Swiss Society of Sport Science (4S) Annual Conference 2026
11 - 12 February 2026
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 12/Feb/2026 | ||||
| 8:15am - 9:30am |
6.1 Orals: Biology & medicine Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Nicolas Place Molecular mechanisms mediating exercise-induced maladaptations in vitro 8:30am - 8:45am Prognostic value of heart rate dynamics during exercise testing in definite ARVC patients 8:45am - 9:00am S100A13 as a potential regulator of skeletal muscle metabolic response to exercise. 9:00am - 9:15am Effects of distance on kinetics of lung diffusion alteration during mountain ultramarathons 9:15am - 9:30am Exercise-intensity dependent variability in rates of aerobic metabolism is related to genetic aspects of muscle-type associated lactate transport in tactical athletes |
6.2 Orals: Sociology & economics Location: G140 Chair: Siegfried Nagel When good luck turns against you: Evidence on performance responses to noisy feedback 8:30am - 8:45am Parantal Voluntary Engagement in Grassroots Sports Clubs 8:45am - 9:00am Revisiting Childlessness in Elite Sport: The Role of Partnership Among Former Swiss Olympic Athletes 9:00am - 9:15am The Challenges of Separation of an Elite Sports Team - A Case-Study Analysis of a Swiss Sport Club 9:15am - 9:30am Keep the Gloves On: Personality, Skills, and Stories that Sustain Goalkeeping |
6.3 Orals: Public health Location: G120 Chair: Raphael Knaier Clustering 24-Hour Movement Behaviours Among Adults in 16 European Countries (2008–2015): A Behavioural Typology Approach 8:30am - 8:45am Secular Trends in Physical Fitness of Swiss Male Conscripts, 2006-2024 8:45am - 9:00am Sex-Equitable Exercise Science: Progress Achieved or Policy Without Changes? 9:00am - 9:15am Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phases on Metabolic Responses During Interval Training 9:15am - 9:30am Body-composition-based determinants of cardiorespiratory fitness in a subset of the SwissHeart Study |
6.4 Orals: Movement & exercise Location: G230 Chair: Martin Keller The effect of tango expertise on multisensory integration in a tango-inspired joint walking task Dual-Task Interference: A comparative study of children and adults on balance and cognitive performance Associations between physical activity intensity and cognitive performance in older adults with and without stroke Beyond the Beep: Complex, non-musical auditory stimuli enhance Performance and Affect in the 20-Meter Shuttle Run Test in Children The Strength-Cognition Link in Youth: Age-Dependent Associations between Muscular Strength and Executive Function |
| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Hall G130 |
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| 10:00am - 11:00am |
7 Keynote: Nutrition & Exercise: Two Sides of the Same Coin ? - Prof. Karsten Köhler Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Benedikt Lauber |
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| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Sponsor Session: prophysics Location: Joseph Deiss |
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| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Olympic Super-G Women Location: G140 |
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| 11:30am - 1:15pm |
Lunch Location: Mensa Uni Fribourg |
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| 1:15pm - 2:15pm |
8.1 Symposium: Applied Sports Nutrition: Bridging Theory and Practice Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Joëlle Flück Applied Sports Nutrition: Bridging Theory and Practice Presentations of the Symposium Fuel LIGHT: Prevention REDs (relative energy deficiency in sport) in Young Swiss Nordic Ski Athletes Implementing behavioural science in sports nutrition: From theory to the young athlete's plate Building the Next Level of Sports Nutrition: The PEAK NUTRITION x BSC YB Partnership |
8.2 Symposium: Interpersonal violence in sport: Systems, experiences and frontline challenges Location: G140 Chair: Laurie Schwab Interpersonal violence in sport: Systems, experiences and frontline challenges Presentations of the Symposium Unnaming violence: Interrogating the semantic shift towards safeguarding in international sport Weight-Related Maltreatment in Sport: its impact on well-being of adolescent athletes When violence goes unnoticed: Understanding coaches’ responses to interpersonal violence in sport |
8.3 Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Building a Reproducible Future for Movement Sciences Location: G120 Chair: Paul Ritsche From Principles to Practice: Building a Reproducible Future for Movement Sciences Presentations of the Symposium Community Perspectives on Data Sharing and Standardisation in Human Movement Sciences: Findings from the ISB Congress 2025 Guidelines for Open Research Data in Movement Sciences Implementing Open and Standardized Data Practices in Musculoskeletal Imaging: ORMIR and UMUD |
8.4 Symposium: Disability sport in Switzerland – from daily physical activity to participation in organised sport Location: G230 Chair: Florence Epiney Disability sport in Switzerland – from daily physical activity to participation in organised sport. Presentations of the Symposium Wheelchair mobility in the daily life of manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury Participation intention and adherence in organised sport among people with physical disability in Switzerland: A multilevel and random forest analysis. Voluntary group sports for individuals with psychiatric disorders: a dual qualitative study with participants and coaches |
| 2:15pm - 2:45pm |
Coffee Break Location: Hall G130 |
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| 2:45pm - 3:45pm |
9 Panel discussion: Panel discussion in collaboration with Swiss Sports Nutrition Society (SSNS) Location: Joseph Deiss Chair: Wolfgang Taube |
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| 3:45pm - 4:15pm |
Awards & Closing Location: Joseph Deiss |
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