Global Alliance Day on Promoting Physical Activity

The vision of the Sports, Medicine and Health Summit (SMHS) is to promote sustainable movement — physically, socially, and politically. Achieving this requires a strong and united alliance across sport, health, and policy sectors.

The Global Alliance Day will span two days, starting with a pre-programme on 26 June, followed by the main programme on 27 June 2025.

02:00 - 03:30 pm
Global aspects of exercise promotion 

Chairs: 
Prof. Rüdiger Reer, University of Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Anna Jegier, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Prof. Mikio Hiura, Aomori University, Japan
Promotion of physical activity in Japan

Prof. Minhao Xie, China National Institute of Sports Medicine (NISM), China
Promotion of physical activity in China

Prof. Demitri Constantinou, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Exercise promotion in South Africa

Dr. Maher Zahar, International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), Tunisia
Exercise is medicine in Tunisia: Tradition and modernity hand in hand

Dr. Hashel Al Tunaiji, Zayed Military Hospital, United Arab Emirates
Heat/stress-map: Role of wearable technology in monitoring stress and training-load among military cadets

Chairs: 
Dr. Hashel Al Tunaiji, Zayed Military Hospital, United Arab Emirates
Ass-Prof. Anastasia Fischer, Ohio State University College of Medicine, USA

Prof. José Kawazoe Lazzoli, Clinica Cor Diagnose, Brazil
Physical activity in the reduction of the cardiovascular risk

Prof. Diana M. Ramos-Caballero, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia  
Prof. Erica M. Mancera Soto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia 
E-health intervention based on physical activity to reduce fatigue in post-COVID-19 adults

Prof. Svitlana Drozdovska, National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport, Ukraine 
Prof. Olena Anrieieva, National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport, Ukraine
Prevention of stress-associated conditions in higher education students through health-promoting and recreational physical activity

Ass-Prof. Adam S. Tenforde, Harvard Medical School, USA
Advances in treatment of running related injuries

Ass-Porf. Francesca Battista, University of Padova, Italy
Innovative initiatives in higher education on Exercise is Medicine

Chair: 
Prof. Martin Halle, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Prof. Rüdiger Reer, University of Hamburg, Germany
EFSMA's Statement on sports medicine: A lifelong approach to health promotion and care

Dr. Ashley Ridout, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) UK, UK
Moving Medicine: A practical model for exercise promotion in primary care

Ass-Prof. Daniel Neuenhäuserer, University of Padua, Italy
Exercise: A disease-modifying antirheumatic drug and painkiller?

Prof. Sandra Rozenštoka, Latvian Sports Medicine Association, Latvia
Exercise promotion in the Baltic States 

Prof. Xavier Bigard, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Switzerland
Promoting health through active mobility: The epidemiological and preventive role of cycling

Chairs:
Prof. Klaus-Michael Braumann, University of Hamburg, Germany 
Prof. Willem Van Mechelen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Prof. Yannis Pitsiliadis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
The global alliance for the promotion of physical activity: What is it and why is it urgently needed

Prof. Jana Semrau, University of Bremen, Germany
How to translate WHO guidelines and community-based prevention?

Christoph Holstein, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany 
Dr. Nils Schumacher, University of Hamburg, Germany
Best practice Hamburg: Sustainable data monitoring for urban physical activity and health promotion

Prof. Gunnar Treff, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Austria
Promoting health and managing heat: Digital support for active lifestyles in a changing climate

Prof. Mats Börjesson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 
Reducing patient risk factors through targeted exercise interventions

Chairs:
Prof. Yannis Pitsiliadis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Prof. Jürgen M. Steinacker, Ulm University, Germany

Prof. Jürgen M. Steinacker, Ulm University, Germany
Introduction

Dr. Jonas Leder, Sports Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
Greeting address from the Sports Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Prof. Ugur Erdener, SportAccord, Switzerland
Greeting address from SportAccord

Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, University of Rome Foro Italico, Italy
Physical inactivity: A global public health challenge

Prof. Christine Joisten, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Greeting address from the German Sports Physicians Association (DGSP)

Dr. Carrie Jaworski, Intermountain Health, USA
Greeting address from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Dr. Caroline Brooks, World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), Switzerland
Greeting address from the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)

Prof. Anna Jegier, European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA), Poland
Greeting address from the European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA)

Prof. Yannis Pitsiliadis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Summary

Chair:
Prof. Anca Ionescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Romania
Prof. Clea Hadjistephanou-Papaellina, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Prof. Willem Van Mechelen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
Physical Inactivity: The need for political action

Prof. Marcela González-Groß, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
The role of nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle in health

Dr. Caroline Brooks, World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), Switzerland 
The role of sport and industry sectors collaboration in promoting exercise

Prof. Falko Sniehotta, University of Heidelberg, Germany 
How to change life style in a population

Dr. Lena Tephol, Ulm University, Germany
Rehabilitation aftercare: Maintaining success in the long term

Chairs: 
Prof. Fabio Pigozzi, University of Rome Foro Italico, Italy
Prof. José Kawazoe Lazzoli, Clinica Cor Diagnose, Brazil

Sophia Papamichalopoulos, International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Olympic Games as catalysts of urban development and health promotion? 

Prof. Jürgen M. Steinacker, Ulm University, Germany
From intention to action: Changing lifestyles through applied policies in sports and medicine

Dr. Carrie Jaworski, Intermountain Health, USA
Promoting exercise in medicine in the United States of America: Challenges and opportunities

Prof. Martin Halle, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Addressing the burden of cardiovascular disease: The critical role of preventive cardiology

Prof. Hans Zwerver, Gelderse Vallei Hospital, The Netherlands 
The physical activity journey project: The dutch perspective on exercise is medicine and beyond

Chairs: 
Dr. Jill Börresen, University of Pretoria, South Africa 
Dr. Rafael A. Robles Cabrera, International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), Guatemala

Lena Wypyrsczyk, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
Get strong to fight childhood cancer: Development and implementation of the “FORTEe Get Strong” app as a digital approach to promote exercise in childhood cancer patients

Mareike Kühn, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
The use of an augmented reality app to support an exercise intervention for childhood cancer patients: perspectives of users and healthcare professionals (The FORTEe AR App)

Kiera Wason, Europe Active, Belgium
Promoting healthy lifestyles for Europe: ERASMUS+ project

Luz Divina De La Cruz Lastre, European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine e.V. (EIEIM), Germany 
Identifying and analyzing good practices in public health for the promotion of physical activity

Dr. Lisset Pantoja-Arévalo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Adverse reactions to food and physical performance

Andréia Lópes Azevedo, POLIS, Belgium
Designing urban spaces to encourage physical activity