The congress will feature a series of scientific presentations providing an up-to-date overview, spanning from laboratory experiments to practical applications. These presentations will encompass various facets of mountain sports activities and their influence on human performance and health
Programme
Thursday, 16 November
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00- 10.00 Thematic session 1 – Physical and mental health and well being
Nicola De Pisapia (UniTN) – Integrating physical and mental training regimens for enhanced well-being
Martina Vacondio (UniVR) – Natural images and hypoxia: a study on the effects of exposure to natural images in simulated high-altitude conditions
Marco De Angelis (L’Aquila) – Can a thermal treatment induce a beneficial effect for post-exercise recovery ?
10.00 -10.20 Official opening – Federico Schena, Paola Venuti, Comune di Rovereto, Trentino Sviluppo
10.20 -10.40 Coffee break
10.40– 11.20 Keynote 1 – Hans-Christer Holmberg (SWE) Fast, Faster, Even Faster. Sports Science and Technology
11.20– 12.00 Thematic session 2 – Sport performance and technologY
Matej Supej (SLO) – Performance analysis in alpine skiing
Billy Sperlich (GER) – Individualized Endurance Training – the 24-h Approach (online)
12.00– 13.00 Thematic session 3 – University and Sport
Riccardo D’Elicio (Torino) – Torino 2025 Winter FISu World University Games: #To25 BRAINstorm Challenge
Paolo Bouquet (UniTN) – Dual Career projects: UniSport italia
Francesca Vitali (UniVR) – Sport volunteering during the Winter Universiade Trentino 2013: a research on motivational processes
13.00 – 14.20 Lunch
14.20 – 15.00 Keynote 2 – Gregoire Millet (Besancon, FRA), Altitude and healthy aging – benefits on endothelial/vascular and cerebral functions by living in mountains or hypoxic conditioning
15.00 – 15.40 Thematic session 4 – Physiological responses to stressors (environment, hipoxia and exercise in health and disease)”
Laurent Mourot (FRA) – Studying variability of biological system: useful for our health?
Cantor Tarperi (UniVR) – Cardiovascular function and exercise, the two sides of the same coin
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00 Massimo Venturelli (UniVR) – Can the dietary inorganic nitrate supplementation mitigate the vascular dysfunction in elderly with Alzheimer’s disease?
Pietro Trabucchi (CeRiSM) – Psychological Stress in Ultra Trail Races
Elettra Liebener (Bolzano) – Effect of short term acclimatation on hypoxic exercise in carpdiopatic patients
16.40 closing
Topics
Sport and University
Physiological responses to Hypoxi
Sport innovation and technology
Winter sport
Leisure & Health in Natural Environment
Congress Venue and Travel Information
All the lectures will take place in the Piave Auditorium, Via Fortunato Zeni, 8, 2 min walking from Rovereto train station (following the ‘uscita via Zeni’ direction to the station underpass).
Located in the northern of Italy, between the Garda Lake and the Dolomites, Rovereto can be reached by train (see www.trenitalia.it for train schedules) or by car (A22 Highway). The airports nearest to Rovereto are Verona (90 km), Venezia (125 km) and Milano (245 km).
Congress language
The official language of presentation and all written material is English.
Call for Abstract
Abstract submissions for poster presentations on the topics of the congress are welcomed. Posters will be presented during an oral session (with a 3-minute presentation) + poster, and their abstracts will be included in the book of abstracts.
The deadline for abstract submission is November 10th, 2023
Additional information and submission: www.cerism.it
Abstract submission: https://forms.gle/GUAKnU9ie2zeHaoE9
Congress fees
The congress is free of charge for all the participants. Registration before 12 November is mandatory through the link:
https://forms.gle/72qBJUJdf5mFiaJQA
Scientific Committee
Federico Schena – Università di Verona
Paola Venuti – Università di Trento
Luca Giuseppe Dalle Carbonare – Università di Verona
Paolo Bouquet – Università di Trento
Barbara Pellegrini – Università di Verona
Anna Vittoria Mattioli – Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Organizing Committee
Lorenzo Bortolan – Università di Verona
Roberto Modena – Università di Molde
Aldo Savoldelli – Università di Trento
Chiara Zoppirolli – Università di Verona
Anna Pedrinolla – Università di Trento
Organizing Secretariat
CeRiSM. +39 0464 483511, cerism@ateneo.univr.it
