II International Forum on Elite Sport, S.Cugat, Barcelona (Spain) - (2001)

II International Forum on Elite Sport, S.Cugat, Barcelona (Spain) - (2001)

Tuesday, 11 September 2001 to Thursday, 13 September 2001

138 Paticipants from 35 Countries

Wednesday 12.09.01

Conference 1
Australia: from Montreal 1976 to Sydney 2000. History of change of model
Frank Pyke, Chairman, NESC Australia
Ken Norris, Manager, ACT Academy of Sport in Canberra, Australia

Symposium 1
Criteria to beginning new high level sport programmes
Luciano Barra, Italian National Olympic Committee (Chairperson)    
Roger Moreland, Director, UK Sports Institute, United Kingdom    
Lola Boyé Delgado, Consejo Superior de Deportes, Spain
Patrick Duffy, Director of the National Coaching and Training Centre, Ireland
Carlos Rodolfo Siffredi, Chairman of High Performance Sports, Argentina
Glòria Pallé i Torres, Director of the Catalan Sports Council, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
Alfredo Hueto, Catalan Gymnastic Federation, Spain

Conference 2

The Catalan program in High Performance
Joan Anton Camuñas i Feijoo, General Secretary of Sport, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain

Symposium 2

Experiences in training
John Smyth, Director of the US Olympic Training Centres, USA (Chairperson)
Leigh Nugent, National Youth Coach, Australia Swimming, Australia
Juan Avendaño Iglesias, Technical Director of the Spanish Tennis Federation, Spain
Zang Xiaopeng, National Research Institute of Sport Science, China
Federico Rosa, Kapsait Training Centre, Kenya
Eric Kimayo, Kapsait Training Centre, Kenya
Xesco Espar i Moya, INEFC, Fitness Coach Handball Team FC Barcelona, Spain

Presentation
The net, our means to increase communication
in the world of high performance sport
Josep Escoda, Head of Sports Sciences R&D, Centre d'Alt Rendiment, Sant Cugat, Spain (Chairperson)
Ramon Garcia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Josep M. Fortuny i Aymemi, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Joaquín Jiménez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Xavier Balius Matas, C.A.R. (Centre d'Alt Rendiment), Sant Cugat, Spain
Andreu Roig, C.A.R. (Centre d'Alt Rendiment), Sant Cugat, Sp

Thursday 13.09.01

Conference 3
The Spanish model in High Performance Sports Training Centres
Jesús Mardaras, Consejo Superior de Deportes, Spain

Symposium 3
Relationship sportsmen, federations and centres
Pere Miró, Head of Liaison with NOC's and IOC, Director of Olympic Solidarity, IOC (Chairperson)
Helmut Digel, German Athletics Federation, Germany
Jordi Sans, Member of the Spanish Water Polo Team, Spain
Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Judo Federation, Spain
Francesc de Puig, Director of the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat, Spain

Conference 4
Social and economic gains of the elite sport
Laurent Scharapan, Director of Meridian Management, Switzerland

Plenary session
Final conclusions from the symposia and the forum
Roger Moreland, Director, UK Institute of Sport , UK
John Smyth, Director of the US Olympic Training Centres, USA
Guillermo Pérez, Assistant Director, CAR (Centre d'Alt Rendiment) Sant Cugat, Spain
Francesc de Puig, Director of CAR (Centre d'Alt Rendiment), Sant Cugat, Spain
Frank Pyke, Chairman of NESC, 
Joan Anton Camuñas, General Secretary of Sport, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain