Call For Papers
2004 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport
7 - 9 October 2004, Alice Springs Convention Centre, Australia

HOT TOPICS FROM THE RED CENTRE, including:

• Acute and chronic responses to exercise in the heat
• Sports medicine in rural and remote locations
• Physical activity and bone and joint health
• Exercise and genes
• Sports injury: What do we know, and what can we do?
• Physical activity and chronic disease

The Conference Committee is calling for abstracts for podium and poster presentations which address the conference topics.

Papers must be submitted by 19 March 2004. Please see the Conference website for details.

Researchers are also invited to join with colleagues to submit a group of three or four abstracts which focus on any aspect of the Conference topics, to be presented in a single symposium session. Those authors wishing to submit their papers as part of a symposium session must also submit a separate abstract outlining the proposed session via the symposium submission website.

The Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport is a multidisciplinary meeting held annually for professionals with an interest or a specialisation in sport. It is coordinated by Sports Medicine Australia and usually includes the annual meeting of most of the professional bodies involved in sports science and sports medicine in Australia.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Bruce Abernathy (Refshauge Lecture), University of Hong Kong
'How do they make it look so easy? Practice, skill learning and sports development from an expertise perspective.'
International Fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education and Fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation. Former Professor and Head, School of Human Movement Studies at the University of Queensland. Foundation Board Member of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science. Past editor for the Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Sport Psychology, and Human Movement Science.

Dr Peter Brukner, University of Melbourne
'Does playing sport inevitably lead to arthritis?'
Inaugural Fellow of the Australian College of Sports Physicians. Inaugural Associate Professor in Sports Medicine at the Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education at the University of Melbourne. Senior Associate Editor for the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, The Physician and Sports Medicine. Past editor of Sport Health.

Professor Mark Hargreaves, Deakin University
'Exercise, diet and skeletal muscle gene expression.'
Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Chair in Exercise Physiology at Deakin University. Member of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science. Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Exercise & Sports Sciences Reviews, and Sports Medicine.

For more information, to submit an abstract, or to register, log onto www.sma.org.au/acsms/2004/.