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The 16th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) was held in Liverpool, UK, July 6-9, 2011.
Division 12 past President Juri Hanin presented a paper entitled "Emotions in sport: current issues and perspectives".
Other speakers included Andrew Lane "Enhancing emotion regulation of others and self in sport", and Claudio Robazza
"Emotion and performance in sport and physical activity: a holistic approach".
The next ECSS conference will be held in Bruges, Belgium (July 4-7, 2012).
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The European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC) organized its congress in Madeira, Portugal (July 12-17, 2011).
Keynote speakers included: Sheldon Hanton (UK) "Another decade of research and still the question remains:
What is this thing called Mental Toughness?", Margarida Matos (Portugal), "Health Assets for the promotion of
personal and social health and wellbeing in children and adolescents", Anne Marte Pensgaard (Norway) "Applied Sport Psychology",
Elisabeth Rosnet (France) "Sport, Exercise, Polar and Space Psychology: links and challenges", and Andrew Sparkes (UK)
"Qualitative research in sport and exercise psychology: Future challenges and points of contestation". The Managing Council,
elected during the congress, includes: Paul Wylleman (President), Anne-Marie Elbe (Vice President), Xavier Sanchez (Secretary General),
and Alberto Cei (Treasurer).
The next congress will be held in 2015 in July 14-19 in Bern, Switzerland.
Visit www.fepsac2015.ch
The 26th Annual Conference of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) was held in Hawaii in September 21-24, 2011.
The conference gathered participants from 48 different countries with Jamaica being the first time represented at AASP. Former IAAP
Division 12 president, Gloria Balagué (University of Illinois, USA) presented the Coleman Griffith Keynote "Taking a look at the
'Applied' in Applied Sport Psychology". The Social Psychology Keynote Address "Bullying from Classrooms, Gyms, to the Playing Fields: Using
Social Psychology Research to Guide Prevention & Intervention Efforts" was presented by Dorothy Espelage (University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA). The Performance Psychology Keynote Address "From graduate school to life inside the Nike berm: The more
things change the more
they stay the same" was delivered by Darren Treasure (Oregon Nike Project). The Health & Exercise Psychology Keynote Address
"Comprehensive Approaches to Community-Wide Physical Activity Promotion" was presented by Jay Maddock, (University of Hawaii).
Award recipients were: Sandy Gordon (Distinguished International Scholar), Peter Haberl (Distinguished Professional Practitioner),
Shawn Zeplin (Distinguished Student Practice Award), Ross Wadey (Doctoral Dissertation Award), Cindra Kamphoff (Dorothy V. Harris Award),
Mustafa Sarkar (Master Thesis Award), and Moé Machida and Alyssa Norris (Student Diversity Award). The members of the Executive
Board Members include: Jack J. Lesyk (President), Jack Watson (President Elect), Bonnie Berger (Past President), and Heather Peters
(Secretary-Treasurer).
The next AASP conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia (October 3-6, 2012).
Visit www.appliedsportpsych.org
The Science for Success III Congress was organized by the Research Institute for Olympic Sports in Jyväskylä, Finland, 11th -12th October, 2011. The theme of the congress was "The way to success" which had a special emphasis on the coaching of young athletes. The congress gathered about 200 participants. Keynote speakers were: Gordon Bloom (McGill University, Canada) "The Role of the Coach in the Development of Talented Youth"; Dave Collins (University of Central Lancashire, UK) "Talent Development: The Game between the Ears"; Jessica Fraser-Thomas, (The York University, Canada) "Who Is This Kid? Developing the Person within the Young Athlete". The 7th Workshop of the European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology (ENYSSP) was organized in conjunction with the congress. Keynote speakers included Division 12 past President Juri Hanin (Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Finland) "From Competition Anxiety to Emotions in Sport", and Geir Jordet (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) "From Data to Dirty Reality - Psychology Applied to Professional Soccer".
The 5th International Sports Medicine and Sports Science Conference entitled "Medicine, sports and technology: powering high performance", was organized by the National Sports Institute of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur from 27-30 September, 2011. Professor Dieter Hackfort (Germany) delivered the Psychology Keynote. He focused on Mental Performance Management, founded on action analysis. Professor Andy Lane (UK) presented an invited lecture highlighting the importance of beliefs in the effectiveness of intervention to explain changes in emotions. In addition, both professors shared many creative ideas to move forward to become high performance competitors.
The 6th Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP) was held in Taipei, Taiwan from November 11th to 14th, 2011. There were 390 participants from 26 countries. Presentations included 9 keynotes, 13 symposium/workshops, 77 oral presentation, and 154 poster presentations. The election of ASPASP Office Bearer and Elected Members (2011-2014) were held and new officers are President: Peter Terry (Australia), Vice President (Programs & Organisations): Zhang Liwei (China), Vice President (Membership): Fatollah Mosayebi (Iran), Vice President (Publications): Frank Lu (Taiwan), Secretary General: Youngho Kim (Korea), and Treasurer: Naira Orbeta (Philippines). New elected members are Ahmad Alharamlah (Saudi Arabia), Kaori Araki (Japan), Chung-ju Huang (Taiwan), Zhijian Huang (China), Ji-Hang Lee (Korea), Mohd Nizar Ahman Padzi (Malaysia), Naruepon Vongjaturapat (Thailand). The 7th ASPASP congress will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2014.
The first year of the European Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology (EMSEP) Erasmus Mundus program was successfully completed. EMSEP
visiting scholars for 2011 included: Hülya Asçi, Albert Carron, Nikos Chatzisarantis, Dan Gould, Harold Riemer, Judy Van Raalte, Tony Morris,
Vanessa Shannon, and Robert Weinberg. The EMSEP program is funded by the European Commission, and offered jointly by the University of Jyväskylä
(Finland), University of Lund (Sweden), and University of Thessaly (Greece) acting as home universities, and University of Leipzig (Germany) that
hosts the study abroad period of all students.
Visiting scholars for 2012 include: Brenda Bredemeier, Nikos Chatzizarantis, Steven Danish, Mark Eys, Debbie Feltz, Martin Hagger, Harold Riemer, Vanessa Shannon,
David Shields, and Robert Weinberg.