Growing Sports in Asia

MOBILISING THE SPORTS MOVEMENT IN ASIA

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Early Bird Registration Closed 20 Oct 2008

Registration Closed 18 Nov 2008

CDSTC 2008 20-22 Nov 2008

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Classifying Disability & Sports Technology Conference (CDSTC) aims to bring leading professionals together to address sports issues at all levels to ensure that the sports field is a strong, sustainable and progressive industry in the 21st century. CDSTC 2008 will deliver relevant information, ideas and strategies to assist organisations to expand their reach and develop their capabilities and deliverables of sports in Asia, both for abled-body and disability sports.

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Keynote Speakers

Guest of Honor

Ms Jessie Phua

President, World Bowling Federation

Nominated Member, Parliament of Singapore

Sports Technology

A/P Fuss Franz Konstantin

Sports Engineering Programme, University of Adelaide, Australia

Sports Training

Mr Chris Nunn

Kingswim, Australia

Sports Medicine

Dr Jason Chia Kok Kiong

Consultant Sports Physician, Changi Sports Medicine Centre

Consultant Sports Physician, Singapore Sports Medicine Centre

Nurturing Classifiers for Cerebral Palsy Sports

SINGAPORE, 26 – 28 JULY 2008. As part of the move to train more classifiers in cerebral palsy sports, the CPISRA Classifier Training 2008 was staged by Disability Classification & Research Centre (DCRC) in collaboration with Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association (CPISRA). A total of 15 participants from eight countries were in Singapore to attend the course.

Collaboration between Singapore Disability Sports Council and National University of Singapore culminates in a novel design of sailboat for disabled people

23 April 2008 – Following a year of collaboration between Singapore Disability Sports Council (SDSC) and National University of Singapore, a new sailboat design project for disabled people is now undertaken by the Disability Classification and Research Centre (DCRC) to further the fabrication of the actual boat.

Rack Up 9 for Charity with Guinness

The recent Guinness 9-Ball Tour Tournament event organised by the Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) raised more than $14,418.00 (SGD) for disability sports research. For every signature inked on the “larger-than-life” 1.5m ball displayed at the tournament venues, APBS contributed $9.00. A total of 1,602 signatures were collected over two weekends in July at Clarke Quay and Velocity Novena respectively. The cheque was presented from APBS Marketing Manager Sebastian Loh to DCRC Chairman Frankie Thanapal Sinniah.

ECON-O-KNEE: A prosthetic knee design

Executive Summary

The average cost of a prosthetic limb which mimics the natural gait is approximately S$22,000. Cheap models of the prosthetic knee are already manufactured, but they do not provide a natural gait. The issues addressed by this prosthetic knee design are the aesthetic value (mimicking a natural gait) and the cost.