Conference Details

Note: For further detail, please see here: https://event.mq.edu.au/military-biomarkers-symposium

When: 07-09 February, 2022 Update: Postponed to 27-29 June 2022

Where: Macquarie University

Contact: MQDefenceBiomarkers@mq.edu.au

Attendance mode: In-person, INVITE ONLY

Overview: A key area of interest for this symposium is the measurement and analysis of ‘in-the-wild’ movement and performance of personnel to predict musculoskeletal injury risk and performance. With relatively recent advancement of sensors, such as, inertial motion units, combined with data analytics advances, the possibility of continual monitoring of personnel, together with meaningful data analytics has the potential to provide actionable insights for commanders.

Biomarkers are no longer restricted to traditional blood, sweat, and saliva, but encompass all data that can describe biological functions including kinetics and kinematics of movement.

Committee Organisers

Co-chairs

• Assoc. Prof. Tim Doyle
• Dr. Jodie Wills

Scientific Committee

• Prof. Thor Besier
• Dr. Jace Drain
• Dr. Malen Link
• Prof. Brad Nindl
• Dr. Luana Main
• LCDR Joshua Swift PhD

Conference Sponsors

Major Sponsor

The conference would not be possible without the support of:

Office of Naval Research - Global

Journal Sponsor

All full papers and abstracts will be published, open-access, in a special issue of Journal of Science and Medicine in Sports thanks to Defence Science and Technology Group

Additional Sponsors

Thank you to the following organisations for their kind sponsorship of all catering including the symposium banquet.

Defence Innovation Network

Fusion Sport

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