EACA is delighted to announce its strongest ever line of keynote speakers for the 2006 Conference in Dublin, 10 – 12 November. They are confirmed as: The Coach as Team Leader and Team PlayerAlan McNish is a Le Mans Grand Prix winner, formula 1 driver and this season had led the Audi team to winning the USA Sports Car Championships. He provides a challenging perspective of how the effective coach in the international arena must adopt a different style of leadership and relationship management, to meet the athlete’s development and performance needs. Professional Attitude to CoachingFrank Dick CBE follows up on the IAAF NSA article. “It is time for coaches to take care of business” – written more than 10 years ago. The presentation looks at both the professional and commercial aspects of coaching in athletics changing world and reflecting experience of sport and business. Customer Focused CoachingPeter Keen is without a doubt one of the world’s finest practitioners and thinkers in elite sport performance direction. From harnessing modern technology and science in producing Olympic cycling gold through to being mastermind of strategy and quality control in leading and supporting the process of achieving performance excellence across sports, he is truly a global role model. Managing the Coaching ProcessVadim Zelichenok both as a chief coach for USR and Russia: and as Director of the IAAF European Regional Development Centre (RDC) brings vast experience to support his undoubted experience in the area of managing the process of selection, development and the maximising of potential of athletes through the growing years and into the peak performance years. The Coachable CoachPat Duffy is one of very few authorities in the world who understands the development and education needs of coaches to make them more effective in their role delivery. Pat has designed and constantly reviews design of coach certification programs and brings deeply respected authority to various discussions on this topic. More Information on the EACA Conference