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Education Through Sports
Keynote Speaker
Brett Smith
Professor of Disability and Physical Activity, Durham University
Keynote Speaker
Nuno Alberto Seruca Ferro
Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, University of Lisbon
MODERATOR
António Labisa Palmeira
Associate Professor, FEFD – Faculty of Physical Education and Sport CIDEFES – Research group in Sports behavior, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health Sciences
Keynote Speaker
Isabel Mesquita
Full Professor at the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Coordinator of the Sport, Education and Culture area at the Research Centre of Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nuno Laurentino
Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude, Former Portuguese Olympic Swimmer
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Patricia Coutinho
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto; Researcher, CIFI2D – Centre for Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport
MODERATOR
João Valente dos Santos
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Universidade Lusófona, Researcher at CIDEFES
Sport Tourism
Keynote Speaker
Domenico Dentoni
Full Professor in Business, Resilience & Transformation, Montpellier Business School, France
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kazimierz Waluch
Chairman – Institute for the Sport Development of Sport and Education (IRSiE) – Pawel Wlodkowic University College, Poland
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Volkan Altıntaş
Full Professor – Faculty of Tourism, Department of Tourism Guidance – İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Türkiye
Keynote Speaker
Samiha Chemli
Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Deusto; Coordinator of University Relations, CIDE – Faculty of Social and Human Sciences
Keynote Speaker
Pedro Dias
Gender Equality and Inclusion Manager, Portugal, Olympic Athlete
ATHLETE
Nuno Delgado
Former Olympic Judoka / Founder, Nuno Delgado Judo School
ATHLETE
Susana Feitor
Former World Championships Medalist in Race Walking / Chairperson at Sports Foundation
MODERATOR
Roberto Solinas
President – Mine Vaganti NGO, Italy
MODERATOR
Maria Grazia Pirina
President – NGO NEST Berlin, Germany
Education, Health and Physical Literacy
Keynote Speaker
Elizabeth Durden-Myers
Senior Lecturer in Physical Education & Physical Literacy Advocate
Keynote Speaker
João Mota Rodrigues
Researcher & Lecturer in Physical Literacy and Sport Pedagogy, University College Cork
MODERATOR
João Filipe da Silva Figueira Martins
Associate Professor in Education, Social Sciences & Humanities, FMH–UL, University of Lisbon
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
José António Ribeiro Maia
Full Professor of Sport Sciences, University of Porto
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Tânia Gaspar
Associate Professor & Director of the Center for Psychology, Innovation and Knowledge, University Lusófona
MODERATOR
Marlene Nunes da Silva
Associate Professor & Director of the Master’s in Exercise and Well-Being, Lusófona University, CIDEFES – Research group in Sports behavior, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health Sciences
Smartization in Sport and Education
Keynote Speaker
Thanasis Angeioplastis
Researcher at International Hellenic university
Keynote Speaker
Marco Neves
AI Advisor, Digital Innovation Leader, Speaker & Educator
KEYNOTE SPEAKER & MODERATOR
Volkan Altıntaş
Full Professor – Faculty of Tourism, Department of Tourism Guidance – İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Türkiye
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nádia Rosa
Department of Physical Activity and Sport at the Lisbon City Council – Lisboa Ativa
Keynote Speaker
Barbara Mazza
President of the master’s degree course “Organizzazione e Marketing per la comunicazione d’impresa” Associate Professor Department of Communication and Social Research Sapienza, University of Rome
Keynote Speaker
Roberto Solinas
President – Mine Vaganti NGO, Italy
KEYNOTE SPEAKER & MODERATOR
Maria Grazia Pirina
President – NGO NEST Berlin, Germany
Parallel Session
Sport & Disability
Muhammad Farooq Islam
Assistant professor, University of Management Sciences Punjab University, Co Founder , The Raise Smart
Sport & Inclusion
Melis Nazlı Turhal
EU Project Designer & Manager, Mine Vaganti NGO, Italy
Sport & Inclusion
Donatella Coradduzza
Research Associate at University of Sassari
Sport & Nutrition
Vedant Bhrambhatt
MD Esteem Publication UK, Research Head at The Green Research Project
Sport & Inclusion
Marco Faccin
EU Project Designer Mine Vaganti NGO, Italy