The University of Iceland and the departments of sports and psychology at the University of Reykjavík are organizing the Day of Muscle Protection in collaboration with Landspítali University Hospital. The conference will be held on Thursday 27 March 2025 at the University of Reykjavík.

The conference is for all those who are interested in muscle protection, nutrition and improving quality of life.

Foreign and Icelandic scholars in the fields of health and sports will have a mission to open up a dialogue between professionals, the public and sports science.

This is the second time that Vöðvaverndardagurinn is held. The day is dedicated to preventing muscle atrophy, which can have serious consequences in the early years.

This year we will highlight the importance of disseminating valid information in modern society. The focus will be on awareness and muscle protection, but individualized exercise is very effective in treating degeneration, muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, fall protection and maintaining mobility.

Both healthcare professionals and the general public have limited awareness of the importance of muscle protection. The goal of the conference is to support the general public and specialists in distinguishing between correct information and misinformation when it comes to muscle protection.

The lecturers are experts in geriatric medicine, training and health sciences, nutrition, behavioral sciences and education.

For more information about the conference, visit Reykjavik University website:

Moderator: Rohin Francis

Agenda

9:00 - 9:15 Setting: The conference will be chaired by the Minister of Health, Alma Möller.

9:15 - 9:25 Overview: The agenda is reviewed by the President of the European Council, Rohan Francis.

9:25 - 10:15 Keynote - Improving health care professionals and public awareness that exercise is medicine - Dawn Skelton

10:15 - 10:35 Health professionals and bias - Dan Jolley

10:35 - 10:50 Coffee break (15 min)

10:50-11:30 Expanding the Reach: How One Personal Trainer's Mission to Prevent Sarcopenia Goes Beyond the Clinic - Robert Linkul

11:30 - 12:10 Strength in Movement: Moving towards Exercise Physiology for Chronic Disease Management in Iceland - Michael Inskip

12:10 - 13:00 Lunch break (50 min)

13:00 - 13:20 How do we get older people to participate in training in hospital and continue after graduation? - Arnar Hafsteinsson

13:20 - 13:40 Is public health boring – or just poorly marketed? - Jóhann Friðrik Friðriksson

13:40 - 14:00 Scientific exchange on human rights - how do we capture the attention of the media and the public - Ásthildur Gunnarsdóttir

14:00 - 14:15 Coffee break (10 min)

14:15 - 14:35 On the importance of cooperation and encouragement - Hanna Steinunn Steingrímsdóttir

14:35 - 15:20 Debate

15:20 - 15:30 Concluding remarks: Rohan Francis