Sports organization to host int'l academic conference to celebrate 1988 Seoul Olympics

The Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD) has announced that it will host the 38th International Sport Science Congress, an academic conference, to celebrate the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. The conference will take place over two days, starting Wednesday at Seoul Olympic Parktel, with presentations on Thursday at Korea National Sport University.

The theme of this year's conference, "Rethinking What Sport Does: Science, Society and Future," will explore the impact of sport on the human body, mind, social relationships, industrial structures, governance, and technology. The conference will also focus on connecting the legacy of the 1988 Summer Games to the social tasks of today, serving as a platform for discussion on the new values that sport must create in a rapidly changing environment.

Notable keynote speakers include professors Clifford Mallett from the University of Queensland, Tania Braga from the International Olympic Committee, Gerald Fritz from the University of Europe for Applied Sciences in Germany, and Bryan McCullick from the University of Georgia. The conference will feature over 250 presentations from academics and experts in various fields, including sports psychology, sports sociology, and physiology, with attendees from the United States, Canada, Japan, and China.

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