The Department of Sport Pedagogy of the Centre of Sport Science at the University of Vienna will host together with the Institute of Sport Science and Sport of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen Nuremberg, the POIN-Conference 2010, that will take place from November 8th-9th in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
You can download the Conference Programme here.
Physical activity and sport require adequate environments!
Indoor and outdoor sports facilities, as well as infrastructures for self-organized physical activity such as parks, lanes or open landscape are major resources for physical activity and sport all over Europe.On the one hand, attitude towards physical activity has changed dramatically across all ages, becoming broader and a lot more differentiated – therefore challenging to adapt facilities for physical activity and sport. On the other hand, infrastructures for physical activity and sport are outworn and in urgent need for renovation and modernization. Management and operating issues need updating.
- How to improve infrastructure for physical activity and sport?
- What are good practice examples of policies and instruments for infrastructure development for physical activity and sport in Europe and worldwide?
- How to coordinate health promotion and infrastructure development
POIN2010 provides answers!
POIN2010 will deal with those questions and challenges. This conference presents new EU-guidelines on improving infrastructures for physical activity and sport. These guidelines were developed in the EU-project IMPALA. Examples of good practice (e.g. from Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain etc.) will be put up for discussion at the event from European as well as from non-European countries.
The POIN2010-Conference will offer opportunities for exchange of experience and information to policy makers and key stakeholders in fields such as sport, health, urban and spatial planning.
Key objectives of the conference are:
- International symposium for decision makers and key stakeholders in politics and fields such as sport, health, urban and spatial planning, environment, tourism, economy etc.
- Presentation and discussion forum for good practice in infrastructure development for leisure-time physical activity and sport.
- Adoption of a position paper with criteria of good practice in infrastructure development for leisure-time physical activity and sport.
Schedule
The conference schedule can be found here.
Apart from well-known European experts, Abby King, Professor of Health Research & Policy Medicine, School of Medicine, der Stanford University, USA, and Neville Owen, Professor of Health Behaviour, School of Population Health, University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, will deliver a speech.
Call for Abstracts
More information can be found here.
Date & Place
November 8th and 9th 2010
Courtyard by
Mariott Hotel | Messe
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Conference Organization
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen Nuremberg
Institute of Sport Science and Sport
Department Public Health
Prof. Dr. Alfred Rütten
University of Vienna
Centre of Sport Science
Department of Sport Pedagogy
Head: o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Kolb
Scientific staff: Ass. Prof. Dr. Rosa Diketmüller, DI Irene Bittner
Contact: poin2010@impala-eu.org
European Cooperation Partners
Cooperation Partner in Austria
Project funding in Austria
