Barcelona, F1 and NBA experts to speak at the Cutting Edge sporting conference
Representatives from some of Europe’s leading football teams, Formula 1, the Gaelic Games, rugby and US sports leagues such as the NBA and NFL will be speaking at the Cutting Edge sports conference in Limerick this summer.
The conference is organized by a leading Irish owned bioanalytics company Orreco and the University of Limerick‘s (UL) Professional Doctorate in Human Performance and Innovation and will be held June 16-18.
Over three days, participants will discuss topics such as managing high-performing multidisciplinary teams; creatively overseeing athletic training, optimizing athlete preparation and adapting coaching philosophy to new insights.
Among the participants are Trento SaloPower Leader, Detroit Pistons (NBA); dr Georgie Bruinvelsfemale athlete lead, Orreco; Rita GuarinaInter Milan women coach; Dan RidenourSports Science Coordinator, Minnesota Vikings (NFL); Pau CasassaTechnical Director, 37 FC Barcelona academies worldwide; Nick ChaddHead of Sports Science, Benfica FC; Aidan O’ConnellHigh Performance Manager, Cork GAA; Tom FarrowChelsea FA First Team Fitness Coach, and many more.
The conference will take place at the University of Limerick Conference Centre.
“Our goal is to welcome progress but to do so carefully, critically and pragmatically, to cut through the noise, get back to what really matters and be exceptional at optimizing sports performance and injury resilience,” said he dr John KielyLecturer in Performance and Innovation at UL.
“Cutting Edge will bring together academics, coaches, sports professionals and emerging future innovators for a collaborative, integrated, interactive learning experience. At UL, we are pleased that so many influential leaders have agreed to share their experiences and expertise with us.”
dr Brian MooreCEO of Orreco, said: “We look forward to welcoming, listening to and meeting with the practitioners and academics who are attending.
“High performance and research are at the heart of everything we do at Orreco and the Cutting Edge conference is a perfect fit for our team.
“We are delighted to be able to bring some of our customers to our home here in Ireland along with members of the Orreco team of PhD students and experts.”
Early bird tickets are available now. For more information send an email to [email protected].
Photo: (lr) Hannah Thornton, performance nutritionist; Prof. Giles Warrington, Head of the Department of Sport and Exercise Physiology at PESS; dr John Kiely and Keith Wood, Lions, Irish and Munster rugby players and student in the programme, along with rower David Foley (front). (Image: Eamon Ward)