The International Congress on Physical Education & Sport (Δ.Σ.Φ.Α.Α.) – International Congress on Physical Education & Sports Science (I.C.P.E.S.S.) is the leading international congress in the field of Physical Education & Sport held in Greece, and has been organised without interruption for the last 31 years by Democritus University of Thrace and the Department of Physical Education & Sport Science.
The Congress was aimed at:
- students
- Physical Education teachers
- coaches
- health scientists
- everyone who loves sport and exercise
Each year the Congress programme included keynote lectures by distinguished invited speakers, specialised seminars, round tables, awards to people for their contribution to sport, and oral and digital poster presentations.
This year’s congress was organised as part of the celebrations for the 50 years of operation of Democritus University of Thrace and hosted major figures from the world of sport. Present at the 31st International Congress were Evangelos Liolios, President of the Hellenic Basketball Federation, Panagiotis Giannakis, former coach of the Men’s National Team, and iconic basketball players of the team that starred in the 2005 and 2006 World and European Championships. The invited speaker was Professor Andrew Jones, Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and technical adviser to Eliud Kipchoge’s training team (“The Road to the 1:59 Marathon”).
As part of the congress, the “Nikos Samaras Award” for her overall contribution to the sporting ideal was presented to a remarkable woman, Ada Stamatatou, President of the Civil Non-profit Company Race For Autism Gr.
Alongside the presentations of scientific papers, numerous round tables and seminars on sport, exercise, functional training and rehabilitation took place during the three-day congress, as well as the annual one-day meeting of the Hellenic Academy of Physical Education.
For more information, visit the official website of the 31st I.C.P.E.S.S.
