HIGHLIGHTS

Keynote Speakers

Megan Popovic

Executive coach and facilitator, former Director of Athlete Wellbeing and Performance for the Toronto Maple Leafs

The duelling Ws: A paradox of winning and/or wellbeing in professional hockey

Nadia Azar

Associate Professor, Kinesiology, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Windsor

Injury prevention considerations for drum set performance

Gerald Fried

Associate Dean, Education Technology and Innovation and Director of the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, McGill University

Acquiring expertise in surgery: From simulation to artificial intelligence

Margaret Osborne

Senior Lecturer In Psychology And Music, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Windows to wellbeing: Insights from music performance science

Roundtables

Applying performance science in music education: Are current settings, policies, and practices fostering wellbeing?

Lessons learned from a career leading, managing, and studying circus arts: A discussion about inclusion, diversity, resilience, and creativity

Symposia

Reimagining performance with immersive reality technologies

Transdisciplinary approaches to optimize performance and transfer in circus art

Training musicians in psychological flexibility as a means to cope with music performance anxiety and enhance performance skills

The impact of Covid-19 on arts professionals

The impact of Covid-19 on music education and sport

Circus meets Music @ Schulich

Artists

Robert Cookson (Cyr Wheel), Santiago Rivera (Juggling),
Alex Paviost (Contortion), and Jean-Michel Pilc (Piano)