International Society of Biomechanics in Sports Annual Conference Recap - Part 1

Well, the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport Annual Conference is now over.  It is amazing how fast it flew by, especially after how long we have been preparing for it.  Dr. Kimitake Sato (and his supporting staff) has shown us all how well an international conference can run, and we are certainly in his debt for pushing so hard to make this event happen.

The ISBS annual conference was a great event for learning about new research and new perspectives in sports biomechanics.  It was also an excellent opportunity for us to make new friends and build our professional networks. It is easy to understand why so many people continue attending this event year after year. We get a great opportunity to see old friends, make new ones, learn a TON, and explore the cultures of the hosting country and other attendees. The best part about this whole event is that somehow we get to call it “work”!

For the majority of ETSU students, this was our first time at an ISBS conference. Despite our inexperience with the conference, we were welcomed with open arms and made to feel as if we had been here all along. Our research got some very good suggestions and feedback, and we also learned that there are some young, exciting up-and-comers within ISBS that one day we will be lucky to call colleagues. It was also great to get so many different countries and cultures right in the Millennium Center- we certainly made the world just a little bit smaller for the past 5 days.

There were quite a few awards that were given at the Banquet, and I think it is important we recognize these impressive scholars:

ISBS Fellow - Aki Salo, Wolfgang Potthast
Life Member - Hermann Schwameder, Young-Hoo Kwon
Jeffrey Dyson Lecturer for 2015 ISBS Conference- Richard Smith
Hans Gros Emerging Researcher - Neil Bezodis
New Investigator Award Oral- Pedro Morouco
New Investigator Award Poster- Nathalie Alexander

One year from now, ISBS is headed to Poitiers, France. We are so excited for the opportunity to experience another country- and see all of our new friends from ISBS again. See pics from the event here: http://on.fb.me/1qO0sgA