The 13th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Tyler George

Vice Skip, US Olympic Curling Team

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speakers

Mike Leach

Head Football Coach, Mississippi State University

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speakers

Matt Horton

Senior Director of Data Science, MLB

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speakers

Sharon Katz

Sports Analytics Writer, ESPN

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speakers

Kristin Bernert

President of Business Operations, Columbus Crew

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speakers

Andrew Engel

General Manager of Sports and Gaming, DataRobot

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speakers

Jason Benetti

College Play-by-Play Announcer, ESPN

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speakers

Brian Mirakian

Senior Principal & Populous Activate Director, Populous

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speakers

Neil Greenberg

Staff Writer, The Washington Post

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speakers

John Forese

Chief Product and Data Officer, Rakuten Intelligence

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speakers

Ian Fitzpatrick

Global Director of Brand Marketing and Operations, New Balance

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speakers

Ben Mackriell

Head of OptaPro, Perform

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soccer

speakers

Chris Giles

Chief Operating Officer, Oakland Athletics

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speakers

John Gordon

Head of Consumer Electronics Division, Bose

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speakers

Rachel Nichols

Reporter, ESPN

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speakers

Data Is The New Black: Building Data-Driven Organizations

Joe Ruggiero

Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, NFL

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speakers

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Sports Mythbusting

Direct-To-Consumer: Disrupting & Engaging Today's Sports Fans (Presented By Rakuten)

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

The Performance / Precaution Tradeoff: Player Health

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

The People Advantage: Culture Analytics

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth,careerseducation

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Achievement Unlocked: ESports Analytics

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Breaking Away From The Pack: Sports Entrepreneurship

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Baseball 2.0: Updating America's Pastime

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Scoring Sponsorships: Metrics to Maximize Brand Value (Presented by Hookit)

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

What Does The Fox Say? Analytics in Poker

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Metrics Are The Mike: Football Analytics

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Skin in the game: Sports Gambling’s Emergence in the US

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Michael Lewis – Going Deep with Mike Leach – The Most Innovative Mind in Football

fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Competing with the Couch: Improving the Venue Experience

business

football

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

An American Analyst in London

innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Unlocking Potential: The Next Generation of Tracking Data (Presented by STATS)

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Rebooting the Lakers/Celtics Rivalry

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Soccer Analytics: Shaping the Future of the Game (Presented by Optapro)

business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Creating a Sports Legacy

Managing The Big League Levers

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Who Says No? A 1-On-1 With Adam Silver and Bill Simmons

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

The Cutting Edge: Hockey Analytics (Presented by SportLogiq)

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

It’s Complicated: Athlete Relationships with Social Media

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Winning Outside The Game in The Business of Sports

on-field,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

No Lead is Safe: Innovation in Sports

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Hunting for Unicorns

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Changing the Game: How Advanced Data is Enhancing Broadcasts (Presented by ESPN)

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Helping Dream Chasers: Social Justice With Meek Mill and Michael Rubin

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Career Kickoff

Making the Modern Athlete: A Conversation with David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Do Athletes Need The Media?

mediacontent

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Ticketing Analytics: The Power of Open Distribution

mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Wild West of Analytics: Other Industry Perspectives on Use & Misuse of Data

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

How to Advertise Effectively on Facebook & Instagram

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Workshops

From the Martial Arts to the Art of Negotiation – Sport, Science, Art, or Philosophy?

workshops

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Panels

Finals Room

on-field,business

combatsports

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Workshops

DIY Shot Charts

SQL for Data Analysis: Measuring Customer Loyalty and Value

basketball

workshops

events

Ongoing

Mar 1, 2019

Workshops

Data Scraping with Python 3

workshops

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2019

Workshops

R for predictive modeling

workshops

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Workshops

Using Tableau to Rapidly Deploy Interactive Visualizations

workshops

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Workshops

The Economic Impact of NBA Superstars: Evidence from Missed Games using Ticket Microdata from a Secondary Marketplace

workshops

events

New Evidence in the Study of Shirking in Major League Baseball

papers

A Data Driven Goalkeeper Evaluation Framework

papers

Training Schedule Confounds the Relationship between Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and Injury

papers

The Evolution of Curling Analytics

papers

From Markov models to Poisson point processes: Modeling movement in the NBA

papers

Chuckers: Measuring Lineup Shot Distribution Optimality Using Spatial Allocative Efficiency Models

papers

The Economic Impact of NBA Superstars: Evidence from Missed Games using Ticket Microdata from a Secondary Marketplace

papers

How Much Do Coaches Matter

papers

Leveraging Batter-Pitcher Matchups for Optimal Game Strategy

papers

Decomposing the Immeasurable Sport: A deep learning expected possession value framework for soccer

papers

Data-driven lowlight and highlight reel creation based on explainable temporal game models

papers

Choke or Shine? Quantifying Soccer Players' Abilities to Perform Under Mental Pressure

papers

Analytics for the Front Office: Valuing Protections on NBA Draft Picks

papers

The Horizon of Sports is Digital: Using Fantasy Sports, e-Sports and Electronic Gambling to Find Next Generation of Ticket Buyers

papers

DeepQB: Deep Learning with Player Tracking to Quantify Quarterback Decision-Making & Performance

papers

Predicting Major League Baseball Strikeout Rates from Differences in Velocity and Movement Among Player Pitch Types

papers

Playing Fast Not Loose: Evaluating team-level pace of play in ice hockey using spatio-temporal possession data

papers

Winning Isn’t Everything – A contextual analysis of hockey face-offs

papers

Using Deep Learning to Understand Patterns of Player Movement in the NBA

papers