Invited Symposia
Invited Symposia [IS]
1. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP01] INTEGRATING HUMAN PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS: FROM CONCEPT TO APPLICATION
Date: 07.07.2026, Time: 12:00 - 13:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
2. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP02] CLOCKWORK ATHLETES: SLEEP, CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 08:00 - 09:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
3. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP03] OPTIMISING PERFORMANCE IN FEMALE ATHLETES THROUGH IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC FEMALE SEX HORMONE PROFILES AND ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMOLOGY
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 11:00 - 12:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
4. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP04] FROM EXPOSURE TO DOSE: A COHESIVE FRAMEWORK FOR PERSONALISING RESISTANCE TRAINING PRESCRIPTION FROM CONCEPT TO APPLICATION
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 10:00 - 11:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
5. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP05] AI AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS APPLIED TO SPORT FROM RESEARCH TO REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 08:30 - 09:45 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
6. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP06] PLACEBO EFFECTS IN SPORT: PROBLEMS, PATHWAYS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 09:30 - 10:45 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
7. Applied Sports Sciences
[IS-AP07] THE INTERPRETABILITY ILLUSION: RETHINKING EXPLAINABLE AI IN SPORT SCIENCE
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 11:00 - 12:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
8. Biomechanics & Motor control
[IS-BM01] MUSCLE-TENDON INTERACTIONS: PERFORMANCE AND INJURY
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 15:00 - 16:15 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
9. Biomechanics & Motor control
[IS-BM02] RUNNING MUSCLES: INTERACTION OF MUSCLE MASS/FUNCTION WITH THE BIOMECHANICS AND PERFORMANCE OF RUNNING
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 09:30 - 10:45 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium B (STCC)
10. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH01] EVIDENCE-BASED PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE USE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM FOR PROMOTING HEALTH OF TWO GENERATIONS
Date: 07.07.2026, Time: 12:00 - 13:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
11. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH02] MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MOTION: UNDERSTANDING HOW BRAIN, SKELETAL MUSCLE, AND HEART RESPOND TO EXERCISE
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 11:00 - 12:15 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
12. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH03] TIMING MATTERS: LEVERAGING CHRONOBIOLOGY TO IMPROVE HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Date: 07.07.2026, Time: 13:30 - 14:45 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
13. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH04] CENTRAL NEUROMUSCULAR DYSFUNCTION: RETHINKING THE PATH TO REHABILITATION
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 08:00 - 09:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium B (STCC)
14. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH05] JSPFSM-ECSS EXCHANGE SYMPOSIUM: CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL FITNESS IN A CHANGING WORLD: TRACKING TRENDS IN THE ERA OF INACTIVITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 11:00 - 12:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium B (STCC)
15. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH06] INSPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING AS A FOUNDATION FOR FUNCTIONAL RESILIENCE: MECHANISMS, CLINICAL OUTCOMES, AND APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 10:00 - 11:15 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
16. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH07] CSSS-ECSS EXCHANGE SYMPOSIUM: STRENGTHENING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR BETTER YOUTH HEALTH: INSIGHTS FROM CHINA AND EUROPE
Date: 07.07.2026, Time: 13:30 - 14:45 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
17. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH08] BRIEF, INTERMITTENT VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR HEALTH: CONSIDERATIONS FROM A PHYSIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIOURAL, AND APPLIED PERSPECTIVE
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 14:00 - 15:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium B (STCC)
18. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH09] FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN EXERCISE IMMUNOLOGY: OVERCOMING CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL BARRIERS TO PREVENT AND MANAGE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN ATHLETES
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 17:00 - 18:15 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
19. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH10] MUSCLE FIBER PHENOTYPE AS A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING SPORTS PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, AND DISEASE
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 16:45 - 18:00 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
20. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH11] WHEN BIOLOGY MEETS BEHAVIOUR: INTEGRATING LIFESTYLE AND PHARMACOTHERAPY IN OBESITY AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT.
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 17:00 - 18:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
21. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH12] ACSM-ECSS EXCHANGE SYMPOSIUM: GOING TO ALTITUDE WITHOUT GOING TO THE HOSPITAL
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 16:45 - 18:00 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
22. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH13] PAIN, PERFORMANCE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 08:00 - 09:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium B (STCC)
23. Sports and Exercise Medicine and Health
[IS-MH14] EXERCISE TIME, FREQUENCY AND DOSE: RETHINKING MOVEMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 11:00 - 12:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium B (STCC)
24. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN01] NEW FRONTIERS IN MULTI-OMIC RESPONSES TO EXERCISE ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 08:30 - 09:45 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
25. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN02] CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FUELLING, UNDER-FUELLING AND RE-FUELLING MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES: REVISITING CARBOHYDRATE GUIDELINES FOR ATHLETES
Date: 07.07.2026, Time: 13:30 - 14:45 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium A (STCC)
26. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN03] NEW FRONTIERS IN EXOGENOUS KETONE SUPPLEMENT RESEARCH – IMPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE, RECOVERY, AND HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 09:30 - 10:45 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
27. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN04] FACT OR FICTION: SEX DIFFERENCES IN METABOLIC RESPONSES TO EXERCISE
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 15:00 - 16:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
28. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN05] VLAMAX TESTS AS LACTATE-BASED TESTS OF GLYCOLYTIC POWER? MECHANISTIC AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 08:00 - 09:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
29. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN06] HORMONES, HEAT, AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE: TRANSLATING MECHANISMS ACROSS MODELS
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 14:00 - 15:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
30. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN07] APPLICATION OF THE CRITICAL POWER CONCEPT TO HIGH-INTENSITY INTERMITTENT EXERCISE IN NORMOXIA AND HYPOXIA: UPDATES ON WORK-BALANCE MODELING
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 08:00 - 09:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
31. Physiology & Nutrition
[IS-PN08] CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROMUSCULAR PLASTICITY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 11:00 - 12:15 CEST*, Session Room: Auditorium C (STCC)
32. Psychology, Social Sciences & Humanities
[IS-SH01] DELVING INTO THE SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND COGNITION FROM AN INDIVIDUAL APPROACH
Date: 07.07.2026, Time: 12:00 - 13:15 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
33. Psychology, Social Sciences & Humanities
[IS-SH02] A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ROADMAP FOR YOUNG FEMALE ATHLETE HEALTH AND ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
Date: 08.07.2026, Time: 09:30 - 10:45 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
34. Psychology, Social Sciences & Humanities
[IS-SH03] REDISCOVERING CREATIVITY IN SPORT: ENHANCING LEARNING, PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING THROUGH CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Date: 09.07.2026, Time: 08:30 - 09:45 CEST*, Session Room: 1ABC (STCC)
35. Psychology, Social Sciences & Humanities
[IS-SH04] FEPSAC-ECSS INVITED SYMPOSIUM: DESIGNING SPORT ENVIRONMENTS FOR WELLBEING AND GROWTH
Date: 10.07.2026, Time: 09:30 - 10:45 CEST*, Session Room: SG 1138 (EPFL)
* CEST (Central European Summer Time)
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