SW/S CONFERENCE 2022

Supported by sportscotland & University of the West of Scotland

TUESDAY 23RD AUGUST 2022

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This year the SW/S Conference will focus on the many ways that technology has impacted sport. The use of technology has become part of everyone’s daily life – but is sport using it to its best advantage and also benefitting from the latest innovations?

During the recent pandemic working practices changed massively and we all relied even more on technology with the result that we are learning how to change the way we work and embrace technology.  This year the SW/S Conference will focus on the many ways that technology has impacted sport and we will hear from our partner sportscotland and sportscotland Institute of Sport on their thoughts and use of technology.  Their session is – The Use of Technology in Female Athlete Education: How to Promote an Open and Supportive Environment within Sport

This session will outline the multidisciplinary team approach taken to engage, understand and support female athletes, and demonstrate how to use technology to provide a multifaceted learning experience.   Both Nikki Gibson who is a Performance Physiologist with over 12 years’ experience working in High Performance Sport and Maggie Hendry who is a High Performance Physiotherapist who has worked for the sportscotland institute of sport for the last 12 years, will lead this discussion.

We will have a snapshot of current research within the Division of Sport and Exercise at UWS. Researchers from the Division will provide an insight into current projects, such as exploring the role of technology in supporting exercise for women during and after pregnancy, and the use of technology for female athletes in performance sport settings.

You can have a tour of the world class facilities at UWS Lanarkshire which  is an award winning £120m purpose-built campus boasting a range of research facilities for sport and exercise including a Biomechanics lab, Cardiovascular Imaging Suite, Biochemistry Laboratories, Rehabilitation Suite, and an Extreme Environments Lab which houses one of the largest, purpose-built environmental chambers in Scotland. https://www.uws.ac.uk/university-life/campuses/lanarkshire-campus/

Hormonix, have developed a new, first of a kind technology  that will provide clear, rapid and accurate information on hormone levels through a saliva sample.  Regular and easy to access data on hormones has enormous potential to unlock a wide variety of opportunities to progress female health, performance and wellbeing – not just for athletes but society as a whole.  https://www.mintdiagnostics.com/hormonix/

We also have a presentation on the Actify platform which is a free digital tool that enables sport and physical activity organisations to create and host digital content, learn from one another, and support their audiences.  Used by over 100 organisations to host and manage over 1400 digital resources. Also recently developed and now launched, Actify’s Digital Delivery Training designed to help organisations think about how technology can support the delivery and evaluation of their programmes.

More information on our other presenters will be available shortly.

Schedule

9.00 Registration
9.30 Welcome – Maureen McGonigle, CEO SW/S
9.35 Introduction – Ciaran O’Brian, Head of Sport, UWS
9.45 Setting the scene – Your host Alison Walker
10.00 QTV – Maximising the impact of your sport: Broadcast Technology and Content Strategy

A coherent broadcast and content strategy, underpinned by good venue infrastructure, can transform event coverage, fan engagement, and the commercial value of events. Jack McGill, Founder & CEO of QTV, identifies the fundamentals for an impactful event.

10.30 Actify – The Actify platform is a free digital tool that enables sport and physical activity organisations to create and host digital content, learn from one another, and support their audiences. Also recently developed and now launched, Actify’s Digital Delivery Training designed to help organisations think about how technology can support the delivery and evaluation of their programmes.

10.55 FANBASE – Alasdair Crawley,  CEO & Co-Founder of Fanbase a sports tech company which enables any ambitious team at all levels grow revenue & centralise fan data.

11.25 UWS Research in women’s sport and physical activity in the Division of Sport and Exercise

A snapshot of current research within the Division of Sport and Exercise. Researchers from the Division will provide an insight into current projects, such as exploring the role of technology in supporting exercise for women during and after pregnancy, and the use of technology for female athletes in performance sport settings.

11.40 UWS Facilities Tour
Opportunity to tour the world class facilities. UWS Lanarkshire is an award winning £120m purpose-built campus which boasts a range of research facilities for sport and exercise including a Biomechanics lab, Cardiovascular Imaging Suite, Biochemistry Laboratories, Rehabilitation Suite, and an Extreme Environments Lab which houses one of the largest, purpose-built environmental chambers in Scotland.

12.05 LUNCH
13.15 Welcome Back – Alison Walker

13.20 sportscotland The Use of Technology in Female Athlete Education:
How to Promote an Open and Supportive Environment within Sport

This session will outline the multidisciplinary team approach taken to engage, understand and support female athletes, and demonstrate how to use technology to provide a multifaceted learning experience.

Nikki Gibson is a Performance Physiologist with over 12 years’ experience working in High Performance Sport and Maggie Hendry is a High Performance Physiotherapist who has worked for the sportscotland institute of sport for the last 12 years.

13.50  UWS – Sport & Wellbeing: A Metaverse Future?  Dr Matt Frew, a Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Transformational Technologies at              UWS

14.20 HORMONIX – Pioneering individualised female athlete support. This talk describes the innovative collaboration between the English Institute of Sport and Mint Diagnostics during the development the award winning Hormonix technology. Hormonix is providing a non-invasive, efficient means of measuring menstrual cycle hormones, enabling more individualised and precise health and performance support to female athletes.

15.00 Panel Debate – Is technology the future of sport?

15.30 Presenter – Summary
15.35 Close

Programme subject to change.
Thank you for your support and attendance