Конференция посвещена обзору четырёхлетнего цикла подготовки к Олимпийским играм в Пекине (выступления тренеров подготовивших Олипийских Чемпионов).

  Program 
 Thursday, 6th November 2008 
During the day Arrivals
17.00 - 21.00 Welcome Reception and Dinner
Presentation : Frederic Delaive - The History of French Rowing
Friday, 7th November 2008
08.30 - 08.40 Introduction to the Theme “Successfull Olympic Coaches” by John Boultbee
The Three Coaches will focus on the four year cycle leading up to the Beijing Olympic Games
08.40 -10.20 Aleksandr Wojciechowski (POL) - Coach of the Polish Men’s 4x - Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist
10.20 - 10.50 Coffee Break
10.50 - 12.30 Dick Tonks (NZL) - Chief Coach for the successful New Zealand Olympic Team and Coach of the New Zealand Women’s 2x – Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Mladen Marinovic - former Technical Director of Croatia and now Professor at the University of Split - “Motivational and Personality Traits of Junior and Senior Rowers”
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.00 Jean-Raymond Peltier (FRA) – “Developing Men’s Sculling from Potential to Performance”
17.00 - 18.00 FISA Update - Part 1
19.15 Dinner
Saturday, 8th November 2008
08.30 - 10.00 Jurgen Grobler (GBR) - Chief Coach For Great Britain Men’s Rowing and Crew Coach for the Olympic Champions in Men’s 4-
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30.- 11.30 The Three Olympic Coaches - Panel Interview
11.30 - 12.30 The Three Olympic Coaches - Questions from the Floor
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.00 Henk-Jan Zwolle (NED) – “A Review of Coaching Tools”
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.00 Peter Dressigacker (USA) – “Developments in Oar Design and Construction”
17.00 - 18.00 FISA Update - Part 2
19.30 Gala Dinner, including Athlete and Coach of the Year Awards
Sunday, 9th November 2008
  Sight Seeing and Departures