I look forward to being a speaker at the 2010 MIT Sloan Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, which will be held this Saturday, March 6. It will be an all day event. Other speakers include:* Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets GM (and MIT grad)
* Mark Cuban, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks
* Steve Pagliuca, Managing Partner of the Boston Celtics
* Sunil Gulati, President, United States Soccer Federation & Kraft Soccer
* Michael Lewis, author of Money Ball
* Jonathan Kraft, President of the Kraft Group and executive at the New England Patriots
I'll be on the panel titled, "Performance Enhancement: Will Future Athletes be Formula One or NASCAR?". Here are some details on it:
Athletes have progressively gotten bigger, faster, and stronger since the beginning of professional sports. This panel will delve into the science and technology that is producing better athletes. Is there a limit to athletic performance? What constitutes a "level" playing field and when is the line crossed? How are sports changing to deal with today's athletes?
Panelists
Michael McCann, Legal Analyst, Sports Illustrated
Mark Verstegen, Founder and Chairman, Athletes' PerformanceDr. Kim Blair, Founding Director, MIT Center for Sports Innovation; Director of the Sports Engineering Practice at Cooper Perkins, Inc.
Dr. Thomas Murray, President & CEO, The Hastings Center
Moderator
Gary Belsky, Editor in Chief, ESPN The Magazine
For more information click here.
0 comments:
Post a Comment