Sports Tech Research Podcast

The Sports Tech Research Podcast provides you with the latest insights coming from academic and non-academic experts working at universities, innovation centers, business schools, companies, startups, federations, etc.

We mainly talk about multi-disciplinary collaborations, licensing and spin-offs, validation research, research-related expertise and centers, or about implementation of technologies within sports & society. Tune in to learn from the most innovative academic and industry professionals!

25/08/2020

Martin O'Reilly - Creating a successful sports wearable tech spinout

Martin O’Reilly calls himself 'a passionate sports-wearables and analytics entrepreneur and researcher'. And he is! As a CEO & Co-Founder at Output Sports, which is a…

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17/08/2020

Patrick Burge - Sports Innovation from theory to practice

Working for Progressive Sports Technologies and many other organizations, Patrick Burge has broad experience in topics as Innovation, Strategy, Startup and Scale-up Financing,…

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11/08/2020

Adam Karg - Research & Innovation in the Sports Management and Technology area

Working in the Sport Innovation Research group at the Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), Adam Karg is closely involved in various research projects in collaboration with the…

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14/07/2020

Jeroen Stragier - Wearables & analytics in digital health, sport and physical activity

Being a Senior researcher at Ghent University in the research group for Media, Innovation and Communication Technologies, Jeroen Stragier has worked on various aspects such as…

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07/07/2020

Benjamin Kinsky - Studying the Sports Innovation Ecosystem

What's the status quo of sports innovation ecosystems, from both a theoretical and practical perspective? Benjamin Kinsky (Bundeswehr University Munich) is finishing his PhD on this…

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28/06/2020

Giorgi Khubua - Starting, growing & selling a university (student) FitTech startup

In order to have student sports entrepreneurship flourish, it helps to have some good practices and examples. Giorgi Khubua and his team created one with their smart mirror solution…

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08/06/2020

Jack Goodloe-Haßmann - The ins & outs of Research & Innovation at Puma

Jack Goodloe-Haßmann, Senior Manager Consumer Insights at Puma (at the time we spoke), explains his approach and vision within the Puma R&D process. We discussed the interaction…

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08/06/2020

Lode Goossens - The role of research in youth sports talent identification

During this episode of the podcast, Lode Goossens talks about the transition from the Ghent University spin-off SpartaNova to the re-start of the company under the name 'Hylyght'. We talked about the…

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08/06/2020

Ted Hayduk - Bridging the gap between research & the sports world through data

During this podcast episode, Ted Hayduk, Assistant Professor at the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport (New York University) discusses his research in the areas of sports entrepreneurship…

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