20TH ENYSSP
Conference
05 - 07 June 2025
Trikala - Greece
In 2025 ENYSSP will go to Greece. We are happy that the beautiful city of Trikala will host this edition! The Local Organizing Committe will do its best – in collaboration with the Managing Council – to make it a valuable, interactive, and fun event. As usual, there will be great keynote speakers, workshops, oral presentation and poster sessions, as well as other types of scientific sessions and some social activities.
Of course, the value of the conference also depends on participants’ contributions, so don’t be shy and do consider taking an active part in this ENYSSP Conference by submitting your abstract(s).
We're looking forward to feel the ENYSSP vibes once again!
Keynote Speakers
Spain
Xavier Sanchez
Keynote Speaker
Xavier Sanchez, originally from Barcelona (Spain), has three decades of experience across different countries in Europe (France, Sweden, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, and Spain). Today, Xavier is Professor of Sport Psychology at Université d'Orléans (France). Amongst other, Xavier is Doctor (PhD) in Psychological Sciences by Université catholique de Louvain, à Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); both Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) by British Psychological Society; and possesses a post-graduate Teaching and Learning Degree in Higher Education by University of Groningen (The Netherlands). Xavier has been always actively involved with governing bodies: he was a founding member of the Belgian French-speaking Society of Sport Psychology (SBFPS); the first President of the European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology (ENYSSP); regular member (4 years), General Secretary (4 years), and Vice-President (4 years) of the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC); Treasurer at International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA); and today is Vice-President of French Society of Sport Psychology (SFPS) and President-elect of Division 12 at International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). Xavier research interests revolve around the following: Psychological aspects of regulation (emotion, motivation) and pressure performance; psychology and sport climbing; and sport and integration in multi-cultural/ethnical societies. He has published work in a wide-range of peer-reviewed journals in sport and exercise psychology, sport and exercise sciences, and mainstream psychology. Xavier is an editorial board member at International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, International Journal of Sport Psychology, and Frontiers in Psychology ('Movement Science and Sport Psychology' and 'Performance Science'). Xavier also delivers sport psychology services at elite international level.
Alexander T. Latinjak
Keynote Speaker
Alexander T. Latinjak is an Assistant Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at University College Dublin, Ireland, and the founder of the PsychMapping movement. A prolific researcher, he has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and an edited book on self-talk in sport. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. As an applied practitioner, Alexander has worked in professional and developmental settings across tennis, football, athletics, motor racing, and basketball. He is currently the first-team sport psychologist for Basketball Club Girona, competing in Spain's top division. Since 2020, he has led the PsychMapping project, culminating in the recent publication of the PsychMapping book with Routledge.
Spain
Sweden
Carolina Lundqvist
Keynote Speaker
Carolina Lundqvist, Ph.D., is a Senior Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Sport Sciences, as well as a Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist at Linköping University, Sweden. She serves as a researcher at the Athletics Research Center at Linköping University and is currently the research coordinator at LiU Elite Sports, the dual-career program for elite athletes at Linköping University. Additionally, she is an associate editor of the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sports (JSAMS). Her research interests focus on high-performance sports, encompassing areas such as wellbeing and mental health, safeguarding, leadership, sustainable elite sports careers from junior to senior levels, and psychological performance enhancement.
With extensive experience in applied sports psychology and clinical psychotherapy with elite athletes and their coaches from various individual and team sports, Lundqvist has contributed her expertise at numerous European and World Championships, as well as several winter and summer Olympic Games. She has spent two decades as a sports psychology consultant, and for several years, she coordinated the psychological support program for the Swedish Olympic Committee. Additionally, she has undertaken various assignments for the Swedish Sports Confederation, elite sports clubs, and a wide range of sports federations over the years. Currently, she is involved as a member of the Medical Commission at Swedish Athletics and the Medical Council at the Swedish Figure Skating Association and is engaged in several research collaborations with sports federations and organizations both nationally and internationally.
Conference details
The conference registration gives access to all plenary and parallel sessions, as well as to all coffee breaks and to the lunch on Friday and Saturday.
The conference dinner ticket gives access to the dinner taking place on Friday.
No refunds will be provided, except for: a) documented health problems preventing attendance (e.g., record of hospitalization); b) abstract rejection and subsequent decision not to participate.
Travel Information
The University of Thessaly (UTH; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας) is a public university in Thessaly, Greece, founded in 1984. The university includes the main campus in the city of Volos and regional campuses located in Karditsa, Larissa, Trikala, and the city of Lamia.
How to get there?
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The following links and tables will provide you with all necessary information required to travel between Greece’s two biggest airports and Trikala. Average travel time from/to Athens and Thessaloniki is approximately a little over 4 hours and 2 and a half hours, respectively.
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For Athens: You take the bus X93 from airport and you stop at Liosion KTEL Bus Station (there is another bus station too - it is important to stop at the correct one). From there, you take a direct bus from Athens to Trikala.
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For Thessaloniki: You take the bus 01X or 01N to KTEL Bus Station. From there, you take a direct bus from Thessaloniki to Trikala.
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Info about the timings of the buses for each city can be found here:
https://ktel-trikala.gr/en/homepage_en/
Athens Airport
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Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” - click HERE for more details
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How to travel from and to the Athens International Airport - click HERE for more details
Thessaloniki Airport