PROGRAMME
Wednesday 4th December 2024
Venue: John McIntyre Conference Centre, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY
Time |
Item |
Room |
08:30-09:15/30 |
Registration and set up posters Arrival Tea and Coffee |
JMCC Foyer and Centro |
9:30-9:45 |
Welcome & Conference Opening Professor Marie Murphy, Director of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland |
Pentland |
9:50-10:50 |
Knowledge Exchange workshops – Supporting inclusive physical activity for all |
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Workshop 1 – LEAP into partnership: Connecting with LGBTIQ+ communities Hugh Torrance and Heidi Vistisen, LEAP Sports |
Duddingston |
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Workshop 2 – Inclusion in Practice: sharing experiences and best practice within disability sport and physical activity Dr Fiona Muirhead, (Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde) Laura Pilkington (Board Member and Disability Inclusion Tutor, Scottish Disability Sport) Gary Muirhead (Deputy Head Teacher, St Oswalds ASN Secondary School, Glasgow) |
Pentland
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Workshop 3 –Transforming Young Lives Through Sport Dougie Millen + TBC, Scottish Sports Futures |
Prestonfield |
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Workshop 4 – Springboards and Banana Skins: how we can progress an equitable physical activity system in Scotland Professor Emily Oliver Dr Coral Hanson |
Boardroom 1 & 2 |
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Workshop 5 – Muscle Strengthening “The forgotten Guidelines”: How can we better promote these? Scott Burton |
Holyrood |
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Workshop 6 – Co-designing Inclusive Activities and Cooperative Games: Engaging Older Adults in Physical Activity Andrew Telfer Gill Erskine |
Salisbury |
10:45-11:00 |
Tea/coffee and connecting |
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11:00-12:00 |
Posters |
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12:00-13:10 |
Lunch |
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12:35-13:00 |
Walk or Wheel |
JMCC Entrance |
12:45-13:00 |
Pause, Breathe & Stretch |
Prestonfield |
12:45-13:00 |
Boccia |
Pentland |
13:10-13:15 |
Afternoon reconvene and introductions Professor Marie Murphy, Chair of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh |
Pentland |
13:15-13:25 |
Ms Maree Todd, Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, The Scottish Government |
Pentland |
13:30-14:20 |
Professor Cindy Gray, University of Glasgow Keynote with Q&A: Using physical activity to address health inequalities |
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14:20-14:40 |
Tea & coffee |
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14:40-15:20 |
Oral presentations 1 |
Pentland |
15:20-15:30 |
Yoga break |
Pentland |
15:30-16:10 |
Oral presentations 2 |
Pentland |
16:10 – 16:45 |
Prizes, closing remarks & final connections Professor Ailsa Niven, Personal Chair of Psychology & Physical Activity University of Edinburgh |
Pentland |