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WADA publishes ‘live’ webinar schedule for July

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish the Agency’s ‘live’ webinar schedule for July, which encompasses all webinars being offered as part of the following previously announced series. Unless otherwise noted, the webinars are being hosted in English only.
- A series that is part of WADA’s 2021 Code Implementation Support Program (CISP), which was launched on 4 May;
- A series that is being offered in place of some of the sessions that would have otherwise been delivered during the Agency’s Annual Symposium, which was due to be held in March 2020 but was cancelled due to COVID-19;
- A series that is athlete-led for athletes, which was announced by WADA on 11 June;
- A series announced on 28 May, which is being offered by the Agency’s Africa Office, to assist anti-doping stakeholders in the region with the development and implementation of robust anti-doping programs; and
- A series announced on 19 May, which is being hosted by the Agency’s Latin America Office, to assist Spanish-speaking anti-doping stakeholders around the world with their implementation of the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code.
Date / Time |
Session Title |
Speakers |
Webinar Series |
Target audience |
Registration Link |
2 July 10:00 EDT |
SESIÓN 6: Casos prácticos (in Spanish) Session 6: Case workshop |
Maria Jose Pesce Cutri, Director, WADA Latin America Office Tharinda Puth, Manager, Legal Affairs, WADA Emiliano Simonelli, Chief Compliance Manager, WADA Juan Lauria, Manager, WADA Latin America Office |
Spanish-language Series |
NADOs and members of Disciplinary/ By invitation only |
Please contact WADA’s Latin America Office Coordinator, Edna Serra, at edna.serra@wada-ama.org |
3 July 09:00 EDT |
COVID-19 and Clean Sport |
Ben Sandford, Chair, WADA Athlete Committee Dr. Alan Vernec, Medical Director, WADA Dr. Andrea Gotzmann, Chairwoman of the Executive Board, National Anti-Doping Agency of Germany Benjamin Cohen, Director General, International Testing Agency Tim Ricketts, Director, Standards & Harmonization, WADA |
Athlete Series |
Athletes |
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6 July 2020 09:00 EDT |
Anti-Doping Knowledge for Medical Practitioners (in English) Webinar on anti-doping knowledge and TUEs for Medical Practitioners and Team Doctors |
Katia Alloun, Manager, Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), WADA Yoko Dozono, Manager, TUEs, WADA |
African Series |
Medical Practitioners, Team Doctors, TUE Coordinators, RADO Managers |
Please contact WADA’s Africa Office Manager, Sameh Elray, at sameh.elray@wada-ama.org |
7 July 2020 10:00 EDT |
Anti-Doping Knowledge for Medical Practitioners (in French) Webinar on anti-doping knowledge and TUEs for Medical Practitioners and Team Doctors |
Katia Alloun, Manager, TUEs, WADA |
African Series |
Medical Practitioners, Team Doctors, TUE Coordinators, RADO Managers |
Please contact WADA’s Africa Office Manager, Sameh Elray, at sameh.elray@wada-ama.org |
8 July
08:30 EDT |
Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS): WADA’s new Paperless Doping Control System and the Progress of the Next Gen Transformation |
Stuart Kemp, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, WADA Chaya Ndiaye, Senior Manager & ADAMS Team Lead, WADA |
Annual Symposium Series |
All stakeholders |
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9 July
09:00 EDT |
Athlete Pools and Whereabouts |
Kevin Haynes, Deputy Director, Standards and Harmonization, WADA Dan-Thanh Tran, Senior Manager, Ethical Sport Enterprises, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) |
CISP Series |
Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) |
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9 July 10:00 EDT |
SESIÓN 7: Casos prácticos (in Spanish) Session 7: Case workshop |
Maria Jose Pesce Cutri, Director, WADA Latin America Office Tharinda Puth, Manager, Legal Affairs, WADA Emiliano Simonelli, Chief Compliance Manager, WADA Juan Lauria, Manager, WADA Latin America Office |
Spanish-language Series |
NADOs and members of Disciplinary/Appeal Panels By invitation only |
Please contact WADA’s Latin America Office Coordinator, Edna Serra, at edna.serra@wada-ama.org |
15 July
8:00 EDT |
Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Testing and Analysis |
Marcia MacDonald, Deputy Director, Science & Medicine, WADA; Chair of DBS Steering Committee Jordi Segura, Scientific collaborator of Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM); Chair of DBS Analysis & Storage Working Group Qingping Yan, Deputy Director of Operation and Management Dept., CHINADA; Chair of DBS Collection & Transport Working Group |
Annual Symposium Series |
ADOs, |
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15 July
10:00 EDT |
Introducción al nuevo Estándar Internacional de Educación y su implementación (in Spanish)
Webinar on the new International Standard for Education and its Implementation |
Ariadna Camargo, Coordinator, Education, WADA Tony Cunningham, Senior Manager, Education, WADA |
Spanish-language Series |
ADOs in Latin America |
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17 July
10:00 EDT |
Implementing an Effective Testing Program |
Thomas Capdevielle, Head of Testing & Compliance and Deputy Head, Athletics Integrity Unit Matthew Fedoruk, Chief Science Officer, USADA George Tsamis, Senior Manager, Standards and Harmonization, WADA |
CISP Series |
ADOs |
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23 July
8:30 EDT |
Cyber Security Essentials for Anti-Doping Organizations |
Andrew Collins, Chief Information Officer, Sport Integrity Australia Jorge Leyva, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations (iNADO) Frédérique Horwood, Lead Counsel, Privacy and Data Governance, WADA (Moderator) |
CISP Series |
ADOs |
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29 July
9:00 EDT |
Key Takeaways of the 2021 International Standard for Results Management (ISRM) |
Julien Sieveking, Director, Legal Affairs, WADA Ross Wenzel, Attorney-at-law, Kellerhals Carrard; main drafter of the ISRM
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Annual Symposium Series |
All stakeholders |
We also take the opportunity below to remind stakeholders of the remaining webinar to be held in June from the June ‘live’ webinar schedule that was published on 20 May.
Date / Time |
Session Title |
Speakers |
Webinar Series |
Target audience |
Registration Link |
22 June |
TUEs: Core Principles and Changes to the 2021 International Standard for TUEs |
Katia Alloun, Manager, TUEs, WADA David Healy, Manager, TUEs, WADA Alan Vernec, Medical Director, WADA |
CISP Series |
ADOs |
To register for any or all of the above webinars, please simply click on the Registration Links provided.
Every mid-month, WADA will communicate its live webinar schedule for the following month, prompting stakeholders to register and participate.
Should you have any questions regarding the above, please contact WADA at: selva.balasingam@wada-ama.org.