WELCOME Dear Colleagues The Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics is honored to host the Nordic Conference 2010, which will take place from the 28th to the 30th of October 2010 at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. NorCon 2010 focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives on health and sport. The purpose of the Conference, which was held for the first time at Halmstad University in 2008, is threefold: 1. To promote Nordic research and applied work related to health, adapted physical activity, sport and exercise. 2. To facilitate interdisciplinary perspectives in research and applied work related to health, adapted physical activity, sport and exercise. 3. To stimulate cooperation and networks between the Nordic countries in research and applied work related to health, adapted physical activity, sport and exercise. Expert keynote speakers representing most of the Nordic countries and experts in the fields of the main topics will stimulate critical thinking and provide the basis for enhanced discussions about health, participation and the effect of sport and exercise. The additional conference formats are interdisciplinary symposia, posters and oral papers. The official language of the Conference is English. On behalf of the Organising Committee Karen Søgaard
CONFERENCE INFORMATION Conference Themes NorCon 2010 has a particular focus on interdisciplinary perspectives on health, participation and effects of sport and exercise. Accordingly, we welcome researchers and scholars from various disciplines to contribute with perspectives on five main topics: 1. Physical Activity and Public Health - with special reference to working life 2. Active Living and Public Health exercise and well-being in a life span perspective, physical activity and health with special reference to children and adolescents 3. Adapted Physical Activity good practice and inclusion of children and adolescents with disabilities in physical activity 4. Sport Psychology and the Cultural Turn 5. Sport and Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics physiological and biomechanical assessments in sport, exercise, rehabilitation and physiotherapy. Conference Symposiums 40 Years Anniversary Symposium The conference will open with a symposium celebrating the 40 years anniversary of the Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark. The presentations will focus on the development from sports science to health and sports science and the history of the multidisciplinary approach that through the years has become a hallmark of the Institute. Interdisciplinary Symposium: Measuring Physical Activity The last part of the conference will be a symposium focusing on the delicate task of quantifying physical activity. Even though the importance of this parameter has proved to be essential within a broad spectre of public health aspects, it is still a challenge to obtain valid and detailed data. This symposium will focus on state of the art methodologies such as GIS, combined accelerometry and heart rate measures, combined accelerometry and GPS, and combined accelerometry, GPS and GIS - plus SMS tracking, which now offers promising new possibilities.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION Organising Committee - Karen Søgaard, Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark - Karsten Froberg, Associate Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Mette Krogh Christensen, Associate Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Katrine Tholstrup Pedersen, Conference Secretary, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Jette Tromborg, Conference Secretary, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical. Scientific Committee - Karsten Froberg, Associate Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical. - Gisela Sjøgaard, Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. - Niels Ørtenblad, Associate Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Mette Krogh Christensen, Associate Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Ejgil Jespersen, Teaching Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Sigmund Anderssen, Professor, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Dept. of Physical Education, Oslo, Norway - Svend Erik Mathiassen, Professor, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, Sweden - Maura Iversen, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy at Northeastern University, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, USA - Reinhard Stelter, Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION Keynote Speakers - Henning Eichberg, Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark - Karin Proper, Senior researcher at the Department of Public and Occupational Health and the EMGO Institute of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Colin Boreham Professor, Director of the Institute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Ireland - Håkan Westerblad, Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden - Borgunn Ytterhus, Professor, Department of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway - Tatiana Ryba, Associate Professor, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Symposium Speakers - Jørgen Povlsen, Associate Professor and Head of Institute, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Jørn Hansen, Associate Professor, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical - Andy Jones, PhD and Reader, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK - Søren Brage, PhD and Investigator Scientist, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge, UK - Andreas Holtermann, Senior Researcher, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark - Jasper Schipperijn, PhD, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW THURSDAY 28-10-10 FRIDAY 29-10-10 SATURDAY 30-10-10 Arrivals 9.00-9.45 Keynote Lecture 3 9.00-9.45 11.00 Registration 9.45-10.15 COFFEE BREAK Parallel Sessions Keynote Lecture 5 13.00-14.30 Forty Years Anniversary Symposium 10.15-12.15 Physical Activity and Public Health (working Active Living and Public Health (children and adolescents) Sport and Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics Sport Psychology and the Cultural Turn 9.45-11.15 Interdisciplinary Symposium: Measuring Physical Activity 14.30-15.00 Keynote Lecture 1 15.00-15.30 COFFEE BREAK 15.30-16.30 Keynote Lecture 2 16.45-17.30 Presentation of Institute Facilities 18.30 (City Hall) Welcome Reception life)(o99) (O98) (O97) (O96) 12.15-13.15 LUNCH 11.15-11.45 COFFEE BREAK 13:15-14.45 Poster Presentations Par. session 11.45-12.30 14.45-16.45 (14.25) Physical Activity and Public Health (working life) (O99) Parallel Sessions Active Living and Public Health (children and adolescents) (O98) Sport and Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics (O97) (13.25) Sport Psychology and the Cultural Turn (O96) Keynote Lecture 6 12.30-12.45 Closing Session 12.45-13.45 LUNCH 16.45-17.15 COFFEE BREAK Departures 17.15-18.00 Keynote Lecture 4 18.30 Conference Banquet at the University Restaurant
VENUE University of Southern Denmark All lectures and presentations will take place at The University of Southern Denmark in Odense (see map): Syddansk Universitet Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Lunch and coffee will be served at Panoramaudsigten in front of the Campus Torv. The conference banquet will take place at the Restaurant above Panoramaudsigten.
VENUE Odense City The welcome reception Thursday 28 October 2010, at 18.30 will take place at the Odense City Hall (5-10 minutes of walk from the Train Station see map): Rådhushallen Flakhaven 5000 Odense C
PRACTICAL INFORMATION Transportation Transport between the Centre of Odense and the University From the Train Station, Odense Banegård Center, there is a direct bus line to the University of Southern Denmark: Bus no. 40 or 41 Universitetet. The price per trip is approx. DKK 18.00 (note that you have to pay cash). From the Train Station it is also possible to get a taxi.