ACSM26 Annual Meeting Online Sessions

See all sessions included in the online-exclusive programming.

Epidemiology and Biostatistics	ACSM American Fitness Index: 18 years and Going Strong!
Clinical Exercise Physiology and Chronic Disease	Body Composition and Exercise Physiology Across the Life Span
Exercise is Medicine	Collaborative Integration of MDs, CEPs, and Technology for Enhanced Patient Outcomes
Physical Activity/Sedentary Behavior/Health Promotion Interventions	It’s Time to Move: Mobilizing Science and Systems for National Physical Activity Policy Change
Fitness Assessment, Exercise Training, and Performance of Athletes and Healthy People	Move, Measure, Analyze: Teaching Fitness Through Real-Time Analytics
Nutrition, Metabolism, and Endocrinology	Sex Sells, But Science Matters: Debunking Fitness Myths for Women
Psychology, Behavior and Neurobiology	Stimulating Performance: Brain Modulation and Cognition in Female Ultramarathon Runners
Skeletal Muscle, Bone and Connective Tissue	The Influence of Maternal Exercise on Infant Musculoskeletal Health and Motor Skill Development: A Translational Approach
Athlete Care and Clinical Medicine – clinical translation	Wearables to Wisdom: Harnessing LLMs and Multimodal Data for Smarter Sports Medicine
Health Equity	What Do You See When You See Me? Health Identity and Bias in Research and Clinical Practice

The following sessions will be recorded on-site and included in online programming.

Session Type	Category	Session Title
Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture	Professional Development/Organizational Information	Molecules, Medals & Medicine: Maximizing Human Potential Through Exercise & Technology
D.B. Dill Historical Lecture	Professional Development/Organizational Information	May the Force Be with Youth
Charles M. Tipton Tutorial Lecture	Professional Development/Organizational Information	From PE to Exercise Science as Seen from Below
John R. Sutton Clinical Lecture	Athlete Care and Clinical Medicine	“Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Attaining Achievable Goals Amidst Chaos — No Matter Your Career Stage
Morris/Paffenbarger/Blair EIM Keynote Lecture	Exercise is Medicine	Frontiers in Human Performance Research: Insights from Biomechanical Simulation and Machine Learning
President’s Lecture	Professional Development/Organizational Information	Bridging the Gap or Falling Behind: How Academia-Industry Partnerships Are No Longer Optional for Exercise Science
Highlighted Symposium	Athlete Care and Clinical Medicine	Integrating Science, Sport, and Software: A Strong Youth Project Initiative
Highlighted Symposium	Clinical Exercise Physiology and Chronic Disease	New Exercise Guidelines for Older Cancer Survivors: Development, Dissemination, and Implementation into the Digital World
Highlighted Symposium	Exercise is Medicine	Leveraging Technology to Promote Physical Activity and Health Behavior Changes in Older Adults
Highlighted Symposium	Health Equity	The Intersection of Technology, Culture, and Care: Operationalizing ACSM’s Health Equity Framework in Exercise Interventions
Highlighted Symposium	Cardiovascular, Renal, Immune, and Respiratory Physiology	Novel Insights into the Determinants of Endurance Exercise Performance
Highlighted Symposium	Skeletal Muscle, Bone and Connective Tissue	Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria in Aging Humans: New Ideas About an Ancient Organelle
Highlighted Symposium	Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement	Adolescent Running: Special Considerations for Injury, Biomechanics, and Medical Event Coverage
Highlighted Symposium	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Methodological Advances Driven by the MoTrPAC Design
Highlighted Symposium	Physical Activity/Sedentary Behavior/Health Promotion Interventions	Exercise based Nature Prescription: Innovations in Outdoor Health, Safety, and Rehabilitation
Highlighted Symposium	Nutrition, Metabolism, and Endocrinology	Injectable and Other Novel Performance Substances – Risks and Challenges
Highlighted Symposium	Psychology, Behavior and Neurobiology	Exercise and the Brain: Interactions of Cerebral Blood Flow, Insulin Sensitivity and Arterial Health on Dementia Risk
Highlighted Symposium	Environmental and Occupational Physiology	Environmental Challenges at the 2026 FIFA World Cup: An Evidence-informed Framework to Optimize Player Health and Performance
Symposium	Fitness Assessment, Exercise Training, and Performance of Athletes and Healthy People	Trust, Bias and Audits for the Algorithmic Athlete: The Need for Human Judgment in the Age of AI?
Symposium	Professional Development/Organizational Information	ACSM Journals Symposium: Updates, Opportunities, and Papers of the Year
Symposium	Skeletal Muscle, Bone and Connective Tissue	Grub, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll; Strategies for Optimal Bone Health
Symposium	Nutrition, Metabolism, and Endocrinology	Professionals in Nutrition for Exercise and Sport (PINES) 10 Questions 10 Experts: Myth Busting in Sports Nutrition
Tutorial Lecture	Athlete Care and Clinical Medicine	Under Pressure: Elite Athlete Mental Health
Tutorial Lecture	Professional Development/Organizational Information	High Impact Practices: Engaging the Next Generation of Exercise Science Professionals
Tutorial Lecture	Skeletal Muscle, Bone and Connective Tissue	New Perspectives on Muscle Protein Breakdown during Disuse Atrophy
Tutorial Lecture	Skeletal Muscle, Bone and Connective Tissue	Not Junk: Small RNAs as Biomarkers and Regulators of Exercise Resilience
Tutorial Lecture	Skeletal Muscle, Bone and Connective Tissue	Imaging the Athlete: Foundations and Frontiers in Musculoskeletal and Body Composition Analysis
Tutorial Lecture	Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement	Wearable Technology in Sports Medicine: Clinical Insights and Real-World Applications
Tutorial Lecture	Psychology, Behavior and Neurobiology	From Bias to Breakthrough: Toward Optimizing Self-Reports in Physical Activity Research & Practice
Tutorial Lecture	Environmental and Occupational Physiology	Rethinking Hydration: The Case for ‘Underhydration’ as a Distinct Performance and Health Risk