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    • 2019 SDA Conference

    Keeping you Cool

      Friday 18th October 
    From 8.15am Registration with Tea & Coffee 
    8.45 – 9am WELCOME & MOTIVATIONAL KICKSTART
    Welcome – Simone Austin (SDA President)
    9-9.50am KEYNOTE
    Factors that impact heat stress – Associate Professor Ollie Jay
    9.50- 11.20am                                                                                     Physiology and the Heat                                                                                                                             Performance effects of the heat on athletes – Julien Periard                                                  Heat acclimation and acclimatisation – Joanne Caldwell Odgers
    11.20 – 11.45am Morning Tea
    11.45 – noon                                                                                       Abstracts on the couch                                                                                      (Energy availability, Body image & Disordered eating)
    12.00 – 12.50pm KEYNOTE
    Heat and the Olympics (Medical perspective and considerations) – David Hughes
    1.00 – 2.00pm Lunch
    2.00 – 2.15pm                                                                                     Abstracts on the couch                                                                                 (Hydration and Thermoregulation)
    2.15 – 3.15pm Heat in the High Performance Environment:
    Training and Game Day Hydration Practices for Heat Management – Greg Shaw
    Bringing it all together- the Cricket Australia experience – Michelle Cort
    3.15 – 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
    3.45-5.15pm

    Practical Strategies for Managing Heat:

    Sweating, hydration & sodium replacement for optimal performance – When science meets the real-world – Greg Cox
    Other Nutrition Related Heat Management Strategies (e.g. slushee/ice, glycerol , menthol) – Beth Allanson
    Pre-cooling strategies – a decade on from Beijing – Meg Ross
    5.15-5.30pm  “Were you listening?” QUIZ
      CLOSE
    6.00-8.00pm Welcome Cocktail Drinks
      Saturday 19th October 
     7.00-7.45am Mindfulness Yoga with Fiona Sutherland 
     8.00am  Pre-Conference Poster/Networking Breakfast
    8.45 – 9.20am SDA AGM
    9.30 – 10.15am KEYNOTE
    Post-exercise rehydration – interpreting science and practical recommendations – Ben Desbrow/Chris Irwin
    10.15 – 10.30am                                                                                    Abstracts on the couch                                                                                  (Sports Nutrition Practice)
    10.30 – 11.00am Morning Tea
    11.00 – 11.15am                                                                                 Abstracts on the couch                                                                                 (Sports Nutrition Supplements)
    11.15 – 12.15pm Heat and Endurance events:
    Heat & GI considerations – Stephanie Gaskell
    Fluid, sodium, performance & hyponatraemia in endurance athletes – How do we get the balance right – Alan McCubbin
    12.15 – 1.15pm Lunch
    1.15 – 1.30pm                                                                                Abstracts on the couch                                                                                        (Exercise Fuelling and the Gastrointestinal tract)
    1.30 – 3.00pm Athletes with unique needs:
    Junior + Adolescent athletes – considerations & practical recommendations – Eliza Freney
    Travel for athletes to compete in hot environments – practical considerations – Benita Lalor
    Paralympic Athletes – Siobhan Crawshay
    3.00 – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea
    3.30 – 3.45pm Answers/winners of poster scavenger hunt & “Were you listening?
    4pm CONFERENCE WRAP UP & CLOSE