UCB's Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Conference (SPARC)
Return for its 6th year, SPARC 2024 will have a special focus on 'Women's health in sport and exercise'. We'll be hosting speakers across a number of talks and panels across the day.
We'll be announcing our speakers very soon on this website. In the meantime, buy your tickets now at a reduced early bird rate of only £35.
Abstract submissions – now open
We encourage delegates to submit abstracts related to this years theme, 'Women's health in sport and exercise'. We are also accepting submissions related to sports performance, exercise, nutrition, health and rehabilitation.
Students
Students can submit abstracts via the student abstract submission point.
All other submissions
For external submissions, please email your abstracts to f.higgs@ucb.ac.uk.
2024 speaker line up
We proud to announce details of our first 3 speakers joining us on 30 October 2024:
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Izzy Moore
Reader in Human Movement and Sports Medicine
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Dr Jenny Burbage
(PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), FHEA)
Researcher in Breast Health, Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics
University of Portsmouth
Leila Benyahia
(PGDip, BSc)
PhD Student, Associate Lecturer
Northumbria University
Read more about our speakers and check back regularly for further announcements