Representatives from some of Europe's leading football teams, Formula 1, Gaelic games, rugby and US sports leagues such as the NBA and NFL will speak at the Cutting Edge sporting conference in Limerick this summer.
The conference is organised by Irish-owned bioanalytics company Orreco and the University of Limerick's (UL) Professional Doctorate in Human Performance and Innovation, and will take place from 16-18 June.
Over three days, attendees will discuss topics such as managing high performing multi-disciplinary teams; creative monitoring of athletic training, optimising female athlete preparation and calibrating coaching philosophy to emerging evidence.
Among those attending are Trent Salo, director of performance, Detroit Pistons (NBA); Dr Georgie Bruinvels, female athlete lead, Orreco; Rita Guarina, coach of Inter Milan Women; Dan Ridenour, sports science coordinator, Minnesota Vikings (NFL); Pau Casassa, technical director, 37 Worldwide Barcelona FC Academies; Nick Chadd, head of sports science, Benfica FC; Aidan O’Connell, high performance manager, Cork GAA; Tom Farrow, first team fitness coach at Chelsea FA, and many more.
The conference will take place in the University of Limerick's conference centre.
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"Our objective is to embrace progress, but to do so carefully, critically and pragmatically; to cut through the noise, to refocus on the essentials and to be exceptional at optimising athletic performance and injury resilience," said Dr John Kiely, senior lecturer in performance and innovation at UL.
"Cutting Edge will gather together scientists, coaches, sports professionals and aspiring future innovators for a collaborative, integrated, interactive learning experience. We at UL are delighted so many influential leaders have agreed to share their experiences and expertise with us."
Dr Brian Moore, CEO of Orreco, said: "We're looking forward to welcoming, listening to, and meeting with the practitioners and scientists who attend.
"High Performance and Research are at the core of everything we do in Orreco, and the Cutting Edge conference is a perfect fit for our team.
"We’re delighted to be able to bring some of our clients, along with members of the Orreco team of PhDs and experts to our home turf here in Ireland.”
Early bird tickets are now available. For more information, send an email to info@orreco.com.
Photo: (l-r) Hannah Thornton, performance nutritionist; Prof Giles Warrington, head of Department of Sport and Exercise Physiology in PESS; Dr John Kiely, and Keith Wood, Lions, Irish and Munster rugby player and a student on the program, along with rower David Foley (front). (Pic: Eamon Ward)
