About The Conference:

In light of the wise leadership’s interest in sports in accordance with Vision 2030 and based on its national responsibility to develop sports at the local and international levels, the College of Sports Sciences and Physical Activity is organizing its fifth international conference for Sports Sciences and Physical Activity under the slogan: “Physical activity to enhance the quality of life,” which will be held in April 29 - 30, 2024.

The conference discusses vital and recent issues related to the role of physical activity in enhancing the quality of life which are: physical activity for health and prevention of diseases caused by sedentary lifestyle for both genders, physical activity for special categories (People with chronic diseases, the elderly, the disabled, pregnant women), physical activity and sports for children and adolescents to enhance quality of life, integrating physical activity into health care goals to improve the efficiency of health spending, the adverse effects of sedentary behavior on health, artificial intelligence and automation of physical activity that enhances the quality of life, policies and regulations that support and enable the sustainability of physical activity, role of psychological and social aspects in sustaining physical activity, and the role of physical activity in improving sleep quality.

Main Objectives:

• Leveraging partnerships and bringing together local and international scientific and professional expertise interested in the field of physical activity to enhance the quality of life.
• Highlighting the most prominent government policies and initiatives related to quality of life to ensure the sustainability of opportunities and options for practicing physical activity.
• Developing strategies to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior to enhance the quality of life for all age groups.
• Developing the 24-hour National Movement Guidelines.
• Highlighting the role of artificial intelligence in sustaining the promotion of physical activity for health.
• roviding opportunities to enhance investment in projects that support practicing physical activity for better quality of life.

Main topics:

• Physical activity for health and prevention of diseases caused by sedentary lifestyle for both genders.
• Physical activity for people with special conditions (people with chronic diseases, the elderly, the disabled, pregnant women)
• Physical activity and sports for children and adolescents for better quality of life.
• Integrating physical activity into health care goals to improve the efficiency of health spending.
• The adverse effects of sedentary behavior on health.
• Artificial intelligence and automation of physical activity enhancing quality of life.
• Policies and regulations that support and enable the sustainability of physical activity participation.
• The role of psychological and social aspects in sustaining physical activity participation.
• The role of physical activity in improving the quality of sleep.

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