THE 5th SPE BALKAN SKI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2024, SKI CENTER ROGLA, SLOVENIA
FROM 17 TO 21 MARCH 2024

Dear colleagues, dear participants of the SPE Balkan SKI Conference Rogla 2024, dear friends!

It has been a month since we parted, but the memory of our meeting is still vivid. Thank you all for your contribution to the activities and lectures in the hall and on the snow. Once again, a wonderful experience is behind us, encouraging us to look forward to another meeting - we look forward to the SPE Balkan SKI Conference 2025 with interest and anticipation.

Visit http://spe-balkan-ski.com/gallery to see pictures that will remind you of the days spent in the Rogla ski resort. We have also added a video clip at the bootom of the main page http://spe-balkan-ski.com/ that tells even more!
At http://spe-balkan-ski.com/keynote-speakers you will find a pdf file with the invited speakers, whom we would like to take this opportunity to thank once again for their commitment.
We wish you a pleasant spring skiing season and a good preparation for the summer!!!
Yours sincerely, on behalf of the SPE Balakn SKI Executive Committee
Rado

What is SPE BALKAN SKI?

SPE - Science, Practice & Education - BALKAN SKI CONFERENCE is a merge of curiosity (science), will of terrain work (practice) and unselfish transfer of knowledge (education) for people who likes snowy mountains and the most beautiful sport in the world – alpine skiing and snowboarding.

After great experience we all head at the first and second SPE BALKAN SKI CONFERENCES where few hundred of ski teachers, trainers, professors and other experts in the field of alpine skiing and snowboarding witnessed an unforgettable story of cross talk between science, profession, practice and social events, we decided to offer you a step forward to reach and overbuild the SPE Balkan SKI Goals.

The SPE BALKAN SKI Conference is substantially and professionally supported by the IAESS – International Association of Education and Science in Snowsport.


SPE BALKAN SKI Core Values

INTEGRITY – Based on values rather than personal gain.
FUN – Based on values rather than personal gain.
BONDING AND NETWORKING – Bringing together experts sharing the same interests from the Balkan region, and beyond.
TEAM WORK – Confidently working within a group, accepting and learning from constructive criticism, collective pride.
EXCELLENCE – If you put quality in everything you do, the individual and the collective wins every day.

“Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.”
Lawrence M. Miller

THE MAIN THEME

Fun and safety in contemporary skiing − the new role of ski instructors/trainers in winter sports and society.

SYMPOSIUM SUB-THEMES:

Alpine Skiing - Teaching and Coaching – Technique, Equipment, Didactic Tools, other...
Snowboarding - Teaching and Coaching – Technique, Equipment, Didactic Tools, other...
Adaptive Skiing Sports - Teaching and Coaching – Technique, Equipment, Didactic Tools, other...
Safety on snow

SPE BALKAN SKI Vision

The Vision of the SPE BALKAN SKI is to develop the network of excellence bringing together ski experts – ski instructors, coaches, scientists and other ski experts from the Balkan region.

SPE BALKAN SKI Mission

The Mission of the SPE BALKAN SKI is to empower, advocate, develop and promote ski professions, considering scientific and professional bases in theory and practice.

SPE BALKAN SKI Goals

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2018 CONFERENCE