Professor Mark Williams, Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence at the Universidade Lusofona - Centro Univ do Porto

On September 26, 2024, the Universidade Lusofona - Centro Universitário do Porto will host a highly anticipated event featuring Professor Mark Williams. A renowned expert in his field, Professor Williams will present a talk on the “Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence”. This enlightening discussion promises to be an invaluable resource for those seeking to understand the process of skill acquisition and its role in achieving excellence.

The session will be chaired by esteemed professors Filipe Casanova and Jorge Proença. They are expected to facilitate an engaging dialogue between Professor Williams and the attendees, fostering a rich learning environment.

This event is a unique opportunity to gain insights from leading minds in the field. Aspiring professionals, educators, researchers, and students are encouraged to attend this enlightening session at Universidade Lusofona do Porto. It's not every day that one gets to learn from such distinguished experts. Mark your calendars for this illuminating exploration into skill acquisition!

**Professor Mark Williams bibliographical summary**

Professor A. Mark Williams has published almost 300 journal articles in peer-reviewed outlets in numerous fields including exercise and sports science (e.g., Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sports Medicine), experimental psychology (e.g., Acta Psychologica, British Journal of Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Visual Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Psychological Bulletin), neuroscience (Neuroscience Letters, Human Brain Mapping, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychologica) and medicine (The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Medical Education). He has written 20 books, almost 100 book chapters, 60 professional articles, over a 100 journal abstracts, and he has delivered around 300 keynote and invited lectures in 32 different countries. His H index on Google Scholar is 117, with an i10 of 351, and over 59,000 citations.

He is Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Sports Sciences, the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and the Journal Human Movement Science.

He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK), British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES), and the European College of Sports Sciences (ECSS). He is a Chartered Psychologist and Scientist and is accredited by BASES to work with high-performance athletes.

He has received around $15 million in external funding from research councils in Australia (Australian Research Council - ARC) and the United Kingdom (Economic and Social Research Council; Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council  -  BBSRC;  British  Academy,  Royal Society),  industry  partners, such as Nike and Umbro, and the Department of Defence, SOCOM, and DARPA in the United States, as well as governing  bodies of sport (e.g., The FA, FIFA, UEFA, UK Sport, USOC) and professional sports teams (e.g., Liverpool, Everton, West Ham).