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Digital Innovation for Sport 2026 Conference
Galway City – Dublin Road
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The Intelligent Sport Ecosystem - leveraging data pipelines and AI to support sports performance and operations.
Focusing on the Intelligent Sports Ecosystem, our third Digital Innovation for Sport event at ATU Galway brings together leaders from sport, technology and research to examine how data and AI are transforming modern sport.
Through real-world insights and examples, discover how intelligent systems can optimise operations, elevate performance, and create new pathways for participation, engagement and commercial growth.
Agenda
MC: Damian Lawlor
9.30am: Opening Address
9.45am – Keynote: Lessons from the Front Line – Technology & AI in Olympic Sport
Gavin Noble, Team Ireland Performance and Marketing Director, Chef de Mission, Paris 2024
10.15am: Sports Innovation in Action: Skillnet Innovation Exchange
A Digital Catalyst Case Study with Conor Carmody, Innovation Exchange, Jonathan Stevenson, Gymnastics Ireland & Warren Harding, GBA Solutions
10.45am: Break & Networking
11.15am: Sports Innovation in Action: Data2Sustain
Mike Conroy presents ongoing Data2Sustain case studies with Seamus Kyne, SportsLomo and Warren Healy, ClubForce
11.45pm: Interactive Forum: AI and me
Máire Carr, ATU, facilitates a forum on the opportunities and challenges of harnessing AI
12.45pm: Lunch & Networking
1.45pm: Keynote: Engineering Influence: Sportstech in Ireland’s new Sports Diplomacy Strategy
Darragh Schmidt, Enterprise Ireland and Dr David Dunne, Hexis
2.25pm: Panel Discussion: From Data Pipelines to Performance Intelligence
Lisa Fallon, Technical Consultant, Global Football Development Division; Gary Ryan, Triathlon Ireland & Olympic Athletics Coach; Gary McKeegan, Innovation and EU Funding Manager, Sport Ireland
3.00pm: Closing Remarks