50 years of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Professor Rachel Thomson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of Loughborough University 

Professor Stuart Biddle, Professor of Physical Activity and Health, University of Southern Queensland

Professor Clyde Williams, Emeritus Professor of Sports Science, Loughborough University

Rod Thorpe, Former Director of Loughborough’s Sports Development Centre

Rex Hazeldine, Loughborough University’s first Director of the Centre for Coaching and Recreation

Professor Stuart Biddle, Professor of Physical Activity and Health, University of Southern Queensland (chair)

Professor David Stensel, Professor of Exercise Metabolism, Loughborough University

Professor Jason Gill, Professor of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Glasgow

Professor Stacy Clemes, Professor of Active Living and Public Health, Loughborough University (Chair)

Dr Oliver Hooper, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Youth Sport, Loughborough University

Professor Lorraine Cale, Emeritus Professor in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, Loughborough University (Chair)

Dr Steven Bradbury, Senior Lecturer in Sport, Equality and Diversity, Loughborough University (chair)

Professor Barrie Houlihan, Emeritus Professor of Sport Policy, Loughborough University

Professor Dominic Malcolm, Professor of Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University

Professor Leanne Norman, Professor of Women in Sport, Loughborough University

Professor Mary Nevill, Head of Department of Sport Science, Nottingham Trent University

Professor James Betts, Professor of Metabolic Physiology, University of Bath

Dr Sam Erith, Performance Director, Manchester United Football Club

Professor Clyde Williams, Emeritus Professor of Sports Science, Loughborough University (chair)

Professor Chris Harwood, Professor of Sport Psychology, Nottingham Trent University

Dr Anna Fitzpatrick, Lecturer in Performance Analysis and Skill Acquisition, Loughborough University

Dr Richard Blagrove, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Loughborough University

Dr Martyn Shorten, Managing Partner, BioMechanica LLC

Professor Wendy Brown, Emeritus Professor of Physical Activity and Health, University of Queensland 

Jayant Mistry, Wheelchair tennis player, organiser (London 2012 Games), coach and commentator

Professor Vicky Tolfrey, Professor of Applied Disability and Para Sport, Loughborough University

Speakers TBC

Professor Fred Yeadon, Emeritus Professor of Computer Simulation in Sport, Loughborough University

Dr Sharon Dixon, Honorary Associate Professor in Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter

Professor Matthew Pain, Professor of Biomechanics, Loughborough University

Professor Mark King, Professor of Sports Biomechanics, Loughborough University (Chair)

Professor Mary Nevill, Head of Department of Sport Science Nottingham Trent University

Professor Stuart Biddle, Professor of Physical Activity and Health, University of Southern Queensland

Dr Lauren Sherar, Dean of School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University