MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE

13:00 – 13:10 h

Conference Welcome

Christian Grosser, Project Director Health & Medical Technologies, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Moderated by Christian Stammel, CEO and Founder of WT Wearable Technologies Group

13:10 – 15:30 h

Session 1 – Return to sports and competition after COVID-19

Long Covid – Return-to-sports – Post-COVID-Syndrom

Back to normal life and sports – Long COVID from the perspective of a professional athlete
Lena Mikulic, Professional Athlete, German vice champion in Karate

Long COVID – New findings from lung disease to red blood cells
Prof. Dr. med. Wilhelm Bloch, Head of Department for Molecular & Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sports University Cologne

COVID-19, a disease with long-lasting consequences for health, performance and well-being
Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Steinacker, Head of Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ulm University

When a sprint takes longer than a marathon. From a consensus statement to a service delivery, the DMRC emerging paradigm
Dr. med. Theodora Papadopoulou, Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Secretary General EFSMA; Executive Board BASEM, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Center Loughborough

15:30 – 16:15 h

Session 2 – Future concepts in Sports

Sports in 2050 - Performance Medicine – Learnings of Tokyo 2021

Sports in 2050 - Learnings from Tokyo and beyond
Prof. Dr. Yannis Pitsiladis, Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, IOC Medical and Scientific Commission Member, Chair of Scientific Commission FIMS, University Brighton

Performance medicine in professional sports with a scope on the German Ice Hockey Federation
Dr. med. Lutz Graumann, President International Association of Performance Medicine, Medical Coordinator, German Icehockey Federation

16:15 – 16:30 h

Networking Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00 h

Session 3 – Guided Innovation Tour

[Version: 17 August 2021, subject to change]

10:00 – 10:10 h

Conference Welcome 2^nd day

10:10 – 11:20 h

Session 4 – Fit for life – Tailored exercise programs for the elderly

Healthy ageing – Exercise for the elderly – Fit for life

Training interventions to enhance different dimensions of cognition in older adults
Prof. Dr. Bettina Wollesen, Human Movement Scientist, Vize President of the German Sports Science Association (dvs) responsible for the health resort, University of Hamburg

Sedentary lifestyle in old age
Dr. med. Timo Hinrichs, Deputy Head of Rehabilitative and Regenerative Sports Medicine, Senior consultant of the Sports Medicine Outpatient Clinic at the Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Switzerland

Fit for life – The essential exercises to stay healthy and agile
Dr. med. Christian Schneider, Theresie Orthopedic Center Theresie Munich, Medical Expert
Committee German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB)
Dr. med. Thore Haag, Head of Sports Therapy at Theresie Orthopaedic Centre, former high-performance athlete

11:20 – 13:00 h

Session 5 – Evidence based diagnostics – New methods and findings

Wearable technologies – CMR diagnostics – Non-invasive vital sign monitoring

Value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in athletes
Dr. med. Christopher Schneeweis, Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology

13:00 – 14:00 h

Networking Lunch & Exhibition Break

14:00 – 15:30 h

Session 6 – Performance, regeneration and recovery in professional sports

Regeneration management – Recovery – Performance

Performance assessment and recovery management in tournament tennis
Prof. Dr. Alexander Ferrauti, Professor for Training Science at the Faculty of Sports Science at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Head of Department Training & Exercise Science, President of European College of Sport Science (ECSS), former dean of the faculty German Tennis Federation

Psychological assessment of the recovery stress state: issues and tools
Prof. Dr. Michael Kellmann, Head of Unit of Sport Psychology at the Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Honorary Professor at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland (Australia)

15:30 – 16:45 h

Session 7 – Digital Innovations in sports & healthcare

Wearables – Innovations – Digital tools for diagnostics, training and rehabilitation

Running Care, a digital healthcare solution 100% made for runners
Dr. med. Geoffrey Wandji, Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder, Running Care

The role of multi-biosignal sensor acquisitions in sport performance research
Pedro Gomes, Product Manager, biosignalsplux

Wearable therapeutics for pain & sports recovery for professional & consumer markets
Dr. Chris Castell, CEO, Carewear Corp.

Raccoon.Recovery - a digital assistant for home physiotherapy tennis
Svitlana Malovana, CEO & Co-Founder at Raccoon.World

16:45 – 17:00 h

Summary & Closing remarks

[Version: 17 August 2021, subject to change]