VIII Congresso Mundial de Ciência e Futebol - WCSF

Programa

Scientific programme

Themes
The congress will cover multidisciplinary as well as mono-disciplinary themes. Check on a regular basis or subscribe to "Congress news" to be updated on announcements of new themes.

Testing and training in football
Team cohesion and teambuilding in football
Globalisation of modern football
Football for health - prevention, treatment and rehabilitation
Women’s football
Fan culture in football
Football and environmental factors
Football medicine
Workshops
Several multidisciplinary and mono-disciplinary workshops will take place during the congress. Check on a regular basis or subscribe to "Congress news" to be updated on announcements of new workshops.

Fitness training and testing of the top player
FIFA 11+ prevention program
Working as an applied sports psychologist in elite football
The role of the team doctor
Fitness coach in an elite football team
Match analysis

Confirmed speakers

PHYSIOLOGY, BIOMECHANICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE
Barry Drust, Professor, Liverpool John Moores University & Head of Football Exchange, UK
Brian Dawson, Professor, University of Western Australia, AU
Carlo Castagna, Dr., Technical Department of the Italian Football Association, IT
Hiroyuki Nunome, Dr., Nagoya University, JP
Jan Cabri, Professor, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, NO
Jens Bangsbo, Professor, University of Copenhagen, DK
Jiri Dvorak, Professor, Chairman of F-MARC, FIFA (keynote)
Mario Bizzini, Research Associate, FIFA
Per Hölmich, Clinical Associate Professor, Chief surgeon, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager-Hvidovre, DK
Per Aaagaard, Professor & Head of Research Unit, University of Southern Denmark, DK
Peter Riis Hansen, Dr. Med., Gentofte Hospital, DK
Peter Krustrup, Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, DK
Tim Meyer, Professor, Dr. Med, Saarland University, DE
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES
Albrecht Sonntag, Professor, ESSCA School of Management, & Director, Director of the Centre for European Integration, FR
Anne-Marie Elbe, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, DK
Donna O’Connor, University of Sydney, AU
Geir Jordet, Professor, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, NO (keynote)
Gerald Gems, Professor, North Central College, US
Gertrud Pfister, Professor, University of Copenhagen, DK
John Connolly, Dr., Dublin City University, IE
Joseph Maguire, Professor, Loughborough University, UK (keynote)
Kari Fasting, Professor, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, NO
Laila Ottesen, Associate professor, University of Copenhagen, DK
Maria Kavussanu, Senior lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK
Marie-Luise Klein, Professor, Ruhr University of Bochum, DE
Natalia Stambulova, Professor, Halmstad University, SE
Siegfried Nagel, Professor, University of Bern, CH
Tatiana Ryba, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, DK
Urban Johnson, Professor, Halmstad University, SE