Event overview
The 2024 Statsbomb Conference was the first held in The North and the first since Statsbomb was acquired by Hudl.
The event featured two stages that included moderated panels, research sessions, and keynote speakers from some of the world's most forward-thinking sports organisations.
Thank you to everyone that attended. Please keep an eye on our Youtube channel as we begin uploading recorded sessions from the event.
Agenda
We hosted an array of fabulous speakers from some of the most data-driven sports organisations around the world.
Attendees explored the future of sports data and analytics, witnessed Hudl Statsbomb's cutting-edge innovations, and expanded their professional networks.
Take a look at who spoke at our 2024 event.
Download PDFSpeaker Line up
We curated a line-up of renowned industry speakers who shared their experiences in the sports data world.
Attendees enjoyed thought-provoking panels, keynotes and discussions.
Learn more about who spoke at our 2024 event.
Main Stage: Ian Graham
Ian is the founder of sports advisory business Ludonautics, where he develops statistical tools for the prediction of football matches and the performance analysis of players. He is one of the original architects of the data revolution that has swept through football.
Main Stage: Meghan Chayka
Co-Founder/CEO of Stathletes, a hockey data and analytics company. Stathletes works with clients across leagues, teams, sportsbooks and media to drive better insights in hockey.
Main Stage: Jake Schuster
Jake spent nearly a decade working in elite sports before setting out to create tools to make it easier for decision-makers and practitioners to access data insights themselves. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he’s lived and worked in 6 countries and completed his PhD work in Biomechanic
Main Stage: Edward Sulley
Edward has 24 years of professional football experience and joined Hudl after a successful 11 year period at one of the fastest growing global sports organisations, City Football Group.
Main Stage: Sudarshan Gopaladesikan
Director of Football Intelligence at Atalanta B.C. Sudarshan is now on his 8th season of European football. His main focus is to provide data-driven perspectives on various sporting decisions, primarily the transfer market and academy player development.
Main Stage: Vignesh Jayanth
Vignesh is a sports coaching and data science graduate. Former video and match analyst at Bradford City. Former youth/university football coach. Experienced data scientist at Stade Rennais. Now, Head of Sports Insights and Technology at AS Monaco
Main Stage: Nancy Hensley
Founding member and advisor for Mercury/13, an MCO focused on investing in women’s football, Mercury/13 has made its first acquisition in Italy, Serie A with FC Como Women.
Main Stage: George Friend
English former professional footballer. Now Director of Football at Bristol Rovers.
Main Stage: Ty Chin
Ty is in his 8th year at Hudl where he is responsible for the growth and success of Hudl’s elite football business, covering football customers across all levels globally. Ty’s previous roles have included leading Hudl’s market entry into grassroots football in the UK and Germany to overseeing some of Hudl’s most transformative acquisitions including Wyscout and RealTrack Systems.
Main Stage: Robert Wood
Robert is the Senior Director of Elite Product at Hudl.
Main Stage: Ali Maxwell
Ali created #1 EFL podcast "Not The Top 20" with George Elek, and has since worked as an EFL pundit on Sky Sports and BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as hosting the Athletic Football Tactics Podcast 2019-24.
Main Stage: Scott McLachlan
Scott is Head of Football for the Multi-Club Network Global Football Holdings. He journeyed from playground to Premier League, executing roles in player development, analysis, talent identification and strategic management.
Main Stage: Caleb Shreve
Caleb is currently the Assistant General Manager at D.C. United. Before joining D.C., he was the Head of Analytics at Orlando City SC and Data Analyst at Nashville SC.
Main Stage: Hayden Van Brewer
Manager of Data & Analytics at Austin FC with over 5 years of experience working with clubs in MLS and the EFL.
Main Stage: Sam Gregory
Sam has worked in soccer analytics for almost ten years in recruitment, performance, coaching, front office and sport science strategy. He is currently the Director of Data Analytics at U.S. Soccer and has been in this position since early 2024.
Research Stage: Liam Henshaw
Liam is a data analyst & first team scout at Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Previously working in a similar role at Wigan Athletic, and has 6+ years of experience working in the gambling industry.
Research Stage: Pawel Kapuscinski
Pawel is Data Engineer at Zelus Analytics (team hockey). Before Zelus he built data platforms for multiple football teams and worked at various tech companies across the globe. When not working, watching all the sports (without bats).
Research Stage: Hannah Gaudet
Hannah works at Zelus Analytics as an Engineering Lead on the hockey platform. Before joining Zelus they worked in the front office of the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Bruins. When not at work, Hannah aspires to be a jacked grandma (knitting, lifting, and baking).
Research Stage: Will Thomson
Will is Head of Soccer Research at StatsBomb, having joined as a Data Scientist in 2020. Previously, he was a PhD student and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham.
Research Competition
The theme for the 2024 Research Competition was Trade-offs.
Selected participants presented their research in the Evolution Suite on the day.
Read some of the research papers from the selected participants.
Mark Carter
Which is the better option for LB and LCB: An average left-footer or a brilliant right footer?
Edoardo Ghezzi & Hadi Sotudeh
Match Phases in Practice
Pablo Andrés Galaz Cares
Optimizing Football Squad Planning: Balancing Competitive Success and Financial Sustainability
Achraff Adjileye
SQUADGEN: a player is a token, a match is a sentence—a path towards a foundational model for football player data analytics.
Berta Plandolit López
Balancing pressing intensity and defensive solidity against different passing styles
Oleg Durygin & Egor Gumin
The coach's dilemma: how a yellow card can change the course of a match.
Lorenzo Cascioli
Boot it: a pragmatic alternative to build up play
Poster: Michael Gleeson
Modelling Team Play Style using Tracking Data to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Variance in Tactical Behaviour
Poster: Daniel Pritchard
Risks and rewards of executing transition events from settled possession.
Sponsors & Partners
Thank you to our 2024 sponsors who made the event possible.
To read more about each sponsor, click on their logos.
Gemini Sports Analytics
Gemini Sports Analytics is your front office co-pilot for smarter decision-making. In a world where being data literate is no longer an advantage, sports teams need an analytics toolkit to make their key decisions faster, more efficiently and with greater conviction. Professional and collegiate organizations use Gemini’s easy-to-use application to optimize roster management, tactics and player performance. By systemizing the most tedious parts of the data science lifecycle, the platform frees up stakeholders to uncover and leverage insights in a fast, iterative and intuitive way.
GPS DataViz
GPS DataViz provides coaches with the tools to empower their data so they can make educated decisions on how they train their athletes. We manage teams' data and optimize their next day/week/month of training, using machine learning and predictive analytics to ensure their athletes are match fit, healthy and set up the team for success.
Get actionable insights from your data, keep players healthy and win more games!
2024 StatsBomb Conference: Gallery
