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PROGRAM CHAIR


Pedro Morouço
Polytechnic University of Leiria
Portugal


Brief Bio
Pedro Gil Frade Morouço holds a PhD in Sports Sciences (2012) from the University of Beira-Interior, a Master's degree in Sports Sciences (2009), in the specialization area of High Performance Sports Training, awarded by the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto and a degree in Physical Education and Sport (2004), from the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education of the University of Porto. Currently, he is the Dean of the School of Education and Social Sciences of the Polytechnic University of Leiria and is an integrated researcher at Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD). His research activities focus on product and process engineering, with the aim of minimizing gaps between the laboratory and in vivo applications. In recent years, he has been invited to collaborate in several national and international projects, having been author or co-author of more than 300 scientific papers (e.g. scientific articles, lectures at congresses). He was responsible for the first Physical Activity consultation in the National Health Service (April 2019), as an Exercise Physiologist at USF Santiago, in Leiria. He is a member of the editorial board of several indexed journals (e.g., Sports Biomechanics) and is an invited speaker at several national and international conferences (e.g. icSPORTS 2018). Pedro Morouço belongs to the Board of the Portuguese Swimming Federation and is an Ambassador of Portugal Activo. Above all, he is a humble teacher and researcher who understands the values of teamwork. Natural leader to reinforce strengths and overcome weaknesses, developing new ideas and "out of the box" thinking. Is aware of the role of science in raising awareness in society and has thus developed skills to reach a wider audience (e.g., winner of the American Journal Experts methods publication contest, 2 awards in the National Scholarly Communication Contests), without compromising scientific inputs (e.g., Sports Science Award of the Portuguese Olympic Committee 2019, ISBS Hans Gros Emerging Researcher Award 2017). ... More >>



PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Arnold Baca, University of Vienna, Austria
Glenn Björklund, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Daniel Boullosa, Universidad de León, Spain
Miguel Correia, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Peter Dabnichki, RMIT University, Australia
Sabrina Demarie, University of Rome Foro Italico, Italy
Hugo Celso Dutra de Souza, Department of Health Sciences of Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mounin EL El Yacoubi, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Jose L. L. Elvira, Miguel Hernández University Elche, Spain
Timothy Andrew Exell, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
José Aurélio Marques Faria, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Federico Formenti, King's College London, United Kingdom
Xavi Garcia-Massó, University of Valencia, Spain
Maki Habib, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
In Ju Kim, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Pui Wah (Veni) Kong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Andrey Koptyug, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Oleksandr Krasilshchikov, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Anthony Leicht, James Cook University, Australia
Chris Mills, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Joseph Mizrahi, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Luis Mochizuki, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Ryohei Orihara, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Toh Yen Pang, RMIT University, Australia
José Miguel Dias Pereira, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal
António Manuel Ramos, Independent Researcher, Portugal
Fernando Ribeiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Adérito Seixas, Escola Superior de Saude Fernando Pessoa, Fundacao Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Rui Torres, North Polytechnic Institute of Health, Paredes, Portugal
Slawomir Winiarski, Biomechanics Department, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Poland
Naiquan Zheng, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

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