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National Seminar and International Conference "Women and Performance"

It's now official: from November 18 to 20, 2024, a few months after the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (the first Games in history to achieve near-perfect gender parity between men and women), a national seminar and an international conference on the theme "Women and Performance" will be held at INSEP.

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First, a grand INSEP network seminar will take place at INSEP on November 18, gathering key individuals from the broader INSEP network who work on supporting the performance of elite female athletes: coaches, physical trainers, doctors, physiotherapists, etc.

This seminar will provide an opportunity to discuss common issues faced by grand INSEP network centers, collectively reflect on strategies to be implemented, and highlight best practices identified in the centers. It will particularly echo all the work initiated by the Ministry of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games since 2020 on this topic.

To register : Grand INSEP network seminar

From a national focus, the spotlight will shift to an international one with a conference titled "Women and Performance" on November 19 and 20. This international conference will be held as part of a European project funded by Erasmus+ called Ex-Aequo, led by INSEP in collaboration with various partners, including Australia and Ireland. Like previous international conferences organized by INSEP (physical and mental dimensions), numerous international experts will gather to discuss the specificities and unique characteristics of female athletes and present their work and methods of support implemented for high-level female athletic performance. Several foreign training centers will be represented: the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Own the Podium, Japan Sport Council, Centre d'Alt Rendiment (CAR) Sant Cugat, etc.

Various topics will be covered: RED-S syndrome, the Empow'her project, stress urinary incontinence, leadership, all discussed through various testimonials, including those from coaches of elite female athletes.

An event not to be missed, which aims to be a major turning point in the specific support offered to high-level female athletes!

The registration fee for the "Women's performance" international conference is €400.
To register : International conference - "Women and Performance" 
For further information, please contact: international@insep.fr


 

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM : international conference

First session

LEADING PROGRAMS (ERASMUS + “EX-AEQUO” Partners)

 
8:30 - 9:00am  

  • Welcome coffee

9:00 - 9:15am    

  • Opening by Mr Fabien Canu – INSEP's General Director

9:15 – 10:45am

Australian Institute of Sports Session (AUS):

  • Mrs Michelle De Highden (AIS HP Coach Development Senior Lead )- “Leading system change for Women in High Performance Sport: The Leaky Pipeline Action Plan”
  • Dr Rachel Harris (Project Lead AIS FPHI, Sport and Exercise Physician) - “Progressing female health and performance”
10:45 - 11am    

  • Coffee break

11am -12:30pm    

Sport Ireland Institute Session (IRE):

  • Mrs Nora Stapleton (Director of Strategic National Governing Body Programmes & Women in Sport Lead) - Women in Sport program. Sport Ireland’s vision for women.
  • Mrs Sarah Jane Cullen (Associate Professor at the Dublin City University. School of Health and Human Performance:) "Body composition position statement process - from idea to policy and how it impacts on high performance female athletes"
12:30pm    

  • Lunch Break


Second session

 Optimizing Athlete Health and Performance

2 – 2:45pm    

INSEP (FRA):

  • Dr Juliana Antero (Researcher/EMPOW’HER) “Training optimization guided by the menstrual cycle: Insights from athletes in Olympic preparation”
2:45 – 3:30pm

Japan Sport Council (JPN):

  • Dr Reiko Momma  (Research and Support on Condition Changes with Menstrual cycle in Japanese Female athletes) 
3:30 – 4pm

  • Coffee break

4 – 4:45pm

Own The Podium (CAN):

  • Dr Ida Heikura (researcher and Exercise Physiologist)“Prevalence, symptoms and assessment of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)”
4:45 – 5:30pm    

CAR Sant Cugat (SPN)

  • Dr Montse Bellver (Head of the Sports Medicine Assistance Unit) “From High Performance Sports to the Community: Evaluation of a proposal to improve bone mineral density”
5:30pm

  • End of day 1

First session

Field experience: the coaches' perspective

 
9:00 – 9:45 am    
  • Mrs Marina Maljkovic (Serbia Basketball national coach) “The way I do things”

9:45 – 10:30 am    
  • Mrs Martina Höök (cross country skiing coach and PHD Student) “Empowering female athletes, their coaches and support teams to communicate about stigmatized health topics”

10:30 – 10:45 am    
  • Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30am    
  • Mrs Gulsäh Alonso Tapia, Mr Rosendo Alonso Tapia (Taekwondo French team coaches) and Mrs Tara Duncanson (Gymnastics French team coach) and Mrs Althea Laurin (Taekwondo Gold medalist Paris 2024) Roundtable
11:30 – 12:15    
  • Myriam FOX (Olympic medalist, National Canoe Kayak Slalom Coach) “Testimonial from a French Olympic medallist, now coach and mother of Australians Noemie Fox and Jess Fox, Paris 2024 Olympic champions”
12:15pm    
  • Lunch break

 

Second session

Advancing Female Athlete Care: Prevention, Education, and Support Strategies

2:30-3:15pm    

INSEP (FRA):

  • Mr Adrien Revault (Scientific Project Manager) & Mrs Anne-Sophie Muller (Physiotherapist/Osteopath) “Prevalence of stress urinary incontinence and associated factors in elite female athletes: better understanding for better prevention”

3:15- 3:45pm    

Nippon Sport Sciences University (JPN)

  • Mrs Kayoko Kamemoto (Ph.D. Associate professor) " Female Athlete Conditioning Education Program "
3:45 - 4pm    
  • Coffee break
4- 4:30pm    

Japan Sport Council

  • Dr Mariko Nakamura (Female Athlete Research and Support Project in Japan High Performance Sport Center) 
4:30-5pm    
  • Panel of the speakers (open discussion and Q/A)
5pm    
  • End of the conference