Scientific Programme Committee

• Chair - Professor Dawn Skelton
• Professor Neil Alexander, Director, Mobility Research Center, University of Michegan, USA
• Dr Claire Ballinger, Dept Medicine, Southampton University
• Dr Nina Beyer, Sports Medicine Research Unit, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Dr Michael Brach, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Münster, Germany.
• Professor John Campbell, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• Dr Sebastien Chastin, School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
• Dr Richard Ferguson – School Sports & Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University
• Dr Ellen Freiberger - Senior Lecturer, Institute for Sport, Erlangen, Germany
• Professor Malcolm Granat, School of Health & Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University
• Dr Carolyn Greig – Dept. Geriatric Medicine, Edinburgh University
• Professor Marijke Hopman-Rock, TNO Quality of Life, Department of Physical Activity and Health, Leiden, Netherlands.
• Dr Shanthi Johnson, Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina, Canada.
• Assoc. Professor Gareth Jones, Canada Centre for Physical Activity and Aging, Ontario, Canada.
• Professor C Jessie Jones, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
• Professor Abby King, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
• Dr Gladys Pearson, Exercise and Sports Science Department, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Professor Taina Rantanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Professor Roberta Rikli, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA
• Dr Cormac Ryan, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University
• Associate Professor Cody Sipe, Harding University, Searcy AR, USA
• Professor Catherine Ward Thompson, University of Edinburgh
• Associate Professor Marek Zak, University School of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland
• Associate Professor Wiebren Zijlstra, Center for Human Sciences of the University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands

There are two committees who are involved in the Scientific Programme – the Scientific Programme Group (SPG) and the Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG). To see further information on each of the committees please click on the links below: