🏟️ 2023 Upside NY Tech Summit (Citi Field) Recap: Recorded Videos of Keynotes & Panels. Thank you!
Dear colleague,
Thank you for attending the 2023 Upside Sports Tech Summit at Citi Field (NY Mets) last Wednesday. Your support far exceeded our expectations. We are grateful to have hosted over 250 attendees from 7 countries, along with 40 teams, 60 vendors and top VCs and Family Offices. What a great turn out.
We also want to thank our 23 sponsors and exhibitors namely Teamworks, Orreco, ThermoHuman, NeuFit, Kinvent, Aescape, Intake Health, Zone7, LogicInk, Supersapiens, Prism Neuro, Box Altitude, BrainLit, OxiWear, 1080 Motion, DaVinci Wearables, SKILLCOURT, Uplift Labs, TurnKey Tix, Topspin Technologies, Pillsbury, CoolMitt, Exerfly. We also want to thank our partners namely Courtside VC, WISE Ventures, NY Techstars accelerator, Drive By DraftKings, Wild Card Ventures, Aser Ventures, True Capital Management, Reform Ventures, and Causeway Media.
We truly appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedules to gather with us and others from the Sports Tech community. Your presence and participation made the day a memorable and engaging experience. We hope you enjoyed the Summit and found it valuable.
You can watch in the sections below the full videos of our opening remarks, keynotes and panel discussions.
Thank you again for your support. It's all of you that make these events possible. We are already working on our next big events - Paris, on September 5, 2024, and later on in 2024 in the US in Miami FL.
You can check out our 2024 European Upside Sports Tech Summit in Paris by clicking on the button below. We will soon be announcing more details on the venue, speakers, and exhibitors soon:
We hope to see you there! If you are interested in attending, speaking, exhibiting, or sponsoring our 2024 Upside Summits in Paris and Miami, feel free to email us at julien@sportscouncilsv.com
As always, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.
Best,
Big Thank you our 23 sponsors! Without your support, this Summit would not have been possible!
Big thank you to the Upside Team for their exceptional work:
We also want to thank all the great speakers that came to our NY Summit:
Participating Teams & Leagues:
Highlights:
You can watch below the full videos of our opening remarks, keynotes and panel discussions.
8.30 am - 9.20 am: Opening remarks by Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global & Keynote by Tal Brown, CEO, Zone7
9.20 am - 10 am: Panel discussion:
Title: How important is biofeedback to manage stress and mental health
Participants:
Dr Peter Economou, Director, Organizational Psychology Programs, Rutgers University Athletics (NCAA)
Lindsay Shaw, Director of Sport Psychology, Cleveland Guardians (MLB)
Amanda Fazio, MS, CMPC, Certified Mental Performance Consultant, SportStrata
Christian Hasler, Managing Director/ Co- Founder, SKILLCOURT GmbH
Moderator: Len Zaichkowsky, PhD, World-Class’ Sports, Biofeedback Expert
10 am - 10.40 am: Panel discussion:
Title: Best strategies to make better decisions when choosing innovations and tech in teams
Participants:
Dr Marco Nunez, Former Head Athletic Trainer, LA Lakers/NBA)
Carlos del Barrio, Senior Sport Scientist, Atletico de Madrid (La Liga) & University Lecturer (CEU San Pablo)
Masa Kabayama, CEO, Uplift Labs
Pierre Barrieu, High performance director (MLS, EPL)
Moderator: Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
10.40 am - 11.20 am: Panel discussion:
Title: Future of digital in sports (OTT, AR/VR, Web 3.0/NFT.
Participants:
Stevland Wilson, VP, Postproduction, Design & Animation, Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE).
Orlando Lewis, Head of Partnerships, Sorare
James Giglio, CEO, MVP Interactive
Jed Corenthal, Chief Marketing Officer, Phenix
Bobby Basham, Director Baseball Innovation, Chicago Cubs (MLB)
Kristin Boggiano, Co-founder & President TurnKeyTix
Moderator: Chris Pfaff, CEO, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media LLC
11.20 am - 12 pm: Panel Discussion:
How important is nutrition to maximize performance
Participants:
Brittney Bearden, Sr Sports Dietitian, Senior Account Executive, Notemeal (Now part of Teamworks)
Brian Bender, Chief Science Officer, Intake Health
Carlos Olguin, CEO, LogicInk
Jeffrey A. Thinnes, CEO, SummaForte
Kevin Pillifant, Advisor, SummaForte
Phil Southerland, CEO, Supersapiens
Moderator: Dr Robby Sikka, CEO/Founder of SMART, Team physician at NY Yankees (MLB)
1 pm - 1.40 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: Rehab and return to play: How data can help accelerate athletes’ return to play
Participants:
Alex Shafiro, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, Kinvent
Garrett Salpeter, Founder & CEO, NeuFit
Dr Ola Eriksrud, PhD, co-founder, 1080 Motion & Associate professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Joelle Muro, Physical Therapist, New York Liberty (WNBA)
Gordon Waddington, Co-founder, Prism Neuro
Dr Andy Barr, Founder, Quantum Performance
Moderator: Dr Robby Sikka, CEO/Founder of SMART, Team physician, NY Yankees (MLB)
1.40 pm - 2.20 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: Best practices to optimize load management
Participants:
Scott Greenberg, CEO, Coolmitt
Andrea Hudy, Director of UConn WBB Sports Performance, University of Connecticut (NCAA)
Scott Riewald, PhD, CSCS, Manager, MiLB Performance Development, Boston Red Sox (MLB)
Tal Brown, CEO, Zone7
Moderator: Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
2.20 pm - 3 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: How technologies can help teams reduce injuries
Participants:
Ismael Fernandez, CEO, ThermoHuman
Dr. Theo Versteegh, PhD, CEO/CTO, TOPSPIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Kevin Martin, CEO, The Quick Board
Mélanie Pauli, BOP (Best Player on the Pitch) & Athletic trainer, Swiss Football Association
Tony Verutti, CEO, Betterguards Technology, Inc
Dr. Marco Nunez, Former Head Athletic Trainer, LA Lakers (NBA)
Dan Burns, VP Partnerships & Former USA Lacrosse national team athlete, Aescape
Moderator: Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
3.20 pm - 4 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: College sports: How NIL is changing the game for student athletes
Participants:
Dr. Ron Dick, Associate Professor of Sports Marketing, Duquesne University in the school of business, Duquesne University (NCAA)
Dr Richard M. Southall, Professor, Director – College Sport Research Institute, Department of Sport and Entertainment Management, University of South Carolina (NCAA)
Niesha Butler, CEO, S.T.E.A.M.S CHAMP & Former WNBA Player (NY Liberty)
Tiffany Kelly, Founder & CEO, Curastory
Moderator: Ayden Syal, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, MOGL
4 pm - 4.40 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: Best practices to invest in performance tech products and startups
Participants:
Konrad von Moltke, Principal, Investment arm of the Wilf family (owners of Minnesota Vikings of NFL and Orlando City MLS / NWSL)
Tom Ryan, VP of Strategy and Head of NBA Launchpad
Andrew Hippert, Investment Principal, NY Techstars sports Accelerator
Meredith McPherron, CEO, Drive By DraftKings
Moderator: Steve Amdur, Corporate & Securities Partner and Co-leader of Pillsbury’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices
4.40 pm - 5.20 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: How technologies can positively impact women teams and athletes
Participants:
Mélanie Pauli, BOP (Best Player on the Pitch) & Athletic trainer, Swiss Football Association
Andrea Hudy, Director of UConn WBB Sports Performance, University of Connecticut (NCAA)
Jasmine Robinson, Managing Partner, Monarch Collective LLC
Laura Matthes, Head of Sports and Research, VivoSensMedical
Joelle Muro, Physical Therapist, New York Liberty (WNBA)
Dr Christy Fernandez-Cull, PhD, CEO, DaVinci Wearables
Moderator: Brittney Bearden, Sr Sports Dietitian, Senior Account Executive, Notemeal (Now part of Teamworks)
5.20 pm - 5.50 pm: Keynote
Participants:
Kyle Harris, CEO, Brainlit AB
Alex Rodrigo, SVP & GM, Sacramento Kings (NBA)
Ryan Harber, LAT, ATC, CSCS- Director of Human Performance Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Nate Quibedeaux, Associate Director, Athletic Training, The Ohio State University (NCAA)
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As a reminder, the Upside launched the Upside Tech Scouting platform, the world’s first platform providing granular anonymized team data on specific teams (NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, Premier League, Laliga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, national teams, Olympic teams, pro rugby, pro tennis..). For each team profile, users can see critical information provided by teams such as their annual sports performance budget, the vendor(s) that they are currently using, their rating per vendor and the price range that they are paying for each vendor. Now keep in mind that each team profile has been anonymized as we take data privacy of teams very seriously.
Here is a video providing an overview of the Upside scouting platform.
The Upside Tech Scouting Platform is currently trusted & used by leading sports organizations, and VCs to help them discover new cutting technologies and do their due diligence on emergence technology vendors. Leading vendors are also using it to better understand the needs of leading pro teams and generate new leads.
Here is a post explaining the benefits for teams to join the Upside tech scouting platform, how we gathered the survey data from teams.
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