FISU World Conference
on Innovation – Education – Sport

Winter FISU World University Games

Along with the Winter FISU World University Games, FISU provides the organising committee with the opportunity to host a scientific conference. The objective of the FISU World Conference on Innovation - Education - Sport is to create a networking platform for scientists who will present and promote the research on scientific innovations and enhance the sustainable development of winter sports. It is an opportunity for the young generation of sports scientists to discuss new ideas or to arrange projects/cooperative efforts in the area of sports science.

The FISU World Conference on Innovation - Education - Sport is open to all accredited participants of the Winter FISU World University Games. Having a conference take place during the Winter FISU World University Games allows many student-athletes to take part in an international academic conference, fostering the academic spirit in the sports arena. 

Facts & figures

• Duration: 2-3 days

• Numbers: an average of 250 participants (but not limited)

• Reach: 30 or more countries

• Frequency: during the Winter FISU World University Games, every two years in odd-numbered years

• Participants: renowned speakers, academics, PhD students, sports managers, representatives of IFs, organisers of FISU events, FISU Family

• 5 editions held:  Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, 2019 – Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2017 – Trentino, Italy, 2013 – Erzurum, Turkey, 2011 – Harbin, China, 2009

• Next edition:
  13 to 15 January 2023 in Lake Placid, USA.

• Theme:
  Save Winter - The intersection of climate change and winter sports"

“The FISU World Conference isn't just something you add to a FISU World University Games as a side event; it’s an essential part of the programme as it ties together sport and the university. I see this at the essence, the core, of the FISU World University Games.”

Paolo Bouquet, Sport Development Pro-Rector at University of Trento

Young Researcher Award

One of the key objectives of the FISU World Conference on Student Development through Sport is the promotion of junior scientists and the fostering of state-of-the-art research. Accordingly, the Young Researcher Award for FISU Conference Presenters recognises young leaders in research and is awarded in the framework of the FISU World Conference on Development through Sport.

The winner of the FISU Young Researcher Award is invited to present his/her research project and paper at the next FISU Forum. The FISU Forum is indeed the ideal FISU event for young researchers to meet with other youngsters involved in their national university sports federations and discuss the relevance of the project for university sport worldwide.

Who is eligible? 

PhD students or students less than 2 years post their PhD graduation, under the age of 35 at the time of the Conference.

Past winners

“The FISU World Conference on Innovation organised at the occasion of the FISU Winter World University Games is a unique opportunity for academic scholars to taste one of the most exciting winter multisport event. It is also an outstanding crossroads between sports and research, allowing the FISU Winter World University Games participants to confront their experience with sport-related content and to contribute to the expansion of the scientific knowledge on that particular theme.”

Prof. Kairat Zakiryanov, President of International Association of Physical Education and Sport Universities