beactive 2012 conference

October 31- November 3, 2012

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney

be active 2012 will showcase the latest in sports science, sports medicine, physical activity promotion and sports injury prevention, and will incorporate the

• 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
• Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport
• Australian Physical Activity Conference
• Australian Sports Injury Prevention Conference

The following international and high profile speakers are available for interviews throughout the conference:

Dr Nick Cavill

“Evidence-based policy on physical activity: the tale of the emperor’s new clothes”

• Specialist in development of policy/programs on sustainable transport and the links to physical activity
• Director of an independent health consultancy

Dr Kong Chen

“The hare and the tortoise revisited: Measuring physical activity and sedentary behaviour”

• Specialist in physical activity monitoring
• Clinical Investigator of the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease

Associate Professor Malcolm Collins

“Biological mechanisms underlying musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries: Why it is clinically relevant?”

• Expertise in molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying soft tissue injuries
• Chief Specialist Scientist at the Medical Research Council
• Associate Professor within the Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town

Professor Roger Enoka

“Adaptations in physical performance from childhood to senescence”

• Expertise in age associated changes in neuromuscular function and the fatigue experienced by persons with multiple sclerosis
• Professor and Chair in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder

Associate Professor Claude Goulet

“Minimising risk in high risk settings: do the 3 E’s of injury prevention (on education, enforcement or engineering) work?

• Specialist in safety promotion in sport and physical activities, and psychosocial factors associated with use of performance enhancing substances
• Professor in the Department of Physical Education at Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Dr Dale Hanson

“Closing the gap between injury prevention research and community safety promotion practice”

• Specialist in injury research, safety promotion and social network analysis
• Acting Director of Clinical Training at Mackay Base Hospital

Professor Karim Khan

“In search of sports medicine success: Five lessons for clinical, team and research success”

• Expertise in bone health and falls prevention
• Sports Physician
• Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine

Professor Art Kuo

“What are the limits to human economy?”

• Expertise in human locomotion and balance
• Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan

Professor Nanette Mutrie

“It’s hard to persuade some people to walk – or is it?”

• Specialist in ways of increasing active living with interest in mental health benefits
• Chair of Physical Activity for Health, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Dr Ken Powell

“Stories about physical activity”

• Expertise in the relationship between physical activity and health
• Public health and epidemiologic consultant

Dr Maria Bronson

“Current guidelines, consequences and pitfalls of ECG screening”

• Expertise in athlete’s heart, cardiac disorders
• Cardiologist, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne

Professor Ross Brownson

“Physical activity policy research: Are we making legislation or sausage?”

• Expertise in the impacts of environmental and policy interventions on health behaviours
• Professor at Washington University, St Louis

Dr Christopher Carty

“Clinical gait analysis”

• Expertise in ageing, falls and balance recovery in older adults
• Post-doctoral research, Griffith University

Associate Professor David Connell

“MSK imaging – best practice and the future”

• Expertise in muscle and tendon injuries
• Consultant musculoskeletal radiologist and adjunct associate professor at Monash University

Dr Christine Friedenreich

“Physical activity and cancer: What have we learned and what do we still need to determine?”

• Expertise in cancer epidemiology
• Senior Research Scientist, Alberta Health Sciences

Dr James Linklater

“MSK imaging – best practice and the future”

• Specialist in imaging of the foot and ankle, knee and articular cartilage
• Musculoskeletal radiologist, Sydney

Bronwen Lundy

“Nutrition: An untapped resource in rehabilitation and injury prevention”

• Interest in sports dietetics
• Dietitian

Dr Richard Troiano

“Measurement advances in physical activity, sleep, and strength: The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey”

• Expert in cancer related risk factors
• Research Scientist, National Cancer Institute

Andrew Wallis

“Demystifying the groin”

• Expertise in hip and groin pain
• Sports and Manipulative Physiotherapist

Session topics will include: sedentary behaviour in children and young people, neuromuscular performance, exercise science, injury prevention, measures and tools for assessing environments and physical activity, patterns of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adults, sitting, physical activity and health in children and young people, physical activity in people with disability or chronic illness, supplementation and doping, trends in physical activity and sedentary behavior, fundamental movement skills in children and young people, active transport: adults, schools, teachers, and physical education, energy balance, tendon/hamstring, workplace sitting, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, back/pain, cancer

More than 1,000 research papers will be presented.

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For more information on speakers visit http://sma.org.au/be-active/speakers/

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