Conference Themes and Abstracts

We want the conference programme to reflect the breadth of research and practice across women’s sport and physical activity. To help us shape the programme, we have developed three themes. These are intentionally broad and inclusive, giving people from different disciplines and professional backgrounds a place to share their work and find where it fits. Your work may fit within more than one theme. Please choose the theme that best reflects its main focus when submitting your abstract.

Embracing Change: Adopting Innovations that Support Women in Sport

Technology, innovation, new approaches to coaching and provision, data, equipment, research translation and interventions that improve women’s sporting experiences.

Integrated Health and Support Across the Life Course

How coordinated, multidisciplinary and person-centred support can meet women’s changing health, wellbeing and performance needs throughout their lives. This may include psychology, strength and conditioning, physiology, pelvic health, sports therapy, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and return to activity or performance.

Advancing Performance: Creating Environments Where Women Can Thrive

The coaching, training, competition and organisational environments that enable women and girls to fulfil their sporting potential. This may include female-centred performance practice, talent pathways, coach development, athlete voice, leadership, transitions, safeguarding, inclusion and the structures that shape equitable opportunities in sport.

Calls for abstracts for standard speaker presentations and poster presentations formats will be open from December – 31st January. 

Abstracts will be up to 300 words and should briefly outline the background, methods, key findings and conclusions.

We are currently inviting applications for special speaker sessions, up to 60 minutes.