We are pleased to announce the dates for The Podium Institute Annual Conference on Sports Medicine & Technology 2026:
Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September
This year’s event will take place in the University of Oxford’s newly opened Life and Mind Building, and will be hosted by the Podium Institute Director, Professor Constantin Coussios OBE FREng. Situated in the heart of Oxford, the Life and Mind Building is a state‑of‑the‑art facility that provides an outstanding environment for scientific exchange and will offer an exceptional setting for this year’s conference.
Building on the success of our past two annual events, attended by over 120 international experts, this year’s conference will bring together leading researchers, clinicians, and innovators to explore advances at the intersection of sports medicine and emerging technologies.
On Thursday 24th September, the first day of the conference will conclude with a gala dinner held in the historic Medieval Hall at New College. This special evening will provide an opportunity for delegates to continue discussions in an informal and atmospheric setting.
Further announcements will be posted in due course on our website and LinkedIn page. You can also stay up to date with our announcements by subscribing to our mailing list.
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT
Technological and clinical researchers across academia, industry, and the world of sport wishing to present at the conference are encouraged to submit an abstract before the deadline of 23:59 on Monday 12th June 2026. The organising committee will review the abstracts and confirm acceptance by the end of July, either for an oral presentation as a contributed talk or as a poster. All contributed presentations and posters are to be given in person in Oxford.
The conference will be split into four themes:
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– BRAIN HEALTH
– CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH – MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH – MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITION |
with focus on the development, application, and validation of innovative technologies such as Wearables, Digital Health & Remote Monitoring; Computer Vision; Imaging & Neuroimaging; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Biomarkers; Biomechanics and many more to transform sport safety across the youth, community and professional sports. All research contributions in the area of sports medicine and technology are welcome.
Abstracts can be submitted via this link.
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.
KEY DATES
Call for Abstracts Opens – 7th May 2026Call for Abstracts Closes – 12th June 2026Selected Abstracts Announcement – 20th July 2026Registration Opens – 3rd August 2026Programme Published – 7th September 2026Conference Dates – 24th – 25th September 2026 |
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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