About HEPA Europe 2017
The 13th annual meeting of the European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA Europe) was hosted by the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Croatia. The meeting was attended by 187 participants from member and non-member institutions and organizations located in 28 European countries, as well as representatives from Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States of America, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe.
The meeting included parallel sessions of seven HEPA Europe working groups on 15 November 2017. At the annual meeting on 17 November, progress made in HEPA Europe’s work programme for the previous year was presented. Participants discussed and adopted the activity report 2016/2017 and the work programme 2017/2018. They also took note of the update on options for funding. In addition, they discussed and adopted an updated mission statement and goals for HEPA Europe. Finally, 15 new memberships were confirmed as well as one additional observer.
The eighth HEPA Europe conference took place back-to-back with the annual meeting on 15–17 November 2017, organized by the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb and co-sponsored by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The conference was attended by 348 participants from 31 countries of the WHO European Region as well as from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Oman and the United States, and WHO and the European Commission. It included four keynote lectures, nine symposia, 17 parallel oral sessions, two poster sessions and two Early Career Research Award presentations.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF HEPA EUROPE
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