Sports, Medicine and Health Summit | 26 - 28 June 2023 I CCH Hamburg
Global Alliance Day

Global Alliance Day on Promoting Physical Activity

Physical Activity

The vision of SMHS is to move people. This can only be achieved with a broad alliance of different stakeholders from sports, health and politics. As part of the Global Alliance Day on June 23, 2023, best practice examples will be discussed together with leading institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIIEM), among others, and the promotion of physical activity will be advanced.

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Program of the Global Alliance Day

08:00 - 09:30 am
Hamburg Declaration & Opening Session Global Alliance Day

Introduction:
Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, President International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Prof. Jürgen Steinacker, Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)

Dr. Fiona Bull, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva
Physical inactivity and healthy lifestyle as benefits to health, wellbeing and sustainable development

Prof. Yannis Pitsiladis, International Olympic Committee (IOC); Medical Commission and International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
What is the “Global Alliance” and why is it urgently needed?

Joël Bouzou, President of World Olympians Association (WOA)
The benefits of being active: Olympians and elite athletes as role models

10:00 - 10:45 am
Keynote Global Alliance Day

Introduction: Prof. Jürgen Steinacker, Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)

Prof. Marie Murphy, Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Walking for health: Our best medicine?

11:15 am - 01:00 pm
Hamburg Declaration: Best Practice Germany in the light of the global alliance to promote physical activity

Words of greeting
Senator Andy Grote, Senator for the Interior and Sport of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Prof. Claus Reinsberger, Congress President of the SMHS 2023, Paderborn University

Panel Round 1
Senator Andy Grote, Senator for the Interior and Sport of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, President International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Dr. Fiona Bull, Head of Unit Physical Activity, World Health Organization (WHO)
Prof. Yannis Pitsiladis, International Olympic Committee (IOC); Medical Commission and International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Prof. Jürgen Steinacker, Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)
Kerstin Holze, Vice President German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB)
Prof. Bernd Wolfarth: President of the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention (DGSP)

Best Practice Examples from Germany

The German S2K-Guideline for sports medical examination
Introduction: Prof. Bernd Wolfarth, President of the German Association for Sports Medicine and Prevention (DGSP)
Impulse: Prof. Christine Joisten, German Sport University Cologne

Exercise on prescription
Introduction & Impulse: Kerstin Holze, Vice President German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB)

Active City - Evidence-based Physical Activity Promotion
Introduction: Senator Andy Grote, Senator for the Interior and Sport of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Impulse: Dr. Nils Schumacher, Science Center Active City Hamburg, University of Hamburg 

Panel Round 2
Senator Andy Grote, Senator for the Interior and Sport of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, President International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Dr. Fiona Bull, Head of Unit Physical Activity, World Health Organization (WHO)
Prof. Yannis Pitsiladis, International Olympic Committee (IOC); Medical Commission and International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Prof. Jürgen Steinacker, Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)
Kerstin Holze, Vice President German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB)
Prof. Bernd Wolfarth, President of the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention (DGSP)

01:45 - 03:15 pm
Hamburg Declaration I

Chairs:
Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, President International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
Prof. Rüdiger Reer, General Secretary of the German Association for Sports Medicine and Prevention (DGSP)

Prof. Anastasia N. Fischer, President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Strategic approach to promote physical activity in a sedentary society

Dr. Theodora Papadopoulou, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA)
The role of exercise prescription in Europe

Prof. Alexander Ferrauti, President Elect of European College of Sports Science (ECSS)
The approach of sports science for promoting physical activity in Europe

Prof. Mats Börjesson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
The swedish model of exercise promotion „FYSS“

Prof. Martine Duclos, Dr. Stéphane Doutreleau, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France
The french program and the new french law for promoting health by sport

Prof. Wilhelm Bloch, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Exercise is Medicine in Germany

03:45 - 05:15 pm
Hamburg Declaration II

Chairs:
Prof. Anastasia N. Fischer, President of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Prof. Klaus-Michael Braumann, University of Hamburg

Prof. Shulin Cheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
The challenge of physical inactivity related overweight and diabetes in China

Dr. Hashel Al Tunaiji, UAE National Olympic Committee, Dubai
Sports and exercise promotion in the United Arab Emirates

Prof. Mikio Hiura, Aomori University Center for Brain and Health Sciences, Japan
New technologies and artificial intelligence-driven exercise promotion in Exercise is Medicine in Japan

Prof. Svitlana Drozdovska & Prof. Olena Andrieieva, Kiev, Ukraine
Health and physical activity of different population groups of Ukraine: modern challenges and prospects

Prof. Marcela González-Gross, University of Madrid, Spain
Sports and exercise promotion in Spain: the EXERNET Network

Ass. -Prof. Daniel Neunhäuserer, University of PaduaItaly
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): from evaluation to exercise training

Prof. Hans Zwerver, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
The Active Hospital

Congress Party

Closing of the Global Alliance Day

Cocktail reception I 05:15 pm I Room G2.2

Congress party I 06:45 pm I Hall H