Venues visit
GWANGJU – After the morning activities, the delegates had a tour around three different sports venues of the 2015 Summer Universiade, which will take place from 3th to 14th July 2015. They visited the Baseball Park, the Aquatics Centre and the Athletics Stadium that will also host the Opening and the Closing Ceremony. The tour gave a good overview of the work that has still to be done as the Games will start in one year and 4 months.
Venues visit
After the visits, Mr. Emilio Fernandez Peña, Director of the Centre d’Estudis Olympics, CEO-VAB, from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, made a presentation about one of the sub-theme of the Forum: “Social Media in University Sport: New challenges”. His presentation, “Social Networking Websites and the University Sport”, was dealing with how new media have changed the way the organizations, institutions and individuals communicate throughout social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Mr. Fernandez Peña, during his presentation
Please find here the abstract of the presentation of Mr. Fernandez Peña: Abstract M. Peña
The sports quizz
The evening ended up nicely with a big sports quiz gathering all the participants.
David Vandenplas, Media Assistant
Quotes of the day:
Christophe Millard (FRA), National Deputy Director of the French University Sport Federation: “With this Forum of Gwangju, we want to prepare and observe in order to host a successful Forum in Montpellier in 2016. It’s a good way for us to have a better comprehension of the Forum”.
Everard Owen (JAM), First Vice President of Jamaica Intercollegiate Sports Association: “I’m really delighted with this Forum. We had the opportunity to talk about ethics in the sport and I think it was a very interesting topic that is vital for the future of University Sport”.
Jessica De Wilde (BEL), Student at ULB (Physiotherapist): “It’s my first Forum and I’m quite amazed by the number of nationalities. It’s great to be able to meet with people coming from all around the world. Topics are very interesting and I feel like that everyone is very open to exchange their opinion”.
Jamal Ranganbay (FSM), Student at College of Micronesia: “What I expect from this forum is that I will be able to share my ideas and learn from the experiences of other people. I really liked the fact that everyone, from officials to students, was allowed share his opinion”.
Alison Odell (GBR), Fist Assessor of FISU and Chair of the Education Committee: “This Forum is a mix of concentrate mind work and physical and cultural activities. There is a really high level during the workshops and I’m sure we will be able to get good ideas for the development of FISU and the management of University Sport”.