Keynote Speakers
Beyond the Buzz: How to implement AI in Sport Science and Practice
AI is transforming professional sport—but are organizations ready? This talk challenges the hype around AI and explores what successful implementation really requires. Combining AI-readiness frameworks with lessons from Dutch Olympic speed skating, it highlights practical decisions that help leaders adopt AI strategically, responsibly, and with athlete welfare at the center.
Affiliation:
Department of Biomechanics, Kinesiology and Computer Science in Sport, Centre for Sport Science and University Sports, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Department of Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Kempe
The Why, Where and What of Physical Activity: How to design impactful Ambulatory Assessment studies
Ambulatory Assessment holds great promise for understanding why and where which forms of physical activity occur, yet designing impactful studies is a challenge. This keynote will address important design considerations and practical issues to for conducting high-quality research.
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Laura Maria König, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Capturing life as it is lived - Ambulatory Assessment for physical activity, sport and exercise research
Markus Reichert will introduce the Ambulatory Assessment (AA) methodology, which gained considerable attention in exercise, sport and movement science within the last decade. He will exemplify Ambulatory Assessment studies, which enable to capture physical behavior data and its psychological correlates in humans' everyday life and in real-time, detailing on strengths and challenges of this methodology.
Affiliation:
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences
Head of Research Group Sport and Exercise Psychology
Department of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Salzburg, Austria
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Reichert
Digital Solutions in Exercise Therapy for Diabetes & Obesity: Using Smart Technology to Get People Moving
The keynote will explore how digital health applications (DiGAs) can support exercise therapy in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity, and how fully closed-loop systems, continuous glucose monitoring and integrated technologies can facilitate physical activity in type 1 diabetes. It will also highlight the emerging role of large language models in research and clinical innovation across these fields.
Affiliation:
Institute for Movement Sciences, Sports & Health, Sports Physiology, Exercise Science & Exercise Therapy, Training and Diagnostics Center (TDZ), University of Graz
Outpatient Clinic for Diabetes, Lipid Disorders, and Metabolic Diseases — Focus on Diabetes, Physical Activity, and Sports
Univ.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Othmar Moser
Making sense of digital technologies: A sociocultural-perspective from sport pedagogy
This keynote approaches digital technologies in sports as embedded in ongoing and often ambivalent socio-cultural meaning-making processes through which understandings of bodies, health, ability and participation are negotiated. Drawing on empirical examples from school sport and Physical Education, it explores the educational questions and broader perspectives on digitalization that emerge from this approach.
Affiliation:
Chair of Sports Education, Institute of Sports Science, University of Augsburg
Dr. des. Brigitta Höger