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MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
2018-02 The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is taking place in Boston, MA on February 23rd and 24th.  Program details are available on the conference website http://www.sloansportsconference.com/current/conference-agenda/.If your business is ...
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 ...
Going Global - Austrade Landing Pad Berlin
2017-11 The Austrade Landing Pad program (see Austrade Landing Pad Website) provides market-ready startups and scaleups the opportunity to land and expand in global innovation hubs and immerse themselves into some of ...
Startup Hub Summit
2017-10  The Australian-German Start-up Summit will be a unique forum to facilitate the exchange of experiences and the identification of synergies and mutually beneficial relationships between the providers of startup ...
Fan Engagement - Insights through Social Media Analytics
2017-09  Social Media analytics can provide insights into fan engagement that previously have not been available on such a large and far-reaching scale.  Twitter's interactive NFL followers map (see #NFL2014 ...
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 ...
Is Playing on Synthetic Turf Safe?
2017-06  The International Association for Sports Surface Sciences (ISSS), located in Switzerland, commissioned chemneera to conduct a review of important studies published around the globe in relation to the perceived ...
2:00:25 - Sub-2-hour Marathon requires Collaboration
2017-05 (see also LinkedIn) Saturday May 6 in Monza saw Eliud Kipchoge finishing a marathon with a time of 2:00:25.  The event staged at the Monza racetrack in Italy was ...
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 ...
Fan Engagement: Cool versus Creepy
2017-04 (see also LinkedIn) For a long time, professional sports teams and event organizers have been trying to solve a conundrum: How to better engage with their fan that comes ...
Red Bull High-Performance and Open Innovation
2017-03 (see also LinkedIn) Many studies have looked at the success of Red Bull and the company’s ability to create a product category, positioning its brand and ‘doing things differently’. ...
FIFA testing Electronic Performance Tracking Systems (EPTS) in Melbourne
2017-02 (see also LinkedIn) Following an earlier decision by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the world governing body for Football, FIFA, has progressed to test various electronic performance and ...