Programme Committee

Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Frosch

Director, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf

Medical Director, BG Klinikum Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Götz Welsch

Medical Director, Athleticum at Volkspark

Professor of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg‑Eppendorf (UKE)

Head Team Physician, Hamburger SV (HSV)

Prof. Dr. Astrid Zech

University of Hamburg
Institute of Human Movement Science
Department of Movement and Training Science

Dr. Alexander-Stephan Henze, MHBA

Ulm University Medical Centre
Deputy Head of Section, Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine

Deputy Chair, Handball Physicians Germany

Chair, AGA Committee for Prevention, Conservative Therapy and Rehabilitation

Johannes Bitter 

Sporting Director of Handball Club Hamburg (HCH)

Former German National Handball Player

Paulina Ioannidou

Physiotherapist, MSc, PhD (cand.)

PI Physiotherapy
Practice for Physiotherapy and Exercise Therapy

Laura Bischoff-Schumacher

University of Hamburg
Institute of Human Movement Science
Department of Health Sciences

Prof. Dr. Willem van Mechelen

Vice Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)

Prof. Dr. Yannis Pitsiladis

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Medical Commission and International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)

Prof. Dr. Jürgen M. Steinacker
Chair International Programme Committee

Chair European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)

Dr. Nils Schumacher

University of Hamburg
Institute of Human Movement Science

Science and Transfer Centre Active City