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

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

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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