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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.

  1. A series that is part of WADA’s 2021 Code Implementation Support Program (CISP), which was launched on 4 May;
  2. 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;
  3. A series that is athlete-led for athletes, which was announced by WADA on 11 June;
  4. 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
  5. 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/
Appeal Panels

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

Register here

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

Register here

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)

Register here

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,
Laboratories

Register here

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

Register here

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

Register here

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

Register here

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

 

Annual Symposium Series

All stakeholders

Register here

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
 
09:00 EDT

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

Register here
 

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.