AUSTRALIA'S LEADING SPORTS TECH EXPERIENCE
The 2024 Australia Sports Innovation Week (ASIW) is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and most respected sports technology experience and runs from Tuesday 22 October – Friday 25 October 2024 in Melbourne. Explore the various events on offer to design your ideal Sports Innovation Week experience.
EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Motorsport Innovation & Research Workshop
Hosted by RMIT Motorsport
RMIT Motorsport has over 20 years experience in the design, manufacture, assembly, testing and racing of electric-powered, sustainable, open-wheel race cars. Join the RMIT Motorsport team for a behind the scenes tour of the design and build of their twelfth electric vehicle and the innovations and research helping shape the future of motorsport. This tour is designed for those with a keen interest in engineering, innovation and motorsport.
Tue 22 October, 2:30PM
RMIT, Carlton
Sports Tech Academic Day
Hosted by Deakin University
Sports Tech Academic Day will provide an insight into the latest research and academic projects being undertaken across APAC, and how they are impacting the Sports Tech industry. This event is open to all universities and industry attendees, and is designed to showcase current research and projects nearing or entering commercialisation. If you are interested in showcasing your academic research or project, you can apply to present your work.
Roundtable on Accessibility in Sport
Presented by etrainu
This roundtable presented by etrainu and Disability Sport and Recreation will dive into the landscape of accessibility in sport. This will be a forum to discuss how we can all work together to create better accessible environments at a grassroots level. This roundtable is ideal for sports organisations that are looking to collaborate and create positive change.
Wed 23 October, 9:30AM
Gate 8 – East Melbourne
Women-led Design
Presented by ASTN
The Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) are excited to present a showcase and storytelling event – "Women-led Design". This event features trailblazing women founders who have revolutionised the field with their cutting-edge products and solutions, created to cater for women-specific sports apparel, protective wear, health & fitness pursuits, and children’s physical development. If you are interested in showcasing and/or presenting the story of your product or business we’d love to hear from you. Please contact hayley.priestnall@astn.com.au for more info.
Wed 23 October, 10:00AM
Launchpad, Cremorne
India Sports Innovation Workshop
Presented by HiG Sports & Australia India Business Council
This workshop will look at how we leverage the growing opportunity between Australia and India in the sporting sector beyond just cricket to collaborate better across the whole sports ecosystem. Join us for the India Sports Innovation Workshop where a collective of delegates, presenters and colleagues from India will present on the collaboration of skills and capability in sport, leadership and innovation to continue the positive energy and conversations in learning together.
Wed 23 October, 10:15AM
Gate 8 – East Melbourne
Sports Tech Startup & Investor Day
Presented by ASTN & Playbook Ventures
Sports Tech Startup and Investor Day will be held in Melbourne, proudly presented together with Playbook Ventures and ASTN. The mission of this half day event is to showcase APAC's most exciting startups and innovators in sports, media and entertainment to investors, industry representatives, sporting leagues & clubs to facilitate partnerships, deals and trials to help ideas grow.
Wed 23 October, 1:00PM
Gate 8 – East Melbourne
Strengthening Volunteer Capacities: Tackling Discrimination with Policy Innovation & AI
Presented by Swinburne
Join us for an interactive workshop exploring how technology
can combat discrimination and hate in community sports. We
will introduce a pioneering project that co-creates policy
templates and develops a supportive Large Language Model
(LLM) to streamline anti-discrimination efforts. This tool
standardises responses, enhances decision-making, and eases
volunteer workloads.
Wed 23 October, 1:00PM
The Hawthorn Hotel Function Room
Performance Workshop Series
Presented by The Mind Room
This Performance Workshop Series is designed to given an overview and insight into three key areas where the latest approaches in the world of sports psychology can be applied to sporting clubs, organisations and athletes. Across three separate workshops, attendees will gain a foundational understanding of how to build a performance psychology curriculum, how to build high performance environments and the role of mental conditioning programs.
Wed 23 October, 1:00PM
The Mind Room, Collingwood
Australia & New Zealand Sports Technology Awards
Presented by ASTN
The Australia and New Zealand Sports Technology Awards (ANZSTA) recognises and celebrates excellence in data, digital and technology across the Sports, Media, Entertainment, Health and Technology landscapes. Applications are via an online process with Finalists shortlisted by a Panel of Industry Experts. Join us as the winners are announced at the ANZSTA Finals Cocktail Event during Sports Innovation Week.
Wed 23 October, 4:30PM
Jolimont House, East Melbourne
DSR CEO Wheelchair Challenge Breakfast
Presented by Disability Sport and Recreation
Join us for a unique breakfast to celebrate the DSR CEO Wheelchair Challenge. Pushing the conversations and taking action on inclusion and accessibility is important. This breakfast is a chance to help improve the lives of people with disability and gain first-hand understanding along the way in learning from people with lived experience. Join other CEOs, Business, Government and Community leaders for this special event.
Thu 24 October, 7:30AM
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coffee Masterclass with Olympic Gold Medalist Zac Stubblety-Cook
Presented by Sapidus Roast
This masterclass will be hosted by Zac Stubblety-Cook and focus on 3 different Sapidus Roast blends and demonstrate how to get the best out of each coffee through different recipes. Sapidus Roast was born out of a hobby gone feral and shared passion for coffee between Zac Stubblety-Cook and Leah Neale.
Thu 24 October, 12:45PM
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Main Event! Join the 2024 Australia Sports Tech Conference to learn from and network with leaders that have driven innovation in their clubs and organisations.
Thu 24 October, 9:00AM
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Designing the NSO of the Future
Presented by Deakin University
Building on the momentum of the week, this session will use the expert lens to consider the optimal future design of National Sport Organisations from a data and technology perspective. In designing an NSO for 2034, attendees will contribute to objectives, structures, technology adoption and collaboration within the future sport business ecosystem.
Fri 25 October, 9:00AM
Deakin University, Burwood
Sport Textiles Innovation Workshop
Presented by RMIT University
Sporting apparel and garments have seen a huge amount of innovation over recent years. This is being led by research into new materials, manufacturing processes, seamless bonding techniques and other innovations that are opening the door for new items of consumer and professional sporting apparel. Join the RMIT textiles team to gain an insight into some of the recent industry collaborations and projects as well as get a tour of the textiles research and testing lab.
Fri 25 October, 1:30PM
RMIT – Brunswick Campus
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