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NASPSPA Conference 

New Orleans, LA

Topic: Interpersonal Violence in Collegiate Sport

Date: June 5-8, 2024

 African Para Games

Ghana

September 3-12, 2023

African Games Installation

Ghana

 Capacity Building Workshops

Rwanda

Topic: State-of-the-Science on Athlete Safeguarding and Player Wellbeing.

May 29-30, 2024

 FIFA Medical Conference

Boston, MA

Our aim is to provide top-level medical services at FIFA tournaments, keep football free from doping, and protect and improve the health of all who play football, from grassroots to elite level worldwide.

February 6-7th 

 The International Paralympic Committee’s VISTA Conference

Cairo, Egypt

A scientific conference designed to promote and advance the mission, goals, objectives, and reputation of the IPC, VISTA 2023 will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a theme of “Developing Para Sport: inclusion, transformation, and performance”. 

October 31 – November 3, 2023

UEFA Marks World Mental Health & Homeless Days

Virtual

October 10 2023

ISPRM 17th World Congress Conference

Cartagena, Columbia

June 4 -8, 2023

Max Velocity Speed Summit

Accra, Ghana

Ghana’s Premier High-Performance Youth Sports Event

April 25 – 29, 2023

Hospital for Special Surgery Department of PM&R Grand Rounds

New York, NY

When ‘Toughing it Out’ Stopped Making Sense: Athlete Safeguarding and the Emerging Culture of Global Sports Equity

March 14, 2023

Yale School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

New Haven, CT

Leveraging Virtual Reality, Assistive Technology, and Adaptive Sports to Facilitate Inclusion and Equity for Persons with Disabilities

November 29, 2022

Stanford University Department of PM&R Grand Rounds

Palo Alto, CA

“When You Win, You’re English. When You Lose, You’re Black”: Safeguarding Athletes against Abuse and Other Inequities in Global Sport

December 14, 2022

Mega Sporting Events and Human Rights: The Responsibility of Business

Melbourne, Australia

Panel: Protecting Rights of Workers and Athletes

October 20-21, 2022

Paravolley Webinar

Virtual

Safeguarding – It’s Everyone’s Responsibility

September 20, 2022

HBCU Tech22 Conference

Virtual

Trust Your Instincts With Emerging Technology: How to find peers and foster collaboration by allowing your perceptions to lead (not your discipline)”

September 16, 2022

SIGGRAPH 2022

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Immersive Media and Virtual Accessibility in Healthcare (Panel)

August 7-11, 2022

Meeting the Moment

Virtual

Advancing the Conditions for Safety, Equity, and Joy in Sports

August 8, 2022

Canterbury Christ Church University Postgraduate Research Forum

Kent, UK

Neurobiology of experienced and witnessed trauma in sport 

June 21, 2022

International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Lisbon, Portugal 

Adaptive fitness anytime, anywhere (Podium), Move a muscle, change a life (Podium), A novel portable and cost-efficient wheelchair training roller for persons with disabilities in economically disadvantaged settings (Podium)

July 3-7, 2022

Games for Change Festival

Virtual

Developing and Evaluating a Wheelchair VR Locomotion Interface
(Project Brief)

July 13-16, 2022

British Journal of Sports Medicine Live!

Brighton, UK

 Safeguarding in Para Sport (Podium) Female Athletes

May 25, 2022

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

Austin, TX

 Sports Medicine for All: Research Summit on Justice, Equity, and Inclusion

April 8-13, 2022

Safe Sport International

Virtual

Keynote Lecture: Athletes’ Perceptions of their Human Rights in Sport

April 1-3, 2022

13th International Congress of the Iranian Sport Science Research Institute

Tehran, Iran

Prioritizing Athlete Safety and Wellbeing in Sport: The Current State of Play in Global Athlete Safeguarding

March 8, 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference

Monaco

Symposium presentations:

#MeToo Sport: The Prevention of Non-Accidental Violence in Sport Settings, It’s Not Just About One Bad Apple.

Sports Injury Prevention and Harm Reduction in the Global South: Socioecological Considerations for Contextualized Research, Policy and Practice

November 25-27, 2021

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC)

Virtual

Clinical Webinar Series: Impacts of Interpersonal Violence in Sport

December 2, 2021

International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Virtual

Panel Presentation: ‘Pass the Mic:’ A Live Debate with Global Paralympians about Safety, Global Balance, and Fairness in Para Sports Science

December 14, 2021

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR)

Nashville, TN

Symposium: Athlete Abuse (Intentional Sports Injuries) Clinical Management in Ambulatory Settings

November 11-14, 2021

Gasol Foundation

Virtual

State of Play Virtual Summit

November 16, 2021

Sports Physiotherapy Association of Zambia

Virtual

Webinar: Intentional Injuries in Sport

November 9, 2021

Ministry of Sports Colombia

Virtual

National and International Symposium on Mental Health and Well-Being in Elite Athletes: Health Consequences of Athlete Abuse

November 8, 2021

Centre for Sport and Human Rights

Virtual

Symposium: Safeguarding Victims and Survivors of Abuse throughout the Investigation and Remedy Process
Watch

October 5, 2021

FIMS World Conference of Sports Medicine

Athens, Greece

Symposium presentations:

‘At the Heart of Gold:’ Understanding the culture of intentional injury (abuse) in global sport

The Art and Science of Monitoring and Evaluating Abuse Prevention Programs in International Sport

September 23-26, 2021

BMJ Talk Medicine 

Why SportsEquity e-Edition is a must read for all working in SEM.

September 24, 2021

Global Soccer Conclave

Symposium: Newer Trends in Injury Management
Watch

September 5, 2021

 

European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations

Virtual

The challenge of the decade for sports medicine

“It is time to acknowledge the threat that the abuse of athletes poses to our field and take responsibility”

Time: 19:00 -20:30 Central European Time

July 28, 2021

Foundation for Global Sports Development

Virtual

Panel: See it, Stop it — Tackling Abuse in Amateur Sports

June 16-17, 2021

ISPRM 2021 Congress

Panel: Sports

Symposium (Task Force on Physical Activity for Persons with Disabilities): Impact of COVID-19 on Health-related lifestyle behaviors in persons with disabilities worldwide

June 12-15, 2021

IPSCAN Conference

Podium Presentations:
Leveraging the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework to strengthen safeguarding in youth sport (Authors: Tuakli-Wosornu, Macleod)

Athletes’ perceptions of intentional injury (abuse): the impact of sociocultural context  (Authors: Rutland, Suttiratana, Vieira, Janarthanan, Amick, Tuakli-Wosornu)

Safeguarding Reimagined: Centering athletes’ rights and repositioning Para sport to chart a new path
(Authors: Kirby, Tuakli-Wosornu)

June 7-11, 2021

University of Pittsburgh Human Research Engineering Laboratories State of the Science Symposium:

Social Determinants of Health Disparities in Rehabilitation and Reintegration panel.

May 26th, 2021

5th Annual Steadman Philippon Research Institute Injury Prevention Symposium

Vail, Colorado (Virtual)| Oral Presentation
Podium presentation: Intentional Injury (Abuse) Prevention: The State of Play in Athlete Safeguarding.

April 28-29, 2021

Sports, Medicine & Health Summit 2021

49th German Sports Medical Congress of the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention Sports Medicine and Health Summit, Hamburg (Virtual).
Panel presentation: ‘At the Heart of Gold’

April 20-24, 2021

30th Annual American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Conference.

Podium presentation: The Athletes’ Rights Survey: A Step Towards Intentional Injury (‘Abuse’) Prevention in Sport.

April 13-18, 2021

Armies of Enablers

Deconstructing sexual abuse of athletes and bystanders who perptuated a culture of turning a blind eye.
View Session

January 29, 2021

 

Centre for Sport and Human Rights

Sports and Rights:
Children, Sport, & COVID-19 ep1

January 8, 2021

ShePower Sport Webinar

Bullying in Women’s Sport:
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt

December 10, 2020

Challenging Taboos to Keep Sport Safe

IOC Athlete Safeguarding Webinar Series for ANOCA:
Background and Research

October 22, 2020

University of New South Wales Human Rights Institute Webinar

The Human Rights of Athletes

August 4, 2020

International Olympic Committee Webinar

“Responsibility Mapping – Role of an International Federation, National Federation, National Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee”

November 8, 2019

The Rebound Film Screening & Discussion

October 23, 2019

SELY Soft Launch

October 18, 2019

Camp Rising Sun

July 23, 2018

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