ACSM27 Annual Meeting Sessions by Category

Click on a category below to see the in-person session listings for the 2027 ACSM Annual Meeting.

Highlighted Symposium	Scholarly Debate – To Hit or Not to Hit: Are Modified Rules Enough to Save Youth Contact Sports?
John R. Sutton Tutorial Lecture	Sports Participation in Athletes with Cardiovascular Disease: In Search of the Athlete’s Voice
Exchange Lecture	American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Exchange Lecture
Exchange Lecture	American Osteopathic Academy for Sports Medicine Exchange Lecture
Exchange Lecture	National Athletic Trainers Association Exchange Lecture
Scholarly Debate	Acute Mid-substance Achilles Ruptures in the Active Patient: Non-operative vs Operative Treatment. The Who, When and Why
Scholarly Debate	Are Dietary Supplements a Gateway to Doping? An Evidence-Based Debate
Scholarly Debate	Head to Head: Debating the Role of Headgear in Sport-Related Concussion Prevention
Symposium	Advancing Sports Medicine & Performance in Para Athletes (AMP-PA): Heart, Bone and Physical Function
Symposium	Beyond Hypermobility: A Multisystem Approach to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in Sports Medicine
Symposium	CAQ Review
Symposium	Clinical Exercise Prescription for Dysautonomia: An Individualized Approach
Symposium	Energy Availability: Implications for Injury Recovery, Prevention, and Performance in Athletes
Symposium	From Pregnancy to Podium: The 2027 IOC Consensus Statement on Sport Participation for Preconception, Pregnancy & Postpartum
Symposium	Moving Forward: Advancing Parkinson’s Disease Care Through Research and Best Clinical Practice
Symposium	Runner Health and Performance During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Considerations for Physiology, Training Load, and Nutrition
Symposium	The 4R Framework for Athletic Recovery: Integrating Hydration, Carbohydrates, Protein, and Sleep to Optimize Performance
Clinical Workshop	Hands-On Concussion Assessment for Para Athletes using the Para SCAT6 Wheelchair and Visual Impairment Tools
Colloquium	Distinguishing Mechanical from Inflammatory Back Pain in Active Populations: A Practical Colloquium
Tutorial Lecture	Exertion-related Acute Cardiac Events: Triggering Mechanisms & Risk Modulators
Tutorial Lecture	From Screening to Sport: A VOMS-Guided Framework for Dynamic Concussion Rehabilitation
Tutorial Lecture	Healthy Walking: Two Feet, One Heart
Tutorial Lecture	Optimizing Exercise for Mental Health Across the Adult Lifespan: Lessons from Depression and Anxiety Trials
Tutorial Lecture	Recognize. Refer. Restore: An Interprofessional Approach to Energy Deficiency in Sport
Tutorial Lecture	Recognize. Respond. Refer. Interprofessional Collaboration for Athlete Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Tutorial Lecture	Staying Afloat: Swimming Medicine injury patterns and treatment
Tutorial Lecture	Still Evolving: Lessons from Thirty Years of Landmark Exercise Trials in Cardiometabolic Health
Tutorial Lecture	The Crowded Passageway: Recognizing and Treating Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Athletes
Tutorial Lecture	The Overlooked Athlete: Applying Sports Medicine Principles to Dancers and Performing Artists
Tutorial Lecture	TPCC Update

Highlighted Symposium	Neuromuscular Adaptations to Disuse: Mechanisms, Interventions, and Knowledge Gaps
Exchange Lecture	ECSS Exchange Lecture – Topic of “Super Shoes as a Factor in Running Success”
Symposium	From Lab to Field: Bridging Data Collection Across Elite Athletes, Everyday Runners, and Product Conditions
Symposium	Mechanisms and Consequences of Reduced Ankle Push-off During Older Adult Walking
Symposium	Targeting the Brain to Restore the Knee: CNS Structure, Function and Neuroplasticity-Informed Rehabilitation After ACL Injury
Tutorial Lecture	Beyond the Finish Line: Return to Running After ACL Reconstruction
Tutorial Lecture	Elite Biomechanics, Everyday Impact – Advancing Sports Medicine Through Translation
Tutorial Lecture	Loading for Longevity: Factors Influencing Cartilage Adaptability Across the Lifespan
Tutorial Lecture	Movement Ability: The Overlooked MSK/Injury Risk Factor

Highlighted Symposium	Inspiring Resilience: How Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training Affects Cardiopulmonary Function Across Populations
Symposium	Beyond the Kidney: Why Exercise Scientists Should Care About Chronic Kidney Disease
Symposium	Menopause, the Aorta, and the Brain: Emerging Links Between Vascular Aging, Brain Health, and Exercise
Symposium	Precision High-Intensity Interval Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Progressive Versus Constant Exercise Protocols for Pati
Tutorial Lecture	Oxygen Delivery as a Regulator of Neuromuscular Function and Performance
Tutorial Lecture	Physiological Limits to Exercise Performance in Master Athletes: Insights from a Unique Model of Successful Aging
Tutorial Lecture	What is the Limiting Factor for VO2max? It Depends!

Highlighted Symposium	M3: Muscle, Movement, and Medication in the GLP-1RA Era of Obesity Care
Exchange Lecture	The Obesity Society Exchange Lecture
Scholarly Debate	Coupling of VCO2 and breathing control during exercise: what does that mean?
Symposium	From Evidence to Implementation: Building Sustainable Exercise Oncology Programs Within Healthcare Systems
Symposium	Trust the Test: VO2max Verification, Thresholds, and Automated Analytics in Modern CPET
Tutorial Lecture	Play, Prevention, and Partnerships: Advancing Physical Activity Across the Continuum of Pediatric Obesity Care
Tutorial Lecture	The Respiratory Compensation Point in Health and Disease
Tutorial Lecture	Verification Testing for VO2max: From Methodological Debate to Clinical and Research Applications

Highlighted Symposium	Celebrating 30 Years of Live-High, Train-Low: A Symposium on the Origins, Evolution, and Future of Altitude-Based Performance
Symposium	Beyond Mental Toughness: Defining, Measuring, and Predicting Multidimensional Resilience Under Extreme Stress
Symposium	FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Player Health, Performance and Tournament Readiness
Symposium	Heat Stress and Reproductive Health
Symposium	Performance in the XXtremes: Female Physiology Under Environmental and Occupational Extremes
Symposium	Understanding Sex Differences in Physiological and Metabolic Responses to Extreme Environments
Tutorial Lecture	Conducting Rigorous Research Outside the Lab: Methods for Austere and Operational Settings
Tutorial Lecture	Emerging Countermeasures to Preserve Musculoskeletal Integrity and Performance Across Spaceflight

Highlighted Symposium	Building the 2027 Physical Activity Guidelines Update: Steps, Muscle-Strengthening, and the Evidence Behind Them
Preconference	Preconference: Systematic Review & Statistics Crash Course Workshop
Scholarly Debate	Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Neuropathologic Change: Deliberating and Debating the Evidence
Symposium	Consumer Wearables as a Real-World-Evidence Platform: Promise, Pitfalls, and Methods
Symposium	Moving the Needle on Youth Fitness: Evidence-Based Strategies for Population-Level Impact
Symposium	New Ways to Measure Movement: Linking Novel Accelerometer Exposures to Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan
Tutorial Lecture	From Cells to Society: Integrating Precision Medicine and Precision Implementation to Advance Physical Activity and Healthspan
Tutorial Lecture	The Healthcare Provider as Patient: Energy Balance, Wellness, and Occupational Performance in Allied Health Professions

Highlighted Symposium	From Bench to Bedside to Barbell: Translating Musculoskeletal Science from Clinical Care to Health-Fitness
Morris/Paffenbarger/Blair EIM Keynote Lecture	Coming Soon!
Symposium	Effective Exercise Consultation to Promote Exercise as Medicine for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Disease
Symposium	So Much More than Outcomes: How 12+ Years of Outcome-Matched Clinical Exercise Data Shape the Economics of Risk Mitigation
Colloquium	Exercise is Medicine in Under-Resourced Communities: Connecting Screening, Navigation, and Ongoing Physical Activity Support
Colloquium	Exercise is Medicine On Campus: Strategies for Launching, Growing, and Sustaining Initiatives
Tutorial Lecture	A Stronger Vital Sign: Preventive Physical Activity Assessment to Enhance Older Adults’ Healthspan
Tutorial Lecture	Beyond Rehabilitation: Community-Based Neuro Intensive Exercise as a Model for Lifelong Healthspan in Neurological Diseases
Tutorial Lecture	Building and Implementing Effective Clinic-to-Community Partnerships to Promote Physical Activity for Older Adults
Tutorial Lecture	The Military Health and Performance Continuum From Readiness to Rehabilitation
Tutorial Lecture	Updating the Components of Physical Fitness: Outcomes from an ACSM Scientific Roundtable
Tutorial Lecture	Using Research to Drive Policy Change: Setting the Agenda for Exercise Oncology

Highlighted Symposium	What Sex Differences In Human Performance Teach Us About Healthspan
Symposium	From Evidence to Impact: Translating Pregnancy and Postpartum Physical Activity Research into Practice
Symposium	From Muscle to Movement: Translating Exercise Science, Rehabilitation, and Physical Therapy into Healthspan
Symposium	From Physiology to Practice: Training and Nutrition for Women Through the Menopause Transition
Symposium	The Evolving Science of Female Athlete Performance: Thermoregulation, Pregnancy and Postpartum (OPSMSS Session)
Symposium	Understanding the ELITE Athlete: Phenotypes, Genotypes and Performance
Clinical Workshop	Tai Chi Walking as a Neuromechanical Strategy for Pain Reduction, Stability Enhancement, and Movement Control in Aging Populations: Principles, Demonstration, and Applications
Tutorial Lecture	Do We Know What Variables to Assess and Evaluate With Athletes?
Tutorial Lecture	Eccentric Advantage in Tactical Athletes: Braking Capacity, Load Tolerance, and Injury-Resilient Power
Tutorial Lecture	Preparing for the Future of Consumer Wearable Technology: Wearable Landscape and INTERLIVE-Network Exchange Lecture
Tutorial Lecture	Why Resistance Training Prescriptions Fail: From Sets and Repetitions to Biological Signal and Performance

Highlighted Symposium	Physical Activity Across the Lifespan: Closing Gaps for Families with Disabilities
Symposium	Access Reimagined: Partnering with Para Athletes to Build Better Research and Care
Symposium	Scaling Community-Based Physical Activity for Individuals with Disabilities
Symposium	Special Olympics: Bridging Research, Education, and Clinical Care For People With Intellectual Disabilities
Tutorial Lecture	Designing and Implementing a Multi-Event Community Dissemination Plan: Lessons Learned from the WE Project
Tutorial Lecture	Healthspan Begins with Play: A Systems Approach to Physical Activity Equity Across Childhood

Highlighted Symposium	Exploring the Limits of Sustained Energy Intake and Expenditure in Elite Athletes
Symposium	Beneficial Effects of Dietary Nitrate on Cardiovascular and Muscle Function in Post-menopausal Women
Symposium	Body Composition Changes in Response to Endurance or Resistance Exercise Training: Data From the MoTrPAC Study
Symposium	Lactate as a Signaling Molecule
Symposium	PINES 10 Questions 10 Experts – Myth Busting in Sports Nutrition: Supplement Update
Symposium	Timing Matters: The Interaction of Nutrition and Exercise on Glycemic Control and Vascular Function
Tutorial Lecture	A Bird’s-Eye View of Dietary Supplements in Sport: Evidence, Safety, and Performance Insights from a New NATA Position Stand
Tutorial Lecture	Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Inclusive Physiology in Research and Practice
Tutorial Lecture	Creatine and Cancer: Evidence, Applications, and Controversies
Tutorial Lecture	Fueling Human Performance Across the Military Career: Translating Nutrition into Readiness, Policy, and Behavior Change
Tutorial Lecture	New Perspectives on Carbohydrate Dosing and Glucose Regulation During Endurance Exercise

Highlighted Symposium	Blueprints for an Active Future: Developing Effective State and Local Physical Activity Plans
Scholarly Debate	Same Prescription, Different Results: Adherence Problem or Biological Reality?
Symposium	Active Transportation for Physical Activity and Health: Bicycling on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Symposium	Building Healthy Futures Through Inclusive Play in Early Childhood
Symposium	Precision Prevention for Health: The Global Alliance Framework for the Promotion of Physical Activity
Symposium	Sitting Less, Moving More: Advancing Research on Sedentary Behavior Across the Day
Symposium	STRONG Foundations: Linking Assessment, Resistance Training, and Movement for Youth Fitness
Symposium	Using Player’s Mind, Performance’s Heart, and Prevention Approach to Enhance Healthspan
Symposium	Walking the Evidence: Built Environment Insights from the Indianapolis Cultural Trail
Colloquium	Combating Veteran Physical Inactivity to Reduce Chronic Disease Risk and Improve Healthspan
Tutorial Lecture	Can Exercise be Effective, Tolerable and Genuinely Time-efficient? Lessons from Over a Decade of REHIT Research

Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture	Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity and Health: From Basic Science to Public Health Guidelines
D.B. Dill Historical Lecture	Exercise and the Challenge of Changing Practice: Lessons from Oncology
Josephine L. Rathbone & Barbara L. Drinkwater Named Lecture	Coming Soon!
Charles M. Tipton Tutorial Lecture	Coming Soon!
President’s Lecture	Integrative Omics: Molecular Drivers of Exercise Benefits
President’s Lecture	Time to Say it Plainly: Resistance Exercise Is Health Exercise (for Everyone)
Preconference	How To Tell Your Story In The Media
Symposium	ACSM Journals Symposium: Updates, Opportunities, and Papers of the Year
Symposium	Breaking In: An Exercise Scientist’s Guide to the Industry Transition
Symposium	Lead With Science, Not Bias: Communicating Research Responsibly Across Clinical, Fitness, and Industry Settings
Symposium	Physical Activity and Public Health: Honoring the Legacy and Contributions of William Haskell, MD
Tutorial Lecture	ACSM Certifications & Credentials in Motion: Strategy, Advocacy, and the Future of Professional Standards
Tutorial Lecture	Bridging the Gaps among Pedagogy, Science, and Practice with Professional Online Learning
Tutorial Lecture	Burnout, Boredom, and Breakthroughs
Tutorial Lecture	From Exhausted to Energized: Building Your Happiness Toolkit
Tutorial Lecture	Science Meets Story: Using Storytelling and Character Design in STEM Classrooms
Tutorial Lecture	Teaching Students to Translate Science: An Active Learning Approach to Develop Research Translation Skills
Tutorial Lecture	Why Who We Are Matters for Who and What We Research
Tutorial Lecture	Writing and Publishing in the Age of AI

Highlighted Symposium	Insufficient Progress: Physical Inactivity Through Behavioral Economics, Surveillance, and Policy Lens
Symposium	Developing Innovative Clinical Trials in Exercise Neuroscience Research
Symposium	Overcoming Chronic Pain as a Barrier to Exercise to Facilitate Long-Term Relief
Symposium	Tactical Athlete Brain Health: Implementing the First International Consensus Recommendations for TBI in First Responders
Tutorial Lecture	Integrating Lived Experience into Exercise for Mental Health Research and Practice
Tutorial Lecture	Lifespan to Healthspan: Evidence-Based Micro-Behavioral Strategies for Peak Performance Across the Menopause Transition
Tutorial Lecture	Training the Decision, Not Just the Knowledge: Scenario Design That Targets Cognitive Errors in Exercise Professionals

Highlighted Symposium	Exercise Remodeling of Metabolism in Aging and Metabolic Diseases
Scholarly Debate	The Role of Oestrogens in Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in the Female Athlete: Friend or Foe?
Symposium	Building Reserve Before Decline: Rethinking Exercise and Nutrition for Optimal Healthspan
Symposium	Demystifying Bone: Measurement and Interpretation of Bone Outcomes in Exercise Research
Symposium	Muscle Health in Pediatric Cancer: A Translational Perspective
Symposium	Overcoming Barriers and Maximizing Value of Prehabilitation: A Patient Centric Approach
Symposium	The Importance of Skeletal Muscle Phenotype During Pregnancy on Maternal Health
Tutorial Lecture	Beyond Mass: Comparing Weight Loss Treatments for Muscle Health
Tutorial Lecture	Neuromuscular Function Assessment in Humans: Pearls, Pitfalls, and Practical Applications
Tutorial Lecture	What Are We Really Testing? Low-Load Resistance Training Reconsidered