Toi Ohomai Sports Connect Conference

The University of Waikato

 

  • Windermere Campus, Tauranga - Friday, 26 September 2025
  • Mokoia Campus, Rotorua - Friday, 3 October 2025

Connect Conference Schedule

(click the session title below for more detail and presenter bio)

 

Times

Schedule 

9.00am - 9.05am

Mihi Whakatau and Introductions

9.05am - 10.15am

Tauranga

Coaches as Environment Designers: An Ecological Approach to Coaching Practice for Youth Development

Presenter: Will Roberts

 

Rotorua

Te Ara Whakaora: Healing Through Adversity, Teaching with Purpose, Walking in the Footsteps of Whakapapa

Presenter: Meriana Tamati  

5 minutes

Change over

10.20am - 11.00am

Workshop 1 - Allister Field & Slade King

Training for the Final Decades: Rethinking Strength, Purpose, and Longevity

OR

Workshop 2 - Dr Dan Wilson & Carolynn Margan

Unlocking Movement and Recovery: Practical Myofascial Release for Wellbeing and Performance

5 minutes

Change over

11.05am - 11.45am

Workshop 3 - Dr Paul Winwood

Falls in Older Adults: A Multifactorial Approach to Risk, Recovery, and Prevention

OR

Workshop 4 - Dr Tracey Clissold

Optimising Bone Health in our Youth: Our Duty of Care                     

5 minutes

Change over

11.50am-12.30pm

Workshop 5 - Mike Dudson

Developing High Functioning Sports Teams

OR

Workshop 6 - Sheree Cooper 

One Chance at a First Impression? Hononga Hauora

5 minutes

Change over

12.35pm-1.00pm

Presenter: Ruth Naidoo

Key Connections: Industry Insights

1.00pm - 1.30pm

Kai and Networking

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