Physical Activity Workshops
Thirteenth Fuse Physical Activity Group Workshop
- Venue: Teesside University, Darlington Campus, Vicarage Road, DL1 1JW
- Start: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:00:00 BST
- End: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:30:00 BST
Special event held jointly with the Transport and Health Science Group as part of the 8th Journal of Transport and Health International Conference.
About the event
Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England, has said that the benefits of active travel “cannot be overstated” and that “people will live longer, happier lives if they can have active travel and we can make it attractive enough.”
In this workshop we will explore how active travel can become the norm. Our keynote speakers will set the scene for the day, including detailing how transport, public health and other colleagues can work together.
We hope that the discussions in this event will help identify key actions and nurture future collaborations between academics, practice and policy partners to address the prevailing and consistent issues that we face in enabling active travel. This event will bring together practitioners, policy-makers and researchers from various fields.
Keynote Speakers:
- Professor Adrian Davis, Edinburgh Napier University and Vice-Chair for Science, Transport and Health Science Group
- Professor Peter Jones OBE, Director of the Centre for Transport Studies, University College London
- Dr Stephen Watkins, Co-Chair of the Transport and Health Science Group and retired Director of Public Health