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Andreas Paulsen
Executive Director
Biography
Andreas Paulsen has been CEO of EuropeActive since April of 2020, after having served as Vice President and Acting President of the Board. Andreas was first elected to the Board of EuropeActive in 2015, after serving as Vice Chair of EuropeActive’s Standards Council 2012 - 2015. Andreas has a background as Co-Founder and Managing Director of a Scandinavian medical fitness chain, which is widely recognised for bridging the fitness/exercise and healthcare sectors. Holding a Master’s Degree in European Studies and Political Science, Andreas studied at four European universties, he currently serves on the Advisory Board of the European Master of Health & Physical Activity; and he teaches philosophy and history of ideas as one of his sparetime passions.
Organisation
EuropeActive
Speaker session
Moderator: Violeta Birzniece, Sport Unit, DG EAC, European Commission
- Zaira Vaccaro, Youth Integrity Ambassador, ENGSO
- Aladdin Alrifai, Project Manager, Budapest Association for International Sports and Coordinator, Erasmus+ project Digital Fitness
- Sergio Lara-Bercial, Vice President Strategy and Development, Sport Coaching Europe and International Council for Coaching Excellence
- Charlotte van Tuyckom, Researcher and Programme manager, Sportinnovatiecampus and GenZLab
- Marloes de Brabandere, PhD Researcher on the Impact of Instagram Fitfluencers on Adolescents’ Mental Well-being and Exercise Behavior, Ghent University
Zaira Pia Vaccaro
Youth Integrity Ambassador
Biography
Zaira Pia Vaccaro is 19 years old from Sicily, an Italian island.
She attended a linguistic high school and specifically she studied English, Spanish and French. Nowadays she is a university student of psychology at Kore university in Enna. For 12 years now, martial arts have been her greatest passion and at the moment she is a brown belt of the martial arts school Koshido Budo.
Zaira is optimistic, cheerful, empathic, task oriented and very organized.
Her biggest dream is traveling the world to know different cultures, improve communication skills moreover travel ensures personal growth.
Organisation
ENGSO
Speaker session
Moderator: Violeta Birzniece, Sport Unit, DG EAC, European Commission
- Zaira Vaccaro, Youth Integrity Ambassador, ENGSO
- Aladdin Alrifai, Project Manager, Budapest Association for International Sports and Coordinator, Erasmus+ project Digital Fitness
- Sergio Lara-Bercial, Vice President Strategy and Development, Sport Coaching Europe and International Council for Coaching Excellence
- Charlotte van Tuyckom, Researcher and Programme manager, Sportinnovatiecampus and GenZLab
- Marloes de Brabandere, PhD Researcher on the Impact of Instagram Fitfluencers on Adolescents’ Mental Well-being and Exercise Behavior, Ghent University
Eva Rebmann
Deputy Director
Biography
Eva Rebmann is the Deputy Director of the European Olympic Committees EU Office and the Coordinator of the project OCEAN (Olympic Committees of Europe Approaching Carbon Neutrality). She particularly focuses on the Olympic movement’s transition towards a more environmentally sustainable model and closely follows the EU’s environmental legislation and their impact on sport.
When not talking about sport at work, she is enjoying the benefits of physical activity herself by either climbing, running or cycling.
Organisation
EOC EU Office, Erasmus+ OCEAN Project
Speaker session
Moderator: Violeta Birzniece, Sport Unit, DG EAC, European Commission
- Zaira Vaccaro, Youth Integrity Ambassador, ENGSO
- Aladdin Alrifai, Project Manager, Budapest Association for International Sports and Coordinator, Erasmus+ project Digital Fitness
- Sergio Lara-Bercial, Vice President Strategy and Development, Sport Coaching Europe and International Council for Coaching Excellence
- Charlotte van Tuyckom, Researcher and Programme manager, Sportinnovatiecampus and GenZLab
- Marloes de Brabandere, PhD Researcher on the Impact of Instagram Fitfluencers on Adolescents’ Mental Well-being and Exercise Behavior, Ghent University