Universitas Sumatera Utara was proud to be able to host SPIRIT International Conference as a virtual conference. Indonesia joined three university which are Universitas Sumatera Utara, Institut Pertanian Bogor, and Universitas Syah Kuala to held this conference
This was a conference that held for the first as disseminate SPIRIT Project, co-funded by Erasmus plus programme of The European Union. SPIRIT is a team project that has a tittle: Sport and Physical education as a vehicle for Inclusion and Recognition in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka (SPIRIT).
Sport and physical education is now being developed in the Asian Universities based on the need to prevent Non-Communicable Diseases. The recent global crisis in sports and nutrition education has become a very important topic, especially education at a young age. Sports and Nutrition Education in the educational curriculum structure of some institutions are not the main focus, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic. That is currently being experienced throughout the world, so based on this problem, this is the time to disseminate about the importance of sport, physical education, and nutrition to prevent non communicable diseases to all academic world and society.
In this SPIRIT International conference, joined 16 speakers from 7 countries, 31 oral presenters, and more than 100 participants. This also had cooperation with journal publisher that willing to publish selected papers which were Indonesia Biomedical Journal (indexes by Scopus), Journal Gizi dan Pangan (indexes by Sinta 2) and Jurnal Media Ilmu Keolahragaan Indonesia (indexes by Sinta 4).
This conference had cooperation with sport and nutrition which were Perhimpunan Dokter Gizi Medik Indonesia (PDGMI) and Perhimpunan Ahli Ilmu Faal Olahraga Indonesia (PAIFORI).
LINK SPIRIT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WEBSITE:
https://ocs.usu.ac.id/SIC/SIC2021
Link youtube day 1:
SPIRIT International Conference 2021 Day 1 - YouTube
Link youtube day 2: