Sports Tech Transfer and R&D Summit

🔗 Connecting Science, Policy, Business & Practise in Sport. Organized by Pinnacle, Ghent University-Victoris and EPSI (European Platform for Sport Innovation) the Sports Tech Transfer and R&D Summit, embedded in a political momentum aims to promote knowledge exchange between academia and industry, to strengthen the cooperation and transfer of innovations from research labs into industrial exploitation in the field of sports. This conference will encourage commercialization of innovative technologies developed at public and private research organizations and promote cooperation between research organizations and development groups in the sports sector. This tech transfer will ultimately boost cross regional business exploitation and promote collaboration. 📍 Location: Ghent, Belgium 🗓 Date: Thursday 25th & Friday 26th October 2018 🙏🏻 Supporting partners: ADC, Global Sports Innovation Center, Movesense, Sportcareers, ISTA. The main conference goals are: ✅ Understanding the political landscape for the sport sector and asses how it can facilitate technology transfer ✅ Boosting innovation ideas supported by public private financial partnerships ✅ Facilitating cooperation and transfer of knowledge between universities, businesses and sports organizations ✅ Defining strategies for the development of evidence-based sports technologies ✅ Stimulating cross-industry / cross regional sport innovation ✅ Improving networks among academic researchers, R&D managers, civil servants and sports scientific staff members in teams