ProfessorIan Culpan

I was appointed to the position of President (Vice Oceania Region)) & Executive Bd. member for Federation Internationale D'Education Physique arguably the biggest PE organisation in the world. Their aim is to foster excellence in teaching and research within the 5 continental regions.

Member International Olympic Studies Researchers Directory (2002-present). This is a directory of invited and or nominated internationally recognised research scholars who are involved in research in Olympism and the Olympic Movement. The research directory was established and is monitored by the Centre for Olympic Studies University Autonoma Barcelona.

President of the NZ Olympic Academy (NZOA) 2000-2008. I was elected to this prestigious position in 2000 and served two full Olympiads. This role was to co-ordinate education programmes with Olympic Studies and more particularly to foster research amongst national and international scholars. Achievements have seen the establishment of an Olympic Studies Research Centre at UC and collaborations and developments of an Olympic Studies network of research scholars. During my presidency the NZOA was held in the highest regard by research scholars and other personnel from the Olympic movement worldwide.

Chair of the Research Seminar for the New Zealand Centre for Olympic Studies, (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). I have chaired the annual academic seminars for the New Zealand Centre for Olympic Studies since 2007to the present time. These research based seminars involve chairing a panel of scholars from NZ Universities who provide robust scholarly critique and debate around the pedagogical and socio-cultural under-pinnings of Olympism. They are based on the preceding annual Porritt Memorial Lecture which is a high level research based lecture. Generally there are over 40 research scholars and emerging scholars who participate in this debate.

Invited academic presentation to the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education Criticality in Health and Physical Education Symposium. Over the 2 day symposium there were 7 invited 'think pieces' presented for discussion and debate.

Internationally invited keynote speaker for the following: 1. ICEMIS symposium keynote speaker at the Pre-Olympic Congress in Glasgow 2012. 2. Keynote at AIESEP Prague 2013. 3. Invited Keynote India ACESSP 2015 4. Invited speaker at Auckland University International Criticality Symposium 5. Keynote at International Colloquium Loughborough University 2012

Invited Keynote Address - International Research Forum on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (2008). One of 20 International research scholars from a range of disciplines invited to present at this international forum. I was one of two international pedagogy researcher/scholars who presented to over 700 delegates. The paper was published in the peer reviewed conference proceedings (4500 words) and has been circulated throughout the world.

Invited Keynote - International (2007). One of 16 international research scholars from a range of disciplines invited to present at the International Forum on Beijing Olympic Education. I was one of 4 pedagogy research scholars from around the world who presented to over 1000 delegates. The full paper appears in the peer reviewed conference proceedings (5000 words) and for the first time has argued that Olympic education should move to a critical pedagogy.

Invited Keynote Address - Outward Bound International Symposium 2007. I was one of two invited university scholars to present our research/scholarly works at this international symposium. The invitation was made to me because of the research and scholarly works I have done in this area and the standing I have in this community of learners.

Invited Keynote Address - International Olympic Academy Olympia Greece (2006). This is a two yearly session for Directors and Officials of National Olympic Committees. I was invited because of my internationally known research and scholarly works on Olympic Education. This session is attended by delegates from over 100 different countries and is looked upon as a key Olympic Education event in the world. A full peer reviewed paper appears in the Conference proceedings (2000 words).

Invited Keynote Address - International ICHPER-SD conference (2006). I along with Prof. Bevan Grant from University of Waikato were the only two NZers invited to keynote. This was prestigious as this recognised our international research/scholarly reputations associated with PE and teacher education. This presentation was for 90 minutes and received an outstanding ovation. This was the 1st time this conference has come to the Southern hemisphere.