Welcome to the 1st Scientific Conference SPE BALKAN SKI 2017

Dear Colleagues and Friends,
With great pleasure, we would like to invite you to the 1st Scientific Conference SPE BALKAN SKI from 12th - 16th March, 2017 at the Kopaonik Ski Resort, Serbia.

SPE BALKAN SKI Core Values

INTEGRITY – Based on values rather than personal gain.
FUN – Pleasure, enjoyment, creative culture and social actions.
BONDING AND NETWORKING – Bringing together experts with the same interests from the Balkan region.
PASSION – Enthusiasm for doing what we love.
TEAM – Confidently working within a group, accepting and learning from constructive criticism, collective pride.
EXCELLENCE – If you put quality in everything you do, the individual and the collective wins every day.

“Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.”
Lawrence M. Miller

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Marco Narici, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
Ron Kipp, Alpine Sport Education Manager at USSA, University of Utah, USA
Alberto Minetti, PhD, University of Milano, Italy

The honorary guest of SPE BALKAN SKI will be one of the best skiers from the Balkan area, Bojan Križaj (Slovenia).

THE MAIN THEME

Contemporary skiing − The new roll of ski instructors/trainers in winter sports and society.

SYMPOSIUM SUB-THEMES:

Alpine Skiing - Teaching and Coaching – Methodics and Technique, Equipment, Didactic Tools, other…
Snowboarding - Teaching and Coaching – Methodics and Technique, Equipment, Didactic Tools, other…
Adaptive Skiing Sports - Teaching and Coaching – Methodics and Technique, Equipment, Didactic Tools, other…

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Abstracts can be submitted until 1st March, 2017.
For more information about the submission of abstracts, please visit the symposium website:
http://www.balkan-ski.com/instructions-for-authors

KEY DATES

Abstract submission deadline:
1st March 2017

Conference fee and accommodation deadline:
30th January 2017 (Room availability can not be guaranteed after this date)

Registration deadline:
28th February 2017

ORGANIZERS

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Nis

CONTACT:

info@balkan-ski.com
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education,
University of Nis
Ljubomir Pavlovic, Ph.D.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE:

http://www.balkan-ski.com/

First SPE BALKAN SKI will be
organized in cooperation with

Serbian Ski Association,
Ski Instructors Association of Slovenia, ZUTS and
Science and Research Centre, Koper, Slovenia.

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF

Macedonian Ski Federation Instructors And Trainers Asociation in Bosnia and Herzegovina ATUS Montenegrin Association of Snowsport Instructors MASI