{"id":83,"date":"2025-07-10T11:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sportconference-home\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:33:29","slug":"conference-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/conference\/conference-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"contentpage-div\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper row\">\n<div class=\"pagecontent\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/cscbanner2026-scaled.png\" style=\"width: 1120px; height: 241px;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sport for All: Access, Inclusion, Opportunity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Venue:&nbsp;The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tWe are pleased to announce that the Academy of Sport at UWI Cave Hill will be hosting the Caribbean Sport Conference on <strong>April 9<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>11<\/strong><strong>, 202<\/strong><strong>6<\/strong>, in, Barbados.<br \/>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>About the Caribbean Sport Conference<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Caribbean Sport Conference returns to the Academy of Sport at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, under the powerful theme \u201cSport for All: Access, Inclusion, Opportunity.\u201d Building on the momentum of our first conference, The Game Changer, which explored the professionalization of sport in the region, this year\u2019s conference shifts the focus to sport as a vehicle for social transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tWe invite scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and athletes from across the Caribbean and beyond to engage in vital conversations around making sport more equitable, inclusive, and far-reaching. Through thought-provoking keynote addresses, dynamic panels, and interactive sessions, we will explore innovative research, policies, and programs that will examine strategies to make sport more accessible and inclusive for all, and create meaningful opportunities for participation\u2014regardless of age, gender, ability, or socioeconomic status.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThis is more than a conference\u2014it is a collective call to action to ensure that sport remains a platform for empowerment, unity, and lifelong opportunity.<br \/>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>Meet Our Featured Speaker<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<strong>Professor Emily Roper<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<strong>Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"pr-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/Roper.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 250px; float: left;\">Professor Roper is a highly respected multidisciplinary researcher and proven strategic leader in sport and exercise psychology, sport sociology, cultural studies, and gender studies. Her research examines the ways in which gender shapes experiences, cultural meanings, and societal structures in sport and physical activity. This work has been published in a variety of books and journals including Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, The Sport Psychologist, Sex Roles, Research in Dance Education, Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and Athletic Insight.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clear\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2>Our Sponsors<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/Government-of-Barbados.png\"><\/p>\n<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br style=\"clear:all;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 mt-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/Export-Barbados.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 mt-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/Dasani-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 mt-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/BTMI.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 mt-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/The-View.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4  mt-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/Conference\/Images\/Central-Bank-of-Barbados.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><script>\n\/\/ Set the date we're counting down to\nvar countDownDate = new Date(\"Mar 12, 2025 15:37:25\").getTime();<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ Update the count down every 1 second\nvar x = setInterval(function() {<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Get today's date and time\n  var now = new Date().getTime();<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Find the distance between now and the count down date\n  var distance = countDownDate - now;<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Time calculations for days, hours, minutes and seconds\n  var days = Math.floor(distance \/ (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));\n  var hours = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) \/ (1000 * 60 * 60));\n  var minutes = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60)) \/ (1000 * 60));\n  var seconds = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60)) \/ 1000);<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ Output the result in an element with id=\"counter\"\n \/\/ document.getElementById(\"counter\").innerHTML = days + \"d \" + hours + \"h \" + minutes + \"m \" + seconds + \"s \";<\/p>\n<p>   document.getElementById(\"day\").innerHTML = days + \"d\";\n   document.getElementById(\"hour\").innerHTML = hours + \"h\";\n   document.getElementById(\"min\").innerHTML = minutes + \"m\";\n   document.getElementById(\"sec\").innerHTML = seconds + \"s\";<\/p>\n<p>  \/\/ If the count down is over, write some text \n  if (distance < 0) {\n    clearInterval(x);\n    document.getElementById(\"counter\").innerHTML = \"EXPIRED\";\n  }\n}, 1000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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