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Book '21st Century Sports'
2020-10  The Book ‘21st Century Sports’ looks at the effects of technology-induced change in sport within the next five to ten years and provides food for thought for what lies ...
STWS Sports Tech Feed
2020-04  The Sports Tech World Series invited Martin Schlegel to discuss some of the trends in sports technology as part of its Sports Tech Feed.  STWS's podcast hosted by Thomas Alomes ...
Berkeley Haas - #studentalways
2020-02  The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley interviewed Martin Schlegel to discuss the Executive Education program at Berkeley Haas.  Read the interview here. ...
CES 2020 - Sports Technology
2020-01 The numbers of CES as the world’s gathering place for the business of consumer technologies speak for themselves - more than 175,000 attendees, 4,500 exhibitors and in access of ...
Internet of Things (IoT) and Sports Technology
2019-11  It is widely understood, that the 4th industry revolution or Industry 4.0 describes how cyber-physical systems (CPS) connect machinery, products and processes with enterprise resource planning software systems to ...
Sporting Trends at ISPO
2019-02  Sustainability, mass customization of products, digitalization, eSports and new business models were some of the topics discussed and on display at ISPO 2019 in Munich.  From academia, to entrepreneurs, ...
Startup Pitching Competition at ISPO BrandNEW
2019-01  Technology is changing sport at a rapid pace.  From sports and performance analytics, media & entertainment, sensors & devices to customized products incorporating newest manufacturing technologies, many new ideas ...
Converting Ideas into Products
2018-11  Many concepts remain brilliant ideas but do not proceed from the source of opportunity to a commercial product.  Translating product ideas‘Innovation’ is now become more of a buzzword rather ...
ISPIM Innovation Summit
2017-12 The ISPIM Innovation Summit is taking place in Melbourne from December 10th to 13th.  Program details are available on the summit website and cover a wide range of topics ...
White Paper - Australia the global Peoria?
2017-07  ‘Will it play in Peoria’ has been the typical phrase used as a representation for mainstream taste in America. The oldest settlement in Illinois often is referred to by ...
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) makes match debut in Melbourne
2017-04 After successfully completing tests of the new technology at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in 2016, Melbourne, Australia has been once more the stage to implement sports ...
Closing the Loop - Accessing Innovation to increase Sustainability
2014-05  For many years the sport surfacing industry has made use of recycled materials in their product systems.Use of recycled materials in sport surfacesFrom recycled tires used in polyurethane-bound elastic ...