The ISSP 13 th World Congress of Sport Psychology

The 2013 ISSP World Congress will be held July 21-25, 2013 at the Beijing Sports University, Beijing, China. “Harmony and Excellence in Sport and Life”

For more information, see 2013 ISSP World Congress official website, http://www.issp2013.com/

General Information

Congress Date:

July 21 (Sunday) - 25 (Thursday), 2013

Dec. 20, 2012	Deadline for abstract submission
Feb. 20, 2013	Acceptation Notification of presentations
May. 6, 2013	Deadline for reduced registration fee
Jul. 21-25, 2013	Congress Dates

Conference Venue:

Beijing Sport University，Beijing，China

Scientific Committees

Sidonio Serpa, Portugal, Chairman (ISSP President)

Dieter Hackfort, Germany (ISSP Past President)

Athanasios Papaioannou, Greece (Editor of IJSEP)

Liwei Zhang, Beijing, China

Jiaxing Yao, Tianjing, China

Natalia Stambulova, Sweden (ISSP Vice-President)

Traci Statler, USA (ISSP Vice-President)

Abderrahim “Abdou” Baria, Morocco (ISSP Vice-President)

Gangyan Si, Hong Kong, Republic of China (Secretary General)

Tsung-Min Hung, Taiwan, Republic of China (Treasurer)

Organizing Committee

Liwei, Zhang – Beijing Sport University, China

Important Dates

Important News：Submission deadline for abstracts postponed to Mar. 20, 2013.You are greatly suggested to submit as soon as possible, then you can arrange your schedule and book the hotel timely.

Important Dates
Mar. 20, 2013	Deadline for abstract submission
Apr. 25, 2013	Acceptance Notification of presentations
May 6, 2013	Deadline for reduced registration fee
Jul. 21-25, 2013	Congress Dates

Program Overview

The Scientific Program starts on Sunday 21 July and ends on

Thursday 25 July.

The program consists of:

The program consists of:

Keynote speakers

Invited symposia by ISSP

Symposia

Poster presentations

Workshops

General Schedule

Date	Morning session	Afternoon session
Eve July 20(Saturday)	ISSP MC Meeting	ISSP MC Meeting
Day 1 July 21 (Sunday)	Registration Glencross Workshop	Registration Glencross Workshop
Day2 July 22 (Monday)	Academic Program	Academic Program
Day 3 July 23 (Tuesday)	Academic Program	Academic Program
Day 4 July 24 (Wednesday)	Academic Program or Social Activity	Academic Program
Day 5 July 25 (Thursday)	Academic Program	Academic Program

9 Keynotes:

Claudio Babiloni: Is There Neural Efficiency in the Athletes’ Brain?

Carl Gabbard: A Bioecological Approach for the Study of Sport and Physical Activity: Tribute to Ruy Krebs

Françoys Gagné: Beyond the DMGT 2.0: A Comprehensive Theory of Talent Development

Stephanie Hanrahan: We Are Not All the Same: Culture and (Dis) Ability in Applied Sport Psychology

Zhijian Huang: Mental Training: New Perspectives

Sophia Jowett: Unleashing the Power of Coach-athlete Relationships

Artur Poczwardowski: What if the Secret is you? In Pursuit of Excellence in Performance Psychology Service Delivery

Peter C. Terry: Developments in Mood Profiling and Mood Regulation for Sport and Exercise

Paul Wylleman: A Developmental and Holistic Perspective on the Athletic Career

Instructions to Presenters

Important Points

Each classroom is equipped with a computer and a projector.

Presentations should be handed in at least three hours prior to the lecture at the classroom.

Conference volunteers will help you upload your files onto the computer.

Further details on the preparation of your presentation

Store all your files in one folder. Please make sure that graphics, animations and videos and your presentation are all in the same folder.

Avoid creating symbols as graphics or using special fonts that are external to your Microsoft PowerPoint or word processing program since these might be displayed incorrectly. Instead, always use the 'Symbol' function in the 'Insert' menu of your program to insert symbols.

Colors: Use light-colored fonts for texts on dark backgrounds or vice versa. A strong contrast is important for good legibility.

Legibility check: On presentation mode, your text should be large enough to be easily readable 1.5 m away from your computer screen.

The computers are equipped with Office 2003 or latter. Please be aware that presentations made on Macintosh computers generally do not run properly on PC. Please visit the Speakers Centre to check for incompatibilities. Most of them can be fixed there.

The latest version of the Acrobat Reader is installed. PDF files can be presented.

In your presentation, leave appropriate time for discussion and questions from the participants.

How to hand in your presentation

You can use various storage media: USB memory units, CD-Rom, DVD, your own laptop

Speakers Centre (SC)

Please come to the SC the day before or at least three hours prior to your lecture to make sure that your files are compatible with the computer system of Beijing Sport University.

At the SC, you can check and rehearse your presentation.

In the Classroom

Your presentation will be made available in your classroom.

From the lectern you will be able to remote control your presentation.

A laser-pointer will be available.

Neither overhead projector no slide projector will be available in the classrooms; double projection will not be provided.

Topic Categories

Sport and exercise Psychology

Mental training and preparation for performance enhancement

Sport expertise

Cognition in sport

Motivation in sport

Mood and emotion in sport

Burn out and overtraining

Psychological factors in injury prevention and rehabilitation

Psychophysiology and neuroscience perspective

Leadership

Cohesion

Communication skills

Morality in sport

Psychology of coaching

Psychological benefits of exercise

Exercise in psychotherapy

Psychological aspects of youth sport

Career development and career Transitions in sport

Life-span development issues

Motor Control/Learning

Motor development

Skill acquisition

Methodology

Methodology development

Methodology problems

Special issues

Gender issues

Cultural issues

Disabilities issues

Drug control

Eating disorder issues

Please direct questions regarding your presentation to the Congress Manager.

Invited Symposia by ISSP

Colleagues who have been invited to chair a symposium were asked to gather a group of speakers and discussants for a lively exchange on the state of research and future challenges in a specific field. An Invited Symposium lasts 90 minutes, containing four to six presentations and discussion.

Confirmed ISSP Invited Symposia

No.	Field	Coordinator(s)
1	Consulting Characteristics	Roland Seiler
2	Cultural Sport Psychology	Robert J. Schinke
3	Doping and Social psychological issues	Derwin Chan Fabio Lucidi
4	Exercise adherence	Stuart Biddle
5	Imagery	Toni Morris
6	Performance routines	Ronnie Lidor
7	Psychophysiological factors of risk-taking	Christine Le Scanff
8	AASP-Symposia	Jack Watson
9	ASEP-Symposia	Bola Ikulayo
10	ASPASP-Symposia	Peter Terry
11	ASSP-Symposia	Abdou Baria
12	Psychological Service Provision to Chinese Athletes for London Olympics	Zhongqiu Zhang

Contact Info:

Beijing Sport University

No. 48, Information Road, Haidian District,

Beijing, 100084, China

• Tel: [phone]

• Email: [e-mail]

Saludos

García Ucha