Location Wembley Stadium, London
Date Tuesday 10th October 2023
Time 9am - 6pm
Event Overview
The event hosts two full tracks of content including moderated panels, sessions, and keynote speakers from some of the world's most forward-thinking sports organisations. The research stage will host presentations using exclusive StatsBomb data from industry experts in analytics from across the sporting spectrum.
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Tickets include:
- Full access to the StatsBomb Conference
- Breakfast pastries on arrival and tea, coffee, and water throughout the day
- Hot lunch
- Evening networking drinks reception
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Tickets (and processing fees) to the StatsBomb Conference are non-refundable. If you have any queries, please email conference@statsbomb.com
General Admission Tickets
£375+ VAT & processing fees
Student Tickets
£135 + VAT & processing fees
To validate your student ticket please send a copy of your student ID to conference@statsbomb.com within one week of purchasing the ticket. Any invalid student tickets will be canceled and refunded (minus processing fees).
Agenda
We are pleased to host an array of fabulous speakers from some of the most data-driven sports organisations around the world.
Explore the forefront of sports data and analytics, witness StatsBomb's cutting-edge innovations, and expand your network during the breaks.
The agenda is subject to change
Download PDFMain Stage
Bobby Moore
9:15 am
Ted Knutson
StatsBomb
9:50 am
Karun Singh
Arsenal FC
10:10 am
Sam Goldberg
New York Red Bulls
10:30 am
Morning networking break
11:30 am
Growth & Opportunity in Women's Football
Panel
12:20 pm
Ravi Ramineni
src | ftbl
12:40 pm
Lunch: Networking Break
1:50 pm
Alison Lukan
Seattle Kraken
2:10 pm
Tom Gardner
FIFA
2:40 pm
Koen Vossen
PySport
3:00 pm
Afternoon networking break
4:00 pm
René Marić
Austrian Football Coach
4:20 pm
Jake Schuster
Gemini Sports Analytics
4:40 pm
Luke Bornn
Zelus Analytics
5:15 pm
Networking drinks reception
Research Stage
Wembley Suite
9:55 am
TBC
StatsBomb
10:15 am
Sirus Saberi
FIFA
10:35 am
Morning networking break
11:30 am
Marc Garnica Caparrós
Unlocking purpose-driven team strategies - Leveraging team traces to optimize process-aware tactical style discovery
11:50 am
Oliver Craven
But could they do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke? - Measuring player performance through abstracted action prediction
12:10 pm
Zitian Tang
Clustering football game situations via deep representation learning
12:30 pm
Praful Upadhyay and Janik Backhaus
Identifying key players & playing styles of 10 English Premier League teams during offensive sequences in 21/22 season
12:50 pm
Lunch networking break
1:50 pm
Maia Trower, Niamh Graham, Natasha Cottrell, Yasmin Hengster
Clustering women's football players: Identifying functional patterns for performance optimisation
2:10 pm
Umemoto Rikuhei
Evaluation of team defense positioning by computing counterfactuals using StatsBomb 360 data
2:30 pm
Deniz Can Oruç
An analysis of the influence of game context on team playing styles
2:50 pm
Ahmed El-Roby
StratAlign: Uncovering Tactical Patterns through Large-Scale Event Sequence Matching
3:10 pm
Afternoon networking break
4:00 pm
Will Thompson, StatsBomb
Valuing defensive shape
4:20 pm
Craig Edwards & Chloe Shrek
kicksmarter: Simple post/live game-analysis with a big impact
Main Stage: Line up
We've curated a lineup of renowned industry speakers who will be sharing their experiences in the sports data world. Enjoy thought-provoking panels, keynotes and discussions that will leave you with actionable insights to take away and implement into your own organisations.
Ted Knutson
CEO and Co-founder of StatsBomb Ted worked as Head of Player Analytics for Brentford and Midtjylland, and has consulted for multiple Champions League football clubs. His areas of expertise include recruitment, data visualization, and set piece design. A founder of StatsBomb.com, he has also appeared on Sky, been published by The Guardian and Daily Mirror, and is often consulted as an expert in the application of stats and analytics to football. When he is not working on football, Ted is usually playing football with his son or cooking for the family.
Ravi Ramineni
Ravi is the Co-founder and CEO of src | ftbl, which is a football consulting and analytics company. Previously, Ravi founded the analytics department at the Seattle Sounders. As VP of Analytics, he helped install a data-driven culture at the most successful MLS club of the past decade, winning two MLS Cups and the Concacaf Champions League. He developed his passion for the game growing up in India, where he studied engineering and mathematics at BITS, Pilani. After completing a Master’s degree in computer science at Clemson University, Ravi worked for more than seven years at Microsoft.
Sam Goldberg
Sam Goldberg is the Manager for Data Science & Analytics at the New York Red Bulls. He leads the Data Science & Analytics Department's strategic initiatives and long-term planning, while working with key stakeholders to incorporate an evidence-based framework into daily decision making. Additionally, Sam takes up a project manager role with Red Bull Soccer, where he works on the long-term research & development strategy to enhance the analytics capabilities of the Red Bull family of clubs.
Karun Singh
Karun joined Arsenal as a Data Scientist in 2022 having previously worked in machine learning roles at Grammarly and Facebook. Before joining Arsenal, Karun contributed to the football analytics space as an independent researcher. He helped develop and popularize the usage of Expected Threat in the public domain, and presented work on accelerating video analysis using tracking data at several conferences.
Luke Bornn
Luke Bornn is Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Zelus Analytics, a sports analytics company providing a world-leading sports intelligence platform for professional sports teams in their exclusive partner network. Dr. Bornn is recognized as a world leader in sports analytics, having published dozens of peer-reviewed academic articles across multiple sports. His work has received numerous accolades, including six straight MIT Sloan research award finalist selections.
Charlotte Randall
Charlotte is the COO and Co-Founder of StatsBomb. She has extensive experience in Project Management, Marketing, UX, Sales, Product Development & Business Finance and has worked in organisations ranging from start-up to multi-national. Charlotte has managed the product development of new apps & analytics platforms in Education Technology, new global e-commerce platforms in Retail and hundreds of UX improvement projects.
Koen Vossen
Clubs and analytics enthusiasts rarely work together, club staff locked behind closed doors. But there is one project leading the way to bridge the gap - Kloppy from PySport set up by Koen in 2019. His years of experience in software development and his passion for learning from each other have ensured that the Kloppy package now serves as a building block for many clubs. Koen is not only the founder of PySport, but also the CTO of TeamTV, which provides all-in-one video solutions for sports clubs. Additionally, he serves as a member of the PyData Eindhoven committee.
Tom Gardner
Tom leads FIFA's Football Performance Insights as the Head, overseeing a diverse team of analysts, engineers, and scientists. With 18 months at FIFA, he's excelled in providing analysis and insights for fans, media, and member associations in both Men's and Women's FIFA World Cups. His journey began as a Performance Analyst at Southampton FC's Academy, followed by leadership roles at Everton FC's Academy and eventually as Head of Performance Analysis at Everton in December 2020.
Alison Lukan
Alison Lukan is an on-air analyst for the Seattle Kraken who specializes in data-driven storytelling in the world of hockey. Alison has covered the sport for over a decade exploring everything from performance to tactics and leadership from an analytics perspective. Prior to covering hockey exclusively, she worked as a consultant in the areas of strategic management, effective communications, and knowledge management.
Ana de Souza
Ana is a Football Data Analytics & Technology Consultant. She started her career at Concacaf working with the women’s football and referee departments. In 2022, she began her role with the Jamaican Women’s National Team where she supported the team during qualifying and the World Cup.
René Marić
René Marić is one of the youngest assistant managers in the history of Bundesliga and Premier League. He started coaching on amateur level in 2010 with 17 years old while studying Psychology and working various consultancy jobs through the online platform Spielverlagerung. As an early tactical analysis and data literacy advocate for coaches who even consulted StatsBomb ten years ago.
Laura Brambilla
Laura, a seasoned match analyst, brings five years of experience in women's football. She holds degrees in Economy, Sport Science, UEFA B Licence, and F.I.G.C. Match Analyst Licence, with a background at A.C. Milan, F.C. Juventus, and Napoli Femminile.
Features
Research Competition
This year, we were looking for papers that follow the theme: Identifying Team Tactical Style of Play
Participants have been selected and NEW for 2023, we will have both speaking presentations and poster presentations.
Speaker: Marc Garnica Caparrós
Unlocking purpose-driven team strategies - Leveraging team traces to optimize process-aware tactical style discovery
Speaker: Oliver Craven
But could they do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke? - Measuring player performance through abstracted action prediction
Speaker: Zitian Tang
Clustering football game situations via deep representation learning
Speaker: Ahmed El-Roby
StratAlign: Uncovering Tactical Patterns through Large-Scale Event Sequence Matching
Speaker: Maia Trower, Niamh Graham, Natasha Cottrell, Yasmin Hengster
Clustering women's football players: Identifying functional patterns for performance optimisation
Speaker: Umemoto Rikuhei and Keisuke Fujii
Evaluation of team defense positioning by computing counterfactuals using StatsBomb 360 data
Speaker: Deniz Can Oruç, Lorenzo Cascioli, Luca Stradiotti, Maaike Van Roy, Pieter Robberechts, and Jesse Davis
An analysis of the influence of game context on team playing styles
Speaker: Praful Upadhyay and Janik Backhaus
Identifying key players & playing styles of 10 English Premier League teams during offensive sequences in 21/22 season
Poster: Yisheng Pei
Imitation learning for match simulator and team strategy design
Poster: Matthew Caron and Oliver Müller
TacticalGPT: Uncovering the potential of LLMs for predicting tactical decisions in football
Poster: Calvin Yeung and Rory Bunker
An events and 360 data-driven approach for understanding and evaluating the tactics and performance of football teams
Poster: The StatsBomb Team
Poster displays will also include various analysts from within the StatsBomb team
Visitor Information
Address: Wembley Stadium, London, HA9 0WS. Access the stadium through the Main Club Wembley reception located on the ground floor. Please note that the stadium has a strict bag search policy and all items will be carefully inspected upon entering the stadium. The process may include an electronic trace or pat down.
Hotels
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Drinks and a hot lunch will be provided for all delegates during the event and a dedicated networking event during the last hour of the event. Please notify us of any dietary restrictions/allergies at the time of ticket purchase. Please note: The venue do not allow you to bring in your own food and drink To update your personal dietary information, please email conference@statsbomb.com
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Katie Slade - conference@statsbomb.com
Sponsors & Exhibitors
To read more about each sponsor, click the logos opposite
Gemini Sports Analytics
Gemini Sports Analytics brings your data to life with its Sports-specific AI-Cloud application. In the cut-throat rapidly changing sports world, Gemini exists to help you organize your data, provides easy to use predictive analytical tools and unlocks the insights you need to help you make your most important decisions faster and with a higher degree of conviction.
Catapult
Catapult are one of the leading providers of performance analysis software and wearable technology in the football industry.
Their Matchtracker software brings together all the user's performance data into one place, including event data, camera-based tracking, GPS, biometric, and coach or analyst tagging. The data can then be combined with multiple video angles so that game moments can be viewed in context and performance can be compared with the opposition, the user's previous games, and between players in the team.
Kitman Labs
Kitman Labs is changing how data is used by sport's clubs to optimise performance, reduce injury risk and support operations. iP: The Intelligence Platform byKitman Labs is a centralised, advanced operating system that streamlines and automates workflows to help achieve specific performance outcomes. This integrated, multi-disciplinary platform supports data-led solutions for Performance Medicine, Performance Optimization, Coaching & Development, and League Operations.
Tokio Marine HCC
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