The guest speakers, sponsors and partners at the 4th ASIA Congress posing for a photograph.
Doha: The 4th ‘Association of Sports Institutes in Asia’ (ASIA) Congress concluded today with members and participants agreeing to several collaborative ventures that will see joint events, training camps and research amongst members.
On the penultimate night the participants enjoyed a Gala Dinner held at Doha’s La Cigale Hotel and saw the acknowledgment and honouring of sponsors, partners and speakers at the Congress.
Dr Duncan Simpson, Head of Mental Conditioning at IMG Academy, underscored the importance of high-performance sports staff embracing awareness of one’s wellbeing and when to say No and Yes at workplace in order to maximise the best of one’s output.
Dr Simpson summed up his presentation with the ABC of Awareness, Balance and Connection, as the key cogs of a health and sound outlook to supporting and maintaining employees’ physical and mental health at work.
“The institutes we work for are responsible for creating the opportunity to maintain or improve the workers’ health at work and beyond an employee we need to make the most of the choices to be wellbeing,” he said.
Dr Daniel Lee, Associate Director of Elite Training Science and Technology at Hong Kong Sports Institute gave a vote of thanks to wind up the evening, “To Aspire Academy, our hosts who have put together a successful Congress and gave all participants a warm hospitality we say thank you. We are also grateful to ASIA Committee members and organisers, sponsors, partners and speakers,” Dr Lee said.
“The 4th ASIA Congress has exceeded expectations in what we were able to accomplish over the three days. It was a great opportunity for our Aspire Academy high performance sports coaches and staff to meet, interact and exchange collaborative ideas with like-minded colleagues from Asia as well as hear from international professional in Sports science Innovation.,” Dr Philip Graham Smith, Head of Biochemistry and Innovation at Aspire Academy said.
“The Congress allowed all participants to network and explore opportunities for working together on among other things, training camps and knowledge and information sharing. This has been done with an open-minded attitude to learn with the right spirit to share and led to many fruitful and beneficial contacts and partnerships. All in all, the 4th Association of Sports Institutes in Asia Congress has been a success,” he added.
Markus Egger, Director of Sport and Strategy Aspire Academy, said: “The expectations were high, but we at least met them. Maybe the congress turned out to be even better than we thought. That’s from the perspective of Aspire Academy, of course. Then, based on the conversations I had with our friends from other high-performance institutes, they were really impressed by our people and how they prepared this event. Overall, it was a great event.”
