The 30th ACHPER International Conference, Participating in an Active and Healthy Life: Valuing the Participant Voice will have enormous national and international appeal. This event has already attracted high quality keynote speakers from overseas and Australia and promises to be a showcase of contemporary and indeed future focused ideas that will ensure it is a must attend event for all health and physical education professionals, health, sports and other industry stakeholders.

The conference is taking place over three days from 16-18 January, 2017 at the University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia. It will be an opportunity for delegates to consider the participation of children and young people in our schools and communities and ensuring they have a voice, feel valued and make a difference.

Call for Papers/Presentations Close on Friday July 29, 2016
The 30th ACHPER International Conference Program Committee invites abstract submissions for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, lightning talks and or colloquia (symposia) addressing one of the following themes:

• Focus on educative purposes
• Take a strengths-based approach
• Value movement
• Develop health literacy
• Include a critical inquiry approach
• Sport and recreation pedagogies

To submit your abstract or for further details about the submission process, please click here or please contact us at info@achper2017.com. Papers/posters can be considered for the Early Career Researcher Award, Young Scholar Award and the Academic Poster Award.

Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the 30th ACHPER International Conference! To find out more information about registration fees and to register online, please visit www.achper2017.com.