The NBPA is hosting four player-only tech events during All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, and for the Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown, there’s work to be done with educating them on tech investing.
Monumental Sports Network and Keemotion have partnered on livestreaming youth hockey using automated production technology, which could eventually be used for youth basketball.
State Of The Industry 2018 Agenda
Panel #1 – Esports
Call it a “sport” or call it “gaming,” just make sure you don’t ignore it. Esports teams are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Traditional sports leagues and teams have created their own esports leagues and invested in teams. Our panel examined where we are now and how much further we’ll go. Moderator: Diamond Leung, Managing Editor @ SportTechie
Panelists:
Jamie Leece, VP of Games, VR @ MLBAM
Andrew Paradise, Founder and CEO @ Skillz
Grant Paranjape, Director of Esports Business and Team Operations @ Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Panel #2 – Tracking Athletes – Movement, Health & Performance – Presented by Sportradar
Technology allows us to obtain and analyze volumes of data about athletes, from movement and location while performing to biometric sleep patterns. The result is new and engaging content for fans, advanced methods of evaluation for teams, and scientific training regimens for athletes. Never has data been more important, or more controversial. Moderator: Joe Lemire, Senior Writer @ SportTechie
Panelists:
Marques Colston, Retired NFL Player / Founder @ Dynasty Digital
Ahmad Nassar, President @ NFL Players Inc.
Per von Rosen, Product Manager @ Sportradar
Panel #3 – The Future Of Sports Media
Streaming, OTT, cable bundles, and digital media. We consume sports much differently than we did just a few years ago. There were massive shifts in the sports content industry in 2017 that will have huge ramifications on the future of live sports. Leaders in the media industry discuss the important developments of 2017 and what to look for in 2018 and beyond. Moderator: Taylor Bloom, CEO @ SportTechie
Panelists:
Brian Dailey, VP, Sports Digital Media @ Showtime Networks
Zach Leonsis, SVP and General Manager @ Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Geoff Reiss, General Manager of Sports @ Oath
Jordan Schlachter, President @ National Basketball Players Incorporated
Keynote / Lunch – DeMaurice Smith, NFLPA Executive Director
Panel #4 – In-Venue Data Collection and Fan Experience – Presented By Oracle
Smart stadiums. It was a buzzword in 2017. How “smart” were our stadiums and how much smarter can we make them via strategic data collection – from point-of-sale transactions to interactive digital signage and augmented reality experiences via a smartphone? Moderator: Dan Kaufman, Managing Director @ SportTechie
Panelists:
Randy Lewis, VP, Business Strategy & Analytics @ Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment
Michael Porter, Director of Emerging Technology @ Centerplate
Ed Rothenberg, Senior Solutions Specialist @ Oracle Hospitality
Sandeep Satish, Director of Partner Strategy @ E15 Group
Featured Presentation by Oracle
Panel #5 – Forecasting The Future – Presented by Oracle
Virtual reality can put the fan courtside and train an athlete. Artificial intelligence can assist with mobile payments, obtain fan data, streamline customer service and unclog crowded corridors. Technologies like these were important topics in 2017. But how much potential do they truly hold for the future of the sports industry? This panel dissects the hype from the facts about these emerging technologies. Moderator: Jen Booton, Senior Writer @ SportTechie
Panelists:
Lisa Borders, President @ WNBA
Matt Donnelly, VP of Solutions and Compliance @ FreedomPay
Ed O’Brien, Head of Sports – Business Development and Partnerships @ CLEAR
Dirck Schou, Cofounder and COO @ Taqtile
Reception #2 – Presented by Oracle
Post-Event Networking – New York Islanders vs. Columbus Bluejackets in Honda Club
