More than 500 people attended the third annual SBJ Tech Week in New York on March 4-6, hearing from league and team leaders and tech providers about how technology, especially AI, can transform sports business.
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Faces & Places from Tech Week Camb.ai co-founder and CTO Akshat Prakash encouraged mapping out AI use-cases on a scale from “proven” to “novel” to identify cost-saving or growth opportunities. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Seattle Kraken owner Samantha Holloway discussed the challenges of sports team ownership after running sales for the software company she co-founded. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman offered his views on how the league is using technology, explaining that it can enhance and connect people to the game. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Amy Brooks, NBA president of new business ventures, said she believes that AI has the potential to grow the league in the U.S. and abroad at a quicker rate than most believe. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week NFL EVP Jeff Miller described how the league and AWS’ Digital Athlete platform helped inform changes in how players train and play the game that can protect their health and safety. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Matt Sebek of St. Louis City SC, Christian Lau of LAFC, Jason Caliento of Boldyn Networks and Chris Schlosser of Major League Soccer gave a presentation on converged networks, at which it was announced that Boldyn would be the official DAS provider at all MLS venues. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Portland Trail Blazers Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Christa Stout found a dramatic increase in the number of Tech Week attendees who used generative AI daily, compared to a year ago. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Meta Reality Labs COO Dan Reed said the company has used NBA games to drive adoption of its Meta Quest headset, which allows users to virtually watch games courtside. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Former NFL player Ndamukong Suh, who is also an engineer and investor, discussed AI’s impact on athlete training during a panel with moderator Joe Lemire of SBJ, Uplift Labs co-founder/CEO Sukemasa Kabayama and Orreco co-founder/CEO Brian Moore. (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Receptions and breaks at Sports Business Awards: Tech and Tech Week
allowed attendees and participants time to catch up with colleagues: Gary Brantley of the NFL and Karen Liedl and Raul Morales of Softtek (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Receptions and breaks at Sports Business Awards: Tech and Tech Week
allowed attendees and participants time to catch up with colleagues: Josh Semless of Greenfly, Juan De Jesus of Next League, Andrew Hawkins of StatusPro and Melissa Lawton of SailGP (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Receptions and breaks at Sports Business Awards: Tech and Tech Week
allowed attendees and participants time to catch up with colleagues: MLB’s Karri Zaremba and the San Francisco Giants’ Bill Schlough (Marc Bryan-Brown)
Faces & Places from Tech Week Receptions and breaks at Sports Business Awards: Tech and Tech Week
allowed attendees and participants time to catch up with colleagues: Next League’s Joe Whelan, Katherine Krohn and Becki Wronko Civello (Marc Bryan-Brown)
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