Sport for Business will be live this morning with our Sport and Data 2025 event at the Sandymount Hotel in Dublin.
Tom Fox of 53 Six will join us for a talk on data and creativity in sports, as well as Stephen O’Leary of Olytico for a look under the bonnet of social media in 2025.
Gráinne Barry of leading global sports data provider Stats Perform and Ronan Jones of Whoop will also be joining us for a discussion on the commercial side of sports data.
Luke Byrne, Technical Director of Shelbourne FC will be joining us to talk about the importance of analysis when it comes to player recruitment.
We will then round the morning out with a session on whether there is enough being done to share and learn from each other given the strong Irish ecosystem in data and whether it would be possible to create an Irish replica of the Sloan Analytics Conference in Boston that draw interest from around the world.
We will be joined in the room by representatives of 1920 Worldwide, 53 Six, Ballincollig Basketball Club, Community Games, Diverse Sports Agency, Dublin GAA, Emu Publishing, Executive Venture Partners, Fabric Social, Future Ticketing, the GAA, Gaelic Players Association, Golf Ireland, Hockey Ireland, Horse Racing Ireland, Irish Life, KPMG, Leinster Rugby, Munster technological University, Olytico, Onside Sponsorship, Paralympics Ireland, Playbook Sponsorship, PlayerStat Data, the RDS, Shelbourne FC, Special Olympics Ireland, Sport for Business, Sport Ireland, Stats Perform, Swim Ireland, Triathlon Ireland, Technological University Dublin, Whoop and Wilson Hartnell.
It will be of particular interest to sporting bodies looking to get a better understanding of the value and the importance of their data, and to sponsors looking to investigate how they might deepen the engagement they have with fans.
We will report back on what we learned together tomorrow morning.
The Sport for Business Membership comprises nearly 300 organisations, including all the leading sports and sponsors, as well as commercial and state agencies.
