Prof. Zhang Ming, Director of PolyU RISports delivered a welcoming speech.
Former Olympic or world champion athletes from the Hong Kong, China team, and national teams shared their experiences with sports technology at the forum. (from 2nd left: Ms Sarah Lee Wai-sze, Ms Zhang Yuhan, Ms Wang Xin, Ms Zhang Ping, Ms Ma Jin and Mr Chen Jin).
Prof. Zhang Ming (2nd from left), Director of PolyU RISports, together with Dr Weiya HAO (1st from left), researcher of the China Institute of Sport Science under the General Administration of Sport of China; Dr Raymond SO (2nd from right), Director of Elite Training Science and Technology of the Hong Kong Sports Institute; Mr Mike YANG (1st from right), Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AquaBloom International Sports Technology Group, officiated at the inauguration ceremony of the International Society of Sports Science and Technology.
Prof. Li LI (upper left), Professor of Kinesiology of the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University; Prof. Andy HARLAND (upper right) Professor of Sports Technology and Director of the Sports Technology Institute at Loughborough University; Prof. Ludovic SEIFERT (bottom left), Professor of the Faculty of Sport Sciences at the University of Rouen Normandy; and Dr Bob CHEN (bottom right), a famous sports and physical rehabilitation expert in mainland China, shared the latest research outcomes and products in sports science and technology.
Prof. Lu Yifan (left photo: left), Professor of sport medicine of the School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at Beijing Sport University hosted the swimming forum, while Mr Cui Dengrong (left photo: centre), Coach of the national swimming team, and Ms Zhang Yuhan (left photo: right), former national swimming team member and world champion, shared their experience of training elite swimmers. Ms Wang Xin (upper right), Olympic Champion in the women’s synchronised 10m platform diving, and Ms Zhang Ping (bottom right), women’s volleyball Olympic Champion shared their doctoral research work.
The Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology (RISports) and the Department of BME of PolyU joined hands with the Samaranch Foundation and AquaBloom International Sports Technology Group to co-organise the 2024 Symposium on Sports Science and Technology from 30 November to 2 December. Attracting more than two hundred students, researchers and industry professionals, the event featured a number of Olympic and world champions, scholars and industry leaders from around the world to share their latest research outcomes and experiences in the field of sports technology.
The forum on sports technology talent and industry development took place on the first day of the Symposium, where six former Olympic or world champion athletes from the Hong Kong, China team, and national teams shared their experiences as athletes, the applications of sports technology, and their personal and professional development after retirement.
During the second and third days, scholars and experts from PolyU and academic institutions in Mainland China, the United States, France and the UK shared the latest research outcomes and products in sports science and technology and discussed how to integrate innovative technologies to enhance training effectiveness.
At the swimming forum hosted by Prof. LU Yifan, Professor of sport medicine of the School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at Beijing Sport University, representatives from the national swimming team shared insights into the training systems, while former Olympic champions introduced their doctoral research work.
Prof. ZHANG Ming, Director of PolyU RISports, also announced the establishment of the International Society of Sports Science and Technology, aimed at promoting exchange and collaboration between academic and industry sports institutions in the Greater Bay Area, Greater China and around the world.
To further cultivate talents in sports technology, RISports and Department of BME will collaborate to launch the new “MSc in Sports Technology and Management” programme in 2025, whereas the Department’s BSc (Hons) Scheme in Biomedical Engineering will also incorporate a new stream in Sports Science and Technology, injecting fresh energy into the sports sectors both in Hong Kong and internationally.
