Overview:

Invited Keynotes, Talks, and Workshops (5 Contributions): 

• MOVE-IT Symposium 2025 [17 October 2025; Link] - Topic: Healthy Ageing; organized by the Department of Health of OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences;
  title: Find your Balance – Combine Exergame with Biofeedback Breathing Training
  role: Invited Organizer of a Workshop 
  
  
• MOVE-IT Symposium 2025 [17 October 2025; Link] - Topic: Healthy Ageing; organized by the Department of Health of OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences;
  title: Beyond “Just” Fun: Exergames to Treat mild Neurocognitive Disorders 
  role: Invited Presenter of a Keynote Lecture 
  
  
• XR in Movement Conference [26 June 2025; Link] hosted by Université de Limoges;
  title: Moving from Recreational to Serious Exergames - Methodological Advancements to Enhance Disease Prevention
  role: Invited Presenter of a Keynote Lecture 
  
  
• 23rd Zurich Gerontology Day - Short presentation and acceptance speech for receiving the Vontobel Award for Research on Age(ing) 2024 from the Center for Gerontology at the University of Zurich for the publication “‘Brain-IT’: Exergame training with biofeedback breathing in neurocognitive disorders”; Video (in German): https://www.zfg.uzh.ch/de/forschung/forschungfoerderung/preis/2024.html
  
  
• Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition by the International Society of Gait & Posture Research (ISPGR; 10 July 2023; online); Role: interviewer (in my role as past years’ 3MT® winner) of Prof. Dr. Melvyn Roerdink about, experiences, key learnings, and advice for early career researcher in navigating in academia.  
  
  

Symposia Organizer/Chair (1 Contribution): 

• International Society of Gait & Posture Research (ISPGR) - World Congress 2025 (29 June - 3 July 2025; Maastricht, Netherlands); title: Worth the Effort? Rethinking Best Practices for Co-Developing Technology-Enhanced Training Approaches; role: Symposium Coordinator and Presenter

Oral presentations (8 contributions): 

Poster presentations (5  contributions): 

• Conference "Collaboration in Science 2024" organized by Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital (October 21-22, 2024; Stockholm, Sweden); title: "Cognitive and Brain Volumetric Improvements in Response to ‘Brain-IT’ in Neurocognitive Disorders: A RCT". DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31086.01601; Presentation related to the publications “Brain-IT”: Exergame training with biofeedback breathing in neurocognitive disorders and Effectiveness of an Individualized Exergame-Based Motor-Cognitive Training Concept Targeted to Improve Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults With Mild Neurocognitive Disorder: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of the project "Brain-IT". 
  
  
• Synapsis Forum 2023 - Scientific exchange for researchers investigating Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration (6 - 7 November 2023; Gerzensee, Switzerland); title: "Diagnostic Accuracy, Reliability, and Construct Validity of the German Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen". DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27316.63369; Presentation related to the publication "Diagnostic accuracy, reliability, and construct validity of the German quick mild cognitive impairment screen".
  
  
• International Society of Gait & Posture Research (ISPGR) - World Congress 2023 (9 - 3 July 2023; Brisbane, Australia); title: "Design, Development, and Evaluation of an Individualized Exergame-based Motor-Cognitive Training Concept for Older Adults with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder". DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24120.72963; Presentation related to the publications  "Making the Best Out of IT: Design and Development of Exergames for Older Adults With Mild Neurocognitive Disorder - A Methodological Paper" and "Feasibility, usability, and acceptance of “Brain-IT” - A newly developed exergame-based training concept for the secondary prevention of mild neurocognitive disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial" of the project "Brain-IT".
  
  
• Synapsis Forum 2022 - Scientific exchange for researchers investigating Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration (8 - 9 November 2022; Gerzensee, Switzerland); title: "Feasibility, Usability and Acceptance of a Newly Developed Exergame-Based Training Concept for Older Adults with Mild Neurocognitive Disorder - A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial". DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30831.61608; Presentation related to the publication "Feasibility, usability, and acceptance of “Brain-IT” -A newly developed exergame-based training concept for the secondary prevention of mild neurocognitive disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial" of the project "Brain-IT". 
  
  
• Synapsis Forum 2020 - Scientific exchange for researchers investigating Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration (24 November 2020; Online Congress (due to the Covid-19 pandemic)); title: "Brain-IT". DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32013.00485; Presentation related to the project "Brain-IT".
  
  
  

Other Contributions (1 Contribution):

• Poster Tour Guide at International Society of Gait & Posture Research (ISPGR) - World Congress 2025 (29 June - 3 July 2025; Maastricht, Netherlands).
  title:    Technology-enhanced neurorehabilitation 
  pitch:     Join this tour to discover how cutting-edge digital health technologies – ranging from eHealth apps to exergames and biofeedback – can enhance neurorehabilitation.