Two leading sports brands are supporting an international sport
discipline focused conference to be hosted by Loughborough
University later this month, with a public lecture also on
offer.
The event is being sponsored by the Japanese Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS) and will be held over three days from
23 February. The focus will be to bring together researchers from
the UK and Japan to share research and explore opportunities for
future research.
The highlight of the three-day event will be a public lecture
presented by Asics and Mizuno on Wednesday 23 February from 5.30pm
in The Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
Dr Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, Asics' Sports Science Institute General
Manager will present on 'Footwear design methodology based on human
responses' with Dr Takeshi Naruo, Chief Researcher at Mizuno,
talking about 'Technology for the development of new sports
equipment'.
Professor Mike Caine, Director of the Sports Technology
Institute, is looking forward to welcoming delegates. "It will be
an exciting three days for the University and I am delighted to be
welcoming leading academic sports engineers and industry experts
from such high profile organisations. As well as the presentations
and opportunities for discussion, we will also be conducting a tour
of the University's Sports Technology Institute, which boasts state
of the art equipment and bespoke test rigs. The expertise from the
research group based here underpins many of the world's ground
breaking sports products.
"This symposium is a great platform from which to launch new
partnerships and collaborations for new technologies for sporting
applications and I am looking forward to sharing knowledge and
ideas and taking these forward."
The public lecture is free of charge and is open to members of
the public with no registration required.
Loughborough University is the ideal venue for the symposium
being internationally renowned for its sporting facilities and its
world class Sports Technology Institute. This event further
strengthens the University's strong ties with Japan, with the
University confirmed as the base and final preparation camp for
Japanese and GB Olympic squads in 2012.
For details of how to register to attend the full event please
email Dr Ruth Goodridge at: R.D.Goodridge@lboro.ac.uk