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SportCon

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8:00am

Registration, Networking and Coffee TBA

9:00am

Baseball Panel Room 7Sean Aronson • Daniel Adler • Patrick Casey • Ty McDevitt • Jeremy Raadt Sports Tech Industry Panel Room 8Brandon Janosky • Dave Abbott • Grant Cohen • William Thornton • Rob Weber Startup Showcase Pt. 1 Room 85Block_Six_Analytics • Fanmaker • Fishidy • InsureGame • Konect_Sports • MaxOne • Oculogica • Satisfi_Labs • Starting11 • UnderRecruited_Preps The Many Forms of Analytics in Sports Today Room 1&2&3Bob Bender • Teradata Arena Analytics: Fan Segmentation and Clustering Based on Location Analytics AuditoriumGary Angel Eye Tracking Adds Insight to Injury Room 4&5Dr. Uzma Samadani How Statistics Have Improved the Legacy Restoration of Blackball's Greatest Left-handed Pitcher Room 6Peter Gorton

9:45am

Break TBA

10:00am

Startup Showcase Pt. 2 Room 85Block_Six_Analytics • Fanmaker • Fishidy • InsureGame • Konect_Sports • MaxOne • Oculogica • Satisfi_Labs • Starting11 • UnderRecruited_Preps Best Practices in Sports Marketing: Using Analytics and Creativity to Help the Minnesota Twins Retain and Grow Customers AuditoriumBob Nelson • Jeff Weiner Major Junior Hockey Attendance in Canada: A Study of Uncertainty of Outcome, Team Performance, Weather, and NHL Prospects on Roster Room 7Rodney Paul This Is Our Ice: A Brand Marketing Campaign for the Broader Fan Base & Using Data to Drive Advertising Decisions Room 6Matt Bergstrom • Bjorn Kadlec Applications of Visual Analytics and Machine Learning in Professional Sports Room 4&5Steven Hillion • TIBCO Winning Your March Madness Pool: A Simulator to Pick the Perfect Bracket Room 1&2&3Ian Sherman Opponent Field Goal Percentage in the NFL Room 8Eric Rawdon

10:30am

Break TBA

10:45am

Startup Showcase Pt. 3 Room 85Block_Six_Analytics • Fanmaker • Fishidy • InsureGame • Konect_Sports • MaxOne • Oculogica • Satisfi_Labs • Starting11 • UnderRecruited_Preps State of the US Sports Industry Room 8John Peters The Impact of Deep Learning on Object Identification in Sports Sponsorship (Featuring a Case Study on Pepsi and the Dallas Cowboys) Room 1&2&3Adam Grossman Analytics in Major League Lacrosse: Version 2.0 Room 7Jesse McNulty Muscle Oxygen Monitoring: Technology to See Inside the Body During Exercise Room 4&5Roger Schmitz Using Machine Learning to Classify Quality and Style of Play at the Quarterback Position AuditoriumGeorge Chahrouri • Eric Eager

11:15am

Break TBA

11:30am

Player Injury and Recovery Panel Room 6Amy Zellmer • Chrys Chrysanthou • Anthony L. Petragalia • Dr. Uzma Samadani • Jeremy Schmoe • Dr. Jessica Schwartz Startup Panel: Sports Startup Journeys Since Pitching at SportCon 2017 Room 85Carson Kipfer • Tyrre Burks • Nick Kartos • Todd Larson Dynamic Season Ticket Pricing Room 7Taylor Van Oosbree • Sean Sittnick The Evolution of Evaluating Promotional Giveaways Room 1&2&3Jack Hogan • David Kingery How Technology has Changed Baseball Analytics Room 4&5Andy Andres Unique MLB and NFL Data and Analytics for Teams and Media. AuditoriumKenny Kendrena Analysis of the Unique Role of the Official Scorer in Baseball Room 8Stew Thornley

12:15pm

Lunch TBA

1:15pm

Drone Racing - Live Action Video Sports Panel Room 85Signe Brewster • Bob Duerr • Megan Proulx • Joel Stewart Fireside Chat: Analytical insight into Superbowl LII AuditoriumRandy Istre • Mike Sando • Matt Sheldon Media Panel Room 6Sean Aronson • Mike Berardino • Edward Egros • Amy Zellmer Catcher Framing with DataRobot: A Machine Learning and Big Data Approach Room 1&2&3Andrew Engel Individualization of Monitoring and Performance Data in Collegiate Athletes to Understand Differences in Response to Training Room 7Tyler Bosch Predict Athlete Wellness, Readiness & Injury: Keeping Your Athletes in the Game Room 8Steve Fox • Microsoft Rethinking playoff schedules from first principles: Locally-optimal Bayesian design of knockout tournaments Room 4&5Mark Glickman

2:00pm

Break TBA

2:15pm

Fantasy Panel Room 1&2&3Teague Orgeman • Ryan Anderson • Paul Charchian • Peter Schoenke Pro Sport Business Panel Room 85David Plummer • Mitch Helgerson • Seth Partnow • Rich Wang An Arbitration Year of Plenty: Record-Setting Baseball Deals Room 6Ed Edmonds From Fans to Fantasy Sports: Evaluating and Managing Data Privacy Risks in Sports Room 7Brad Hammer Video and Social Media Analytics Room 8Sean Grimm • Hitachi The Monetization of Authenticity with Various Demographic Groups: Sport & Entertainment Data Analytics with Fans and Audiences AuditoriumC. Keith Harrison

3:00pm

Break TBA

3:15pm

Creating a Rewarding Experience Worthy of Yelling SKOL! Room 7April Seifert, PhD • Rich Wang Numbers in Baseball: How Numbers Change Our Perception of Baseball Room 85Doug Ernst Obsession into Opportunity: Soccer at its Potential Best Room 8George Bryant The Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy: Baseball’s First Systematic Attempt to Analyze, Discover, and Train Unknown Players Room 1&2&3Daniel R. Levitt Forecasting the Masters Room 6Edward Egros From Engineering To American Football: How Data Can Help Maximize Team Performance Room 4&5Kratik Malhotra From GameDay to Analysis: An Open-source, Low-cost Azure NFL Datalake AuditoriumJon Keskitalo

3:45pm

Networking Social TBA