TUESDAY AUGUST 29th

Location: University Hall (city center), Domplein 29, 3512 JE Utrecht, The Netherlands

13:00 The International Task Force meeting on Laterality in Sport Horses

16:30: Registration and reception with drinks

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30th

8:30 – 17:30 Presentations and keynote lectures: University Hall (city center), Domplein 29, 3512 JE Utrecht, The Netherlands

Free program. Find out what to do in Utrecht 

THURSDAY AUGUST 31st

9:00 – 17:30 Presentations and keynote lectures: University Hall (city center), Domplein 29, 3512 JE Utrecht, The Netherlands

18:30 Dinner Party: Restaurant LE:EN, The Drain (Heuveloord 130,Utrecht City Center) LE:EN is a trendy Gault & Millau restaurant with an Asian fusion kitchen. This spacious place with a slightly funky ambiance will ensure a fantastic evening with an informal walking dinner, live music, and the opportunity to connect, relax and dance. Do not hesitate to wear your cocktail outfit and join this wonderful late summer evening in Utrecht.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1st

9:30 – ICEL9 workshops (Academic Veterinary Hospital, Yalelaan 114, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Available workshops: 

1. Equine kinematics  (Elin Hernlund, Emma Person Sjödin, Marie Rhodin and Thilo Pfau)
   Quantitative gait analysis in horses is a valuable tool for measuring kinematic gait parameters. During this workshop, we will introduce four objective gait analysis systems and will provide information on how they work, high-quality data collection & data interpretation.
2. Canine kinetics (Barbara Bockstahler )
   In this workshop, we will show how measurements of ground reaction forces can be carried out in practice for dogs. What do we have to pay attention to in order to get valid measurements and how can we interpret the results?
3. Data analysis (Christoffer Roepstorff and Jeanne Parmentier)
   After data collection, the time-consuming and sometimes complicated data analysis process starts. With this workshop, we aim to provide insight into the world of kinematic data analysis. How do we process and analyze collected data? What are the pitfalls and how do we get useful output?
4. Equine surface EMG (Lindsay St. George and Ineke Smit)
   In this workshop, we will show how surface electromyography (sEMG) can be used in equine locomotion research. Some examples of questions that will be discussed are: What do we measure with sEMG? How do you collect reliable data and how can this data be used?
5. Horse-rider interaction (Russell MacKechnie-Guire)
   The horse-rider interaction is a complicated but interesting interaction between two species. This workshop will provide insight into the biomechanics of both the horse and the rider and how these two can affect each other.

Note that this is the program for the scientific meeting of the ICEL9. For information on the Locomotion in Practice 2023, please visit the event page.