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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Rocco Baldelli

Special Assistant, Scouting and Player Development, Tampa Bay Rays

rocco-baldelli

2012-conference

baseball

speakers

Howard Beck

Senior Writer, Bleacher Report

howard-beck

2019-conference,2020-conference

speakers

Catherine Carlson

CRO, Philadelphia Eagles

catherine-carlson

2020-conference,2021-conference

speakers

Alison Lukan

Writer, The Athletic

alison-lukan

2020-conference

hockey

speakers

Neil Hornsby

Founder, Pro Football Focus

neil-hornsby

2017-conference

football

speakers

Scott O’Neil

CEO, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment

scott-oneil

2019-conference,2020-conference,2021-conference

speakers

Rachel Marty

PhD Student, UC San Diego

rachel-marty

2018-conference

speakers

Rich Gotham

Team President Boston Celtics

rich-gotham

2020-conference

speakers

Ted Leonsis

CEO, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

ted-leonsis

2018-conference

speakers

Aaron Barzilai

Founder, Her Hoop Stats

aaron-barzilai

2018-conference

basketball

speakers

Dominic Moore

NHL Analyst on ESPN, Former NHL Player

dominic-moore

2020-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference

speakers

Asmae Toumi

Editor-in-Chief, Hockey-Graphs

asmae-toumi

2019-conference

speakers

Matt Mayberry

Chief Operating Officer, Boundless Mind

matt-mayberry

2019-conference

speakers

Matt Higgins

Vice Chairman, Miami Dolphins, CEO, RSE Ventures

matt-higgins

2017-conference,2016-conference

speakers

Steve Holmes

GM of Smart Devices Team, Intel

steve-holmes

2016-conference

speakers

Roger Bennett

Host - Men in Blazers, Men in Blazers

roger-bennett

2019-conference,2026-conference

speakers

Luke Bornn

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Zelus Analytics

luke-bornn

2020-conference,2022-conference,2025-conference

speakers

Momin Ghaffar

Manager of Strategic Research and Development, Jacksonville Jaguars

momin-ghaffar

2019-conference,2020-conference

football

speakers

Noel Nash

VP, Stats & Information ESPN

noel-nash

2016-conference

speakers

Andy Harrison

Programme Director, British Cycling

andy-harrison

2017-conference

otherolympic

speakers

Mike Maughan

Head of Global Insights, Qualtrics

mike-maughan

2019-conference

speakers

Brian Russell

Founder/CEO, Zephyr Technologies; VP, Business Development, Medtronic

brian-russell

2015-conference

speakers

Brian Lafemina

Chief Business Officer, LA28

brian-lafemina

2023-conference,2018-conference,2017-conference,2015-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Jalen Rose

Analyst, ESPN

jalen-rose

2018-conference

speakers

Michael Bantom

Executive Vice President, Referee Operations, National Basketball Association

michael-bantom

2014-conference

speakers

Caleb Weinstein

Director for Sport, Media, & Entertainment Google Cloud

caleb-weinstein

2020-conference

baseball

speakers

Robert Stavins

Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard University

robert-stavins

2012-conference

speakers

Kelly Cheeseman

Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Kings and AEG Sports

kelly-cheeseman

2016-conference,2015-conference

speakers

Mike Shane

Chief Business Officer Comcast Spectacor

mike-shane

2020-conference

speakers

Kirk Lacob

Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations, and VP of GSW Sports Ventures, Golden State Warriors

kirk-lacob

2015-conference,2018-conference

speakers

Malcolm Gladwell

Author

malcolm-gladwell

2020-conference,2019-conference,2022-conference

speakers

Stephen McArdle

Chief Administrative Officer & Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Strategic Planning, NHL

stephen-mcardle-2

2018-conference

speakers

Michelle Kennedy

Chief Operating Officer, Nashville Predators

michelle-kennedy

2019-conference

speakers

John Urschel

Mathematician and former NFL offensive lineman

john-urschel

2020-conference

speakers

Asad Siddiqi

Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center

asad-siddiqi

2019-conference

speakers

Tony Reali

Around the Horn Host & Pardon the Interruption "Stat Boy", ESPN

tony-reali

2013-conference,2012-conference

speakers

Ryan Craig

Director of Digital Media, Duke University Athletics

ryan-craig

2015-conference

speakers

Karl Ravech

Host, ESPN and Baseball Tonight

karl-ravech

2018-conference

speakers

John Guttag

Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, MIT

john-guttag

2014-conference

speakers

Ken Yusko

Professor, Marymount University

ken-yusko-2

2017-conference

speakers

James Van Stone

CRO, Monumental Sports

james-van-stone

2016-conference

speakers

Stephen A. Smith

Featured Commentator ESPN

stephen-a-smith

2020-conference,2021-conference

speakers

Dafna Aaronson

Performance & People Analytics Specialist

dafna-aaronson

2020-conference

speakers

Melissa Brenner

SVP, Digital Media,, NBA

melissa-brenner

2017-conference

speakers

Vosse De Boode

Head of Sports Science Ajax

vosse-de-boode

2020-conference

soccer

speakers

Corbin Petro

President, Carelon Behavior Health

corbin-petro

2019-conference,2020-conference,2021-conference,2022-conference,2023-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

speakers

Edward Tufte

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics and Computer Science, Yale University

edward-tufte

2015-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Ken Yusko

Professor, Marymount University

ken-yusko

2018-conference,2017-conference

speakers

Rahul Kadavakolu

Executive Director of Global Branding & Marketing, Rakuten

rahul-kadavakolu

2019-conference

speakers

Kevin Blue

Senior Associate Athletic Director, External Relations, Stanford University

kevin-blue

2015-conference

speakers

Jared Smith

President, Ticketmaster North America

jared-smith

2017-conference,2016-conference,2014-conference,2013-conference

speakers

Travis McDonough

Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Kinduct Technologies Inc.

travis-mcdonough

2017-conference

speakers

Ted Olson

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

ted-olson

2018-conference

speakers

Matteo Monteverdi

President, Sportradar US

matteo-monteverdi

2019-conference

speakers

Tiffany Frits

Manager, Business Operations ESPN Stats and Information Group

tiffany-frits

2020-conference

tennis

speakers

Saquon Barkley

Running Back, New York Giants

saquon-barkley

2019-conference,2020-conference

speakers

Evan Kaplan

evan-kaplan

2020-conference

football

speakers

Jerry Dipoto

Executive Vice President & General Manager, Baseball Operations, Seattle Mariners

jerry-dipoto

2018-conference

baseball

speakers

Hana Peljto Cluff

Vice President, Applied Analytics Solutions, WarnerMedia

hana-peljto-cluff

2019-conference

speakers

Jason Bernard

Baseball Research and Development Manager MLB

jason-bernard

2020-conference

baseball

speakers

Jordan Breen

Commentator, Strikeforce and Tachi Palance Fights; Writer, ESPN.com and Sherdog.com

jordan-breen

2013-conference

combatsports

speakers

Stephen McArdle

Chief Administrative Officer & Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Strategic Planning, NHL

stephen-mcardle

2019-conference

speakers

Ken Rosenthal

Senior Reporter, FOX

ken-rosenthal

2017-conference

speakers

Patrick Keane

CEO, The Action Network

patrick-keane

2019-conference

speakers

Ryan Gustafson

VP, Business Strategy and Development, Seattle Sounders FC

ryan-gustafson

2018-conference

speakers

Ben Cohen

Author, Wall Street Journal

ben-cohen

2020-conference,2023-conference

speakers

Jordan Brenner

Contributing Writer, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Insider

jordan-brenner

2015-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Kevin Kelley

Head Football Coach and Athletic Director, Pulaski Academy High School

kevin-kelley

2014-conference

football

speakers

Greg Cain

VP, Baseball Data MLB

greg-cain

2020-conference

speakers

Deepak Malhotra

Professor at Harvard Business School

deepak-malhotra

2019-conference,2024-conference,2025-conference

speakers

Bobby Webster

General Manager, Toronto Raptors

bobby-webster

2018-conference

speakers

Warren LeGarie

President, WGL Management

warren-legarie

2017-conference

speakers

Lauren Riker

Global Marketing Analytics Manager New Balance

lauren-riker

2020-conference

tennis

speakers

Richard Thaler

Nobel Prize-Winning Economist University of Chicago

richard-thaler

2020-conference

speakers

Isaac Guerrero

Technical Director, FC Barcelona Football School

isaac-guerrero

2019-conference

soccer

speakers

Matthew Fields

Executive Vice President, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

matthew-fields

2018-conference

speakers

Tom Thibodeau

Former NBA Head Coach & Executive

tom-thibodeau

2020-conference

speakers

Greg Economou

Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Sports, Ticketmaster

greg-economou-2

2018-conference

speakers

John DiFiori

Director of Sports Medicine, NBA

john-difiori

2019-conference

speakers

Debbie Knowlan

Director of Season Ticket Services, Atlanta Falcons

debbie-knowlan

2014-conference

speakers

Amanda Raad

Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

amanda-raad

2017-conference

speakers

Gayle Sheppard

VP and GM, Saffron AI Group, Intel

gayle-sheppard

2017-conference,2016-conference

speakers

Erin Prober

Director of Strategic Partnerships, LA Clippers

erin-prober

2018-conference

speakers

John Bacon

Director of Operations, Zebra

john-bacon

2017-conference

speakers

Casey Chafkin

Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder Skillz

casey-chafkin

2020-conference

esports

speakers

Tom Tango

Senior Data Architect MLB

tom-tango

2020-conference

speakers

Stuart Saw

Director of Channel Partners at Streamworks Interactive

stuart-saw

2012-conference

esports

speakers

Charles Gao

Manager, Business Strategy and Analytics Golden State Warriors

charles-gao

2020-conference

basketball

speakers

Meeta Singh

Medical Director, Henry Ford Sleep Laboratory

meeta-singh

2018-conference

speakers

Patrick Young

VP and Director of Engineering, LBi Software

patrick-young

2018-conference,2017-conference

speakers

Casey Smith

Head Athletic, Trainer Dallas Mavericks

casey-smith

2019-conference

speakers

Milton Lee

CEO, Keemotion

milton-lee

2017-conference

speakers

Tony DeFeo

President, EdjSports

tony-defeo

2018-conference

football

speakers

James Carwana

GM,, Intel Sports Group

james-carwana

2017-conference

speakers

Erin Schnieders

VP, Venues, NBA

erin-schnieders

2017-conference

speakers

Nils Rudi

Professor of Operations Management, Yale University

nils-rudi

2025-conference,2014-conference

speakers

Gary Loveman

Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

gary-loveman

2019-conference

speakers

Cole Gahagan

Chief Commercial Officer, Fanatics

cole-gahagan

2019-conference

speakers

Dave Watson

Bioinformatician, Queen Mary University of London

dave-watson

2017-conference

golf

speakers

"3s & Frees": The Evolving Nature of Basketball

Peter Ibarra

Associate Director of Insights Solutions, Dstillery

peter-ibarra

2016-conference

speakers

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

#KingdomUnited – How the Kansas City Chiefs utilized social media, technology and game presentation

panels

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

football

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

'Pablo Torre Finds Out' at SSAC

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

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Panels

'To A Touch More' with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe presented by Wasserman Foundation

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

10,000 Hours vs. The Sports Gene

panels

mediacontent,sportsinsociety,womenssports

events

Day 1

Panels

1-On-1 With Gary Bettman

panels

business

hockey

events

Day 2

Panels

1-On-1 With Nate Silver

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

business

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Panels

1:1 With Enes Kanter

2020 DraftKings Sports Gaming Innovation Challenge

panels

events

Ongoing

Activities

activities

events

Ongoing

Activities

2020 Hackathon

activities

events

Ongoing

2020 Startup Competition & Trade Show

on-field,business,innovationtechnologydatascience,mediacontent,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Ongoing

2021 DraftKings Sports Gaming Innovation Challenge

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,careerseducation

events

Ongoing

Activities

2021 Startup Competition & Trade Show

activities

events

Ongoing

Apr 7, 2021

Activities

2021 Virtual Hackathon Presented by Major League Baseball

activities

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Activities

2022 Oracle Innovation Challenge

Bill Walsh Room

activities

events

Ongoing

Mar 4, 2023

Activities

2023 Hackathon Presented by Ticketmaster

activities

events

Day 2

Mar 3, 2022

Activities

2023 Startup Competition & Trade Show

Careers and Competitions Room

activities

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

3D Motion Analysis finally has a "Magic Camera": A pioneer's journey of how we finally got here

A 1-on-1 with Calvin Johnson and Bomani Jones

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Panels

A Conversation with Barack Obama

panels

business,careerseducation

football

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

A Conversation with Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

basketball

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Focused Approach to Data Analytics: Maximizing Player Performance

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

A Keeper: The Evolution of Soccer Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 5, 2020

Panels

A New Arena: Careers After Sports

A New Generation: The Next Era of College Athletics

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

on-field,business,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,policygovernance

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A New Role for Machine Learning in Sponsorship Measurement

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Peek into the Future with Keemotion and ShotTracker

competitive-advantages

business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

A Step In The Right Direction: The positive effects a sports team can have on public school education

competitive-advantages

careerseducation

events

Day 2

Mar 5, 2022

Competitive Advantages

A Trail Runner's Steep Climb on a Mountain of Data

A conversation with Andrew Yang and Nate Silver

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

trackfield

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

AI at the Paris 2024 Olympics: Using GenAI to supercharge analytics and reach new audiences

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

otherolympic

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Competitive Advantages

Acceleration of Fan Insights: How the Philadelphia 76ers & New Jersey Devils Innovate with Data Presented by KAGR

Acceleration of Sports Data Innovation at ESPN

competitive-advantages

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Interactive Events

Accessibility in Sports Showcase

Room 305

interactive-events

events

Day 1

Mar 7, 2025

Interactive Events

Accessibility in Sports Showcase

Room 305

interactive-events

events

Day 2

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Achievement Unlocked: ESports Analytics

Adapting on the Fly: The Future of Ticketing

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

esports

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Advanced Training Techniques

competitive-advantages

on-field

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Advantage US Tennis: Leveraging Performance Analytics and Technology to Provide a Competitive Edge

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

tennis

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Panels

Alpha Awards

Alternative Investing: Teams and SPACs

panels

sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

investmentfinance,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 1

Panels

Amateurs or Industry: NCAA Reform

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

An American Analyst in London

Bill Walsh Room

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

An Analytical Framework For Winning The Super Bowl

An Optimization Approach to Roster Creation and Game Scheduling

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 2

Mar 7, 2020

Workshops

Research Papers Room

workshops

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytical Masterminds: A Live Look from The Masters

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

golf

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics Illustrated with Kirk Goldsberry

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics In Action

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Analytics On Air - The NBA's First Full-Time Analytics Broadcaster

Analytics in Sports Business: Putting the Money in Moneyball

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Analytics of the Tommy John Injury Epidemic with Glenn Fleisig

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Applying Pressure: Exploring Pitching's Next Data Driven Opportunity

Art & Analytics of Negotiation

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,business

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Artificial Intelligence 3.0: Are We Closer to Creating the Mind of Tom Brady?

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

At the Intersection of AI and Human Potential

Competitive Advantage North

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure

events

Day 1

Panels

Athlete Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

events

Day 1

Panels

Athletes and Activism

panels

business

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Automatic Generation of Football Analytics

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

football

events

Day 1

Competitive Advantages

Avoiding Tommy John: How the MLB has used better data and training methods to reduce elbow injuries

competitive-advantages

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience,biomechanicsinjurypreventionmentalhealth

baseball

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2024

Competitive Advantages

BET: Building Excellent Technology in the 313

competitive-advantages

innovationtechnologydatascience,sportsinsociety

events

Day 1

Panels

Backdoor Cover: Revolutionizing Sports During COVID

panels

fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

Ball Don't Lie: The Future of Basketball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 1, 2019

Panels

Baseball 2.0: Updating America's Pastime

Baseball Analytics: The Next Frontier

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Baseball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Baseball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 2

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

baseball

events

Day 1

Panels

Basketball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Basketball Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Day 1

Panels

Basketball Analytics

panels

events

Day 2

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Hack-A-Stat

panels

events

Day 1

Feb 28, 2019

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Hunting for Unicorns

Basketball Analytics: Nothin' But Net... Rating

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 6, 2020

Panels

Basketball Analytics: Push the Tempo

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

basketball

events

Ongoing

Workshops

Bayesian Modeling Workshop: Building Statistical Models, Understanding When To Use Bayesian Inference

workshops

events

Day 1

Panels

Beat the Odds: Anatomy of an Upset

panels

business

events

Day 2

Mar 4, 2023

Workshops

Beating the Book: Simulation-Driven Sports Betting

workshops

pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

Beating the Shift: Baseball Analytics in the Age of Big Data

panels

events

Day 2

Mar 8, 2025

Workshops

Behind the Deal: The Analytics of Sports Sponsorship Valuation

Workshop Room (311)

workshops

events

Day 2

Panels

Behind the Scenes in Sports Negotiating: What the Fans & Media Don't Get to See

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Panels

Bet On It: A Conversation on Innovation in the Sports Betting Industry

Beyond Crunching Numbers: How to Have Influence

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience,fanegagementexperiencemarketing,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Beyond Expected Goals: Analyzing and Implementing the Next Phase of Soccer Analytics

Beyond Reason: Sports Labor Negotiations

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

events

Day 1

Panels

Beyond the 4-4-2: Soccer Analytics

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 3, 2023

Competitive Advantages

Beyond the Beam: Inside the Sacramento Kings Fan Engagement Strategy

Beyond the Book: The Inevitable Expansion of Sports Betting Presented by Caesars Sportsbook

competitive-advantages

business,innovationtechnologydatascience,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

basketball

events

Day 1

Mar 4, 2022

Panels

Beyond the Box Office: The Evolution of Ticketing

panels

mediacontent,investmentfinance,pokergambling

events

Day 1

Panels

panels

business,realestateinfrastructure,fanegagementexperiencemarketing

events

Day 2

Panels

Beyond the Foundation: Building a Team around a Superstar

panels

business

events

Day 1

Panels

Beyond the Gambit: Chess’ Big Move

panels

innovationtechnologydatascience

chess

events

Day 2

Panels

Beyond the Pitch: Transforming Soccer Through Advanced Analytics

panels

on-field,innovationtechnologydatascience

soccer

events

Day 1

Mar 2, 2024

Competitive Advantages

Beyond the Scoreboard: The Science of Crafting Member-Centric Entertainment Platforms

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Beyond the Seat: Future of the Ticketing Marketplace

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Big Data Analytics in the Wide World of Sports

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Mar 8, 2025

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Big Data Energy

Big Data Energy: How Marketing Technology and Analytics are Changing Sports

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Big Data for Sports

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Big Data – Insight to Action: Sports Case Studies

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Big Data: Lessons for Sports

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Mar 3, 2023

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Big Events, Big Tickets, Big Experiences: Managing the Fan Experience When Stakes are Highest

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NBA Lineup Analysis on Clustered Player Tendencies: A new approach to the positions of basketball & modeling lineup efficiency

New Evidence in the Study of Shirking in Major League Baseball

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No More Throwing Darts at the Wall: Developing Fair Handicaps for Darts using a Markov Decision Process

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Noisy Judgments: A probability surface-based analysis of umpiring variability

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Optimizing Baseball Fielder Positioning with Consideration for Adaptable Hitters

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PFF WAR: Modeling Player Value in American Football

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Performance Index: A New Way To Compare Players

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Player Benchmarking and Outcomes: A Behavioral Science Approach

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Player Chemistry: Striving for a Perfectly Balanced Soccer Team

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Player Pressure Map - A Novel Representation of Pressure in Soccer for Evaluating Player Performance in Different Game Contexts

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Player Tracking Facilitates Valid Causal Inference: The Average Treatment Effect of Defender Proximity on Scoring

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

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Possession Sketches: Mapping NBA Strategies

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

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Predicting NBA Talent from Enormous Amounts of College Basketball Tracking Data

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Prediction of Defensive Player Trajectories in NFL Games with Defender CNN-LSTM model

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Projecting NFL Potential from College Career Performance Curve

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Pulling Starters

Recognizing and Analyzing Ball Screen Defense in the NBA

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Reconstruction of Trajectories of Athletes Using Computer Vision Models and Kinetic Analysis

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Revolutionizing Formula 1 Broadcasting: Unveiling the Impact of Personalized Virtual Advertising on Brand Recall through eyetracking

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Risk of Collusion: Will Groups of 3 Ruin the FIFA World Cup?

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Robust Daily Fantasy Sports: Maximizing Reward via the Robust Optimization Paradigm

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Routine Inspection: A playbook for corner kicks

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Running it Twice (or Thrice): Double-Header and Triple-Header Baseball Arbitration

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Scoring Strategies for the Underdog: A general, quantitative method for determining optimal sports strategies

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Scoring a Touchdown with Variable Pricing Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in the NFL Ticket Markets

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Seeing in to the future: using self-propelled particle models to aid player decision-making in soccer

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Sharpstack: Cholesky Correlations for Building Better Lineups

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Sponsorship Revenue Forecasting for Sport Organizations: A Survival Analysis Approach

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Sports narrative enhancement with natural language generation

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Swing Shift: A Mathematical Approach to Defensive Positioning in Baseball

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The Adaptability Index: An Information Theoretic Framework for Measuring Player Adaptability

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The Dwight Effect: A New Ensemble of Interior Defense Analytics for the NBA

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

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

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The Evolution of Curling Analytics

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

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The Hot Hand: A New Approach to an Old “Fallacy”

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The Hot-Hand Fallacy: Cognitive Mistakes or Equilibrium Adjustments? Evidence from Major League Baseball

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The Pressing Game: Optimal Defensive Disruption in Soccer

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The Strain of Success: A Predictive Model for Injury Risk Mitigation and Team Success in Soccer

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The Three Dimensions of Rebounding

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The hidden foundation of field vision in English Premier League (EPL) soccer players

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The price of anarchy in basketball

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The right place at the right time: Advanced off-ball metrics for exploiting an opponent’s spatial weakenesses in soccer

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The value of flexibility in baseball roster construction

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Thinking the GOAT: Imitating Tennis Styles

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To Crash or Not To Crash: A quantitative look at the relationship between offensive rebounding and transition defense in the NBA

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Total Hockey Rating (THoR): A comprehensive statistical rating of National Hockey League forwards and defensemen based upon all on-ice events

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

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Transformer-Based Baseball Modeling for Pitch Outcome Prediction and Strategy Optimization

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Understanding why shooters shoot - An AI-powered engine for basketball performance profiling

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Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning to Automatically Classify NFL Game Film and Develop a Player Tracking System

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

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Using Digital Signals To Measure Audience Brand Engagement At Major Sports Events: The 2015 MLB Season

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Using Hex Maps to Classify & Cluster Dribble Hand-off Variants in the NBA

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Using Machine Learning to Describe how Players Impact the Game in the MLB

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Using Mobile Location Data to Assess Sponsorship Effectiveness

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Using Tracking Data to Build Offensive Line Development Tools

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Using Tracking and Charting Data to Better Evaluate NFL Players: A Review

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Volume and Intensity are Important Training Related Factors in Injury Incidence in American Football Athletes

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What Does it Take to Call a Strike? Three Biases in Umpire Decision Making

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When are they coming? Understanding and forecasting the timeline of arrivals at FC Barcelona stadium on match days

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Who Is Responsible For A Called Strike?

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Why do marketing partnerships end? Evidence from global sport sponsorships

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Wide Open Spaces: A statistical technique for measuring space creation in professional soccer

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

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Winning duels in VALORANT, a visualization of optimal positioning

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You Cannot Do That Ben Stokes: Dynamically Predicting Shot Type in Cricket Using a Personalized Deep Neural Network

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cricWAR: A reproducible system for evaluating player performance in limited-overs cricket

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exPress: Contextual Valuation of Individual Players Within Pressing Situations in Soccer

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“Body Shots”: Analyzing Shooting Styles in the NBA using Body-Pose Attributes

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“Quality vs Quantity”: Improved Shot Prediction in Soccer using Strategic Features from Spatiotemporal Data

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“The Thin Edge of the Wedge”: Accurately Predicting Shot Outcomes in Tennis using Style and Context Priors

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“Win at Home and Draw Away”: Automatic Formation Analysis Highlighting the Differences in Home and Away Team Behaviors

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