Lord Coe reading about ESPRIT
The head of the London Olympic organising committee, Lord Sebastian Coe, along with around 150 delegates from a range of sporting organisations, attended Ta conference, which was organised by Imperial.
The head of the London Olympic organising committee, Lord Sebastian Coe, along with around 150 delegates from a range of sporting organisations, attended a conference, which was organised by Imperial’s Institute of Global Health Innovation’s Hamlyn Centre and UK Sport on 10 October.
The annual Elite Sport Performance Research in Training with Pervasive Sensing (ESPRIT) conference was held at Dorney Lake, which is the venue for rowing and kayak events for the 2012 Olympic Games. The event provided Imperial researchers with the opportunity to talk about new sensor technologies that they are developing for elite athletes to improve their training in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympics as part of the ESPRIT project.
The ESPRIT project is a five-year collaborative research consortium that is funded by EPSRC and led by Imperial. The aim of the programme is for researchers to work with elite athletes and develop new sensor technologies that can help them to improve their training and performance. The long-term plan is to use these sensors and the knowledge gathered during the project to improve healthcare in the UK.
Lord Coe was the keynote speaker at the conference and he gave his personal insights into how sport science has evolved over the years. Professor Yang, Director of the Hamlyn Centre and ESPRIT research programme, said:
“Sensor technology is set to revolutionise the way we monitor our health and wellbeing. Working with elite athletes using sensor technology provides us with an incredibly unique insight into how the body performs, especially under stressful situations. The conference gave us an opportunity to showcase advances in our research. London 2012 is on our doorstep and we hope that our work on the side lines contributes to UK athletes winning gold. We also hope to yield valuable insights in to the body to improve healthcare in the future.”
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