Dear friends of sport,

We are delighted to announce that we have already secured 30 amazing speakers for THE SPOT. Though they hail from all kinds of industries, they have one thing in common: they are visionaries and are heavily influencing the sports world by putting forward new solutions. Click here to learn more. There are more announcements on the way soon, so stay tuned!

One of the speakers at THE SPOT is Caecilia Charbonnier, and this newsletter introduces her in more detail. I am sure you will be as fascinated in her profile as we are. A former elite tennis player who represented Switzerland during her career, Caecilia is now a VR technology pioneer and the co-founder of Artanim, a non-profit research centre specializing in motion capture technologies. She is currently working on a number of innovative projects in orthopedics and sport medicine, as well as VR and AR. For more information, click here.

In our quest to attract new talent to THE SPOT, we are also giving away ten VIP tickets. Our “Most Wanted” list features some highly innovative persons who may not be very important just yet but still deserve the red-carpet treatment for their innovative mindset and ideas. If you’re thinking “Hey, that’s me” or if you know someone who fits the bill, then click here for more info.

This month’s newsletter also provides an update on the opening week of the UEFA Start-Up challenge, an exclusive 12-week accelerator programme rolled out in partnership with ThinkSport. It also previews this year’s Sport Future Rendez-Vous, which will look at the future of the Olympic Games, with none other than the IOC President opening the debate. Exciting times!

Happy spring!

Yours,

Anna Hellman, Director of ThinkSport