2013 WU Conference: Call for Papers

 

 

TRENTINO – FISU and the University of Trento organise the 26th Winter Universiade International Conference on December 9^th and 10^th 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 – [email protected]

Project Manager: Vanessa Ravagni – [email protected]

 

More Info

For additional information, please check here.

For the 26^th Winter Universiade please check here.

 

(Source: Paolo Bouquet, Conference Chair)