Bill Walsh Room

The Performance/Precaution Tradeoff: Player Health

The days of rubbing dirt on an injury and returning to the game are over.

An American Analyst in London

Soccer, the sport with the largest global fan base, has largely resisted the analytics wave.

What Does The Fox Say? Analytics in Poker

Given the massive set of possible decision points – 10^14 in Limit Hold ‘em and 10^160 in No-limit Hold ‘em – poker lends itself naturally to the implementation of analytics

The Cutting Edge: Hockey Analytics (Presented by SportLogiq)

The Hockey ecosystem is in the midst of widespread change.

Breaking Away From The Pack: Sports Entrepreneurship

The sports industry has experienced tremendous growth over the last ten years—but the growth hasn’t come from a single source.

Hockey Analytics: A Faceoff With Data

The use of analytics to support important decision-making in the NHL has increased significantly over the past few years, but the real revolution is still to come.

Innovating For The Next Generation of America's Pastime Presented By Google Cloud

America’s pastime has seen attendance drop in recent years, yet the league set digital ticketing and consumption records in 2019.

How Big is Your Jumbotron: Optimizing the Venue Experience

Over the past decade, 85% of sports venues have invested in significant improvements to meet the changing needs of fans and enhancing the overall experience.

Finding the Favorite: Engaging Fans and Bettors

Daily Fantasy captivated a generation of players that do not consider themselves sports bettors.

Press any Key to Start: How to Build an ESports Brand

In 2019, The Overwatch League was the only major sports league to show a rise in television viewers from the 18 to 34-year-old demographic.

Keeping the Ball Rolling: The Evolving Fight for DE&I in Sports Presented by Wasserman

2022 Oracle Innovation Challenge

MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is partnering with Oracle (a global technology company) to host the Oracle Innovation Challenge! Graduate students from around the country will be tasked with creating and presenting an in-person or at-home gameday innovation to a panel of judges from Oracle. The proposed idea must integrate with Oracle’s cloud computing expertise, data analytics services, and/or sports and entertainment software/hardware.

Dark Arts: What the Sports World Can Learn From Chess - Panel Discussion and Chess Simul With GM Robert Hess

What happens in Chess will eventually happen in all sports