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Sue Bird - WNBA Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Co-Founder of A Touch More and Togethxr Brad Stevens - President of Basketball Operations, Boston Celtics Steve Magness - Performance Coach, Author Michael Lewis (moderator) - Author & Journalist   Pressure in sports comes in many forms and some people "have it." Listen in as legendary clutch performer Sue Bird shares how she handles the high...

Olav Aleksander Bu - Co-Founder, Head of Performance for Norway Triathlon, Santara Technology Chris Cassidy - Retired NASA Astronaut & NAVY Seal, President and CEO, National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation Roberta Groner - Professional Runner, USATF and RRCA Coach Steve Magness (moderator) - Performance Coach, Author   What do space flight and endurance sports have in common? Both demand the...

Tracey Kitt - Chief Technology Officer, Sony's Sports Businesses Megan Schroeder - Senior Director, Performance Science, Los Angeles Dodgers Michael D'Auria - Chief Commercial Officer, Second Spectrum Christina Chase (moderator) - Co-Founder, Managing Director MIT Sports Lab   The rapid rise of the use of analytics in sports has created demand for new and unique datasets that can help provide an e...

Steve Palazzolo - Head of Product for the Football Division, Pro Football Focus (PFF) Thomas Dimitroff - CEO, SumerSports Kevin Demoff - Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Rams Jacqueline Davidson - Senior Director of Football Research, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Seth Walder (moderator) - Analytics Writer, ESPN   Football teams across the NFL are using analytics to build an edge over their competition...

Omar Chaudhuri - Chief Intelligence Officer, Twenty First Group Sarah Rudd - Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, src | ftbl Mladen Sormaz - Director of Football Analytics, 777 Partners Football Group John Muller (moderator) - Senior Writer, The Athletic   Soccer is both perhaps the most "unsolvable" major sport and earlier in the analytics adoption curve at the club level, making it an extrem...

Mike Zarren - VP of Basketball Operations and Team Counsel, Boston Celtics Shane Battier - Former Vice President, Analytics and Basketball Development, Miami Heat; 2012 & 2013 NBA Champion, Miami Heat Katherine Evans - VP of Research and Information Systems, Monumental Sports & Entertainment Ben Cohen (moderator) - Author, Wall Street Journal   Analytics has transformed how players, coache...

Seth Walder - Analytics Writer, ESPN Brian Burke - Data Scientist, ESPN Allison Loucks (moderator) - Director, Business Development & Innovation, ESPN   ESPN Analytics will take a deep dive into what the team has done to tell differentiating stories with player tracking data, using the prism of Receiver Tracking Metrics, its newest offering using NFL Next Gen Stats data.

Amy Howe - CEO, FanDuel Tom Reeg - CEO, Caesars Jonathan Kraft - President, The Kraft Group Contessa Brewer (moderator) - Correspondent, CNBC   While sports betting has exploded in popularity recently in the US, only 1 in 5 Americans placed a bet on sports in 2022. As more states legalize sports betting (including Massachusetts in August 2022) and technological innovations drive adoption and acces...

Molly Pendleton - Head of Touring, NHL and MLS, Eventellect Ryan Tanke - COO, Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx Brian Lafemina - Chief Business Officer, LA28 Sezin Aksoy - Senior Vice President, Global Data Strategy & Analytics, AXS Shira Springer (moderator) - MIT Sloan Lecturer and Journalist, MIT Sloan   While companies are pouring billions of dollars into media and streaming rights to brin...

Jon Patricof - CEO and Co-Founder, Athletes Unlimited Katlyn Gao - Co-Founder and CEO, LOVB Andrew Sinnenberg - Chief Operating Officer, Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) Johanna Boynton - Chair and Principal Owner, Toronto Six (PHF) Shira Springer (moderator) - MIT Sloan Lecturer and Journalist, MIT Sloan   Amid seemingly endless opportunities for entertainment, the drama and excitement of sports rem...

Paul Caine - President, Endeavor’s IMG Events and On Location John Sheeran - Senior Commercial Director, FanDuel Elizabeth Lindsey - President, Brands and Properties, Wasserman Jeff Price - Chief Commercial Officer, PGA of America Abe Madkour (moderator) - Publisher & Executive Editor, Sports Business Journal, Sports Business Daily/Global   In the last decade, traditional sponsorships have evo...

Gerry Cardinale - Founder and Managing Partner, RedBird Capital Partners Steve Pagliuca - Senior Advisor, Bain Capital | Managing General Partner and Co-Owner, Boston Celtics Mitch Lasky - Partner, Benchmark | Co-owner, LAFC Saj Cherian (moderator) - Chief of Staff and Head of Fanatics Ventures, Fanatics   Global investment in sports teams has boomed in recent years across continents, sports, and...

Dejan Mitkovski - VP of Data Analytics, FanDuel Grant Cloud - Senior Director of Data Strategy, PrizePicks Meghan Chayka - Co-Founder and CEO, Stathletes André Snellings - Senior Writer, ESPN Lisa Kerney (moderator) - FanDuel TV Talent and Events Host, FanDuel   As sports betting and fantasy sports continue to expand throughout the US, sports gaming enthusiasts, sportsbooks, and fantasy operators...

Steve Phelps - President, NASCAR Jill Gregory - EVP and General Manager, Sonoma Raceway Justin Marks - Founder and Owner, Trackhouse Entertainment Group Joe Pompliano (moderator) - Host of Joe Pomp Show, Entrepreneur, and Investor   As a perennial American staple, NASCAR has steadily increased viewership over the last few years, with on average about 3 million viewers watching each race in 2022. I...

Karim Fernandes - Content Creator, Counter Logic Gaming Parth Naidu - CEO, SIDO Nick Troop - Executive Producer, POSSIBLE Doug Watson - Director of Esports Strategic Advisory, Riot Games Greg Kim (moderator) - Head of CLG, Madison Square Garden Sports   There is arguably no place in sports that leverages social media, co-streaming, and cutting-edge technology better than esports. Over the past 5 y...

Jennifer Shahade - Chess Champion, Professional Poker Player, Author Hikaru Nakamura - Chess Grandmaster, 5-time U.S. Champion and Popular Chess Streamer Daryl Morey - President of Basketball Operations, Philadelphia 76ers Fabiano Caruana - Chess Grandmaster and Founder of C-Squared Podcast Danny Rensch (moderator) - International Chess Master, Chief Chess Officer, Chess.com   Although Chess has b...

Nate Silver - Statistician, Author and Founder FiveThirtyEight Jennifer Shahade - Chess Champion, Professional Poker Player, Author Maria Ho - Professional Poker Player, Broadcaster Xuan Liu - Professional Poker Player Jeff Ma (moderator) - Entrepreneur, Author, Host of "Bet the Process" Podcast   How can analytic decision making in high stakes games of poker be applied to real life decisioning? W...

Alex Baldwin - President, Korn Ferry Tour Mark Broadie - Carson Family Professor of Business, Columbia Business School Dan Zelezinski - Chief Commercial Officer, Twenty First Group Suzy Whaley (moderator) - President, Golf Nation   Golf has seen a dramatic transformation in recent years with how players try to gain an advantage. With professional golfers now inundated with data about their games,...

Jessie Irvine - Professional Pickleball Player, PPA Tour & MLP's Florida Smash Brian Levine - Interim CEO, Major League Pickleball Connor Pardoe - CEO, Professional Pickleball Association Dave Fleming (moderator) - Pickleball Broadcaster, Senior Pro Player, Marketer, and Content Creator, Professional Pickleball Association   Created in 1965 in Bainbridge Island, Washington, pickleball is now a...

Bill James - Former Senior Baseball Operations Advisor, Boston Red Sox Morgan Sword - Executive Vice President, Baseball Operations, Major League Baseball (MLB) Raúl Ibañez - Senior Vice President of On-Field Operations, Major League Baseball (MLB) Kevin Negandhi (moderator) - Anchor for SportsCenter, Host for ESPN College Football on ABC, ESPN   America's Pastime has undergone significant changes...

Kate Madigan - Assistant General Manager, New Jersey Devils Brett Peterson - Assistant General Manager, Florida Panthers Meghan Chayka - Co-Founder and CEO, Stathletes Dominic Moore (moderator) - NHL Analyst on ESPN, Former NHL Player   With the NHL the only true 'hard cap' league of the 4 major sports leagues, front office executives face a unique dilemma. How does the growing salary of top playe...

Jason Robins - Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board, DraftKings Wyc Grousbeck - Lead Owner, Boston Celtics Jessica Gelman (moderator) - CEO, Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR)   Jason Robins and Wyc Grousbeck are two of the most prominent builders of sports businesses today who see opportunities before others. As the Co-Founder and CEO of DraftKings, Jason helped revolutionize the ever-growing US s...

Marie Donoghue - Vice President, Global Sports Video, Amazon Jessica Gelman - CEO, Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR) Renie Anderson - Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President, NFL Partnerships, NFL Valerie Camillo - President & CEO, Spectacor Sports & Entertainment Shelley Pisarra (moderator) - Executive Vice President of Global Insights and Strategy, Wasserman   The Year of the Fan i...

Tim Clark - Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, NASCAR Kathryn Kai-ling Frederick - Chief Marketing Officer, LA Rams Kaitee Daley - Vice President of Social Media, ESPN Karlis Kezbers (moderator) - Vice President of Global Client Analytics, Ticketmaster   More than 50% of fans currently use social media platforms while watching live sports, and that number is only expected to grow. Th...

Corbin Petro - CEO and Co-Founder, Eleanor Health Corey Thomas - Chair and CEO, Rapid7 Seth Moulton - U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District Sanjeev Verma - Founder and Chairman, PreVeil Andrea Jones-Rooy (moderator) - Social Scientist, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Visiting Associate Professor, NYU Center for Data Science   Data is used across industries in innova...