Melbourne Conversations: Sports Tech of the Future

Australia's proud sporting legacy meets cutting-edge home-grown innovation. From AI-driven analytics to immersive VR experiences, explore the ways in which technology is reshaping the sports landscape. How will these advancements enhance athletic performance, improve sports integrity and redefine the spectator experience? Discover how sports organisations are using tech to revolutionise the field with an expert panel hosted by Russel Howcroft. Hear from Jonathon Bernard, AFL Creative and Innovation Director; Lisa Hasker OAM, CEO of VicSport and ATSN board member; Machar Reid, Head of Innovation at Tennis Australia; and Emma Sherry, RMIT School of Management Dean who specialises in sport development.

Date: Wednesday 17 July 2024
Time: 6.15pm -7pm
Venue: The Edge
Address: Fed Square, Swanston St & Flinders St, Melbourne 3000

Melbourne Conversations: Sports Tech of the Future

The City of Melbourne hosted the Melbourne Conversation about sportstech of the future.

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Jonathon Bernard outlined various ways sport facilitates common understanding and how the AFL - Australian Football League deploys technology at Marvel Stadium to reduce barriers and improve the experience.

Machar Reid explained how the Australian Open provides a platform to scout, test and validate ideas like transforming spatial data into information-rich 3D sounds for patrons with special needs.

Lisa Hasker OAM (She/Her) in her role as CEO of Vicsport and Board Member at the ASTN - Australian Sports Technologies Network outlined that sportstech is not only used by elite and professional athletes but can also provides solutions for grassroots and recreational sports.

Defining sportstech across advanced materials, sensors & devices, health & medtech as well as information & communication technologies, Lisa explained that the sportstech market in Australia is as big as fintech and employs a similar number of people.

Emma Sherry pointed to the research RMIT University and other institutions are conducting in sport to invent, test and educate on the ideas for the future.