Conferences

Past conferences

5th World Conference on Women and Sport

The 5th World Conference on Women and Sport was held in Sydney in 2010.

The 5th World Conference on Women and Sport was organised under the auspices of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) with the support of the University of Technology Sydney, NSW Sport and Recreation, Sydney Olympic Park Authority Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau and Sport Employment Australia.

Held every four years, the conference attracts a wide range of key international decision makers in sport including members of the UN, IOC, National Olympic Committees, International Sport Federations as well as senior government officials, academics and athletes from around the globe. The Sydney 2010 World Conference follows those held in Brighton, U.K. (1994); Windhoek, Namibia (1998), Montreal, Canada (2002) and Kumamoto, Japan (2006).

Co-Chair of the IWG and Director Human Movement Studies and Sport Management at UTS, Johanna Adriaanse, said "This is a conference of immense significance for anyone involved or interested in girls and women in sport. It provides an opportunity for world leaders to come together to focus on international developments in women and sport and to exchange information.”

The World Conference in Sydney will offer a unique opportunity for participants to share experiences, strengthen international connections and find ways to stimulate action at local, national and international levels.

Sport, race and ethnicity: Building a global understanding

The Sport, Race and Ethnicity Conference was held 30 Nov - 2 Dec 2008.

A conference hosted by the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, with support from the UTS:Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre and the UTS:Australian Centre for Olympic Studies.

Sport has long been a paradoxical environment with respect to issues of 'race', indigeneity, ethnicity, and social diversity. For much of the 20th century sports around the world were enclaves of difference. Whites and non-whites, for example, were separated on the sports field as they were, in many ways, off the field. Today sport is much more inclusive, with athletic ability of greater importance than skin colour or ancestry. Yet enmity and antagonism still appear in sport via instances of racial vilification or hostility between some ethnic groups. Other problems include the relative absence of minorities from positions of power and influence in sport, as well as folkloric assumptions about athletic ability based upon stereotypes about 'race' or ancestry. The Sport, Race and Ethnicity Conference provides a forum within which to engage the sport industry, journalists and academics in proactive discussion about issues of diversity, equity and capacity in the colourful world of global sport. Academic Co-ordinator was Associate Professor Daryl Adair.

CAUTHE: Tourism - Past achievements, future challenges

2007 February 11-14, Sydney, Australia

In 2007, the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) hosted the annual Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, (CAUTHE) conference.

This conference is widely considered the foremost academic tourism and hospitality conference held in the Southern Hemisphere, and offers opportunities for the presentation and publication of both refereed and working papers, with refereed papers receiving A2 research status from the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).

The conference gives delegates opportunities to discuss matters of common research interest with academics and practitioners, taking part in a debate about the nexus between research, education and practice in the travel and tourism industry, and become involved in a forum on best practice in teaching in this field.