On March 3-9, we are inviting you to join GSIC team in a trip to USA where you can attend special activities in Microsoft office in New York and pitch to the local sprots entities (March 6), as well as attend MIT Sloan Conference in Boston and SBJ Sports Week in New York.
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GSIC Summit Madrid will return on May 25 & 26 with
"Esports, gaming & traditional sport in the era of Web 3.0" edition
The new edition of GSIC Summit in Madrid will become a great meeting point for GSIC members to do networking, share their projects and solutions, exchange knowledge, discover more about technology trends in the sports industry and create synergies.
We are waiting for you on May 25 & 26 in a new venue, TRUSS Madrid auditorium (located in Wizink Center)
On the first day, the agenda will cover topics such as sustainabltalent in the sports industry, sports metaverse, blockchain and NFTs, fan engagement, fitness & wellness, AR and VR experiences, Esports, sponsorship, and more.
On the second day, we will invite you to the special workshop and networking activities.
You can already register to secure your seat for one of our biggest events of the year!
GSIC Summit also has different sponsorship models that you can get informed about by contacting [email protected]
GSIC and Kaizen Gaming are calling all startups for the new GameTech Challenge with support of Microsoft for Startups Program
Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC) and Kaizen Gaiming (Kaizen), one of the fastest growing GameTech companies internationally, are partnering forces to identify the most disruptive solutions and the latest technologies worldwide through Kaizen Gaming’s GameTech Innovation Challenge in the following aspects of fan engagement and interaction, UI/UX, web3.0, VR/AR and gamification of experiences:
Social Interaction: Create social funnels where Kaizen's users will be able to interact with each other while they are watching live matches or playing casino games.
Live Sport Visualizations: Use computer vision technology or any other technology in order to create 3D visualizations for live sport matches.
Gamification In iGaming: Open Challenge around Gamification in online Sports Betting and Casino. Think how p2p competitions can offer entertainment to Kaizen's users.
This call targets any company, regardless of its size and where it is based, that can solve any of these challenges, using technological innovations.
Presentation of report “Sponsorship activations and digital transformation”
On January 20, the GSIC has presented its new report “Sponsorship Activation and Digital Transformation” in Madrid, that has been prepared based on our Sponsorship Working Group that has the participation of brands such as Iberdrola, Porsche Ibérica, adidas, Burger King, Marca, Grupo Dia, Endesa, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Estrella Galicia, Carrefour, BAXI, Pelayo Mutua de Seguros, Herbalife. Visa.
The GSIC powered by Microsoft and our members are working in different areas offering solutions for any type of challenge in the sports industry. Within these areas, we consider Sponsorship to be one of great potential (before the pandemic, it represented more than USD 69 billion). In 2022, sponsorship clearly started picking up, and enabling Sponsorship investment is the key area that differentiates brands and enables them to achieve their goals.
Download now – Sponsorship Activation and Digital Transformation
The ‘sponsorship’ focuses on main objectives: customer loyalty, income generation and the deployment of projects linked to concepts of environmental and social sustainability. Only in the world of sports does it generate 70-80% of economic benefits.
All caused because the digital age is gaining control over the activities of daily life, including sponsorship.
…Carlos Ruiz Moreno? – Measuring and improving athletes' performance in Sports Science
A sports science degree is usually an essential step to access a wide range of careers in the sports research sector. They give you a solid grounding in the factors that affect behaviour in sport and how to enhance the performance of those undertaking physical activity.
This month we had a conversation with Carlos Ruiz, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences in sports degree professor, and sports performance research expert to discuss different methodologies and technologies for athlete performance tracking and importance of sports science.
Webinar – Nuevas tecnologías para la mejora del rendimiento de los deportistas – 19 de enero, 2023
European University students visit – January 23, 2023
Working Group "Sustainability & Sport" session – January 24, 2023
Innovation Day European Handball Federation – January 24, 2023
Members Solutions Showcase – The web 3.0 future: metaverse, blockchain and NFTs – January 25, 2023
European University students visit – January 26, 2023
Next Industry Events
Ignition by SportsPro – February 8
Ignition is a showcase of the creative and tech-enabled solutions driving the future of sports business. The event is committed to supporting the next generation of sports startups, connecting and inspiring the individuals and businesses at the forefront of the industry's growth.
“Mastercard 255 to the Moon” conference will spark conversations about blockchain technology, web3, NFT and metaverse.
The conference blends an exquisite sports event – FIS Ski jumping world cup – and a conference on innovative technologies focusing on blockchain technology, web3, NFT and metaverse.
The Royal Spanish Sailing Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Vela, RFEV) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Spain, recognised by the International Sailing Federation. The Federation is based in Madrid with a high performance centre located at Santander.
Junistat®️ performance tracking AI technology was used for the preselection of players for the youth teams of CD Universidad Catolica, Chile
In one hour, three coaches with mobile phones (with a pre-installed junicoach® app) collected a maximum of accurate, objective football metrics from the youth.
Each player has their digital card and a complete list of results compared with peers and benchmarked with academy players.
This approach also demonstrates data-driven individual player development – coaches and scouts precisely have to choose the fastest, most agile, or most technical players from the digital talent database.
Meta partnership extension with the NBA involves Xtadium
Thanks to the immersive power of VR, you can enjoy all the action and suspense of a live game from the comfort of your couch—on us. And today, we’re excited to announce Meta and the NBA have extended their league partnership, which includes bringing the experience of basketball in VR to a new level with Meta Quest, the official VR headset of the NBA and WNBA. Basketball fans can now catch 52 live NBA games in VR during the current season for free, dive into a new immersive always-on fan experience, and express their fandom across Meta’s apps and technologies by dressing their Meta Avatars in NBA apparel. In the future, they’ll also be able to enjoy NBA League Pass in a social VR experience—all on Meta Quest.
First up, and new for 2023, fans will be able to watch upcoming NBA match-ups in Xtadium* on the Meta Quest Platform.
Dr. Christopher Kennett is new Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Digital Economy La Salle
Dr. Christopher Kennett is from the United Kingdom and a Doctor from Loughborough University, and an expert in Sports Management, a discipline on which his thesis and some of his most important academic publications are based. Dr. Kennett arrived at La Salle-URL in 2008, and since then he has worked as a professor, researcher and Academic Director of Business Degrees before being named dean of FICEDLS.
With this appointment, FICEDLS grows on its structures to consolidate itself as one of the leading business schools in the country, based on its pioneering nature in the combination of management and technology. Dr. Kennettm explains in this interview his vision of the sector and the future expectations of FICEDLS.
Nadalize: Learn from the best Spanish athlete in history how to get the best of you
Professor of Sports Management and Vice-Rector for Coordination, Communication and Promotion at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Leonor Gallardo is the PI of the competitive research group IGOID and CEO of the Spin-Off IGOID-SPORTEC.
Seyu featured at the pinnacle of European ice hockey at the Champions Hockey League Semi-Finals!
Seyu kickstarted 2023 with the amazing opportunity of featuring in the Champions Hockey League Semi-Finals and in the Final in February! Thanks to their solution, fans at the venues and those who could not travel had the opportunity to show their devotion and support the players in their pursuit of success from the jumbotrons and all digital screens in the arenas. – see photo attached.
College Football Playoff to Deliver Mobile Augmented Reality Experience for Fans Via Technology from ImagineAR
College football fans around the world can share in the celebration of the 2023 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Champions hip by taking photos and videos with the virtual CFP National Championship Trophy that can be instantly shared exclusively during national championship weekend via the official CFB Playoff mobile app.
Dundee United becomes the first club in Scottish premiership to adopt Iterpro football intelligence
Through Iterpro’s platform, Dundee United will be able to create a digital framework that allows all its staff members to streamline communications, operate effectively and get crucial insights about their footballers to support the club in enhancing its decision-making at all levels.
With Escoita sports can and should be for everyone
According to WHO data, blindness affects an estimated 39 million people worldwide and 246 million suffer from moderate or severe vision loss. But not all sports are followed with real-time reporting. Considering this gap in the sports industry, ARMIS Digital Sport created the Escoita App, a real-time audio description platform of sports events for blind or visually impaired people.
The power of fandata in the sponsorship model of Team Jumbo-Visma
The cycling team of Jumbo-Visma is the number one team in the world, winning on 48 occasions in 2022. The most remarkable being of course the Tour de France victory by Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark. It’s important for Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV) to not only rely on the traditional way of sponsoring with a name featured on the jersey, but to also make the most out of the most recent technical possibilities.
One to One MCCP Express Support "Towards the Badges"
Thanks to a partnership with the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC), LEVERADE awarded the winning athletes of the first Baseball5 World Cup, giving them digital trophies in NFT format.
The Baseball5 World Cup has become the first sporting event at an international level to award digital trophies, including a certificate of authenticity and ownership recorded in the blockchain permanently.
MioBio Data driven sports kitchen
Nutrition is one of the keys to high performance, especially in an era where competitions are increasingly demanding and spaced out over time. Likewise, both individually and collectively there is more and more data that can be used for the benefit of the athlete.
MioBio was born two years ago to personalize menus and form the end of a chain that includes physical preparation, psychological health, recovery physiotherapy and the proper use of rest.
Air pollution is a major climate challenge facing our world today.
And you can’t build walls to isolate yourself from the air, nor can you build barriers to avoid “foreign air".
The air you breathe plays a crucial role in the ability of you and your team to perform at their best. However, since air quality is a global issue, you cannot act alone.
A new client onboard for the GSIC´s member, Pressenger, the Spanish football club RC Deportivo de La Coruña
Through the use of engaging and informative push notifications, Pressenger’s creative system offers the RCDeportivo app users, the opportunity to engage directly with fans using customized, unique, sport and match specific content, including pre-event information about players, match times, starting 11, live content of results, new players…
Iterpro partners with FC Dordrecht, the first club in Netherlands
Current Eerste Divisie team, FC Dordrecht becomes the first Dutch football club to adopt Iterpro Football Intelligence. By using Iterpro’s solution implemented across Technical, Sport Science & Medical departments, FC Dordrecht staff will create a hubspot to access all the relevant players' data and improve the workflow and the information sharing across the club.
RealFevr – Building the ultimate GameFi Sports Ecosystem
The sports industry is embracing the revolutionary impact of blockchain technology, and RealFevr is at the forefront of this technological shift. The Portuguese startup is leading the charge in building the ultimate GameFi Sports Ecosystem, turning video moments into digital collectibles, and their recent launch of the Copa del Rey Pack Sale (Drop #5) was a resounding success, completely selling out, once again.
The GSIC is continuing to work on its expansion to Asia. New members are joining the center each month to add value to the ecosystem and to open new opportunities for our members on other continents.
International Sports Groundbreakers Challenge closes on February 3
This challenge that we organized in partnership with Sport Singapore aims to motivate businesses to think outside the box and come up with novel ideas in the same spirit as driving transformation and facilitating capability development.
Leading international sport entities have shared with us their problem statements that we worked on to present to the sport tech community within the International Sports Groundbreakers Challenge.
Over 70 startups and companies have already applied to offer their solution to the problem statements posted by sports entities.
The application process will close on February 3, so don't miss your last chance to participate in this project!
GSIC APAC & global members are invited to participate in investors sessions we are organizing with different funds.
you will get 10 mins to pitch, including Q&A, and the agenda is below. I have left some buffer time, but please do practice and tailor your pitches for the 10 mins slot, and we will have the opportunity for followup 1:1 conversations immediately after the day, or as a subsequent followup.
You can select one of the offered dates for participation and submit your info.
GSIC APAC is launching a new acceleration program for its members in the region to rpovide you opportunity of business growth and internationalizaton.
The program will last 3 months and include sessions with the best experts in matters such as investment, fund rasing, go-to-market, internationalization, marketing and branding, and more.
Don't miss the opportunity to enroll in the program, the program has capacity for 10 participants only!
SPORTEL Rendez-vous Bali will feature products designed and adapted to the exhibition floor with our best ever value attendee passes, to affordable networking and sponsorship packages complemented by an innovative conference summit and numerous extra-curricular activities to extend your SPORTEL experience.
EXPAND your network & LEARN about emerging trends in the outstanding settings of the Grand Hyatt Bali.
GSIC members can use 20% discount on the standard rate pass (using the code 3XNJX8T2 on the registration page).
Outside of HK the global live event industry has bounced back, and it has bounced back big. With China and HK reopening their borders it can only be good news for an industry affected worse than most as “first in last out” of the pandemic.
What have we learned since the last Live Matters in 2019 (hint – it’s a LOT!)? What does the future look like in HK and beyond? What is hybrid and how will Web3 & the metaverse affect the industry in going forward?
Thailand Health, Wellness and Fitness Expo – June 8-11
The Expo covers the main aspects of healthy living, including: Fitness focusing on your physical health and wellness encapsulating nutrition, strength, conditioning, flexibility, and body composition looking at the ways in which they influence each other and the way in which choices create entire lifestyles. GSIC Members can get 15% discount on exhibition booth. Contact us to get yours.
Revolutionary AR Concert Experience Unveiled by tagSpace for Upcoming TV Series 'Melody'
Australian tech company tagSpace will support Warner Music Group and Trinity Entertainment in the upcoming release of the Spanish-language, young adult musical series “Melody”.
Within the tagSpace mobile app, fans will experience a front-row seat at a Melody concert, with 3D digital-scanned avatars of the show's stars Melody and Layla performing their duet "Without You."
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