🏟️ NY Tech Summit. 7 Days to Go. New Speakers: Stevland Wilson (Monumental Sports & Entertainment), Dr. Theo Versteegh (Topspin Technologies LTD)
Dear colleague,
In 7 days we will host our annual Upside Sports Tech Summit at City Field in New York on November 15, 2023. We are excited about catching up with all of you there. We have a packed agenda for you guys with a great lineup of speakers, pro teams, vendors and investors.
If you cannot attend our NY Summit in person, no worries. You can now sign up here, email us and we will send you for free the recorded videos of the panels and keynotes by clicking on the link below:
Participating Teams & Leagues:
Highlights:
Location: Citi Field, Flushing (New York).
Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 7.30 am to 6 pm EST
Please check out the video below to get an overview and preview of our Annual Upside NY Tech event at Citi Field on November 15, 2023.
Highlights:
Top Leagues: NBA, WNBA, MLB, MLS, NHL, NFL, NCAA, Premier League, etc
VCs (Sports tech VCs, Sports tech accelerators, angel investors..)
Media (TV, newswires..)
11 Speaking Sessions
2 Keynotes
22 exhibitors
50 Top Speakers
Featured Speakers
This week we are delighted to announced our new speakers at our NY Sports Tech Summit at Citi Field:
New speakers:
Stevland Wilson, VP, Postproduction, Design & Animation, Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), located in Washington, DC. MSE owns and operates five professional sports teams: NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, NBA 2K League’s Wizards District Gaming, the 2018 NHL STANLEY CUP CHAMPION Washington Capitals and the WNBA's Washington Mystics.
Dr. Theo Versteegh, PhD, CEO/CTO, TOPSPIN TECHNOLOGIES LTD, which built TopSpin 360 - A multi planar neck strengthening device for mitigating the risk of concussions through strength training of the neck.
Stevland Wilson will be speaking on our panel discussion on “Future of digital in sports (OTT, AR/VR, Web 3.0/NFT” from 10.40 am to 11.20 am.
Dr. Theo Versteegh will be speaking on our panel discussion on “How technologies can help teams reduce injuries” from 2.20 pm to 3 pm.
Agenda:
As a reminder, we will have 2 keynotes and various panel discussions on timely topics such as load management, sleep management, mental health, nutrition, injury reduction, innovation in sports, women in sports, the future of digital in sports (Web 3.0, OTT…), best practices to adopt technologies in teams, and best practices to invest in sports tech startups. Here is the detailed agenda below:
7.30 am: Registration
8.30 am - 8.40: Opening remarks by Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
8.40 am - 9.20 am: 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:
Alan McCall, Head of R&D, Arsenal fc (Premier League)
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)
Matt Miesnieks, CEO, Living Cities
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
Phil Southerland, CEO, Supersapiens
Moderator: Dr Robby Sikka, CEO/Founder of SMART, Team physician at NY Yankees (MLB)
12 pm - 1 pm: Lunch & Networking
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: Dr Robert Butler, Head of Performance, St Louis Cardinals (MLB)
2.20 pm - 3 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: How technologies can help teams reduce injuries
Participants:
Dr Brian Moore, co-founder and CEO, Orreco
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 pm - 3.20 pm: Break & Tech Expo.
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:
Thad Young, NBA Player & Investor, Reform Ventures & Toronto Raptors (NBA)
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
James Danforth, Director of Alternative Investments, Cresset
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
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)
5.50 pm - 6 pm: Closing remarks by Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
You can also click on the link below and sign up for our Upside Pro Combo today and get the 30% discount:
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.
Hotel Partner - NY Sports Tech Summit
We are also teaming up with the Four Points by Sheraton hotel. So if you are looking for a hotel to stay while attending our NY Summit, you can benefit from a discounted rate on the hotel rooms. Please note that it also allows for cancellation and full refund up to 2 days prior to check in as well as usage of Marriott Bonvoy accounts to earn points and stay credits. Click on the link below to get access to the discounted rate:
So why should you attend our NY Summit?
Our exclusive Upside Sports Tech Summit will give you the opportunity to:
Meet practitioners (Athletic trainers, strengths coaches, sports scientists, head of performance, team doctors..) of top teams to present your product.
Meet innovative companies in areas (rehab tech, thermography, wearables, AI based injury reduction tools, hydration assessment tools, AMS, OTT/Web 3.0, etc.)
Meet top VCs and investors as part of your fund raising effort.
Speak on our panels and keynotes about the latest trends in sports and tech (Load management, injury reduction, OTT/Web 3.0, etc.)
We are nearly sold out for the speaking slots and the booths, so if you are interested in sponsoring our event, exhibiting or speaking at our event, please reach out to us ASAP and click on the button below or email us at julien@sportsouncilsv.com
As shown below, we have 50 speakers confirmed. Lastly we would like to once again give a big thank you to all our sponsors and partners. Without their support, this event would not be possible.
Our Sports VC / Accelerator partners:
Our sponsors:
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