Presentations, Seminars and Professional Support
Are you looking for an experienced yet entertaining presenter on sport, exercise and health and nutrition and fitness for your next Company function or work seminar?
One who is not only knowledgeable, well researched but one with coal-face sports experience in elite sport and a speaker can relate to any audience? Ian is all of that …. and more!!
Dr Gillam is an experienced and acclaimed keynote speaker, seminar chairperson, conference coordinator and presenter at National and International Conferences in Sports Medicine, corporate and workplace seminars and events. He is regularly invited to present at company health practitioner in-service seminars and a writer of continuing education courses in exercise medicine for medical practitioners for many exercise and fitness magazines and publications.
Ian has won three research awards, including the best paper presented at for his presentations at the Sports Medicine Australia’s National Conference in Sports Science at Medicine.
He is a regular media commentator on topics related to sports and exercise science, nutrition, fitness and health for Sports Medicine Australia and Exercise and Sports Science Australia, including some being invited to comment on some of sports most reported events in the last 5 years.
Ian has been a regular radio presenter “the Science of Fitness” for Melbourne radio station SEN 1116 and is regularly interviewed on ABC National and other commercial radio stations.
Some selected presentations and published papers of general and practitioner interest include:
General Interest: Exercise, Nutrition, Health and Sport
Gillam I. Success story: How exercise physiologists improve the health of Australians. Brit J Sports Med 49: 1 March, 2015
Gillam I. The Exercise Pill. Sport Health 30 (1), Summer 2012
Gillam I. Does hypoxic and thermal stress enhance the training response in athletes and AFL footballers? Sport Health 30 (4), 2012/13
Gillam I . Exercise is as effective as prescription drugs for most cardio-metabolic diseases: So why do medical practitioners not prescribe it?” Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal, April 2015
Gillam I. Working as a sports science practitioner in an elite sport environment. Sport Health, Summer 31 (1), 2014
Gillam I. Series of Seminars/Workshops at Scalzo Foods as a component of the employee health program. “Exercise for Health and performance”, “Nutrition for optimal health and performance”, “Maintaining back health and correct lifting techniques in the workplace”
Gillam I. Health and Wellness. The key to improving your productivity and performance. Presented to Subaru Australia at the Annual Executive Health Retreat, Marysville
Gillam I. Metabolic Syndrome- The Lifestyle disease. Integrating exercise and nutritional interventions to maximize client outcomes. National Roadshow and Workshop for Exercise and Sports Science Australia; Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, Approved for CPD Points for Exercise Physiologists
Gillam, I. Staying Healthy with Diet and Exercise during the VCE Years. Camberwell Girls Grammar School Parent Association, Guest speaker at the AGM, February 2005
Gillam I. Lecturer in Executive and Preventive Health, and Sports Nutrition at Victoria University, Footscray Campus, Masters in Exercise Rehabilitation (2004-present)