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 – 15:45 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, President of Exercise is Medicine Europe

Long-term cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 in athletes
Associate Prof. Aaron Baggish, Harvard Medical School, Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Neurological manifestations of Long COVID
Prof. Dr. med. Claus Reinsberger, Head of the Institute of Sports Medicine at the University of Paderborn

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

15:45 – 16:55 h

Session 2 – Future concepts in sports medicine

Sports in 2050 - Performance Medicine – Learnings of Tokyo 2021

Olympic Games in times of pandemic - prevention of COVID-19 and implementation of measures in Tokyo and Beijing
Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Wolfarth, Head of the Dept. of Sports Medicine at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Head Physician of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Chairman of the Medical Commission DOSB, President of German Sports Medicine Association (DGSP)

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

16:55 – 17:00 h

Networking Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:00 h

Session 3 – Guided Innovation Tour

[Version: 10 November 2021, subject to change]

10:00 – 10:10 h

Conference Welcome 2^nd day

10:10 – 11:45 h

Session 4 – Fit for life – Tailored exercise programs for active ageing

Healthy ageing – Exercise for the elderly – Fit for life

Training interventions to enhance different dimensions of cognition in older adults
Prof. Dr. Bettina Wollesen, Professor of Sports Science with focus on Movement and Training Science, Technical University Berlin

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

Early rehabilitation after kneearthroplasty
Associate Prof. Dr. med. Sanjay Weber-Spickschen, Head of Traumatology and Sports Medicine Klinikum Peine, Hannover Medical School, Medical Team German Athletic Association (DLV)

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

11:45 – 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

New European guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease
Prof. Dr. med. Herbert Löllgen, Sports Cardiology, Member Executive Comm. EFSMA, Hon.Pres.German Fed.Sports Medicine

Continuous glucose and lactate monitoring to improve performance and health
Marine Rougier Desjardin, Medical Engineer at PKVitality

13:00 – 14:00 h

Networking Lunch & Exhibition Break

14:00 – 15:15 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, Head of Department Training & Exercise Science Ruhr University of Bochum, President Elect of European College of Sport Science (ECSS)

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)

AI-based exercise recommendations with a new approach to treat chronic and acute pain phases,
Sven Klimpel, CEO and Co Founder at medicalmotion

15:15 – 16:45 h

Session 7 – Digital Innovations in sports & healthcare

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

How did the Covid-19-Lockdowns influence the public sport behaviour and the use of digital sport gadgets? An empirical analysis
Ass. Prof. Dr. Katharina Schöttl, Adj. Professor, German University of Health and Sports

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

Real time monitoring of deep abdominal muscles: a new innovation for groin pain prevention & treatment, and efficient RTS programs
Dr. Caroline Pautard, Co-founder and R&D Director within Blueback SAS Company

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

The future of VR as the gym for the mind,
Amir Bozorgzadeh, CEO at Virtuleap

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

Atrial fibrillation detection
Markus Sonderegger

16:45 – 17:00 h

Summary & Closing remarks

[Version: 10 November 2021, subject to change]