Thanks to everyone who joined us at BFE 2017!

Presenters Include:
Jon Bale, BSc, BCN-T (biofeedback peripherals), Dr. Richard Harvey (psychoneuroimmunology, stress and courage),  Dr. Leah Lagos (concussion), Dr. Donald Moss (biofeedback and HRV), Dr. Erik Peper (posture and breathing), Dr. Fred Shaffer (biofeedback and HRV),  Dr. Paul G. Swingle (basic neurotherapy), Dr. Mari Swingle (internet addiction),Drs. Lynda and Michael Thompson (neurofeedback), Dr. Vietta Sue Wilson (peak performance), Pedro Teixeira, PT (SEMG in Rehab).


We are happy to offer three BCIA programs this year:
Neurofeedback (5-day)
Biofeedback (5-day)
HRV (2-day)


Additional workshops will be announced soon.

We invite you to take advantage of early registration rates for BFE 2017.

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Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce that the 19th BFE Meeting will take place April 24-29, 2017 in beautiful Aveiro, Portugal and will be hosted by the University of Aveiro.

The BFE Annual Meeting is an interdisciplinary biofeedback conference to nurture communication and education between specialists from different disciplines. Experts from neurofeedback, biofeedback, psychology, medicine, physical therapy, education and other disciplines come together to share and learn.

We cordially invite you to attend or to play a more active role by submitting your research and taking part in a workshop, symposium, oral presentation or poster session.
Click here to download a submission form.

We hope you'll join us in Aveiro!

Sincerely,

Erik Peper
BFE Advisory Board President

Workshop - Dr. Sue Wilson

Peak Performance Master Class
Dr. Vietta Sue Wilson
2-day Workshop
25 April | 26 April

In this 2-day sports master class, Dr. Wilson shares a wealth of knowledge and experience garnered over her career in sport psychology.

Dr. Wilson will focus on the commonalities of having to perform when under pressure - be it a critical decision at work, a competitive event or a life challenge.  She will review the basic psychophysiological assessment and transfer skills she has acquired across a lifetime that have been applied to Olympic champions, business executives, counselling clients and individuals facing terminal cancer, such as:

• What attitude (of the coach and client) is most productive? 
• What psychophysiological modality has the most impact (emg, eda, hr, hrv, temperature)? 
• What brain state is most disruptive or facilitative of performance: focus, anxiety, busy brain? 
• What coaching style and practical skills beyond your office can benefit your clients? 

She will introduce three daily practice skills (think, breathe, image) and will discuss simple takeaways from helping people perform.  In addition, some of the 'miracle cures' and 'fabulous flops' will be shared.

About Sue Wilson, PhD
BCIA Senior Fellow (biofeedback, neurofeedback) Senior Scholar, York University, Toronto,Canada

Sue Wilson is a world renowned Performance Enhancement Specialist considered by many to be the "grandmother" of biofeedback in sport. She has dedicated much of her career to researching the connection between stress and its effect on physical health and mental performance.  Her acknowledged expertise is in the teaching of brief skills, validated by psychophysiology,  to allow individuals to perform to their capabilities.

Sue Wilson is a retired professor from York University with a Lifetime Achievement award from the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe. Her teaching and research was in sport psychology and learned self-regulation. Sue has worked with top executives and over 50 world or Olympic athletes from 1976 to Rio 2016. The software and training courses she developed for the BFE's Optimizing Performance and Health Suite are distributed worldwide. She also does mentoring for other biofeedback based clinicians.  Sue is currently providing mental training for Canada's Paralympic archers as well as two tennis clubs and individual athletes from gymnastics to hockey to figure skating.