New president at ICSSPE

The International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) has appointed a new president, Prof. Dr. Margaret Talbot, who will succeed Prof. Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper at the beginning of 2009.

Talbot was appointed at the 23rd General Assembly of ICSSPE in Guangzhou, China in late July 2008. She will become the seventh President of the Council, which this year celebrates is 50th anniversary.

Talbot is the Chief Executive Officer of the Association for Physical Education, UK, and has served as ICSSPE Vice-President since 1998. She jointly led with Gudrun Doll-Tepper the concluding plenary discussions at the 1st and 2nd World Summits on Physical Education in Berlin in 1999 and Magglingen in 2005, and has made presentations and has run workshops on physical education policy and on women and sport in more than 30 countries.

President-elect Talbot commented, "It will be an enormous challenge to follow the distinguished leadership of President Doll-Tepper, which has helped to position ICSSPE as a significant player in international physical education and sport science. I look forward to ensuring that ICSSPE's potential influence on sport science and physical education is fully realised."

The International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE ) was founded in Paris, France, in 1958 to address a widening gap between the fields of sport, sport science and physical education.