The Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) is honoured to host the first Physical Education and Sports Science Skill Acquisition Symposium in Singapore. I would like to extend my warmest welcome to all participants, exercise and sport scientists and physical educators. This symposium also incorporates the 9th Australasian Skill Acquisition and Research Group Meeting (ASARG) and will take place at the National Institute of Education from 1 to 3 July 2016. ASARG has been held since 2008 in various locations with its most recent one in Perth last year.

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This symposium hosts participants from seven countries with our keynote speaker, Professor John van der Kamp from VU University, Amsterdam. There will also be eight invited speakers who are leading experts in the field and would be sharing their experiences, data and research advances over the course of this symposium. Along with oral presentation sessions planned throughout this weekend, there will also be two interactive workshops and a tour to the Singapore Sports Hub and Sports Institute to showcase the sporting facilities and research in Singapore. In addition, this will be a good opportunity to interact and explore new possibilities and learning aspirations with the top researchers. This will also provide learning experience for the postgraduate students in sharing their research and gather feedback from the well-known experts. I hope that you would be engaged in inspiring exchanges over the next two days and for new connections and fresh ideas to be generated, setting the stage for future research collaborations in this field.

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Finally, I wish to thank the organising committee and PESS staff who have worked hard to make this symposium a success!  We hope you will have a fruitful and memorable time at the symposium and in Singapore.

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