Schedule

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

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

9:50am-10:20am Research Flash Talks

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

11:40am-12:10pm MIT Sports Tech Startup Pitches

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

2:00pm-2:30pm Research Flash Talks

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

3:20pm-3:50pm Research Flash Talks

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