International Week 2024
We invite you to the 3rd annual International Week, which will take place from November 18–22 at the Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University. During this week, you will have a unique opportunity to attend lectures by international experts in sports sciences, who will share their knowledge and current research.
All lectures will be conducted in English. Students of our faculty that have registered to a particular lecture will be excused from regular classes that would collide with the International Week lecture they are registered for.
Registration is required for all lectures!
Programme a registration:
Monday 18. 11.
- 9:00–10:00 – Robert Book: The power of narratives in sport and exercise sciences
- 10:00–11:00 – Sandro Bartolomei: Investigating the recovery process following resistance exercise
Tuesday 19. 11.
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9:00–10:00 – Jožef Šimenko: Analysis of injuries in the Slovenian military and development of a specific testing battery
- 10:00–11:00 – Andrew Thomas: Challenges of Open Water Swimming
- 12:00–13:30 – Kevin Melcher: Agility training session – basketball (praktická hodina, vyučováno v Hale míčových sportů)
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13:00–14:00 – Rocco Di Michele: Assessment of aerobic fitness in team sports athletes
- 14:00–15:00 – Sevgi Pehlivan: Gait Analysis and Its Clinical Importance in Pregnancy
Wednesday 20. 11.
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9:00–10:00 – Appolinaire C. Etoundi: BIO-INSPIRED MECHATRONICS - Empowering Lives By Becoming Problem-Solvers & Transforming Challenges into Opportunities (online stream in classroom B11/206)
- 9:00–10:00 – Kathrin Rehfeld: Fitness Dances for different age-groups (practical lecture, taught in Movement gym) - CAPACITY IS FULL
- 10:00–11:00 – Kathrin Rehfeld: Fitness Dances for different age-groups (practical lecture, taught in Movement gym)
- 10:00–11:00 – Cäcilia Zehnder: Together Towards Better Executive Functions? Effects of Acute Physical Activity and Social Interaction on Executive Functions
- 11:00–12:00 – Kathrin Rehfeld: Fitness Dances for different age-groups (practical lecture, taught in Movement gym) - CAPACITY IS FULL
- 13:00–14:00 – Michael Reinboth: Quality of motivation in sports and physical activity
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14:00–15:00 – Antanas Usas: Enhancing Sports Management through Advanced Marketing Technologies
- 15:00–16:00 – Jožef Šimenko: Overview of Injuries in judo: Can the playing-up approach affect them?
Thursday 21. 11.
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12:00–13:00 – Miguel Sánchez Polán: Physical activity during pregnancy and emotional and mental health
- 13:00–14:00 – Wolfgang Kemmler: Effects of WB-EMS on musculoskeletal risk factors in middle-aged to older adults. A brief review of longitudinal studies. (online stream in the classroom)
- 14:00–15:00 – Romain Derval: Biomechanical engineering for rehabilitation
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15:00–16:00 – Slawomir Winiarski: Movement symmetry and quality in Biomechanics: Applications in sport and rehabilitation
Friday 22. 11.
- 12:00–13:00 – David Paar: Economic Consequences of Health and Recreational Sports
- 13:00–14:00 – Sevgi Pehlivan: Gait Analysis and Its Clinical Importance in Pregnancy - CANCELLED
