REVIEW OF THE ENOSS CONFERENCE IN LUXEMBOURG
Presenters from 3 continents, participants from 30 different countries: The virtual ENOSS Conference 2021 "Back on Track / New Ways" united the world of secondary athlete education and talent development models.
In the COVID-19 crisis, institutions across Europe were asked to come up with new strategies to navigate their systems through wild waters. The ENOSS Conference on 1-2 December 2021 aimed to help sport and education institutions share, discuss and exploit the manifold innovation that has been created across the globe during this difficult period.
Making it possible for a maximum amount of European practitioners to join, #enoss2021 took place online. Simultaneously, the conference managed to create a most interactive virtual event to enable practitioners to exchange expertise and experience – even in digital form.
Live from Luxembourg
Two rich days of keynotes, workshops and a round table marked the cornerstones of the second ENOSS Conference. Hosted by Sportlycée Luxembourg & TWIN, the event gave stage to innovative international approaches in the core areas of System Development, Psychology & Counselling and Talent Development.
“As this year’s host, we wanted different professional backgrounds to come together in this conference. Looking at our programme, we were proud to present such a variety of topics and experts. Bringing in sport school perspectives from other continents was the icing on the cake of this event.”
Pascal Schaul, #enoss2021 host
Envisaging the 2030 sport school
In the conference keynote, South African expert Ruan Schlebusch took a close look at modern fundamentals of student athlete support. Do these look different in a post-Covid world to what they did in 2020? He proclaimed that the time we were in was a golden opportunity for institutions to reflect, reset and move forward to make a positive impact in their unique setting.
“In this time of rapid change, there must be inevitable rapid change in the student-athlete support landscape too.”
Ruan Schlebusch, #enoss2021 keynote speaker
The conference’s Round Table united a manifold consortium of top-class experts:
- Kairis Ulp, Estonia (Policy Officer of the European Commission Sport Unit)
- Tom de Groen, The Netherlands (National Coordinator of the Expert Centre for Secondary Education & Topsport)
- Erla Ragnarsdottir, Iceland (Principal of the Flensborg School)
- Raymond Conzemius, Luxembourg (Assistant Sports Director of the Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee).
Their discussion lid up spaces of dual career support with particular potential for optimisation, leering at an ideal institutional picture of the future.
“Sharing an ethics of support across the different stakeholders within their system, building an overall concept and then living this concept is key for sport schools and talent development models.”
Raymond Conzemius, #enoss2021 panelist
Thank you to every participant for making #enoss2021 a most colourful mix of international innovation!
Downloads
- Opening presentation by Wolfgang Stockinger & Philipp Struwe: ENOSS – Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today (pdf)
- Keynote by Ruan Schlebusch: System Development – The Story of the Fire Lily (pdf)
- Presentation by Frank Muller: Psychology & Counselling – Dancing on the Tightrope (pdf)
Header photo courtesy of tilowiedensohler.com
SAVE THE DATE: ENOSS CONFERENCE #2
We are delighted to announce: The 2nd ENOSS Conference will take place on 1-2 December 2021 in the form of a virtual event.
2019 marked the starting point for ENOSS, with the first ever ENOSS Conference being held in the Olympic Stadium of Berlin and Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin. This conference united professionals from 16 European countries, spanning school managers, teachers, sport coaches, psychologists, counsellors, policy-makers, and delegates from the European Commission.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisation of a conference in 2020 turned out not to be feasible. Now, with the conditions slowly improving, ENOSS is committed to reinforce its efforts to interconnect sport schools in Europe. In this regard, we are delighted to announce the 2nd ENOSS Conference on 2-3 December 2021.
Back on Track / New Ways
Without a doubt: The last 16 months have been a huge challenge. This counts for both talented athletes and practitioners. In the Corona crisis, secondary athlete education and talent development models were asked to come up with new strategies to navigate their systems through wild waters.
The ENOSS Conference 2021 will aim to help sport schools benefit from sharing the multifaceted innovation that has been created across Europe in, and thanks to this difficult period. “Back on Track : New Ways” is the corresponding theme of the conference.
Given the variables accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic, the ENOSS Conference 2021 will take place online and be free of charge to make it possible for a maximum amount of European practitioners to join the event. Simultaneously, the organisors will strive to create a most interactive virtual conference to enable practitioners to meet, discuss and exchange expertise and experience – even in digital form.