The schedule is in CET — Central European Time (UTC+1)
Fri · 28 Nov · 2025
8:00 - 9:00
Registration, coffee and tea served
9:00 - 9:15
Prof. Dr. Thomas Jaitner, TU Dortmund, Dean of Department of Arts and Sport Sciences, Germany
Session 1: “Wearables in action”
09:15 - 09:30
Wearable devices, Artificial Intelligence and Health
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Vahid Farrahi, TU Dortmund, Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Germany
09:30 - 10.00
Dr. Marco Giurgiu, Dr. Janis Fiedler, Irina Trimm, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany
10:00 - 10:15
Assessing 24-hour physical behavior using hip-worn accelerometers: The German National Cohort and Beyond
Doctoral researcher Claas Lendt, University of Regensburg, Germany
10:15 - 10:30
IMU-based biomechanical analysis of high-dynamic movements – opportunities and challenges
Dr. Marcus Schmidt, TU Dortmund, Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Germany
10:30 - 10:45
Mapping the Landscape of Accelerometer-Derived Signal Metrics
Doctoral researcher Adham Abdelazeem, TU Dortmund, Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Germany
10:45 - 11:00
Break
Session 2: “Move and sleep for health”
11:00 - 11:30
Prof. Dr. Dennis Dreiskämper, TU Dortmund, Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Germany
11:30 - 11:45
24-hour physical behavior measurements in Northern Finland Birth Cohorts 1966 and 1986
Adj. Prof. Dr. Maisa Niemelä, University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
11:45 - 12:00
Machine Learning of Actigraphy Data for Chronic Disease Prediction
Doctoral researcher Esmaeil Farhang, TU Dortmund, Institute for Sport and Sport Science, Germany
12:00 - 12:15
Sleep timing irregularity in midlife: Association with incident major adverse cardiac events and cardiovascular disease mortality over a 10-year follow-up
Dr. Laura Nauha, University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
12:15 - 13:15
Lunch
Session 3: “Physical behaviors and population health”
13:15 - 13:45
Prof. Dr. Raija Korpelainen, ODL Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Finland
13:45 - 14:00
Doctoral researcher Niko-Petteri Hirvonen, University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
14:00 - 14:15
Dr. Anna-Maiju Leinonen, ODL Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Finland
14:15 - 14:30
Group picture and a short break
Session 4: “Physical behaviors and mental health”
14:30 - 15:00
Prof. Dr. Markus Reichert, University of Salzburg, Austria
15:00 - 15:15
Severity of Depression and Anxiety Manifest in Physical Activity and Nocturnal Sleep Metrics Collected from a Consumer-Grade Wearable Ring
Dr. Saeid Azadifar, University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
15:15 - 15:30
Digital phenotyping using wearable-determined physical behaviors and machine learning to detect depression and anxiety in a general population
Doctoral researcher Alireza Sameh, University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
15:30 - 15:45
Unravelling the association between 24-hour movement behavior and mental health: A compositional data analysis involving the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966
Doctoral researcher Clarence Tan, University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland
15:45 - 16:00
Open discussion and closing words