Injury Prevention Symposium

Wednesday, June 7th
9:00 am - Keynote Speaker- HERknee: Preventing the burden of sports-related knee injury for women
10:00 am - Scientific Session 1 Injury & Illness Prevention Among Para-Athletes
11:15 am - Break
11:30 am - Scientific Session 2 Post-Surgical Activity to Improve Outcomes: How to Improve Compliance with Recovery Plans
12:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - Scientific Session 3 Primary Prevention in Youth Collision Sport: American Football Takes on Rugby Union
2:30 pm - Scientific Session 4 Funding, Developing, Maintaining, Improving, and Modernizing Injury & Illness Surveillance Programs and Datasets
3:30 pm - Fireside Chat How Do Approaches to Sports Injury Prevention Vary Across Different Countries
4:30 pm Closing Remarks

Thursday, June 8th
9:00 am - Keynote
10:00 am - Scientific Session 5 - Advancements in Basic Science: Implications for Sports Injury Prevention
11:00 am - Scientific Session 6 Advances in Statistical Approaches/Data Analytic Approaches to Sports Injury Prevention
12:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - Scientific Session 7 Implementation of and Compliance with EAPS to Prevent Sudden Death in Conditioning/Practice/Competition
2:00 pm - Scientific Session 8 - Heat Safety
3:00 pm - Clinical Round Table Data-based RTP Decisions for the Elite Athlete
4:00 pm - Closing Remarks for the 7th Annual Injury Prevention Symposium

Speakers and session topics are subject to change.
Times listed reflect U.S. Mountain Time.

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education to Certified Athletic Trainers.

6th Annual Injury Prevention Symposium

Keynote Speakers:
Kay Crossly, PhD
Claudia Reardon, MD

Additional Speakers:
William Adams, PhD, ATC, FA CSM
Natalia Bittencourt, PhD
Steve Broglio, PhD, ATC
Avinash Chandran, PhD
Christy Collins, PhD
Caroline Finch, AO, PhD
Jon Finnoff, DO, FACSM, FAMSSM
Alena Grabowski, PhD
Yuri Hosokawa, PhD, ATC, FACSM
Johnny Huard, PhD
Kristen Kucera, PhD
Steven Marshall, PhD
Marc Philippon, MD
Matthew Provencher, MD
Sebastien Racinais, PhD
Mark Ryan, MS ATC CSCS
Samantha Scarneo-Miller, PhD, ATC
Ian Schrier, PhD
Kelly Sheerin, PhD
Isla Shill
Reid Syrydiuk
Masaru Teramoto, PhD
Stephanie Tow, MD, FAAPMR, CAQSM
Stephen West, PhD

Wednesday, June 7th - 9:00 am 4:45 pm (MT)
Thursday, June 8th - 9:00 am 4:00 pm (MT)

Learning objectives
At the completion of this program, attendees will be able to:

1. Determine advances in statistical approaches to sports injury prevention.
2. Integrate para-athlete specific considerations into injury prevention plans.
3. Critically appraise the current evidence surrounding the prevention and recovery of exertional heat illness.
4. Develop a team-based emergency plan for sport-related emergencies.

Schedule and Format: Web-based lecture symposium with numerous presentations followed by Q&A sessions with world-renowned panelists. Times and session topics subject to change. Each session will have 2-4 speakers, each presenter is allotted 15 -20 minutes for their presentation.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Attendees will be notified of cancellation via email as soon as possible and full refunds will be provided.

Number of contact hours/CEUs that will be available: 13.5 CEUs that will be offered for Certified Athletic Trainers. Should this change, we will update accordingly.

Fee: $30 for 2-day virtual conference. Upon registering, every participant will receive a unique user access code, specific to the email provided at registration. This code will be sent around June 2nd - 5th. For registrants unable to attend during conference hours, the virtual event will be recorded and hosted on Zoom until Thursday, June 22nd. A different access code will be required to view the recorded conference until mid-June and the new code will be sent out after the virtual conference concludes on June 8th . Everyone must register on-line. Registration closes Monday, June 5th, 2023 at 5:00 pm (U.S. mountain time).

Target Audience: This lecture series is intended for sports medicine clinicians and researchers including athletic trainers, physicians, physical therapists, sport chiropractors, physician assistants and strength and conditioning specialists.

Sponsors: Steadman Philippon Research Institute and the U.S. Coalition for the Prevention of Illness and Injury in Sport

Required materials and equipment: Participants are required to be able to log in and view the streaming presentation on the device of their choice. This device may be a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact William Adams, PhD, ATC, FACSM at william.adams@usopc.org.

We would like to extend our appreciation to the following sponsors of the 6th Annual Injury Prevention Symposium.

• ProofPoint Biologics
• Steadman Philippon Research Institute
• United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee