A Project of the European Pocket Billiard Federation

The European Body for pocket billiards. Currently responsible for 37 members.
The European Pocket Billiard Federation – the organization that gathers all national Pool-Billiard associations in Europe.
The EPBF is neutral with regards to politics and confessions, and have the following goals:

to support the development of all Pool Billiard disciplines
to worldwide represent the European sport of Pool Billiard
to support the Youth
to reunite national Pool Billiard Unions and to support their efforts
to spread the sport of Pool Billiard
to determine uniform rules and regulations for the realisation of the Pool Billiard sport in Europe
to arrange the education of coaches and referees
to approve and assign international tournaments
to create regulations for the realisation of European Championships
and to assign the organisation of European Championships

Development

Support the development of all Pool Billiard disciplines

Youth

Support the Youth

Reunite

Reunite national Pool Billiard Unions and to support their efforts

Neutral

The EPBF is neutral with regards to politics and confessions.

Spread

Spread the sport of Pool Billiard

Worldwide

Worldwide represent the European sport of Pool Billiard

To strengthen mathematics education in secondary schools, a strong consortium has been created. SmartPool Europe is a project of the European Pocket Billiard Federation, in cooperation with five National billiard federations and mathematics organisations, all across Europe. The expertise and networks of the billiard federations, the mathematics organisations EU-MATHS-IN and PWN, combined with the research expertise of Mulier Institute guarantees good execution and dissemination. SmartPool is originally a Dutch initiative and was launched in June 2018.

Ine Helvik (EPBF)

Workexperience:
• Consultant (self employed) Accounting, economics, strategy, board work – INE HELVIK – Current
• Head of board and controller, Phønix Eiendom AS – Current
• Lecturer basic economics and accounting Norwegian Business School – Former
• Quality Manager Møller Bil (Audi, VW etc) – Former
• Manager and founder Svithun Biljardklubb (Sportsclub) – Current

Wil Schilders (EU Maths-In/ PWN)

Workexperience:
• 30 years research positions at Philips Research
• 20 years professor of numerical mathematics for industry at TU Eindhoven
• 10 years executive director of Platform Wiskunde Nederland
• President of European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) in 2010-2011
• Co-founder of EU-MATHS-IN in 2013, president EU-MATHS-IN since 1/1/2016
• Officer at large of world wide organisation ICIAM
• Ample experience in European projects of all kinds (EID, FP4-FP9, Ecsel, ITEA, ……)
• Very active in outreach for mathematics: many presentations, books

Amika Singh (Mulier Institute)

Workexperience:
• Senior researcher, Mulier Institute (march 2018 – present). Amika conducts and supervises research on health effects of physical activity in children and adults.
• Senior researcher, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC (may 2010 – present).

Amika conducts and supervises research embedded in the Section Child and Health Care Research.