Science in Sports Conference
Science in Sport conference places are available on a strictly first-come first-served basis and only then by contacting the Run Dunfermline Event Organisers using the Contact Us page. We will confirm allocation of places by name by Friday 4 June at the latest, again, all subject to availability. Places are free thanks to the support from our main sponsor Winning Time (Italy).
Places have been reserved for National Sporting bodies but those taking up the places must be confirmed by Friday 4 June, at the latest.
Winning Time, in association with event organisers Interloq, will be launching the latest technology over the Run Dunfermline weekend. It will be utilised for the first time in the UK to time the international half marathon. Event Directors are being encouraged to see this for themselves.
The conference will appeal to athletes and coaches from all sports.
Main Speaker: Professor Ron Maughan
Ron Maughan obtained his BSc (Physiology) and PhD from the University of Aberdeen, and held a lecturing position in Liverpool before returning to Aberdeen where he was based for almost 25 years. He began as a Clinical research Fellow in the Department of Surgery and progressed to a personal Chair in Human Physiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. He is now Professor of Sport and Exercise Nutrition at Loughborough University.
He has published extensively in the scientific literature, including research papers and reviews as well as books and book chapters. He is currently an Editor of several international journals, including Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise and the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
Professor Maughan is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and received that organisation’s Citation Award in 2007. He is a member of many scientific organisations, including the Physiological Society, the Nutrition Society, the Biochemical Society, and the Medical Research Society. He chaired the Human and Exercise Physiology group of the Physiological Society for 10 years and was a member of the Council of that organisation.
He is secretary of the Sports Nutrition group established by the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee in 2002. He is one of the three program Directors for the IOC’s Diploma program in Sports Nutrition. He also acts as an adviser to FIFA, UK Athletics, the Irish Sports Council and to various other national and international sporting bodies.
Susan Shirreffs BSc PhD
Susan is a Reader at Loughborough University where she teaches Physiology and Nutrition modules on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. She has research interests in exercise physiology and nutrition and publishes particularly in the areas of body water balance, sweat and post-exercise rehydration. Susan is a member of The Physiological Society, The Nutrition Society, and the Medical Research Society and Exercise Sciences and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
