Protecting the Clean Athlete, Protecting Healthbr br Dr Richard Budgett shares the vision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is to change the world for the better through sport and to promote social change. Protecting the health of the athlete is an important part of this vision, in order to protect the integrity of sport, protect elite athletes, protect the health of all those exercising and to promote physical activity. br br The protection of clean athletes through doping control is also important for the protection of the integrity of sport and of athlete health. The focus of the IOC Medical Commission is the prevention of injury and illness; this is done through world conferences, injury and illness surveillance, International Federations (IF) and National Olympic Committees. br br Speaker Biographybr Dr Richard Budgett (OBE, MA, MBBS, FRCP, FFSEM, FISM Dip Sports Med), International Olympic Committee Medical and Scientific Director has been in his current role since November 2012. Before that he was Chief Medical Officer for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2007 to 2012. He was Director of Medical Services for the British Olympic Association from 1994 to 2007 and has been Chief Medical Officer with Team GB at 6 summer and winter Olympic Games. Since 1987 he has conducted research into the problem of fatigue and underperformance and has published widely on the subject of Overtraining or Unexplained Underperformance Syndrome (UUPS). In 2005, Dr Budgett was appointed to the World Anti-Doping Agency list committee, which he chaired from 2010 to 2012. He was Chairman of the British Rowing Medical Committee for 20 years and won an Olympic Gold Medal in rowing in Los Angeles in 1984. br br Improving Performance Naturally: Sports Science & Medicine Conference for the World’s Leading Sports Scientists and Medical Practitioners in Rowingbr br The Sports Science & Medicine Conference was held for the first time at the SAS UK & Ireland company headquarters in Marlow. The conference had delegates attend from a variety of Sports Science and Medical disciplines, who travelled from within the UK and around the world – all attracted by an exciting programme which boasts an impressive list of speakers from the leading edge of research and practice. The event was supported by UK Sport and FISA and proved to be a great success.br br The conference proceedings will be published online on the BMC Sport Science, Medicine & Rehabilitation website, check here for updates: br br Explore our video playlist to look at other talks from our esteemed speakers, see below for the schedule:br br Day 1:br • SSM Conference 2015 1.0: Welcome (Jean-Christophe Rolland) – intro by Rosie Mayglothling br • SSM Conference 2015 1.1: Injury Prevention and Performance – Are They Mutually Exclusive? What Science Tells Us (Prof. Alison McGregor) – intro by Prof. Jo Hannafin br • SSM Conference 2015 1.2: Protecting the Clean Athlete, Protecting Health (Dr Richard Budgett OBE) – intro by Prof. Greg Whyte br • SSM Conference 2015 1.3: Current Issues within FISA and the Medicine and Science World (Dr Alain Lacoste) – intro by Dr Tomislav Smoljanovic br • SSM Conference 2015 1.6: Altitude: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Prof. Greg Whyte) – intro by Gianni Postiglione br • SSM Conference 2015 1.7: Endurance Sport and Cardio Vascular Health (Prof. Sanjay Sharma) – intro by Prof. Jürgen Steinacker br Day 2:br • SSM Conference 2015 2.1: Training in Extreme Hot and Cold (Prof. Mike Tipton) – intro by Dr Ann Redgrave br • SSM Conference 2015 2.2: Rib Stress Fractures (Dr Anders Vinther) – intro by Dr Fiona Wilson br • SSM Conference 2015 2.3: What We Know Makes the Boat Go Faster from 150 Years of Research (Prof. Stephen Seiler) – intro by Prof. Henning Bay Nielsen br • SSM Conference 2015 2.4: Cardiac Case Study (Prof. Henning Bay Nielsen) – intro by Dr Ann Redgrave br • SSM Conference 2015 2.5: Analytics – What’s It All About? (Dr Laurie Miles) br br Follow the action:br www.britishrowing.orgbr Facebook: www.facebook.comBritishRowingbr Twitter: @BritishRowingbr Instagram: @britishrowingbr LinkedIn: www.linkedin.