Symposium

INFORMATIONS

The International Sports Medicine Symposium is open to all participants. It is co-chaired by Dr. André Monroche – former President of the French Society for Exercise and Sports Medicine – and Pr. Xavier Bigard, Medical Director of the International Cycling Union (UCI). 

Other permanent members of the Scientific Committee are
• Dr Nourredine Bendib, President of the Latin and Mediterranean Sports Medicine Group
• Dr Nader Habib, President of the Association Médecin Francophone du Canada
• Dr Nicole Parent, Executive Director of the Association Médecin Francophone du Canada
• Dr César Torres, Sports Specialist, Executive of the Colombian Sports Medicine Group

This event combines medical training and sports practice talks and allows participants and speakers to earn training credits. For this 45th edition, it will be organised in the form of four sessions of one and a half hours each, from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 June, in the late afternoon.
In total, these six hours will alternate between open communications by participants whose applications have been accepted by the Symposium Organising Committee and thematic sessions led by members of the same Committee.

This year’s thematic sessions will cover the following topics:
• Cardiovascular system and sport
• Physical activity and health

The Symposium is supported by:

• The International Federation of Sports Medicine
• The French Sports Medicine and Exercise Society
• The Latin and Mediterranean Sports Medicine Group
• Greater Algiers Sports and Medical Association
• Médecins Francophones du Canada Association