🏟️ Upside Summit (Paris). Our New Speakers: Mathieu Lacome (Parma FC/Calcio), Gustavo Arellano (FIBA), Martin Jaglin (LFP), André Cunha (VOLT SPORTSCIENCE), Jo Clubb.
🏟️ Upside Summit (Paris). Our New Speakers: Mathieu Lacome (Parma FC/Calcio), Gustavo Arellano (FIBA), Martin Jaglin (LFP), André Cunha (VOLT SPORTSCIENCE), Jo Clubb.
Dear colleague,
On September 5, we will host our annual 2024 Upside European Sports Tech Summit in Paris, which will be hosted by a world’s class European team. 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. We are also actively working on our and later on in 2024 in the US in Miami FL hosted by a top US team. We can’t wait to catch up in person with all of you.
If you cannot attend our Paris Tech 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:
Our Sports VC / Accelerator partners:
Location / Time:
Location: Paris, France (Hosted by a Top European team).
Date: September 5, 2024
Time: 7.30 am to 6 pm EST
Highlights:
Top Leagues: Premier League, Laliga, Ligue 1, Calcio, Bundesliga, National rugby teams, Top tennis academies, European basketball teams, Olympic teams, NBA, MLB, MLS, NHL, NFL, NCAA, etc
VCs (Sports tech VCs, Team owners, Sports tech accelerators, angel investors..)
Media (TV, newswires..)
12 Speaking Sessions
2 Keynotes
30 exhibitors
50 Top Speakers
Featured Speakers
This week we are delighted to announced our new speakers at our 2024 Upside European Sports Tech Summit in Paris. We have a lot more speakers (teams, leagues, vendors, VCs, team owners, athletes) across various leagues (Laliga, Premier League, Ligue 1, Calcio, Bundesliga, national rugby teams, pro tennis..) to be announced.
New speakers:
Mathieu Lacome is the Chief Performance and Analytics officer at Parma Calcio 1913. He is currently leading a multidisciplinary team encompassing sports scientists, match analysts, strength and conditioning coaches and data scientists that, together, aim at providing the best evidence-based and data-informed support to decision makers. Previously, he worked 6 years in Paris Saint-Germain notably as head of research and innovation. Throughout his career, Mathieu improved his football intelligence acumen, leveraging his human performance knowledge, data science interest and passion for communication with data and innovation. Mathieu still enjoys collaborating on research projects and published more than 35 peer-reviewed papers.
Gustavo Arellano is the current head of Commercial development at FIBA. He is a Chemical Engineer with an MBA from Venezuela, who has extensive commercial experience in marketing outside of the sports industry. He completed a Master's Degree in Sports Administration and Technology in Switzerland in 2015. He successfully built the FIBA Market Intelligence and Research Program, supported the implementation of a new competition system for National Federation teams worldwide, and managed the global sponsorship program for the FIBA China Basketball World Cup 2019. Currently, he is responsible for the commercial development of the FIBA family with a focus on the sustainable growth of basketball around the world. Recently, he established partnerships with Twitch, Synergy Sports, and ESL Facit Group (EFG) for the development of eFIBA. He also founded a sports thinking group in Lausanne and works as an ad honorem commercial advisor for Special Olympics.
André Cunha is the CEO & Head of Performance of VOLT SPORTSCIENCE. and co-founder of 4PERFORM in Brazil. Andre is also the former performance manager for Brazilian national soccer player and Arsenal fc striker Gabriel Jesus, where he managed his day by day completely integrated with Arsenal to optimize health and performance from 2018 to 2022. Andre also worked as the Head of performance for Estoril Praia in 2016 and he is also worked as a Strength and conditioning coach for Thomaz Bellucci, a professional brazilian tennis player from 2012 to 2016.
Jo Clubb is a Sports Science Consultant at Global Performance Insights. She previously worked for a number of teams such as the Bills (NFL), Buffalo Sabres (NHL), Brighton (Premier League), and Chelsea fc (Premier League),
Martin Jaglin is the Digital Growth Director at the LFP (Ligue de Football Professionnel). Martin is also the co-founder of MPG - MonPetitGazon, one of Europe's largest fantasy games, recently acquired by LFP, where he’s now in charge of Digital Growth, solidifying Martin's reputation as an influential figure in the French Tech industry. Martin is a Tech expert with over 20 years of experience. He holds degrees from Dauphine and Sorbonne Universities in Paris and his career has spanned various leadership roles in the digital industry (CEO of a Mobile App Agency, Executive Committee member of a 400-person Digital Agency (quoted), Head of Data/CRM at Publicis Paris….). Martin is also the author of the book "The Ten Commandments of Interactive Marketing". He is a co-founder of MPG,.
Mathieu Lacome will be speaking on our panel discussion on “The importance of innovation within teams”.
Jo Clubb will be speaking on our panel discussion on “The future of AI in sports”.
Gustavo Arellano and Martin Jaglin will be speaking on our panel on “The Future of sports fan experiences”.
André Cunha will be speaking on our panel on “The team behind the team”.
Agenda:
At our 2024 Paris Tech Summit, we will have 2 keynotes and various panel discussions on timely topics. Here is the detailed agenda.
7.30 am: Registration
8.30 am - 8.40: Opening remarks by Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
8.40 am - 9.20 am: Opening Keynote
9.20 am - 10 am: Panel discussion:
Title: The future of AI in sports.
Summary: Will 2024 be the year of AI in sports? What are the top use cases for AI in sports? Will ChatGPT help enhance the work of medical and performance execs?
Participant:
Jo Clubb, Sports Science Consultant, Global Performance Insights.
10 am - 10.40 am: Panel discussion:
Title: Injury reduction & recovery.
Summary: What are the similarities and differences between US and European teams when it comes to teams’ approach towards injury reduction and recovery? What are the best practices? Where are we heading?
Participants:
Pierre Barrieu, Experienced high performance director (MLS / EPL), and FIFA expert.
Ismael Fernandez, CEO, ThermoHuman.
Moderator: Julien Blin, CEO, Upside Global
10.40 am - 11.20 am: Panel discussion:
Title: Building in-house Vs Buying 3rd party solutions Vs hybrid approach: One size does not fit all. The pros and cons of each approach.
Participants:
Carlos del Barrio, Senior Sport Scientist, at Atletico de Madrid (La Liga).
11.20 am - 12 pm: Panel Discussion:
Title: The team behind the team
Summary: The emergence of athletes hiring their own staff (Private chef, S&C coach, PT, fitness coach, sports scientist..) on the side. What are the benefits for athletes? Is this here to stay? Which leagues are ahead?
Participants:
Dr Bill Burgos, experienced NBA S&C coach (Timberwolves, Orlando Magic/NBA), and adjunct professor at 2 universities: Mississippi state and Austin Peay State university.
André Cunha, CEO & Head of Performance, VOLT SPORTSCIENCE.
12 pm - 1 pm: Lunch & Networking
1 pm - 1.40 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: Athletes’ data access and ownership.
Summary: Athletes want to get better access to their own data. What are the various approaches? Where are we heading?
Participants:
Rick Cost, High performance director, US Soccer Federation.
1.40 pm - 2.20 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: The Future of sports fan experiences.
Summary: What are the future “killer” use cases? What are the best monetization strategies and best case studies? Is Web 3.0 the future of digital in sports?
Participants:
James Giglio, Founder, CEO of MVP Interactive.
Gustavo Arellano, Head of Commercial development, FIBA.
Sébastien Audoux, an independent consultant and former Head of sports digital content at Canal+.
Martin Jaglin, Digital Growth Director, LFP (Ligue de Football Professionnel).
2.20 pm - 3 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: The importance of innovation within teams.
Summary: How can teams successfully bring new technologies, build innovation hubs and research departments? What are the similarities and differences between US and European teams? Are the US and European teams on equal footing? What are the best practices? What are the key KPIs?
Participants:
Alan McCall, Head of R&D, Arsenal FC (Premier League)
José M. Oliva Lozano, the Director of Research & Innovation, US Soccer Federation.
Mathieu Lacome, Chief Performance and Analytics officer, Parma Calcio 1913.
3 pm - 3.20 pm: Break & Tech Expo.
3.20 pm - 4 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: Teams’ nutritional strategies.
Summary: What are the similarities and differences between Similarities and differences between US and European teams? What are the best practices? Where are we heading?
4 pm - 4.40 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: The Emergence of next gen biomarkers.
Summary: Are biomarkers (lactate, cortisol, glucose, hydration…) the new holy grail for teams? What types of new biomarkers are likely to emerge in the future?
Participants:
Sloane Tilley, CEO, DIA Sensor.
Coralie Gallis, CTO, Sm24.
Ismael Fernandez, CEO, ThermoHuman.
4.40 pm - 5.20 pm: Panel discussion:
Title: Sports tech investments.
Summary: What are the similarities and differences between US and European investors (VCs, team owners, athletes)? What are the best practices?
Participants:
Arthur Bernard, Founder, Athletico Ventures
5.20 pm - 6 pm: Panel Discussion
Title: Women in sports
Summary: What types of emerging technologies for women teams and athletes will be see in the future? What are the main challenges faced by women teams today? What can we do to increate the number of research towards women teams?
6 pm - 6.30 pm: Closing keynote
So why should you attend our Paris Summit?
Our exclusive 2024 Upside Paris 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, team owners, athletes 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.)
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@upsideglobal.co
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At our 2024 Paris Upside Summit, we will have 50 top speakers. You can check our first speakers below. We will soon announce many more new speakers for our 2024 Paris Summit.
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