{"id":2633,"date":"2025-03-06T16:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:45:15","slug":"innovation-in-sport-wellbeing-a-game-changer-for-the-swansea-bay-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2025\/03\/06\/innovation-in-sport-wellbeing-a-game-changer-for-the-swansea-bay-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation in Sport &amp; Wellbeing: A Game Changer for the Swansea Bay region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recently hosted a panel discussion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4theregion.org.uk\/its-your-swansea-2025\/\">4theRegion<\/a> It&#8217;s Your Swansea Conference at the Swansea Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s Your Swansea&nbsp;is a landmark Swansea conference and exhibition, giving local businesses and organisations the opportunity to connect with each other and find out about the ongoing regeneration of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the event, we hosted a panel discussion covering the importance of investing and appreciating innovation in sport and wellbeing across the region and beyond.<br><strong>Our panel of experts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kate Williams, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Development at Wales Sports Partnership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor Keith Lloyd, Head of Swansea University Medical School and the National Network for Innovation in Sport &amp; Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Professor Joanne Davies, Head of Simulation at Swansea University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Si\u00f4n Charles, Head of Strategy and Service Planning at ARCH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We discussed how fostering innovation in sport-tech and med-tech drives economic growth, improves public health, and fosters community resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Keith Lloyd explored the intricate links between physical health and mental health: &#8220;there is no health without mental health,&#8221; while Kate Williams highlighted the importance of getting people moving more, without the pressure that can be associated with the word <em>sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently hosted a panel discussion at the 4theRegion It&#8217;s Your Swansea Conference at the Swansea Arena. It\u2019s Your Swansea&nbsp;is a landmark Swansea conference and exhibition, giving local businesses and organisations the opportunity to connect with each other and find out about the ongoing regeneration of the city. As part of the event, we hosted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190346150,"featured_media":2643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nish.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wordpress-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfwlnl-Gt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2424,"url":"https:\/\/nish.wales\/en\/2025\/02\/14\/panel-discussion-innovation-in-sport-wellbeing\/","url_meta":{"origin":2633,"position":0},"title":"Panel Discussion: Innovation in Sport &amp; Wellbeing","author":"meganchick1","date":"14th February 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"We're excited to be hosting a panel discussion at the 4theRegion It's Your Swansea conference on Thursday 6 March. 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