Past Conferences

The 19th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 7

Mar 8, 2025

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2025

Top Events

2025

'The Deal' featuring David Blitzer hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly

The NCAA’s Newest Power Players: The Rise of the GM

Building Sports Empires with an Entrepreneurial Edge: Michele Kang and Gerry Cardinale

Top Papers

2025

2024

The 18th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 1

Mar 2, 2024

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Top Speakers

2024

Top Events

2024

Beyond the Pitch: Transforming Soccer Through Advanced Analytics

Winning With AI: The Future of AI in Sports

Evolution of Basketball Analytics: 20 Years of Nerds, Data, & Efficiency

Top Papers

2024

2023

The 17th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 3

Mar 4, 2023

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2023

Top Events

2023

The Chess Renaissance: Modern Challenges for an Ancient Game

Player Power - Building Businesses by Empowering Athletes presented by Wasserman Foundation

Performance Under Pressure

Top Papers

2023

2022

The 16th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 4

Mar 5, 2022

Hynes Convention Center

Top Speakers

2022

Top Events

2022

Transgender Athletes: A Conversation led by Malcolm Gladwell on Data and Participation Policy

Disrupting, Reimagining, & Crushing It!: A Conversation with Michael Rubin and Gary V

How to Win at Sports Betting: Building Models and Pricing Odds with Data Science Presented by FanDuel

Workshops

Top Papers

2022

2021

The 15th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Apr 8

Apr 9, 2021

Virtual

Top Speakers

2021

Top Events

2021

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivor Analytics

A conversation with Andrew Yang and Nate Silver

A Conversation with Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt

Top Papers

2021

2020

The 14th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Mar 6

Mar 7, 2020

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Top Speakers

2020

Top Events

2020

Game (Show) Theory: An Omnibus Conversation with Jeopardy GOAT Ken Jennings and Nate Silver

Moneyball To Homerball With Bill James and Tom Tango

A New Arena: Careers After Sports

Top Papers

2020

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Managing Director, National Ticket Sales & Strategy, NASCAR

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General Partner at Visible Ventures

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Sports Analytics Professor and Sports Analytics Program Director, UNC-Charlotte

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Senior Writer, Action Network

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Sideline Reporter and Host, Los Angeles Clippers

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Managing Partner and Founder of Full Court Capital

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Vice President of Basketball Strategy and Analytics, Chicago Bulls

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Sports Science Entrepreneur and Biomechanics Expert, University of Texas

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Vice President, Special Projects, St. Louis Cardinals

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Commentator at ESPN

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Agent, Head of Women’s Basketball at KLUTCH SPORTS GROUP

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Head of Hockey Analytics Technology, Montreal Canadiens

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19th President of Dartmouth

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President of the Connecticut Sun

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Vice President of Strategy & Insights, Florida Panthers

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Senior Director, Innovation Account Management and Marketing with Ticketmaster

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Senior Vice President of Consumer Strategy at NASCAR

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Author

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Founder and CEO of Flowcode

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Managing Director of Research & Insights, NASCAR

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Senior Vice President of Ticketing and Premium Sales, Utah Jazz and Utah Hockey Club

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VP of Player Personnel, Philadelphia 76ers

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Managing Director at Andalusian Private Capital & Advisory

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Data Solutions Architect, Trace3

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Chief Operating Officer, Altius Sports Partners

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Associate Professor & Executive Director, UNLV International Gaming Institute

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Performance Innovation Lead, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

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Author, Expert on Athletic Performance

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Olympic Medalist, NCAA Champion, Owner of OOA Gymnastics

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Co-Founder and CEO of SMAC Entertainment

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Vice President of Research and Strategy, Cleveland Browns

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COO of Willow

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Founder and Host of GymCastic

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Executive Vice President of Enterprise Partnerships at SeatGeek

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President and Chief Operating Officer of Endeavor and TKO

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Staff Data Scientist, Zelus Analytics | Co-Creator of Stan

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13x LPGA Event Winner, Team USA Golfer

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Johnathan Atkeison

CEO of USA Cricket

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Alison Fragale

Professor at University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Bret McCormick

Sports Facilities, Fan Experience, and Ticketing at Sports Business Journal

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Steve Argeris

Partner at Weil Private Equity

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Josh Dixon

VC Partner at Profluence Sports Capital

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Mike Ybarra

CEO of PrizePicks

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Lorrissa Horton

CEO of SumerSports

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Andrew Lilien

Vice President of Global Sponsorships, Mastercard

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Ali Curtis

Senior Vice President of Competition & Operations, MLS NEXT Pro

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Amanda Anderson

Senior Director Social Media, ESPN

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2024-conference

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P.K. Subban

13-Year NHL Defenseman | NHL Analyst, ESPN

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2024-conference

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Darren Ross

Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Wasserman Ventures

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Jeremy Rogalski

Director of Hockey Analytics, Boston Bruins

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Brody Malone

World Champion, Olympic Gymnast

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Monica McNutt

NBA, WNBA and College Basketball Analyst, ESPN

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Bill Hanway

Executive Vice President of AECOM

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Will Kuntz

General Manager of the LA Galaxy

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Raul Pelaez

Director of Sports Data, Kynisca Sports Management

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Mihir Warty

Chief Strategy Officer of World Rugby

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Bobby Landerman

Director of Data Science, PrizePicks

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Tyler Cox

Director of Analytics, Seattle Sounders

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Harish Sarma

Global Head of Sports, TikTok

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Mike Buckley

2x World Champion Sailor, CEO and Co-Owner of the U.S. SailGP Team

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Emily Johnson

Head of MLB Business Development at Eventellect

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Eric Hankins

Principal Architect, Trace3

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Jason Kelly

Chief Correspondent, Bloomberg Originals

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Justine Brown

VP of Creative Development and Talent Relations, TOGETHXR

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Kristie Savage

Head of Data Science, Fanatics Betting & Gaming

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Claire Rogers

Senior Social Media Manager, GOLF.com / GOLF Magazine

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Mary Ellen Coe

Chief Business Officer of YouTube

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Meghan Bird Burgoon

Senior Director, ESPN BET Content Integration

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Andrew Lichtenberger

CEO, Octopi Poker

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Matthew Hulsizer

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, PEAK6 Investments

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Chris Jackson

Head of Digital Data and Analytics, Olympics

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Charlie DeStefano

Data Scientist, Callaway Golf

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Katie Hodel

Senior Director of Business Growth & Marketing, KAGR (Kraft Analytics Group)

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Tiffany Krause

Sr. Manager, Fan Data Science and Analytics, NFL

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Scott Krase

Senior Member, Bolt Ventures

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Brian Higgins

Senior Vice President of Business Performance, NCAA

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Tyrone Millard

Director, Sports, Google Cloud

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Matthew Futterman

Senior Director, Referee Operations, NBA

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2024-conference

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David Schoenfield

Senior Writer, ESPN

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Peter Murphy

Senior Vice President, Content and Media, Cosm

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Cassidy Hubbarth

Host/Reporter, ESPN

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Brian Millman

Vice President - Properties & Brand Strategy, CSM Sport & Entertainment

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Jacob Feldman

Sports Business Reporter, Sportico

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Alexandra Drane

Co-Founder and CEO, ARCHANGELS

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Eric Rimsky

Vice President, U.S. Fantasy & Betting, NBA

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2024-conference

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D.J. Lee

Professor & Director Robotic Vision Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Brigham Young University

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2024-conference

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Robert Thacker

Vice President, Strategy Analytics & Digital Marketing, AEG Global Partnerships

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2024-conference

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Marty Turman

Vice President of Fan Marketing & Insights, Los Angeles Rams

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2024-conference

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Jesse Marsch

European Professional Soccer Head Coach

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2024-conference

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soccer

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Shay Martineau

Director of Analytics, Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx

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2024-conference

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Julie Haddon

Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer, National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)

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2024-conference

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Jackie Caldwell

Head of Content, Just Women’s Sports

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2024-conference

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S. Matthew Liao

Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Center for Bioethics, New York University

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2023-conference

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Paul Tudor Jones II

Co-Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, Tudor Investment Corporation | Co-Founder, SumerSports

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2024-conference

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football

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Michael Voltmer

Director of Baseball Strategy and Information, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2024-conference

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baseball

speakers

Madeleine Want

Vice President of Data, Fanatics Betting & Gaming

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2024-conference

panels

esports

speakers

Spotlighting under-the-radar performers in women's college volleyball

Nick Troop

Executive Producer. POSSIBLE

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2023-conference

panels

esports

speakers

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Mar 2, 2024

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on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,womenssports,policygovernance

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Day 2

Feb 9, 2022

Workshops

Spreadsheet Simplicity at Cloud Scale - Using Sigma to Deploy Self-Service Analytics

Workshop Room

workshops

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Spring Forward: Understanding Spring Training Statistics

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Start Me Up: How New Leagues Are Innovating Sports and Capturing Fans

Shane Battier Room

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shira-springer,jon-patricof,katlyn-gao,reagan-carey,andrew-sinnenberg,johanna-boynton

on-field,business,sportsinsociety,womenssports,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

Start Me Up: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Start Your Engines: How Data is Fueling NASCAR's Strategy to Engage an Evolving Customer Base

panels

jessica-gelman,jason-robins,nate-silver,alexis-ohanian,dean-kamen

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

Started from the Bottom: Building a Business With Big Data

panels

joe-pompliano,steve-phelps,justin-marks,jill-gregory

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

adam-kaplan,keith-goldner,nik-bonaddio,jj-zachariason

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Starting a Sports Business

panels

val-ackerman,kevin-plank,casey-wasserman,jessica-gelman,bill-gurley,michael-rubin

business

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitions

Startup Competition presented by Ticketmaster

Research Papers Room

competitions

nick-picadura,jenna-kurath,wayee-chu,sezin-aksoy

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Competitions

Startup Competition presented by Ticketmaster

Research Papers Room

competitions

suzanne-norris,rusty-watkins,greg-dawkins

events

Day 2

Panels

Statcast presented by MLBAM

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Stats to Stanley Cup: Building Successful NHL Teams

panels

arda-ocal,meghan-chayka,brett-peterson,p-k-subban,tyler-dellow

innovationtechnologydatascience,careerseducation

hockey

events

Day 1

Panels

Staying Relevant: Social Media Analytics

panels

omid-ashtari,gary-vaynerchuk,gary-belsky,dave-finocchio

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Staying on the Field: Injury Analytics

panels

john-brenkus,peter-wehling,stephania-bell,stan-conte

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Panels

Stronger, Faster, Better: Technology Analytics

panels

john-brenkus,jordan-rapp,mark-mcclusky

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Super Glue: Investigating Basketball Culture vs. Analytics

panels

shane-battier,david-fizdale,zach-lowe,adrian-wojnarowski

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Sustained Excellence in Sports Teams

competitive-advantages

events

Day 2

Panels

Sustaining Greatness

panels

sue-bird,marcus-elliott,susan-polgar,adir-shiffman,tom-haberstroh

business

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Swim, Bike, Run, Data: The Next Frontier for Driving Human Performance

Pat Summitt Room

panels

keira-damato,ian-macgregor,dr-allen-lim,jonathan-levitt

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Swimming Canada’s Revival...Through a Targeted Investment Approach Underpinned by Analytics

competitive-advantages

john-atkinson

innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance

swimming

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

Tackling Name, Image, and Likeliness in College Sports

Pat Summitt Room

panels

saquon-barkley,warren-zola,stan-wilcox,gerry-cardinale,martin-jarmond

business,policygovernance

events

Day 1

Panels

Take That for Data: Basketball Analytics

panels

daryl-morey,zach-lowe,nick-wright,jalen-rose,mike-zarren

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 2

Panels

Take Two: Sustaining Success in the New Look MLB

panels

david-schoenfield,carlos-pena,jonathan-erlichman,michael-voltmer

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Workshops

Talk Data to Your Organization

workshops

ben-shields

events

Day 1

Panels

Technology Amplifies Success: How Analytics Is Changing the Game

panels

ryan-craig,ben-davis,michael-niemeyer,frank-wheeler

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Technology for a New Edge

panels

terry-myerson,vivek-ranadive,tom-taylor

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Tennis Analytics

panels

craig-oshannessy,marc-stein,paul-annacone,todd-martin

innovationtechnologydatascience

tennis

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The "All In" Bet: How Soon Can an AI Bot Become the Next World Series of Poker Champion?

competitive-advantages

nikolai-yakovenko

innovationtechnologydatascience,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The 2017 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement

competitive-advantages

larry-coon

policygovernance

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The AIS Innovation Journey: Implementing a Nation-wide Data Management and Analytics Platform for Injury Prevention and Performance Optimization

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

The Alternative Asset: Sports

The Analytics Behind Winning at Daily Fantasy Sports

panels

mark-abbott,wes-edens,jordan-solomon,benjamin-hesse,ben-fischer

business,investmentfinance

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The Analytics-Driven Franchise: Building a Modern NBA Team

Sue Bird Room

panels

john-hollinger,shane-battier,dean-oliver,monte-mcnair,ariana-andonian

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Anatomy of the NBA Ecosystem: Which Levers to Pull?

competitive-advantages

evan-wasch

business

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

The Art and Science of Data Collection: Power Growth, While Delighting Your Fans Presented by Adobe

The Beautiful Game's Global Reach

competitive-advantages

jen-zick

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

The Bigger Picture: Defining League Strategy

panels

brian-lafemina,elizabeth-lindsey,chris-marinak,neil-greenberg

business

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

The Biggest Comebacks and Collapses in Golf

Competitive Advantage North

panels

mark-broadie

on-field

golf

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

The Biomechanics Of Buckets: The Next Revolution In Basketball Analytics

The Boardroom: The Making Of A Superstar

competitive-advantages

kirk-goldsberry

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

basketball

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

The Boston Marathon and Big Data

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

tom-grilk

innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

The Business of College Sports

panels

val-ackerman,dan-gavitt,marc-jenkins,jack-swarbrick,eric-chemi

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The Business of Sports presented by Reebok

panels

maverick-carter,marie-donoghue,cole-gahagan,dawn-hudson,matt-otoole,darren-rovell

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The Business of Sports: Winning Off the Field

panels

david-gill,jeanie-buss,jessica-gelman,neil-glat,scott-oneil,steve-pagliuca

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The Case for Activism: Sports' Impact on Society

panels

sue-bird,stephen-a-smith,dan-pfeiffer

mediacontent,sportsinsociety

events

Day 2

Panels

The Changing Nature of Media Rights

panels

bob-bowman,ed-durso,richard-deitsch,jeanie-buss,frank-golding

mediacontent

events

Day 1

Panels

The Changing Nature of Ownership

panels

stan-kasten,adam-silver,peter-keating,jonathan-kraft,john-skipper

business

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

The Chess Renaissance: Modern Challenges for an Ancient Game

The Confluence of Warehousing, Visualization and CRM

panels

danny-rensch,jennifer-shahade,hikaru-nakamura,daryl-morey,fabiano-caruana

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

chess

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

adam-grow,karlis-kezbers

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

The Connected Stadium

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Currency of the NFL: Winning

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Curry Landscape

competitive-advantages

kirk-goldsberry

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

The Cutting Edge: Hockey Analytics (Presented by SportLogiq)

Bill Walsh Room

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

The Data Dangle: Hockey Analytics

panels

john-buccigross,meghan-chayka,alexandra-mandrycky,hilary-knight

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

hockey

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

The Data Evolution: Building efficient golf swings

The Data Revolution: Innovations in Data & Analytics Tools

competitive-advantages

suzy-whaley

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

erin-kelly,michelene-rabbitt,dejan-mitkovsk,karlis-kezbers,brooks-deaton

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

The Digital Gambit: Creating Compelling Chess Content for New Audiences

panels

events

Day 2

Competitive Advantages

The Digitalization of the Fitness Industry

competitive-advantages

nate-forster

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The EAGLE has landed: Real-time win probabilities in men's major golf tournaments

competitive-advantages

dan-rosenheck,dave-watson

business

golf

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Efficacy of the Rooney Rule

competitive-advantages

cc-dubois

business

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

The Elam Ending Reaches the NBA G League

The Elam Ending: Examining the Necessity and Soundness of Eliminating the Game Clock from the Final Portion of Every Basketball Game

competitive-advantages

nick-elam

business

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

nick-elam

business

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Emperor's New Clothes

competitive-advantages

fergus-connolly

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The Evolution Of Ownership

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

The Evolution of Sports Business

panels

john-collins,katrina-adams,tod-leiweke,abe-madkour

business

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

The Evolution of Sports Business: Keeping Up With the Shifting Landscape Presented by Wasserman

Pat Summitt Room

panels

mark-walker,marie-donoghue,dave-abbott,stephanie-mcmahon,shelley-pisarra

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The Fan Attention Game: How Sports and Data Build Fandom presented by Wasserman Foundation

Sue Bird Room

panels

valerie-camillo,shelley-pisarra,tim-clark,kathryn-kai-ling-frederick

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The Final Third: Soccer's Next Analytics Evolution

Shane Battier Room

panels

events

Day 2

Competitive Advantages

The First Four Shots

competitive-advantages

craig-oshannessy

business

tennis

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

The Football Development Model: Youth Football Reimagined

Competitive Advantage North

panels

scott-hallenbeck

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

The Formula to Win: College Football Analytics

panels

bill-connelly,james-franklin,tom-luginbill,rachel-nichols

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

The Future of Soccer Data in North America

The Future of Sports & Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Jason Robins and Wyc Grousbeck

competitive-advantages

chris-schlosser

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

soccer

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

The Future of Sports Business

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The Future of Sports and Sports Business

panels

abe-madkour,amy-howe,brian-rolapp,jessica-gelman

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Future of Sports: Digitization and Diversity

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

The Future of the Fan: Innovation, Data, and "Always On" Engagement presented by Ticketmaster

The Game Changers: Entrepreneurship with Jason Robins and Rich Paul

panels

shelley-pisarra,marie-donoghue,jessica-gelman,renie-anderson,valerie-camillo

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

The Future of the Game

panels

r-c-buford,brian-burke,scott-pioli,nate-silver

business

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

jessica-gelman,jason-robins,rich-paul

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

The Globalization of Soccer

panels

saj-cherian,scott-krase,brian-bilello,matthew-hulsizer,julie-uhrman

business,sportsinsociety,womenssports

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The Globalization of Sports

The Hunt is On: How the Timberwolves are Optimizing Business Growth while Leveraging On-Court Success

panels

saj-cherian,mark-tatum,christine-dorfler,paul-caine

sportsinsociety,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 2

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

shay-martineau

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Ideal Sports League

competitive-advantages

philip-maymin

womenssports

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

The Impact of Deep Learning on Object Identification in Sports Sponsorship - Feat. a Case Study on Pepsi and the Dallas Cowboys

competitive-advantages

adam-grossman

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

The Impact of Moneyball: 20 Years Later

The Impact of Pressure on Performance: Evidence from the PGA Tour

panels

jackie-macmullan,bill-james,michael-lewis,shane-battier,daryl-morey

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

events

Day 1

Panels

The Inflection Point in Sports - How Big Data and Analytics are Changing the Game

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

The Invisible Opponent: Our Mental Health Crisis

panels

tj-manotoc,shane-battier,corbin-petro,kevin-warren

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

The LA Rams Championship Journey Off the Field: Remaking Data-Driven Marketing through Technology

competitive-advantages

marty-turman

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

The Last of Sports

The Long Thaw: Hockey's Embrace of Analytics

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

tyler-dellow,josh-flynn,david-johnson,hilary-knight,dimitri-filipovic

innovationtechnologydatascience

hockey

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

The NCAA’s Newest Power Players: The Rise of the GM

The New Age NFL Front Office

panels

michael-lewis,andrew-luck-57qgb,adrian-wojnarowski

policygovernance

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

The New Age of Golf: Players vs the Game

panels

lorrissa-horton,scott-pioli,kevin-demoff,bill-connelly

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Panels

Shane Battier Room

panels

suzy-whaley,alex-baldwin,mark-broadie,dan-zelezinski

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,policygovernance

golf

events

Day 1

Panels

The New Age of Sports Media: Content and Monetization

panels

marie-donoghue,amy-reinhard,lori-conkling,harish-sarma

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

The New Blocking and Tackling: Applying Data in Professional Football

panels

brian-burke,nick-caserio,howie-roseman,robert-mays

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 2

Panels

The New Playbook: Revolutionizing Sports Gaming with Data and Technology

panels

grant-cloud,madeleine-want,brett-abarbanel,jeff-ma

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

The New Reality

panels

derek-belch,james-carwana,david-cramer,miheer-walavalkar,galen-clavio

business

events

Day 1

Panels

The New Sports Fan: Innovation and Data

panels

jessica-gelman,marie-donoghue,alison-overholt,valerie-camillo

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

The Next Frontier of Data Analytics in Sport: Integrating Performance Data and Video Presented by Catapult

(batter|pitcher)2vec: Statistic-Free Talent Modeling With Neural Player Embeddings

competitive-advantages

adam-chovan

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

A Cluster Analysis of NBA Players

papers

A Data Driven Goalkeeper Evaluation Framework

papers

A Data-driven Method for In-game Decision Making in MLB

papers

A Game Theoretical Approach to Optimal Pitch Sequencing

papers

A Game-theoretic Approach to the Football Endgame: When Should the "2-Minute Drill" Begin?

papers

A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks

papers

A Machine Learning Approach to Player Value and Decision Making in Professional Ultimate Frisbee

papers

A Markov Approach to Untangling Intention Versus Execution in Tennis

papers

A New Framework to Estimate Return on Investment for Player Salaries in the National Basketball Association

papers

A No-Tanking Draft Allocation Policy

papers

A Poisson Betting Model with a Kelly Criterion Element for European Soccer

papers

A model-based risk-impact analysis of dribble actions in women's soccer

papers

A switching dynamic generalized linear model to detect abnormal performances in Major League Baseball

papers

Acceleration in the NBA: Towards an Algorithmic Taxonomy of Basketball Plays

papers

Accounting for Complementary Skill Sets When Evaluating NBA Players’ Values to a Speci􏰀ic Team

papers

Accuracy and National Bias of Figure Skating Judges: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

papers

Alleviating Competitive Imbalance in NFL Schedules: An Integer-Programming Approach

papers

An Extensive Investigation of Strategies in Baseball

papers

An Open-Sourced Optical Tracking and Advanced eSports Analytics Platform for League of Legends

papers

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

papers

Analyzing NBA Player Positions and Interactions with Density-Functional Fluctuation Theory

papers

Approaching In-Venue Quality Tracking from Broadcast Video using Generative AI

papers

Arsenal/Zone Rating: A PitchF/X based pitcher projection system

papers

Assessing the offensive productivity of NHL players using in-game win probabilities

papers

Automatically Recognizing On-Ball Screens

papers

Baseball Predictions and Strategies Using Explainable AI

papers

Bettor Up: Assess, Analyze, and Achieve

papers

Beyond Pythagorean expectation: How run distributions affect win percentage

papers

Beyond action valuation: A deep reinforcement learning framework for optimizing player decisions in soccer

papers

Beyond the Box Score: Using Psychological Metrics to Forecast NBA Success

papers

Bhostgusters: Realtime Interactive Play Sketching with Synthesized NBA Defenses

papers

Bullpen Strategies for Major League Baseball

papers

Buying Tickets: Capturing the dynamic factors that drive consumer purchase decisions for sporting events

papers

Call to the Pen: Maximizing pitcher effectiveness via topic modeled cluster centroid distances

papers

Can’t Buy Much Love: Why money is not baseball’s most valuable currency

papers

Causal Impact of Offensive Linemen on Pass Plays

papers

Changing the Major League Baseball: A Whole New Ballgame

papers

Characterization of Space and Time-Dependence of 3-Point Shots in Basketball

papers

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

papers

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

papers

CoachAI+ Badminton Environment: Realistic Badminton Game Simulator for Enhancing Player Performance

papers

Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: A Multidimensional Perspective

papers

Correcting for preferential bias in NFL fourth-down decision making

papers

CourtVision: New Visual and Spatial Analytics for the NBA

papers

DIGR: A Defense Independent Rating of NHL Goaltenders using Spatially Smoothed Save Percentage Maps

papers

Data-Driven Ghosting using Deep Imitation Learning

papers

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

papers

Decoding MLB Pitch Sequencing Strategies via Directed Graph Embeddings

papers

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

papers

Deconstructing the Rebound with Optical Tracking Data

papers

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

papers

Detection of tactical patterns using semi-supervised graph neural networks

papers

Diamonds on the Line: Profits through Investment Gaming

papers

Dissecting the Tennis Rally: Valuing Decision Making and Shot Execution in Tennis

papers

Do Behavioral Considerations Cloud Penalty-Kick Location Optimization in Professional Soccer: Game Theory & Empirical Testing using Polynomial Regression and ML Gradient Boosting

papers

Doinkalytics: A New Paradigm in National Football League (NFL) Placekicking Evaluation

papers

Effort vs. Concentration: The Asymmetric Impact of Pressure on NBA Performance

papers

Enhancing NBA True Shot Charts: A Probabilistic Spatial Approach to Rebounding and Possession Value

papers

Estimating NBA Team Shot Selection Efficiency from Aggregations of True, Continuous Shot Charts: A Generalized Additive Model Approach

papers

Estimating Positional Plus-Minus in the NBA

papers

Evaluating Player Actions in Professional Counter Strike using Temporal Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

papers

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dynamic Pricing Strategies on MLB Single-Game Ticket Revenue

papers

Explainable Defense Coverage Classification in NFL Games using Deep Neural Networks

papers

Extracting Player Tracking Data from Video Using Non-Stationary Cameras and a Combination of Computer Vision Techniques

papers

Eye on the Ball: The Relationship Between Sensorimotor Abilities and On-Field Performance in Professional Baseball

papers

Fair and Efficient Ranking in Incomplete Tournaments

papers

Feeling the Pressure: A Unified Framework for Automating Pass Rushing Statistics in NFL Games

papers

Finding the Open Receiver: A Quantitative Geospatial Analysis of Quarterback Decision-Making

papers

Flipping Coins in the War Room: Skill and Chance in the NFL Draft

papers

From 5 to 13: Redefining the Positions in Basketball

papers

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

papers

From Sports to Science: Using Basketball Analytics to Broaden the Appeal of Math and Science Among Youth

papers

Going for Three: Predicting the Likelihood of Field Goal Success with Logistic Regression

papers

Graphical Model for Baskeball Match Simulation

papers

High School Poster: A STARTING POINT FOR PREDICTING TEAM SUCCESS IN VOLLEYBALL

papers

High School Poster: HOW THE “COLOMBIAN CANNONBALL” FINALLY BROKE THROUGH – ANALYZING THE 2018 BRITISH OPEN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP

papers

High-resolution shot capture reveals systematic biases and an improved method for shooter evaluation

papers

How Much Do Coaches Matter

papers

How Much Do Faceoffs Matter? Translating Faceoffs to Goals, Wins, and Championships in Hockey

papers

How Much Trouble is Early Foul Trouble? Strategically Idling Resources in the NBA

papers

How to Play Strategically in Fantasy Sports (and Win)

papers

How to Predict the Performance of NBA Draft Prospects

papers

I Think We'll Go to Boston - Marathon Performance Prediction

papers

Improved NBA Adjusted +/- Using Regularization and Out-of-Sample Testing

papers

Increasing the shot at a quality draft-decision – A Bayesian approach to improve predicting three-point accuracy translation in the NBA Draft

papers

Learning Contextual Event Embeddings to Predict Player Performance in the MLB

papers

Learning Feature Representations from Football Tracking

papers

Learning from the Pros: Extracting Professional Goalkeeper Technique from Broadcast Footage

papers

Leaving Goals on the Pitch: Evaluating Decision Making in Soccer

papers

Leveraging Batter-Pitcher Matchups for Optimal Game Strategy

papers

Live Counter-Factual Analysis in Women’s Tennis using Automatic Key-Moment Detection

papers

Live by the Three, Die by the Three? The Price of Risk in the NBA

papers

MAYFIELD: Machine Learning Algorithm for Yearly Forecasting Indicators and Estimation of Long-Run Player Development

papers

Making Offensive Play Predictable - Using a Graph Convolutional Network to Understand Defensive Performance in Soccer

papers

Manager Over and Underachievement (MOU) Index: Ranking Soccer Managers

papers

Measuring Individual Competitiveness and its Impact on Sporting Success

papers

Measuring the Impact of Robotic Umpires

papers

Mining football players' behavioral profile: identifying candidate proxy features from event data.

papers

Mixed Membership Martial Arts: Data-Driven Analysis of Winning Martial Arts Styles

papers