Thursday January 25th in Reykjavik University

The theme of this year's conference is inclusion in sports. There will be six different panels of experts, athletes with disabilities, queer athletes, and athletes from multicultural backgrounds. They will all share their stories and what can be improved.

Program:

• 09:00 - Conference is set
• 09:10 - 10:50 - Athletes with disabilities (only in Icelandic)
• 11:10 - 12:50 - Queer Athletes (only in Icelandic)
• 13:30 - 15:10 - Athletes from multicultural backgrounds (only in English)
• 15:20 - Conference concludes

ELITE ATLETES WITH DISABILITIES:

Jón Björn Ólafsson
Sports and media representative, The National Paralympic Committee of Iceland

Hákon Atli Bjarkason
Table tennis

Arna Sigríður Albertsdóttir 
Handcycling

Ingeborg Eide Garðarsdóttir   
Athletics

Melkorka Hafliðadóttir
Athletics and strength coach and lecturer University Reykjavik

WHERE ARE THE LGBTQ+ ELITE ATLETES?

Sveinn Sampsted
expert in LGBTQ+ matters

Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir
Elite athlete in football

Ísold Klara Felixdóttir
Elite non-binary athlete in karate

Stefán Þór Sigurðsson
Elite athlete in climbing

Nóam Óli Stefánsson
Elite trans athlete in archery

SPORTS FOR EVERYONE

Sveinn Sampsted
expert in LGBTQ+ matters

Kolbrún Mist
trans woman in Disc Golf

Svanhvít Aradóttir
Parent of a trans child in sports

Pétur Björgvin
football

Kitty Anderson
Intersex activist

Þórhildur Elínard. Magnúsdóttir
expert in LGBTQ+ matters

Elite ATHLETES WITH MULTICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS

Sema Erla Serdaroglu

Expert on interculturalism and inclusion 

Samar E Zahida
Elite taekwondo athlete

Pape Mamadou Faye
Elite football player

Mariam Eradze
Elite handball player

Alek Ramezanpour
Gymnastics coach

PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH MULTICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS IN SPORTS

Sema Erla Serdaroglu

Expert on interculturalism and inclusion 

Peter O'Donoghue
Professor at Reykjavik University

Jóhannes Guðlaugsson
Project manager

Joanna Marcinkowska
Expert on interculturalism and inclusion

CONFERENCE MODERATOR

Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson
Sports reporter

The conference is organized by: