Conferences & Symposia
The International Conference on Biomechanics in Sport is the annual event for the presentation of academic research in Sport Biomechanics. It is aimed to host the conference in a rotation principle between Australasia, North and South America, and Europe and Africa.
The International Conference on Biomechanics in Sport is the annual event for the presentation of academic research in Sport Biomechanics. It is aimed to host the conference in a rotation principle between Australasia, North and South America, and Europe and Africa.
42nd ISBS Conference
Mon 15th - Fri 19th July 2024
Salzburg, Austria
We are pleased to invite you to ISBS 2024 in Salzburg, Austria. Salzburg is a UNESCO world heritage site, the birthplace of Mozart, and situated in a beautiful alpine environment inviting to sport. The conference is hosted by the Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg 1km south of the city center. It will feature keynote lectures, applied sessions, and social events within a diverse conference program.
Visit the conference website at isbs2024.com
We look forward to seeing you in Salzburg in July 2024!
Herman Schwameder, Jana Holder and Isabella Fessl
ISBS conferences are conducted in a friendly atmosphere that favors and encourages wide participation and attendance from people with a wide range of backgrounds, such as exercise science, engineering, computer science, elite sport, and rehabilitation.
Paper Submission Opens: November 15, 2023
Paper Submission Deadline: January 12, 2024
Future ISBS Conferences
43rd ISBS Conference: Dates TBC, 2025
Doha, Qatar
44th ISBS Conference: Dates TBC, 2026
Loughborough, UK
First Call for Hosting ISBS 2027
The annual ISBS conference is a key-event for the international scientific exchange and networking within the field of sports biomechanics. The first call was made in November 2023 to ISBS members interested in hosting this attractive event in the year 2027.
This first call is open to interested ISBS members in the preferred region of Europe / Africa, with the deadline 31st of March, 2024. If no proposals are received from the preferred region, a 2nd call for hosting will be made on the 1st of April 2024, opening the invitation to all global regions. The deadline for submission will then be 31st of May 2024.
If you are interested in hosting the 45th ISBS conference in 2027, please prepare your bid according to the ‘Policy Manual for Planning and Preparation of the ISBS Annual Conference, which can be found at the ISBS homepage: https://isbs.org/images/Policy_Manual_VP_Conferences_2022.pdf
This document contains all relevant information to guide the preparation of a proposal to host the conference and information to help prepare and organise the ISBS Conference.
Those wishing to submit a bid to host the conference in 2027 should submit the electronic file of the application to the VP of Conferences (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by the 31st of March, 2024.
Past ISBS Conferences
Click the link to the proceedings archive of each conference.
XLI Conference 2023 - Milwaukee, USA
XL Conference 2022 - Liverpool, UK
XXXIX Conference: 2021 - Canberra, Australia
XXXVIII Conference: 2020 - Online
XXXVII Conference: 2019 - Oxford, Ohio, USA
XXXVI Conference: 2018 - Auckland, New Zealand
XXXV Conference: 2017 - Cologne, Germany
XXXIV Conference: 2016 - Tsukuba, Japan
XXXIII Conference: 2015 - Poitiers, France
XXXII Conference: 2014 - Johnson City, TN, USA
XXXI Conference: 2013 - Taipei, Taiwan
XXX Conference: 2012 - Melbourne, Australia
XXIX Conference: Porto, Portugal
XXVIII Conference: 2010 - Marquette, Michigan, USA
XXVII Conference: 2009 - Limerick, Ireland
XXVI Conference: 2008 - Seoul, Korea
XXV Symposium: 2007 - Ouro Preto, Brazil
XXIV Symposium: 2006 - Salzburg, Austria
XXIII Symposium: 2005 - Beijing, China
XXII Symposium: 2004 - Ottawa, Canada
XXI Symposium: Cancelled
XX Symposium: 2002 - Caceres, Spain
XIX Symposium: 2001 - San Francisco, USA
XVIII Symposium: 2000 - Hong Kong, China
XVII Symposium: 1999 - Perth, Australia
XVI Symposium: 1998 - Konstanz, Germany
XV Symposium: 1997 - Denton, Texas, USA
XIV Symposium: 1996 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
XIII Symposium: 1995 - Thunder Bay, Canada
XII Symposium: 1994 - Budapest, Hungary
XI Symposium: 1993 - Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
X Symposium: 1992 - Milan, Italy
IX Symposium: 1991 - Ames, Iowa, USA
VIII Symposium: 1990 - Prague, Czechoslovakia
VII Symposium: 1989 - Footscray, Victoria, Australia
VI Symposium: 1988 - Bozeman, Montana, USA
V Symposium: 1987 - Athens, Greece
IV Symposium: 1986 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
III Symposium: 1985 - Greenley, Colorado, USA
II Symposium: 1984 - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
I Symposium: 1983 - San Diego, California, USA