Prof. dr. Wolfgang Schöllhorn 
is a distinguished scholar renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to training science, biomechanics, and motor learning. With a diverse academic background spanning Physics, Physical Education, Sport Science, Pedagogy, and Neuroscience, he obtained his PhD in Biomechanics in 1990 and achieved a Habilitation on System Dynamics in motor learning in 1995. Serving as the Chair for Movement and Training Science at the University of Mainz from 2007 to present and Director of the Institute for Sport Science (2007 – 2020), Prof. Schöllhorn’s global influence extends through guest professorships across renowned institutions worldwide, including Calgary, Taipei, Salzburg, and Graz. His pioneering Differential Learning approach, recognized with prestigious awards such as the Myashita Award and the Deutsches Werkbundlabel, alongside his expertise in movement pattern recognition through Machine learning methods, has transformed the landscape of movement science. Beyond academia, Prof. Schöllhorn’s guidance has empowered physiotherapists, coaches, teachers, and national sports teams, reflecting his enduring legacy in research, pedagogical leadership, and profound impact on the field.
Prof. dr. Vaidotas Marozas completed his PhD studies in 2000 in electronics engineering and biosignal processing and is currently a professor at the Department of Electronics Engineering and the Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Kaunas University of Technology. He specializes in developing wearable medical devices and biosignal processing algorithms for health monitoring. His research focuses on digital biomarkers for cardiovascular disease monitoring. Over the past decade, he has published 47 scientific articles, supervised 6 doctoral dissertations, completed research fellowships at Lund and Zaragoza universities, and participated in international projects funded by FP7, H2020, COST Action, EUROMET, and Horizon Europe. He has led the development of wearable devices for monitoring arrhythmia, stress, and diver physiology and holds 4 patents with 6 additional applications. He is a co-author of monographs published by Springer and Academic Press and serves on the organizing committees of international conferences.
Dr. Violeta Bartuškienė 
holds a PhD in Medicine and an MSc in Public Health and works as medical advisor and science communicator. Her expertise lies in the application of innovative biological markers for the assessment of health status, physiological function, and pathophysiological conditions across diverse medical specialties including sports and longevity medicine. Violeta is also engaged in scientific research, with published studies on topics such as growth programming, experimental medicine, anthropology, and related fields.
Miglė Misiūnienė 
is a sports medicine doctor and junior assistant at the Department of Sports Medicine of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. She has been a PhD student since 2023. Her main fields of interest include athletes pre-participation physical evaluation, sports nutrition, overtraining, and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED S). Her research focuses on energy availability in athletes and RED S. In 2025, she successfully completed the International Olympic Comittee Program in Sports Medicine.
Mykolas Butvila 
is sports medicine physician based in Vilnius, representing Antakalnis Polyclinic and Hila Clinics. A lifelong active individual with passion for sports and physical activity, also a member of Lithuanian sports medicine federation. Mykolas is keenly interested in exercise physiology, cardiovascular and pulmonary adaptations in exercise medicine, with particular interest in sports cardiology, cardiopulmonary testing, physical capacity limits in various mechanisms through which diseases inhibit physical capacity. Day to day practice involves performing cardiac stress, cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) for patients and athletes with cardiopulmonary diseases alike and consulting athletes of various level with their health and performance issues. Recent career highlights include participation at CPX International Practicum 2025 at Basel University in Switzerland where he had the chance to learn from the very pioneers of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).
Petra Zupet, MD, PhD, FEBSM 
is an internationally recognized expert in Sports Medicine with over 24 years of clinical and academic experience. She is currently the Medical Director of the IMS Institute for Medicine and Sports in Ljubljana. Dr. Zupet holds degrees from both the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Sport at the University of Ljubljana. She completed her Sports Medicine Specialty and earned a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Ljubljana, later becoming a Fellow of the European Board of Sports Medicine (FEBSM) in 2012. She currently serves as the President of the Slovenian Sports Medicine Association and is a former Secretary General of the European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA). Her international professional involvement includes positions within the Sports Medicine Commissions of the World Rowing Federation and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as the Interfederal Commission of the International Federation of Sports Medicine. Clinically, she served as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Slovenian Olympic Team at the London 2012 Games and has been the CMO for numerous high-level international competitions, including World Championships across various sporting disciplines. She continues to provide medical care for various national squads. Dr. Zupet has an extensive portfolio of scientific publications. Her research primarily focuses on sports injury prevention and diagnostics, cardiovascular adaptations in athletes, exercise prescription for health promotion, and physiological responses to elite competition. In 2023, she was honored with the prestigious Premio Quarenghi for her outstanding contributions to sports medicine.
Prof. Lina Jankauskaite, MD, PhD 
is a professor, principal investigator, and educator at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), as well as a pediatric emergency physician at LSMU Hospital Kauno Klinikos (LSMU KK). She holds a PhD in biomedical sciences.
Since January 2022, she has served as the head of the Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases Coordination Center at LSMU KK. Lina is an active member of several professional organizations, including the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP), the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM), the Research in European Paediatric Emergency Medicine network (REPEM), and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM).
Her main interests include evidence-based medicine, translational research, non-invasive diagnostic methods, digital health, innovation, big data, acute viral infections, and pain management. Her current research focuses on the development of a 3D cell culture model and viral disease modeling and non-invasive pain diagnostics in pediatric emergency care.
Since 2024, she has been a national representative in the European Rare Disease Reference Network Board of Member States (ERN BoMS) and a delegate for hospital managers in the Joint Action on the Integration of ERNs into National Healthcare Systems (JARDIN). Together with that she is a LSMU KK representative in a national mirror group of Erdera (European partnership for rare diseases).
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/linajankauskaite