship and start up creation through university sport;
– Regional Cluster of Innovation, investments and business development in the sport sector;
– Case studies of successful sport-related start ups;
– New job profiles and career paths;
– Innovative initiatives from the world of business in order to offer a position to athletes during their career and educating them for a further career;
– Innovative marketing & communication strategies for universities based on sport.
Publication
Accepted papers and posters will be published as a CEUR proceeding.
Selected papers will be invited to resubmit for a special issue of an international journal.
Important Dates
– Extended Abstracts submission: 30 September 2013
– Notification: 30 October, 2013
– Registration: 1 October, 2013 – 15 November, 2013
– Late/on site Registration: 15 November, 2013 – 9 December, 2013
Scientific Committee
Paolo Bouquet – University of Trento (Italy), Conference Chair
Jean-Loup Chappelet – IDHEAP (Switzerland)
Alain Ferrand – Université de Poitiers (France) Gyongyi Foldesi – Semmelweis University (Hungary)
Ian Henry – Loughborough University (UK)
Yang Ja Hong – EWHA Womans University (Korea)
Alison Odell – FISU (UK)
Elena Rudaya – Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia) Federico Schena – University of Verona (Italy)
Nico Sperle – RWTH Aachen University of Technology (Germany)
Bingshu Zhong – Capital University of Physical Education and Sports (China)
Thierry Zintz – Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
Conference Contacts
Conference Chair: Paolo Bouquet – paolo.bouquet@universiadetrentino.org
Project Manager: Vanessa Ravagni – vanessa.ravagni@universiadetrentino.org —- FISU/Source: Paolo Bouquet, Conference Chair
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