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On March 31, 2025, around 70 participants attended the 15^th EAS online Cafè “From talent identification to talent support” organized in cooperation with the consortium of the ERASMUS+Sport TALENT (Cloud-based education for creative sport talents- 101090147) project.

The Cafè was moderated by Prof. Antonio Figueiredo, EAS ExCom Mamber and expert scholar on talent identification, who welcomed the participants and invited them to contribute before April 27, 2025 to the monograph Dual Career in School and University – Innovative Bridges between Sport and Education. Prof. Figuiredo informed also on the 2025 EAS Conference to be held in Riga (Estonia) next October 6-8, 2025.

Prof. Zoran Milanovic (University of Nis, Serbia) introduced the concept of talent in sports and presented the challenges and opportunities in talent recognition. After offering an overview of the development of the scientific research in talent recognition and selection, he envisaged future opportunities that the artificial intelligence could provide to sport staff.

Mr. Ole Keldorf (Elite Sports Academy Aarhus, Denmark) illustrated the need of a holistic mindset to dual career to sustain talented athletes and provided information on the current approach at the sports academy of Aarhus, which offers dual career paths to more than 250 athletes of 34 sports, from the 8th of the elementary school, till secondary school graduation.

Prof. Nenad Stojiljkovic (University of Nis, Serbia), presented the aims and journey of the ERASMUS+Sport “TALENT” project, which has led to the TALENT Guidelines for coaches and teachers to recognize talented children; for teachers to support the development of talented students; for parents to nurture their children’s talents; for sports clubs to enhance support mechanisms for the dual career development of talented athletes; and for decision makers to develop educational institutions supporting dual careers for talented athletes.

TALENT is funded by the European Union (101090147). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.