Monday, November 11th, 2019
Location: MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
8:30am-9:00am Registration
Morning Sessions
9:00am-9:30am Welcoming Remarks
9:30am-9:50am Industry Panel: Athlete Health & Performance
10:20am-10:50am Networking Break
10:50am-11:10am Industry Panel: High Performance Equipment, Sensing, & Fabrication
11:10am-11:40am Research Flash Talks
Lunch Session
12:10pm-1:40pm Startup Showcase & Student Research Poster Session
Afternoon Sessions
1:40pm-2:00pm Industry Panel: Innovation in Sport: Opportunities & Challenges
2:30pm-3:00pm Networking Break
3:00pm-3:20pm Industry Panel: The Game: Talent Identification & Development, and In-Game Strategy
3:50pm-4:20pm Networking Break
4:20pm-5:05pm Fireside Chat w/ Christopher Halpin and Jason Robins
5:05pm-5:15pm Closing Remarks
8:30am-9:00am Registration
Morning Sessions
9:00am-9:30am Welcoming Remarks
9:30am-9:50am Industry Panel: Athlete Health & Performance
- Nicolas Evans, Head of Football Research & Standards, FIFA
- Nick Peirce, Chief Medical Officer, England and Wales Cricket Board
- Allen Lim, Founder, Skratch Labs
- Per Lundstam, Director of Athlete Performances, Red Bull North America
- Duane Boning, Clarence J. LeBel Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
- Cory Frontin, Ph.D. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
- Stefanie Jegelka, X-Consortium Career Development Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Computer Science, MIT
- Santhosh Narayan, Co-Founder and CEO, Live Sports Markets; MIT Sports Lab
10:20am-10:50am Networking Break
10:50am-11:10am Industry Panel: High Performance Equipment, Sensing, & Fabrication
- Jimmy Buffi, Senior Analyst, Pitching Department, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Andy Harland, Professor of Sports Technology & Associate Dean for Enterprise, Loughborough University
- Mark Henderson, Senior Director, Future Engineering, adidas
11:10am-11:40am Research Flash Talks
- Katherine Gallagher, AI Software Engineer, MIT Quest for Intelligence
- Caitlin Mueller, Associate Professor, Architecture; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
- Ben Shields, Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT
- Eric Schmidt, Staff Developer Advocate, Google
Lunch Session
12:10pm-1:40pm Startup Showcase & Student Research Poster Session
Afternoon Sessions
1:40pm-2:00pm Industry Panel: Innovation in Sport: Opportunities & Challenges
- Amy Huchthausen, Commissioner, America East Conference
- Jeff Ota, Member of the Innovation Board, San Jose Earthquakes
- Steve Palmer, Head of Data Solutions, The Premier League
- Sarah Fay, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sports Lab
- Devavrat Shah, Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Director, Statistics & Data Science Center, MIT
- Munther Dahleh, William A. Coolidge Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Director, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), MIT
- Dennis Shen, Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT
2:30pm-3:00pm Networking Break
3:00pm-3:20pm Industry Panel: The Game: Talent Identification & Development, and In-Game Strategy
- Nick Davis, Special Assistant - Baseball Research and Development, Milwaukee Brewers
- Nick Repole, Director of Research and Development, San Antonio Spurs
- Anette (Peko) Hosoi, Associate Dean, School of Engineering; Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Co-founder, MIT Sports Lab, MIT
- Seung Kyun (SK) Ha, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, MIT
- Youzhi Liang, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sports Lab
- Kevin Vanslette, Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), MIT
- Ferran Vidal-Codina, Research Scientist, MIT Sports Lab
3:50pm-4:20pm Networking Break
4:20pm-5:05pm Fireside Chat w/ Christopher Halpin and Jason Robins
- Christopher Halpin, EVP/Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, National Football League
- Jason Robins, Co-Founder and CEO, DraftKings
- Moderated by Christina Chase, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Co-founder & Managing Director, MIT Sports Lab
5:05pm-5:15pm Closing Remarks
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