
From Active Childhood to Healthy Aging
5th International Scientific ConferenceNovi Sad, Serbia, April 11th – 13th 2019
Welcome to Novi Sad, Serbia, April 11th – 13th 2019
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 5th International Scientific Conference: Exercise and Quality of Life 2019: From Active Childhood to Healthy Aging. The Conference will take place in the beautiful city of Novi Sad, Serbia, from April 11-13, 2019. Novi Sad, the European Capital of Culture 2021 and European Youth Capital 2019, is the city of culture, science, innovation, sports, and youth. The Faculty of Sport and Physical Education warmly welcomes researchers from different scientific fields in order to enhance better understanding of the relationship between physical activity and quality of life. EQOL 2019 encompasses a rich scientific program of oral and poster presentations and invited lectures, with leading international experts presenting cutting-edge knowledge in their area of expertise.
From Active Childhood to Healthy Aging
Exercise and Quality of Life 2019: From Active Childhood to Healthy Aging aims to provide the latest scientific and professional insights, present recent findings and share experiences in exercise and health sciences, with a special emphasis given to the importance of lifelong exercise and the quality of life, highlighting biological, medical and psychosocial factors of quality of life. The Conference covers wide range of topics, including quality of life research, exercise and sport science, physical education, medicine, rehabilitation, healthy aging, psychology, biomechanics and motor control.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
The conference abstracts will be published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, a peer-reviewed journal from Springer Nature group, with an annual readership of 230,850 visitors to the online journal. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is abstracted/indexed in PubMed Central, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, CNKI, DOAJ, EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCO Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source, EBSCO SPORTDiscus, EBSCO TOC Premier, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Health Reference Center Academic, OCLC, ProQuest – Summon.

Invited Speakers
James S. Skinner
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway
Francisco B. Ortega
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Granada, Spain
Višnja Đorđić
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Irena Valantine
Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Kauno Apskritis, Lithuania
Włodzimierz Starosta
Institute of Sport in Warsaw, Poland
Antonino Bianco
University of Palermo, Italy
Sanja Šalaj
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Dejan Magoc
Department of Health Sciences, Stetson University, Florida, USA
Sanja Music Milanovic
Croatian Institute for Public Health, Croatia
Jozef Betlehem
University of Pécs, Hungary
Finn Berggren
HEPA Europe SC Member, Gerlev Physical Education and Sports Academy, Danmark
Young Scientists Award
Three oral and poster presentations of young scientists (under 35 years of age) will be awarded with the IASK President Cup and N.A. Bernstein Medals