Join us as we launch our Next Generation Graduates Program (NGGP) in Sports Data Science and AI! Our NGGP is a collaboration across 20 industry partners and four universities to develop 25 higher degree research students to power the Australian Sports Ecosystem into the future. Learn about future directions for sports data and AI from two panels featuring industry leaders across high performance sports, sports tech, government, CSIRO, and universities. Join us to celebrate the launch of this historic initiative to transform sports on the green and gold runway to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

SCHEDULE

8:00 am: Arrival, refreshments, and networking

8:30 am: Welcome and Opening

8:45 am: Future Panel Session #1: The Future of Australian Sport with Data Science and Sports Tech: Performance, Participation, the Games, and Beyond

CHAIR: Professor Sarah Kelly OAM - Member of the Brisbane 2032 Games Organising Committee Board, Deputy Chair, Brisbane Lions AFL Football club, Deputy Chair, Tourism & Events Qld, Head of the Graduate School of Business at QUT
Troy Ayres - General Manager at the Queensland Academy of Sports (QAS)
Tim Kelly - Manager, Research & Innovation Strategy, Insights & Innovation Group at the Australian Sports Commission
Emily Rosemond OLY - Director of Sport at QUT
Dr Martin Schlegel - Chair of the Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN)

9:15 am: Open Discussion: Chair - Sarah Kelly

9:25 am: NGGP Student Project Introductions

9:40 am: Future Panel Session #2: The Future of Australian Sport with Data Science and Sports Tech: The Value of Partnering Research and Practice

CHAIR: Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen - Director, QUT Centre for Data Science, co-founder of the Australian Data Science Network, and Chief Investigator for the QUT-led NGGP Consortium
Dr Allan Hahn OAM - Strategic Advisor, Performance Partnerships, at Queensland Academy of Sport
Professor Scott Sisson - Director, UNSW Data Science Hub
Dr Petra Kuhnert - Associate Science Director for University Engagement and Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO's Data 61
A/Professor Paul Wu - Co-Lead, QUT Centre for Data Science Sports Systems Domain and AIS-QAS Industry Research Fellow

10:10 am: Open Discussion: Chair - Kerrie Mengersen

10:20 am: Close

10:30 am: Celebratory Morning Tea