{"id":5319,"date":"2013-09-23T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T07:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2013-09-24T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T07:30:18","slug":"invitation-to-samas-biennial-congress-south-africa-24-27-october-2013-a-not-to-miss-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2013\/09\/23\/invitation-to-samas-biennial-congress-south-africa-24-27-october-2013-a-not-to-miss-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to SASMA’s Biennial Congress South Africa 24-27 October 2013: a ‘not-to-miss event’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With a top-tier line-up of international and local speakers (Drs. Peter Brukner<\/a>,\u00a0Ann Cools,\u00a0Mark Lovell,\u00a0Robert Sallis<\/a>, and Babette Pluim <\/a>to name a few), pre-conference\u00a0Exercise is Medicine\u00ae workshops for health care providers and fitness professionals,\u00a06 concurrent tracks each day, and a spectacular setting,\u00a0SASMA’s Biennial Congress, Wild Coast Sun,\u00a0South Africa is sure to be a ‘not-to miss’ event.<\/p>\n

For more details and to register go HERE<\/a><\/h2>\n

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And read Dr Glen Hagemann’s (SAMSA President) invitation below:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n

As President of the South African Sports Medicine Association, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend the\u00a0Association’s 15th\u00a0 Biennial Congress to be held at the Wild Coast Sun, South Africa on 24-27 October 2013. This prestigious\u00a0international event is hosted every 2 years by South Africa’s national sports medicine body, SASMA. Our Association has a\u00a0long and distinguished history of sports medicine and exercise science and enjoys strong relationships with a number of\u00a0international bodies. This year we introduce Exercise is Medicine\u2122 into the fold, and are using this platform to launch the\u00a0global ACSM initiative in our country.<\/p>\n

Following on the success of the 14th biennial conference in Sandton, we have in excess of 20 high calibre international speakers\u00a0who have accepted invitations to present and share their expertise. For South Africa this provides an excellent opportunity to\u00a0display our sports medicine experience on an international stage and to enhance the knowledge of everyone attending.\u00a0The meeting will consist of an intensive series of plenary sessions, keynote addresses, panel discussions, practical workshops,\u00a0presentations of original research, a trade exhibition and a social programme. We can look forward to sport specific yet\u00a0multidisciplinary tracks hosted by some of our national sporting bodies, as well as new and innovative sessions in other tracks.\u00a0Contributions from sports physicians, surgeons, radiologists, scientists, physiotherapists, biokineticists, dieticians and\u00a0chiropractors, amongst others, will make it a truly multi-disciplinary interactive experience, balancing research, theory and\u00a0practical application. The venue is superb and will facilitate a strong social programme, awesome entertainment and the\u00a0opportunity to network extensively with your peers. This will be one of those conferences you won’t forget!<\/p>\n

Kind regards<\/p>\n

Dr Glen Hagemann<\/p>\n

SASMA President & Congress Convenor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a top-tier line-up of international and local speakers (Drs. Peter Brukner,\u00a0Ann Cools,\u00a0Mark Lovell,\u00a0Robert Sallis, and Babette Pluim to name a few), pre-conference\u00a0Exercise is Medicine\u00ae workshops for health care providers and fitness professionals,\u00a06 concurrent tracks each day, and a spectacular setting,\u00a0SASMA’s Biennial Congress, Wild Coast Sun,\u00a0South Africa is sure to be a ‘not-to miss’ event. […]<\/p>\n

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