The Dubai 10th International Symposium for Sports

CreativityUnder the slogan of

Thoughts in Sports Creativity

28th October, 2014

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H. H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

President of the United Arab Emirates

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H. H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Vice President & Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates

and Ruler of Dubai

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Crown Prince of Dubai

Chairman of Dubai Sports Council Patron of the Award

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum President of the Award

President of the National Olympic Committee

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We preceded from the vision of His Highness Sheikh

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and

Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of

Dubai who stated that “when facing any challenge, you

either take ideas from those who preceded you or consume

all your abilities to find a new idea and you innovate”. It

is under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan

Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince

of Dubai and President of the Dubai Sports Council that

the most famous and most prestigious award in the UAE,

the Arab World and even the entire World was launched,

directed by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed

Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Olympic

Committee and President of the Award. This award has

been enrooting and promoting cultural innovation for 6th

Edition. Through conferences and Symposiums, we have

been able to open the doors of communication locally and

in the Arab World, hold partnerships, sign memoranda of

understanding and apply the best practices that guarantee

the success of the vision that this award was launched

for. To highlight the importance of the future of Sports

Creativity as a path that the award’s administration has

created in the scientific events that took place during the

6th Edition, the Dubai 10th International Symposium

on Creative Sports has been launched under the slogan

of “Thoughts on Sports Creativity” by inviting a group

of experts and specialists to introduce visions and ideas

about the future of Sports Creativity, hoping to put these

ideas into action during the coming session, in God’s Will,

convinced that this race to excellence that we’ve entered

does not have a finish line...

General Secretariat

Award Speech

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The Dubai 10th International

Symposium for Sports Creativity

Thoughts in Sports Creativity

The Award has a special status because of its connection

to the name of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin

Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister

of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, the first

athlete in the UAE.

It presents a motive for innovative athletes and institutions

as well as members who have participated in developing

the Sports movement by honoring them and encouraging

them to achieve more excellence in the innovation field.

Through previous Symposiums, the award has been able

to build and enroot the culture of creative sports in all

levels through programs, Symposiums and conferences

about the culture, the vision and the future of creative

sports.

Reaching a phase of foreseeing the future of sports; and

that is why the award administration insists on putting out

new ideas in the 10th International Symposium to draw a

map of the future of sports creativity in the 3rd millennium,

convinced that the race to excellence has no finish line.

Symposium goals:

The Symposium aims to reach the following goals:

· Specify a new scientific direction to be invested in the

sports sector.

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· Promote and spread the culture of sports innovation to

all sports milieus.

· Encourage athletes and workers in the sports field to

achieve sports innovation.

· Expose unique experiences and benefit from these

samples to create a program for the development of

creative capacities.

· Discuss the developments on the sports field.

· Give the participants a chance to meet and communicate

and stimulate interactive relations between them to

increase convergence and coexistence between them,

which leads to achieving the main goals of sports

innovation.

Symposium Subjects:

The Symposium will evolve around the following subjects:

1- Innovation and creation in the sports field.

2- Innovative idea and their stages of application.

3- Innovative samples in the UAE, the Arab world and

Internationally.

4- Sports applications for the newest scientific inventions.

Time Subject Speaker Moderator

8:30 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 - 9:45Opening

CeremonyFilm about the Award

M/C

Mr. Meshal AlGahtany

(Broadcaster - Dubai Sports

Channel)

9:45 – 10:30

1st Session

(Thoughts

in Sports

Creativity)

Mr. Andrew Harrison

Innovation Ambassador

Dr. Niloofar Rohany

Training Expert

10:30- 10:45

2nd Session

(distinct

Administrative

Experience )

Mr. Moustafa Larafaoui

Board of Trustees Member

Chairman of the Arbitration

Committee

Mr.Mosaad Abdul Wahab

Journalist at Al Khaleej

newspaper

10:45- 10:55 Break

11:00 – 11:45

3rd Session

(Sports

Innovation)

Prof.Dr. Nader Shalaby

Dean of the Physical

Education College /

Al Arish

Suez Canal University

Dr.Nagy Ismail Hamed

Technical Manager of the

Award

11:45 – 12:30Discussion through Google+ with faculty of Physical

Education in Universities ( Al Mansoura\ Egypt & Al Yarmouk\

Jordan)

Dr.Nagy Ismail Hamed &

Dr. Niloofar Rohany

12:30-12:35 Voting

12:35 – 13:00 Prayer Break

13:00 – 13:30

4th Session

Dialogue

(Distinct Sports

Experience )

H.E Sheikh

Ahmed Bin Hasher

Mr. Meshal AlGahtany

(Broadcaster - Dubai Sports

Channel)

13:30 – 13:45 Presenting the Award Trophies

Symposium Agenda

16First Session

Dr. Niloofar Rouhani

Chairman of the Session:

»» Training expert.

»» Graduated from Deakin University in Australia with a

Masters degree in Professional Education.

»» Trained hundreds of members in the fields of: time

management, leadership and motivation skills as well

other skills in different fields of work such as: technical

institutions, nutrition institutions, governmental and semi-

governmental institutions.

(Thoughts in Sports Creativity)

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Andrew Harrison

Speaker:

Andrew’s unique background as a social innovator, author

and researcher of human motivation began in 2004 when he

exchanged his master’s degree and high paying sales job for

a year on the road—traveling the United States interviewing

people from varied walks of life about how they came to

discover passion from their work; a passion which inevitably

spilled over into the remaining aspects of their lives.

Nowadays, the human motivation study that he ran, reaches

many industries and fields. Andrew’s debut book entitled,

Love Your 84,000 Hours at Work: Stories on the Road from

People with Purpose and Passion (Dotted Lines Press, 2010),

chronicles the inspiring journeys of a select number of

people who have mastered one of the core ingredients to

maintaining a happy life—loving what you do.

Education:

University of Southern California, Masters Degree

in the field of Mass Communication, 1999.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, leave in the arts-

professional and technical writing, 1998.

Career Overview:

» Idea Connection Systems, Innovation Ambassador,

2007 – present

» Bonfire Consulting, Founder, 2012 – present

» St. John Fisher College, Professor – Business

Communication, 2007 – 2008

» Love Your 84,000 Hours at Work – Researcher, Author,

Speaker, 2004 – present

» Weiser Security Services – Service Consultant, 2001 – 2004

» Rollouts, Inc. – National Account Manager, 2000 – 2001

» Lanier Worldwide – Sales Representative, 1999 – 2000

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Fields of Expertise:

Innovation Strategy

Creation Sales and Marketing

Culture Change Management

Employee Engagement Business Communication

Tools and Instruments Writing and Speaking

Books and Publications:

· “Love Your 84,000 Hours at Work: Stories on the

Road from People with Purpose and Passion,” Dotted

Lines Press, 2010, by Andrew Harrison

· “The Invisible Element: A Practical Guide for the

Human Dynamics of Innovation,”

Innovatus Press, 2011, by Robert B. Rosenfeld and

Gary J. Wilhelmi with Andrew Harrison

· “The Innovation for Development Report 2010-

2011” Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, by Augusto Lopez-

Claros. Chapter 2.2 – “Organizations Don’t Innovate,

People Do: Trust is the Foundation,” by Robert

Rosenfeld, Gary Wilhelmi and Andrew Harrison

· “Selling with Psychology: Know Your Buyers’ Behavior

and Change Yours,”

RainToday.com, April 2012 by Andrew Harrison

· “How to love your job,” PracticeLink Magazine,

December 2011 by Andrew Harrison

· “5 lessons about choosing a career,” Next Step

magazine, March 2008 by Andrew Harrison

· “The Road to a Passionate Career: Getting

Started,” Beyond.com, January 2008 by Andrew

Harrison

· “The Road to a Passionate Career: You are The One!”

Beyond.com, January 2008 by Andrew Harrison

· “The Seeker,” Worthwhile Magazine, October 2005

by Andrew Harrison.

The invisible elements in Sports Creativity and Innovation

This conference focuses on the current status of creativity

and innovation in the Sports field and its technologies, to

face the challenges they encounters, while exposing the

application of the logic of sports creativity, civilization

and human principles through the concepts of creativity,

communication, system innovation and through

understanding the challenge and how to achieve knowledge

without tools as well as determining the invisible elements

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inside an athlete that can lead him to innovation.

Also, great creative ideas always precede the application

stages. Collaboration between members with different

skills, expertise and needs, enriches and nurtures the

creative skills of the creative work team, not to mention

that innovative communication grows and feeds from

knowledge since the indicator of creativity in a person

lays within discovery. An example of that would be

the qualities of a person who comes up with solutions

and looks for them using ways of understanding, who

determines his goals according to the necessary tools, and

has the capacity to maintain high precision during long

periods of detailed work in addition to the most important

qualities of a leading up-to-date person who looks at his

tasks from an unconventional angle through particular

samples, who explores possibilities when faced with a

problem and fixes it by focusing on the interacting ideas,

procedures, repercussions, and practices to solve it.

Second Session

“A Unique Administrational Experience”

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Massad Abdel Wahab

Journalist in newspaper

Moustafa LarfawiMember of the Award Board of TrusteesFINA Honorary President

Chairman of the Session: Speaker:

» Journalist in the Emirati newspaper Al Khaleej- sports

section

» Won the Arab Journalism Award 13th edition- in 2014-

sports journalism section.

» Won the Mohammed Bin Rashid Creative Sports Award

2nd Edition 2010 with the sports section of Al-Khaleej

newspaper for the category of most unique local sports

media.

» Member of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Creative Sports Award Board of Trustees- Jury

President.

» Born on 27 November, 1932, Algeria

Joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1995

Education Qualifications:

Bachelor degree in Arabic Language and French Education

in Universities

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Occupation:

» Director of Public Health and Population of the

mandate of Algeria (1984-1988)

» Vice President of the People’s Municipal Assembly of

Algeria (1967-1971)

» Member of the National Advisory Council (1991-1993)

Main Sports Contributions:

» Founding member of the Algerian Swimming

Federation (1962)

» Founding member of the Algerian Olympics Committee (1963)

» President of the Algerian Olympics Committee (2001)

» Honorable life president of the Algerian Olympics

Committee (since 2013)

» President of the African Swimming Confederation

(1974-2012)

» President of the Sports Confederation Union in Africa

(1987- 2011)

» Member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme

Council for Sports in Africa (1983- 2011)

» Member of the International Swimming Federation

office (1972- 1976)

» Vice president of the International Swimming Federation

(1988- 2009) then honorable life president (since 2009)

» Member of the General Assembly Council of the

International Sports Federation (1989-1993)

» Member of the General Assembly Council of the

International Summer Olympics Sports Federation (1993-

1999, 1999-2001) then Vice President (2001-2003)

» Member of the World Anti-doping Agency Constituent

Council and the Executive Committee (1999- 2009)

» Founding member of the Arab Sports Federation

Awards and Honors:

» Olympic medal of the International Olympics

Committee

» Certificate of recognition by the UN Committee on

Racial Discrimination

» Silver and gold plaques from the International

Swimming Federation

» International Swimming Federation award

» Order of merit of the Algerian Olympics

His path in the International Olympics Committee

» Member of the International Olympics Committee from

1995 to 2009 and honorable life member since 2009

» Member of the following international Olympics

Committees:

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» Olympics studies center (2002- 2006)

» Evaluation of the 30th Olympics session in 2012 (2004- 2005)

» Candidate evaluation of the members of the

International Olympics Committee (2006- 1010)

Unique administrative experience

Larfaoui exposes his full sports history that has exceeded

60 years of general sports achievements, playing water

ball and basketball at a very young age. In 1962, at 30

years old he founded the Algerian Swimming Federation

while a founding member of the Algerian Olympics

Committee where he was Secretary until 1967. Being

loyal to the African continent he also served for a long

time as president of the African swimming federation

for amateurs and pulled many efforts to unify all African

sports federations.

He became head of the International Swimming Federation

from 1998 till 2009 and head of the African swimming

confederation for 40 years, since its foundation in 1972.

He was also head of the Algerian Olympics committee

from 1998 till 2001, occupied several administrative posts

in Africa and crowned his administrative journey with a

membership in the International Olympics Committee.

Third Session

“Sports Innovations”

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Dr. Nagy Ismail HamedTechnical Director of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award.

Dr. Nader ShelbiDean of the Faculty of Physical Education in El-Arish Suez Canal University

Chairman of the Session: Speaker:

» Sports administration professor in the Physical

Education Faculty- Helwan University.

» Main specialist in studies and research in the Dubai

Sports Council.

» Technical Director and Judging Coordinator for the

Mohammed Bin Rashid Creative Sports Award.

» Born on 4 December, 1956.

» Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education in El-Arish-

Suez Canal University.

» Member of the technical committee of the Egyptian

Football Association.

» Decision maker of the Egyptian Olympics strategy

committee (2009- 2013).

» Member of the Olympics Academy administrative

council for training sports leaders (2009-2013).

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» Scientific advisor of the Egyptian armed-forces

championship sector.

» Lecturer in the Football Institution associated to the

Egyptian Football Federation.

» Lecturer in the Education Institute associated to the

public union for sports occupations.

» Lecturer in the Egyptian Olympics Academy.

» Advisor of the scientific committee of the Egyptian Boxing

Federation.

» Member of the International Sports and Culture

Association (ISCA).

» Member of the Egyptian Football Federation.

» Member of the Egyptian Olympics Supreme Technical

Committee.

» Scientific supervisor in the Ministry of Youth’s training

national program.

» Member of the International Council for Health, Physical

Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER.SD).

» Member of the Arab Federation of Sports Medicine.

» Vice President of the Supreme Executive Committee of

11th edition of the Arab Games (Egypt 2007).

» Appointed by the Egyptian Olympics Committee to

supervise the technical preparation procedures for the

Egyptian Football Federation.

» Supervisor of the Technical Committee in Ismailia area

of football.

» Strategy expert on weight lifting and training in the

previous “Channel” Club.

» President of the technical committee for the first Friendly

Arab football tournament in Ismailia (1995).

» Technical director of the previous Ismailia Electricity

Club and Martyrs Club as well as many Saudi clubs.

» Member of the Sports and Environment Committee

originated from Egyptian Olympics Committee in the

2002-2004 session.

» Member of the scientific committee for talent selection in

the Egyptian Boxing Federation.

Sports Creations:

Applying Nanotechnology in the sports field:

Are new science discoveries expected to invade the world

with unimaginable applications? Nanotechnology is the

5th generation to appear in the world of electronics. The

size of nano is almost 80,000 times smaller than a hair.

Scientists predict a promising future for this technology that

truly began in 1990 and made industrial countries invest

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millions of dollars for its development. Japan’s investments

to support the development of nano technologies have

reached one billion dollars this year alone. While in

the USA, 40,000 American scientists can work in this

field and the American budget reserved for this study

is estimated to be around trillions of dollars till 2015.

By using nanotechnology, mankind will be able to produce

substances that are a hundred times stronger and weigh

six times less. In the Sports world, nano technology has

entered the field of material and equipment production.

Scientists have found many nano technology applications

that can improve sports technology. These improvements

vary between manufacturing balls and producing bats that

are 22% more efficient than normal ones. The same goes

for yacht racing, hockey, pole vault race games, feather

ball, baseball, tennis, the list is never-ending nor stopping

because modern technology will work directly and indirectly

on producing new material and equipment to improve the

performance and efficiency of the devices in current use.

Forth Session

Open Dialogue “A Unique Sports Experience”

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Meshal Al- QahtaniTV Presenter Dubai Sports Channel

Sheikh Ahmad Bin Mohammad Bin HasherOlympics champion from the UAE

Chairman of the Session: Speaker:

»» Saudi TV presenter.

»» Presents sports programs on Dubai Sports channel.

»» Worked in the sports channel “line sport”.

»» Wrote several articles in Saudi and Emirati newspapers.

This man is responsible for the historic achievement:

Winning the Gold Medal for the UAE in the Sydney

Olympic Games of 2004.

Achievement record of the Olympics champion:

» Gold medal in the Gulf Championship held in Al

Ain, UAE (early 1977).

» Gold plate in the German marathon in august 1997.

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» The Prince Cup in Kuwait, April 1998.

» Gold medal for the men’s dirt championship in the

GCC in Al Ain and silver medal for teams (1998).

» Bronze medal in the Asian dishes shooting

championship finals in Kuwait (1999).

» Gold medal for team men in the Arab league in

Jordan.

» Bronze medal for Dirt World Cup in Cyprus (2000).

» Italian Grand Prix Championship.

» Bronze medal for World Championship in India.

» Gold medal for teams in Qatar.

» Asian Bronze medal in Malaysia (2000).

» His glory probably began in the year 2002 when the

UAE was in following championships:

» He won the Double Trap competition in the Shooting

World Cup final in 2003.

» He came in 4th place in the Double Trap competition

in Shooting World Cup Championship in 2003.

» He won the Double Trap championship in the

Shooting World Cup in Cairo in 2004.

» He won the Double Trap championship in the New

Delhi World Cup in 2003.

» He won the Double Trap championship in the Lonato

World Cup in 2003.

A Unique sports experience:

The UAE champion was born on December 31st, 1963.

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Hasher Al Maktoum

started his life in the arms of Dubai and on Jumeirah’s

beautiful beaches. He took his first steps, attended the Al

Maktoum Elementary School in Jumeirah and there started

to show interest in sports. He won his first medal, in long

Jump, while he was still in 6th grade. Then in 1984 His

Highness met with a squash trainer who convinced him to

pursue the game and he reached the quarter finals of the

UAE championship after committing to practice with the

same coach for only a month. The next year His Highness

won the championship… In 1986, Sheikh Ahmed went

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to Arizona, USA for his college education but he still

continued to practice squash.

Shifting towards shooting:

For Sheikh Ahmed squash became just a hobby and

in 1997 he shifted his interest towards shooting. This

sport surprised Sheikh Ahmed with the unexpected and

he won the Olympic Gold Medal after 7 whole years

of continuous training. And during his journey to the

Olympics achievement, Sheikh Ahmed applied different

practices that made him able to win the gold medal such

as, travelling early to get familiar with the competition

environment, participating in the dirt competition to get

used to the shooting field, and other secrets that he reveals

during the exposition. He also talks about his life that did

not stop at training and organizing shooting competitions.

Symposium on Google +

This Symposium is presented on Google + with direct

interventions from the Education faculty in Al Mansoura

University in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Physical

Education Faculty in the University of Yarmouk in the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Interventions take place after directly broadcasting the

sessions to the faculties then interacting with them by

asking questions and having open dialogues with the

present guests.

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