International Symposia
17th International Symposium for Olympic and Paralympic Research
The symposium will be held February 18-20, 2026 hosted by the Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
Abstracts
Please submit abstracts through the online form here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TaaTrQ2tzU6y_eU84Vllvm7__JDXeMRNvOCBQkQe9rtUMzk2NVJTTlc0QUNYUFhRWUlXRUgzVzJDWS4u
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Deadline for submission: 31 October 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time (Toronto/New York time)
*For any questions regarding abstract submissions, please contact Alan Oldham aoldham2@uwo.ca
Registration
Registration will open October 2025.
Earlybird registration deadline to be announced.
ICOS Founder R.K. Barney Student Essay Competition
ICOS is pleased to host this exciting opportunity that invites full time graduate students (Masters or PhD) to submit a 3000 word paper on a socio-cultural theme related to the Olympics and/or Paralympics. The winning entry will receive an award of 500 USD.
Deadline for abstract submission 16th November, 2025
Deadline for full paper submission 30th November, 2025
Click here for full details of the ICOS Founder R.K. Barney Student Essay Competition 2026
Accomodation
Links for accomodation recommended by the local institution:
- EXE Majestic - Largo Vasto a Chiaia 68 https://www.eurostarshotels.co.uk/exe-majestic.html
- Hotel Costantinopoli 104 - via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli https://www.costantinopoli104.it/
- Hotel piazza Bellini & Apartments - via Santa Maria di Costantinopoli 101 https://www.hotelpiazzabellini.com/
- Hotel NH Panorama - via Medina 70 https://www.nh-hotels.com/en/hotel/nh-napoli-panorama
- Palazzo Salgar - via Nuova Marina 120 https://www.palazzosalgar.com/en/homepage-eng/
- Royal Continental - via Partenope 38 https://www.royalgroup.it/royalcontinental/en
- B&B Starbien - Vico Belledonne a Chiaia 16 https://hotelmania.net/hotel/napoles/bb-starbien/
- B&B City Soul - piazza Giulio Rondinó 18 https://www.citysoul.it/?lang=en
- Prestige Room Chiaia - via San Pasquale 56 https://www.prestigeroomschiaia.com/
- Cellamare Suite e SPA - via Chiaia 111 https://www.cellamaresuitespa.it/
Background Information
During each Olympic year, the International Centre for Olympic Studies hosts the biennial International Symposium for Olympic and Paralympic Research. The first Symposium was organized in 1992, the most recent - thirteenth- iteration was hosted in Vitoria, Brazil, in August 2016. While the Symposium is usually hosted at Western University, the 2000 Symposium was jointly hosted with the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia; the 2008 Symposium was jointly hosted by ICOS and Capital University of Physical Education, Beijing, PRC, on the campus of Capital University. The 2016 Symposium was held in an Olympic country again, hosted jointly by ICOS and Arete, the Olympic Studies Centre at the Federal University of Espírito Santo in Vitória, Brazil.
Beginning with the 2018 Symposium, the title of the gathering changed to International Symposium for Olympic and Paralympic Research, in acknowledgment of the growing importance and relevance of paralympic sports and paralympics-related research.
Symposium Proceedings
The Symposium Proceedings for the years 1992-2010 contain the peer-reviewed full-length versions of Symposium presentations; the Proceedings for 2012 and on contain either the full-lenght text or the presentation abstract only. Further information on the Proceedings, tables of contents of past Proceedings, availability and ordering information, can be found here.
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