Keynotes

Romain Meeusen

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE

Head of the Human Physiology Research Group

Theme: Exercise and the Brain in Health & Disease

Keynote Title: Is exercise good for the Brain?

João Beckert

Medical Doctor, Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine and Sports Medicine

Responsible and Clinical Coordinator of the Unit of Sports Medicine and Training Control at High Performance Training Center of Jamor, Portugal

Theme: Training control and optimization

Keynote Title: Training control and evaluation in the Jamor High Performance Center - A service for athletes and coaches

Grant Abt

Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Science, The University of Hull, UK

Performance Analysis Section Editor for the Journal of Sports Sciences

Theme: Wearables technology for sport and health

Keynote Title: Wearable technology for sport and health

Mark Upton

Coaching Science Manager at the English Institute of Sport, UK

Co-creator of myfastestmile.com

Theme: Practice & learning environments optimization

Keynote Title: Embracing the complexity of learning & excellence in team sport

Bruno Travassos

Departamento de Ciências do Desporto, Universidade da Beira Interior, PT

First coach of a premier league Futsal team – ADFundão

Theme: High level research and elite training

Keynote Title: Representative design of practice tasks in team sports – From research to practice

Analiza Silva

Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, PT

Faculty member, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisianna, USA

Theme: Weight management

Keynote Title: Why is it so hard to lose weight, but so easy to gain it back?

Narcis Gusi

Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte Universidad de Extremadura, ES

Director of AFYCAV - Physical activity, health and life quality group

Theme: Promoting healthy aging through physical activity

Keynote Title: Promoting healthy aging through physical activity: comparative efficacy and cost-effectiveness