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4th National APA Conference  //  6th - 7th May

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Speakers


  • John Treacy (Pre-conference speaker)

    John Treacy is Chief Executive of the Irish Sports Council. A native of Villierstown, County Waterford, John became …..


  • Peter Downs (Key note speaker)

    Peter started work at the Australian Sports Commission in 1993, shortly after graduating with a European …..


  • Katie Kelly (Presenter)

    Sports Inclusion Disability Officer
    Waterford Sports Partnership


  • Oisín Jordan (Presenter)

    Oisín has held the position of National Coordinator for Football for All with the Football Association of Ireland since …..


  • Brenda Hopkins (Presenter)

    Brenda is a graduate from the Institute of Technology Tralee. In 2001 she graduated with a BSc …..


  • Phena O Connor (Presenter)

    Sports Inclusion Disability Officer
    Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership


  • Jyrki Vilhu (Presenter)

    2001-2011 teaching apa-courses in universities in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Lithuania …..


  • Kevin Smith (Presenter)

    Kevin Smith is the Coordinator of the Sporting Chance programme at the National Learning Network …..


  • Rory D’Arcy (Presenter)

    Rory D’Arcy is Principal Teacher in St. Oliver’s National School, Killarney, since October 2002.  St. Oliver’s is …..


  • Claire McVeigh (Presenter)

    Claire is the Sports Facility Access and Training Officer of Disability Sports NI (DSNI). Claire is responsible for …..


  • Kilian Fisher (Presenter)

    Kilian Fisher FISRM(dip), Dip.M, MIOD, DMS. Chief Executive Officer ILAM – the Leisure Industry Body for Sport, Fitness …..


  • Kevin O’Neill (Presenter)

    Kevin is the Director of Disability Sports NI, which is Northern Ireland’s unified disability sports organisation, recognised …..


  • Lauren Lieberman (Presenter)

    Lauren is currently a professor at The College at Brockport in the area of Adapted Physical Education. She is also …..


  • Paul Ryan (Presenter)

    Paul is a native of Ballygarvan in Co Cork. He describes himself as being raised on a strict diet of all things sport …..

APA Conference 2011 Presentations

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Conference-Schedule

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

TopFriday 6th May: IT Tralee HCT Building North Campus
  • 7.30pm - Ministers Official Opening Address
  • 7.45pm - Adapted Physical Activity – Facilitating the participation of people with disabilities – An Irish Perspective /John Treacy – Irish Sports Council
  • 8.15pm - National Coordination and Local Provision – The CARA National APA Centre /Niamh Daffy – CARA APA Centre - 12 Years of Adapted Physical Activity at IT Tralee /Ursula Barrett – IT Tralee
  • 8.45pm - Official Launch of the CARA APA Centre Ltd
  • 9.00pm - Conference Reception
TopSat 7th May: IT Tralee Solas Building North Campus
  • 8.45am – Registration
  • 9.15am – Opening Address Jimmy Deenihan-Minister of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
  • 9.30am – Key Note 1 Facilitating the participation of people with disabilities; How they do it down under. Peter Downs – Australian Sports Commission
  • 10.30-11.00 – Parallel Session 1
  • 11.00-11.30 – Tea/Coffee Viewing of Poster Presentation
  • 11.30-12.10 – Parallel Session 2
  • 12.20-1.00 – Parallel Session 3
  • 1.00-2.00 – Lunch Viewing of poster presentations
  • 2.00-2.30 – Key Note 2 Halliwick; An approach to teaching people with disabilities; An Irish perspective Aoife Ni Mhuiri – IT Tralee
  • 2.30-2.45 – EUCAPA 2012 Tomas Aylward -IT Tralee
  • 2.45-3.30 – Parallel Session 4
  • 3.30-4.45 – Round Table Discussions
  • 4.45-5.15 – Feedback on Round Tables • Panel Results of Poster Presentation Award Conference Closing

Directions to the North Campus IT TraleeSolas Building, North Campus Institute of Technology • Tralee, Co. Kerry


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For additional information
contact: Niamh Daffy
CARA APA Centre
+353 66 714 5646
cara@ittralee.ie

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