Symposium Safe Sport
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3 October 2023
Taking the next step in your safe sport policy - in collaboration with Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
9h00 - 9h15 | Opening Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Donatella Sacchi - President of FIG Safeguarding Commission |
9h15 - 9h30 | Opening Belgian Gymnastics Federation Ilse Arys - CEO of Belgium Gymnastics Federation |
9h30 - 10h00 | Application of safe sport research (including Q&A) Tine Vertommen (BEL) - Researcher at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium and external consultant to the Safe Sport Unit at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
10h00 - 10h45 | The voice of the gymnasts (including Q&A) Catalina Ponor (ROU) - FIG WAG Athletes representative, Member of FIG Athlete Commission - TO BE CONFIRMED Elsa Garcia (MEX) - WAG Gymnast, Member of FIG Safeguarding Working Group Artur Mariano (BRA) - MAG Gymnast |
10h45 - 11h15 | Coffee break |
11h15 - 12h00 | The voice of the coaches (including Q&A) Ulla Koch (GER) - National Head Coach of the German team since 2005, IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 Hiroaki Sato (JPN) - Men's Artistic Gymnastics National Coach of Japan, FIG Education Commission member, Former Personal Coach of Kohei Uchimara |
12h00 - 12h45 | The voice of National Federations (including Q&A) Mario Vukoja (CRO) - Vice President of Croatia Gymnastics Federation Karen Norden (SGP) - General Manager at Singapore Gymnastics Lorena Villareal (CRC) - President of the Costa Rican Gymnastics Federation |
12h45 - 14h00 | Lunch break |
14h00 - 15h00 Green + blue room Red room Orange room | Workshop 1 1A - First steps on Safeguarding in the National Federation - LIVESTREAM Mario Vukoja (CRO) - Vice President of Croatia Gymnastics Federation 1B - Best practices for national federation's Safeguarding Officers - RECORDED Kacey Neely (CAN) - Safe Sport Director in Canada Gymnastics 1C - Safe Sport Allies: See something? Do something! - ONLY LIVE An De Kock (BEL) - Centre for Ethics in Sports Tine Vertommen (BEL) - Researcher at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences |
15h15 - 16h15 Green + blue room Red room Orange room | Workshop 2 2A - Awareness campaigns - LIVESTREAM Lili Leung (USA) - CEO USA Gymnastics 2B - The importance of culture in high performance sports - RECORDED Dave Hart (GBR) - Performance Director in British Gymnastics 2C - "A policy must speak to its stakeholders" - How to involve your stakeholders in your safe sports journey? - ONLY LIVE Annabel Timmins (GBR) - Safeguarding in Sport Manager LimeCulture |
16h15 - 16h20 | Overview of the day |
16h20 - 16h30 | Closing words FIG |
4 October 2023
Mental health in high performance sport - in collaboration with Sport Vlaanderen
9h00 - 9h30 | A word of welcome |
9h30 - 10h30 | Panel discussion - Elite sport and psychology: Opportunities and challenges Chris Harwood - Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain Heinrich Grobbelaar - Stellenbosch University, South-Africa Hafrun Kristjánsdóttir - National Olympic and Sports Assocation, Iceland Kuniko Sekiguchi - Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Japan Aagje Vanwalleghem - Former elite gymnast, Belgium |
11h00 - 12h00 Red room Yellow room Orange room | Session A The role of psychology in developing talented athletes Chris Harwood - Nottingham Trent University, Great Britain Jolan Kegelaers - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Session B The mental health and wellbeing of coaches Jef Brouwers - TICkA, Belgium Session C The multi-/interdisciplinary support team and the role of the psychologist Ruben Neyens - Gymfed, Belgium |
12h00 - 13h00 | Lunch buffet |
13h00 - 14h00 Red room Orange room Yellow room | Session A Mental health issues and psychological challenges: From injuries to weight management Jean Colinet - Capsport, Belgium Session B The multi-/interdisciplinary support team and the role of the psychologist Ruben Neyens - Gymfed, Belgium Session C The mental health and wellbeing of coaches Jef Brouwers - TICkA, Belgium |
14h15 - 15h15 Orange room Red room Yellow room | Session A The multi-/interdisciplinary support team and the role of the psychologist Hafrun Kristjánsdóttir - National Olympic and Sports Association, Iceland Ruben Neyens - Gymfed, Belgium Session B Mental health issues and psychological challenges: From injuries to weight management Jean Colinet - Capsport, Belgium Session C The role of psychology in developing talented athletes Jolan Kegelaers - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
15h30 - 15h50 | Reflections and lessons learned Jon Strubbe - Sport Vlaanderen, Belgium |
15h50 - 16h00 | Closing remarks Paul Rowe - Sport Vlaanderen, Belgium |
Practical information
When?
- Tuesday 3 October - Taking the next step in your safe sport policy
- Wednesday 4 October - Wellbeing in high performance sport
Where?
Meeting Centre (1st floor) Antwerp Expo
Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 191 - 2020 Antwerp - Belgium
Be part of it!
This symposium – which will be held on the same event site as the training halls, but separate from the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – is open to all stakeholders in Gymnastics and sport willing to promote this necessary cultural switch.