19/05/2019 12:00 AM
The two-day international summit is dedicated to sports performance, sports medicine and analytics. brings together world’s leading experts and internationally renowned researchers. Participants will address a range of topics including tailoring training sessions to individuals, injury prevention and the role of tracking data in improving team performance.
Aspetar renowned experts participated in the summit led by Dr Abdulaziz Jaham Al-kuwari Chief Executive Officer including Dr Hakim Chalabi Assistant Director General for International Medical Affairs, Prof. Gerard Saillant, Dr Ulrike Muschaweck, Dr Cristiano Eirale, Dr Yorck Olaf Schumacher, Dr Mathew Wilson, Dr Johannes Tol, Dr Giannicola Bisciotti, and Dr Zarko Vuckovic
The international summit is a leading platform for discussing the best ways to optimise athlete and team performance and perfectly aligns with Aspetar’s mission. The conference will bring together global experts and specialists in different major football leagues, sports medicine and sports analytics.
Organising such meetings reflects Aspetar’s focused strategy to be a global leader in sports medicine and exercise science by 2020 and to assist athletes both to achieve maximum performance and fulfil their full potential.
About Aspetar:
Aspetar is a world leading specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, and the first of its kind in the Middle East. Since 2007, with a world expert team, the hospital has provided top-level comprehensive medical treatment to all athletes in a state-of-the-art facility that sets new standards internationally.
In 2009, Aspetar was accredited as a “FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence” by F-MARC. In 2013, Aspetar was adopted as a reference collaborator centre by the Gulf Countries Council (GCC) Health Ministers Council and “IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health” in 2014.
In 2015, Aspetar has been recognised as the “IHF Reference Centre for Athlete and Referee Health”. In the same year, the hospital also achieved the obtained on December 15 the Accreditation Canada International (ACI) “Platinum Level”.
Aspetar is a member–organisation of Aspire Zone Foundation, Qatar’s innovative sports and healthy lifestyle destination.
The summit follows the recent success of the International Conference on Medicine and Science in Athletics held in Doha from 3 – 5th May and organised by Aspetar and attended by hundreds of medical personnel who benefited by hearing from a selection of world-renowned speakers and experts in the field of athletics.