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24.09.2020 AZUM system provides smart training platform

Innovation alert - here is another promising solution developed recently by a Swiss start-up!

Are you a coach or athlete keen to take training to the next level? Then meet Zurich based start-up AZUM system and check out their new smart training planning tool for contemporary sports coaching. No matter if amateur or top athlete, this innovative solution provides for a customised platform for training and nutrition management. The user can design the interface according to personal ideas, create an own training library and store individual intensity zones, algorithms and instruction videos. The makers of AZUM system claim to focus on individualisation instead of standardisation, enabling an efficient, customised training.

23.09.2020 Innosuisse grant to boost sport innovation in Switzerland

ThinkSport, UNIL and EPFL to receive a grant by Innosuisse to spur sport innovation in Switzerland.
Selection is a recognition of sport’s significant contribution to the Swiss economy and the unique ecosystem.
New opportunities for innovative partnerships and projects by Swiss sport-related companies and start-ups.

16.09.2020 Two weeks to go to iSPORTCONNECT’s 2020 Lausanne Summit

SPORTCONNECT’s 2020 Lausanne Summit, in association with PwC and ThinkSport, will take place on 29 September from 3pm to 5pm BST.

14.09.2020 Technis and Sword Venue ensure live monitoring of population flows for Le Tour de France in Nice

Two Lausanne based start-ups, Technis and Sword Venue, recently revealed that they have jointly developed a smart technology used at the ongoing Tour de France. First the solution uses smart floors to count people entering, leaving and moving in certain venues or spaces. Second, it creates digital maps based on the real time data on space occupation in the defined zones, which are displayed via a smart phone app. The app enables the organisers to define a maximum number of people which must not to be exceeded. A "stop" signal is displayed on the public entry point as soon as this threshold is reached.

11.09.2020 Plans for National Sailing Performance Centre on the UNIL/EFPL Campus take shape

Swiss Sailing and the University of Lausanne (UNIL) this week signed a letter of intent to establish the National Sailing Performance Centre on the UNIL/EPFL Campus in Dorigny. A feasibility study has been launched by Swiss Sailing, UNIL and EPFL, with the aim of determining by June 2021 how such a project could be implemented.

11.09.2020 2020 Smart Cities and Sport Summit: 100% virtual and free for all city entities

For its seventh edition, the Smart Cities and Sport Summit will focus on how smart and forward-thinking cities can leverage inclusive sport, physical activity and sporting events to advance the common roadmap to transform communities and contribute to the UN 2030 Agenda.

04.09.2020 iWorkinSport launches “Best Employers in Sport” initiative

iWorkinSport has just launched a large-scale survey, in order to nominate the “Best Employers in Sport” - overall and in various categories, such as per size, type of company (e.g. federations, clubs, agencies, sporting goods, technology, etc.), and more.

03.09.2020 Grow your business from the “MSI” – in the heart of the Olympic Capital

Insiders to sport and the Olympic Movement will immediately associate the “Maison du Sport International”, also known as MSI, with Lausanne’s unique sport ecosystem. Located just a few footsteps away from the IOC’s new headquarters “Olympic House”, the MSI hosts 45 sports stakeholders, among which are mostly Olympic and non-Olympic International Federations, international umbrella organisations, but also media organisations, sport-related companies and advisors.

01.09.2020 Meet Ambassador Nicolas Bideau, keynote speaker at Sport Future Rendez-Vous 2020

His role is to promote Switzerland and its image abroad. At this year’s Sport Future Rendez-Vous, Ambassador and Director of Présence Suisse, Nicolas Bideau, will share his views on image challenges for Switzerland and international sport. ThinkSport had the opportunity to meet Nicolas Bideau ahead of the event and get some insights. Take a quick look!

28.08.2020 Sport Future Rendez-Vous 2020 sneak preview with Jean-Loup Chappelet

The rise and future of Switzerland as an Olympic epicentre and related image challenges will be the focus of this year’s Sport Future Rendez-Vous, which will be held online on 10 September 2020. Check out ThinkSport’s three quick questions to Jean-Loup Chappelet, UNIL Emeritus Professor, and get a glimpse of what to expect!

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