on the occasion of the FIS Ski World Championships Saalbach 2025
Saalbach, February 10th, 2025

Program

9:20 - 9:30
Welcome (Frey W., Schobersberger W.)

9:30 – 11:00

Session 1

Chair: Schneidinger A., Schobersberger W.

1) IOC Concussion Guidelines and Winter Sports (Beer R.)
2) Risk management in alpine ski racing – every piece of the puzzle counts? (Spörri J.)
3) How to manage sleep disturbances and jet lag? (Hödlmoser K.)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Session 2

Chair: Spörri J., Wicker A.

1) Cardiovascular effects of doping substances (Adami P.E.)
2) Cold, hypoxia and the athlete (Schobersberger W.)
3) Winter sports and the respiratory system (Bougault V.)

13:00 – 14:00
Coffee Break and Exhibitions

Location
12er NORD, Team Captains Meeting
Glemmtaler Landesstraße 471, 5757 Hinterglemm

Organizer
Austria Ski WM und Großveranstaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H Innsbruck
Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine & Health Tourism (ISAG), Tirol Kliniken/University Hospital Innsbruck
and Private University UMIT Tirol Hall

Scientific Organisation
Wolfgang Schobersberger
Jörg Spörri

Condition for Participation
This symposium is for team physicians, team physiotherapists and all other physicians interested.
The entrance is free of charge.

Symposium Office
A written pre-registration is needed. Register here

Speakers and Chairman:

Dr. Adami Paolo Emilio
Health & Science Department, World Athletics, Monaco, Monaco Principality and Laboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Sante, Université Cote d’Azur, Nice, France

Ass Prof. PD Dr. Beer Ronny
University Hospital Innsbruck, Department for Neurology, Innsbruck, Austria

Ass.Prof. Bougault Valeríe
Pluridisciplinary Research Unit Sport, University of Lille, Health Society (URePSSS), EA7369, Lille, France

Dr. Frey Walter
Chair FIS Medical Committee, Zurich, Switzerland

Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Hödlmoser Kerstin
University of Salzburg, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Laboratory for "Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research", Salzburg, Austria

Dr. Schneidinger Alexander
Deputy CMO FIS Alpine World Championships 2025, Medical Department Ski Austria, Innsbruck

Prof. Dr. Schobersberger Wolfgang
Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine & Health Tourism, University Hospital Innsbruck and Private University UMIT Tirol, Hall, Austria

Prof. Dr. Spörri Jörg
University Centre for Prevention and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Prof.Mag. DDr. Wicker Anton
Deputy CMO FIS Alpine World Championships 2025, Bischofshofen, Austria

DFP Creditability

For Austrian physicians the symposium is DFP accredited for Allgemeinmedizin, ÖÄK Diplom Alpin- und Höhenmedizin, ÖÄK Diplom Sportmedizin with 4 hours.

Program Download (pdf, 1,2 MB)

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