Save the Date: 24 - 26 June 2027

Match-Making Area 

Your space for exchange & networking
in the Expo & Sports Zone

Meet experts, project groups and stakeholders from business, science and sports in our Match-Making Area.
On all three congress days, you can expect thematic timeslots, open discussion areas and interactive topic tables – for networking, new inspiration and concrete collaboration.

You can find the programme overview here. The programme will be in German. 

THURSDAY, 26.06.2025

Fürstenberg Foundation: Shaping the future. Youth mental health

12:00 - 01:00 pm
Moderation: Ulrike Dobelstein-Lüthe 
Fürstenberg Foundation

Kick-off & BGM Network: How can workplace health promotion be made sustainable?

03:30 - 04:30 pm
Moderation: Laura Bischoff 
University of Hamburg

Kick-off & Club Conference Network: How can clubs and businesses benefit from each other?!

05:00 - 06:00 pm
Moderation: Christian Berkes 
Mehr als Arbeit

FRIDAY, 27.06.2025

Match-Making elite sport: What does elite sport expect from science? Gender data/pay gap

10:00 - 11:00 am 
Moderation: Christoph Plass 
Plass Consulting

EmpowerHerNetwork: Women who build – innovation, impact & visibility of female founders

12:00 - 01:00 pm 
Moderation: Emily Schomaker 
embesch GmbH

Match-Making: Wearable sensor technology

03:30 - 04:30 pm
Moderation: Prof. Wilhelm Bloch and Boris Dragutinovic
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

SATURDAY, 28.06.2025

Match-Making workshop: Co-creative research in fall prevention

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Moderation: Prof. Bettina Wollesen 
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln