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Programme Day I – Thursday 25th September

Programme Day II – Friday 26th September

This year’s event was held at the University of Oxford on 25th & 26th September 2025, and was hosted by the Podium Institute Director, Professor Constantin Coussios OBE FREng, at the Richard Doll lecture theatre in Headington, Oxford.

The Conference focus is on the development, application and validation of innovative wearable, vision, biomarker, AI and robotic technologies to transform sport safety across the youth, community and professional sports. All research contributions in the area of sports medicine and technology are welcome, with a special focus this year on women’s sport and injury prevention.

Technological and clinical researchers across academia, industry, and the world of sport are encouraged to participate and register for the conference.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

  • Dr Mark Hart – Chair of the FEI Medical Committee and the Equestrian Safety Vest Working Group (ESVWG)
  • Prof. Keith Stokes – Professor of Applied Physiology, University of Bath and Medical Research Lead at Rugby Football Union
  • Dr Dario Cazzola – Senior Lecturer, Department for Health, University of Bath
  • Prof. Johannes Weickenmeier – Associate Professor of Brain Health, The Podium Institute, University of Oxford
  • Rhys Hughes – Head of Medical Services, Gloucester Rugby
  • Dr Thomas Parker – NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London
  • Dr Lee E Goldstein – Associate Professor, Boston University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abstract submissions for the Annual Podium Institute Conference on Sports Medicine & Technology 2025 are now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted! The organising committee has completed its review and confirmed the selection of abstracts for contributed talks. These presentations will take place in person in Oxford.

The majority of conference costs are sponsored by The Podium Institute, and attendees are asked to pay a discounted registration fee to confirm attendance (£40 for students and £80 for non-students) that covers all meals, coffee and attendance of the drinks’ reception and formal hall dinner at New College, Oxford. Subsidised accommodation is available also at New College for an additional £45/person cost upon request. Upon notification of acceptance, contributing presenters will be required to confirm attendance through payment of the attendee fee prior to final inclusion in the programme.

 

THEMES AND TOPICS

  • Wearables
  • Computer Vision
  • Imaging and Neuroimaging
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Biomarkers
  • Musculoskeletal injury
  • Cardiovascular Risk
  • Women’s sport and injury prevention
  • Safety Challenges by Sport (for those with expertise in the challenges that a specific sport faces in regards to injury, technology, and policy)

 

 

 

 

KEY DATES

  • Registration Opens –  16th July 2025
  • Registration Closing Date –  10th September 2025
  • Conference Dates –  25th – 26th September 2025

 

ABOUT THE PODIUM INSTITUTE

The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford, is the world’s first independent academic institute focused on the safety and lifelong health of youth and grassroots as well as professional athletes.

Its purpose is to inspire and forge evidence-based changes in sport and physical education, and to develop innovative and scalable technologies to monitor, analyse and ultimately prevent sport injury across the 22 million adults and 3 million children who participate in sport annually across the UK, as well as the hundreds of millions who partake in amateur and professional sport internationally.

For any queries, please contact podiuminstitute@admin.ox.ac.uk 

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