Sports_Technology

Seminar on Sports & Technology
Date and Time	Venue	Speaker	No. of Places
15 June 2018 (Friday) 3:00pm–5:00pm	Yeung Kai-yin Memorial Lecture Theatre, 7/F VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wan Chai	Ms Vivien C.C. Lau, BBS, JP Vice-President of Sports Federation ​& Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC)	80

About the Seminar

The enhancement of technology on sports can be seen in the recent successes of athletes in many sport disciplines in the Olympic Games and Continental Games. There are three main fields in which the effect of technology is most noticeable, namely, Sports Science and Sports Medicine, Coaching and Training of Athletes and Sports Management. Sports Science and Sports Medicine enhances the physical conditions of the athletes by analysing and improving the physical condition and strength of athletes. Conditioning and Strengthening, Physiotherapy, Sport Psychology and Nutrition all help to build up both the physical and mental states of athletes. With the advancement of technology, various equipment has been developed to analyse the technical skills of the athletes and are used in training and coaching; new surfaces and building technologies have been invented to upgrade facilities for better safety management and higher computing technology also assists in analysing event data in multi-sports games and single sport championships. In addition, digital and social media ensure sports have wider coverage and offer more options to viewers globally thus assist in marketing and branding of sports events.

The seminar would enable participants to be conversant with current trends in sports technology and ensure them with an overview of how sports technology will affect athletic competitions, and enhance coaching, sports performance and sports management globally. Examples will be given in the above applications and participants will be encouraged to share their experiences and involve in the discussion.

Seminar Aims

This seminar aims to:

• introduce the current trends in sports technology; and
• discuss an overview of how sports technology affects athletic competition and enhances coaching, sports performance and sports management in the global context.

Medium of Instruction

Cantonese supplemented with English terms

Target Participants

Academic and teaching staff from vocational and professional education and training (VPET) institutions and higher education institutions, VPET workplace mentors, VPET stakeholders and interested members of the public are welcome.

Free admission

About the Speaker

Ms Vivien C.C. LAU, BBS, JP

Vice-President of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC)

Ms LAU is the Vice-President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (since 1996). She was awarded the “Badge of Honor” by the Hong Kong Government in 1993, appointed a Justice of the Peace by the HKSAR Government in 2001, and awarded the “Bronze Bauhinia Star” by the HKSAR Government in 2011.Currently she is the Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Olympic Academy, the Chairperson of the Women and Sports Committee (since 2000), a Member of the Hong Kong Coaching Committee (since 2015), a Member of the Women and Sport Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (since 2003), the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress (since 1986), a Member of the Major Sports Events Committee of the Sports Commission of the HKSAR Government (since 2014), the Honorary Life President of the Asian Bowling Federation (since 2004), and the Secretary General of the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (which has been renamed as World Bowling in 2015) since 2011. She was the President of the Asian Bowling Federation from 1996-2004. Ms LAU was a Tenpin Bowling Bronze Medallist in the Women Trios Event of the Bangkok 1978 Asian Games and participated in the bowling competition in the Seoul 1986 Asian Games.

Enquiries

Ms Annie Lau (Programme Leader)	2836 1312	lau_annie@vtc.edu.hk
Ms Ali Cheung (Project Officer)	2919 1495	alicheung@vtc.edu.hk