Call for Papers
THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FOOTWEAR SCIENCE (ISTF 2011)

ĦĦĦĦThe China Society of Sports Biomechanics and Chengdu Sports University will organize the 3rd International Symposium on Footwear Science on 11-13, October, 2011, at the Chengdu Sports University, Sichun, China. This is a continuous effort of the two preceding Symposiums organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, under the support of Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund, in 2004 and 2005, respectively. The Symposium will attract more than 100 footwear researchers, footwear manufactures, footwear R&D professionals, and sports biomechanists from all over the China to participate. Renowned footwear scientists from USA (Nike), Germany, Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Chinese Mainland will deliver keynote lectures at the Symposium. The topics of this symposium cover, but not limited to, the following areas:
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  • Comfort of footwear
  • Functionality of footwear
  • Last design of footwear
  • Material design of footwear
  • Structure design of footwear
  • Methodology of footwear research
  • Equipment of research and manufacture
  • Study on sports shoes
  • Study on shoes for special population (children, women, disabled people, etc)



You are cordially invited to submit papers to the Symposium through ISTF2011@163.com or provide sponsorship to the Symposium. The deadline of paper submission is September 25, 2011. The time for regular oral presentation is 12 minutes plus 3 minutes question & answer. Detailed information of paper format and Symposium sponsorship are provided in Appendixes separately. If you have additional questions, please directly contact Ms. Zhang Dan, Secretariat of the Symposium at phone number 13881971760 or email address ISTF2011@163.com

Look forward to seeing you in Chengdu!



Professor Youlian Hong, Chairman

Professor Ji He Zhou, Executive Chairman

The 3rd International Symposium on Footwear Science


Appendix 1: How to prepare and submit your paper to the Symposium?

Appendix 2: How to become sponsorship of the Symposium?