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Conference Agenda for 27 April: Day 1

Please note that there may be minor changes to this agenda

10:00 - 10:15   Arrival and Registration

10:15 - 11:30   Welcome and Introduction
  • Taha Barwary, KRG Minister for Sports and Youth
    Opening remarks
  • H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region
    Opening remarks
  • Jassim Mohammed Jaafer, Iraq Minister for Youth and Sports. ---
  • Dr. Khaled Salih , Adviser to Prime Minister Barzani and expert on the Iraqi constitution
    Introduction to the Kurdistan Regional Government Constitution
  • Azad Pahlavan , Kurdistan Ministry of Sports & Youth
    Sport in Kurdistan: where are we now and where do we aspire to be

11:30 -11:45   Coffee Break

11:45 -13:00   Grass Roots: Programmes and Policy
  • Mark Frost , Sports Council Wales
    An overview of grass roots sports programmes in Wales and the implementation of national policy into well co-ordinated programmes on the ground?
  • Paul Tebay , Youth Sport Trust
    Establishing sports leadership programmes in schools in order to engage, inspire and encourage a new generation of youth volunteers and help children develop skills for life
  • Salah Sarteep and Akram Amin , Kurdish PhD students in Sports Science - Bangor, North Wales
    Strategic planning for sport

13:00 -14:30   Lunch and networking

14:30 - 15:45   Grass roots to excellence
  • Kate Allenby , Olympic Pentathlete
    The route to Olympic success and how to establish a specific sporting programme in an individual school
  • Neil Ward , Welsh Football Trust
    Encouraging youth participation in football and developing programmes to help promising players make the transition to regional, national and international competition
  • Sarah Powell , Sports Council Wales
    Creating blanket infrastructure to facilitate the identification of talent and the building of structured coaching networks in order to deliver high performance athletes

15:45 - 16:00   Coffee break

16:00 - 17:15   Achieving Excellence at National and International level
  • Nebez Kurban, Athlete and coach
    Achieving excellence in sport through specialist coaching
  • Raad Hamudi, Retired Iraqi goal keeper and head of the Iraq Olympic Committee
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  • Goran Petterson , Coach, Referee and Chairman of the Sports Federation in the district of Värmland, Sweden
    Importance of building and effectively sustaining regional and national federations

17:15 - 18:15   Breakout sessions:
(Delegates should choose the discussion they would like to join)

Grass Roots: Programmes and Policy panel discussion with: Grass roots to excellence panel discussion with: Achieving Excellence at National and International level panel discussion with:
  • Nebez Kurban , Athlete and Coach
  • Goran Petterson , Coach, Referee and Chairman of the Sports Federation in the district of Värmland, Sweden
  • Raad Hamudi, Head of the Iraq Olympic Committee and retired Iraqi national team goal keeper

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