Programm Coordination

Congress Presidents

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bloch

German Sport University Cologne
Institute for Circulation Research and Sports Medicine

Prof. Dr. Thomas Horstmann

Technical University of Munich
Conservative and rehabilitative orthopaedic

Dr. Nils Schumacher

Hamburg University
Institute of Human Movement Science

Prof. Dr. Anja Hirschmüller

ALTIUS Swiss Sportmed Center Rheinfelden

Prof. Dr. Karsten Krüger

Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Exercise Physiology and Sports Therapy

Prof. Dr. Andreas Nieß

University of Tübingen
Department of Sports Medicine

Prof. Dr. Kai Röcker

Furtwangen University
Institute of Applied Public Health & Exercise Medicine

Prof. Dr. Jürgen M. Steinacker

Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)

Prof. Dr. Yannis Pitsiladis

International Olympic Committee (IOC); Medical Commission and International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)

Rando Aust

Chairman of the Board of the Alexander Otto Sports Foundation

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Michael Braumann

University of Hamburg
Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science

Prof. Dr. Christian Gerloff

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Medical Director and Chairman of the Board

Andy Grote

Senator for the Interior and Sports of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Dr. Malte Heyne

Chief Executive Officer of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce

Dilar Kisikyol

Lightweight boxing world champion and combines social work with boxing to promote inclusion and empowerment

Prof. Dr. Dr. Claus Reinsberger

University of Paderborn
Head of the Sports Medicine Institute

Julia Schneider

Visionary with a heart for youth, education and sports,
Chairwoman of the German Gymnastics Youth in the DTB e.V.,
Former teacher

Thorsten Schröder

German journalist, speaker, presenter and author

Katharina von Kodolitsch

President of the Hamburg Sports Association (HSB)

Michael Wiedekamp

Head of Contract & Partnership Development at Hamburg Messe und Congress (CCH)