Hosted by the International Football Institute, Munich · with Sports Tech NationPartner with MIDAS · Call for abstractsEN | DE

Tuesday 1 December 2026 · Wort & Bild Verlag, Baierbrunn

Munich Intelligence, Data and Applied Sport

A one-day symposium on where artificial intelligence is actually changing sport, built around four tracks: computer vision in the morning, AI infrastructure after lunch, then commercialization and governance and ethics in AI to finish. A welcome cocktail at 18:00 is included in the MIDAS ticket, the day before the Sports Tech Nation summit on 2 December.

Secure your pass Programme

MIDAS 26Hosted by the International Football Institute, MunichIn partnership with Sports Tech Nation, SAP Garden, 2 DecemberProgramme committee from IFI, FC Augsburg, TU Dublin and Colosseum Sport

Countdown

000days

00hrs

00min

00sec

Abstracts are invited from students, early-career researchers and club analysts, and the deadline is Thursday 12 November 2026. Submit an abstract.

Speakers

Computer VisionPieter RobberechtsResearch Expert in AI, KU Leuven

Computer VisionHendrik WeberSports Technology and Innovation, DFL

AI InfrastructureDaniel LinkProfessor, TUM

AI InfrastructureStefan AltmannTSG Research Lab

CommercializationJuan FuentesCo-chair, EBAN Sports

CommercializationAudra ShallalEBAN Sports

Governance, Ethics and StandardsAlberto Carrio SampedroUPF Barcelona

The meeting point for AI in sport

Where the researchers building the models meet the clubs, companies and investors who will use them.

Track 1

Computer Vision

Camera and sensor feeds into performance data a club can act on, from the World Cup's offside system to a phone on a training ground.

Track 2

AI Infrastructure

The data architecture a club needs before any model is useful, and where language models fit into a coaching workflow today.

Track 3

Commercialization

How research-grade technology becomes a product, who buys it, and what the investors still active in performance and data are looking for.

Track 4

Governance, Ethics and Standards

Whether the tools discussed during the day are trustworthy, fair and interoperable at scale, and who is responsible when a model gets it wrong.

Full programme

One week in Munich

Venue and travel

The MIDAS auditorium in Baierbrunn — The MIDAS room: the auditorium at the Wort & Bild Verlag, Baierbrunn

Sports Tech Nation, networking — Sports Tech Nation

Venue exterior, Baierbrunn — The venue, Baierbrunn

Who it is for

Research

Academia and applied research. Present work that is ready for practitioners to use, and hear from the clubs and companies who would use it.

Submit an abstract

Clubs and federations

Analysts, performance staff and data leads. The morning and afternoon are built around your workflow: what tracks, what stores, what the models actually do for you.

Secure your pass

Industry and investors

The finish is yours: how the technology becomes a product, who buys it, and what standards it has to meet. Spotlights on stage.

Partner with MIDAS

Partners

The partner offer

AWS · in discussion

Hudl · in discussion

GameCode.Ai · in discussion

Programme committee

Advised by EBAN Sports and ThinkSport

Dr Anselm KüchleManaging Director, International Football Institute, Munich

Dr Steffen LangFC Augsburg · Performance Analysis and Sports Informatics, Technical University of Munich

Dr Kieran CollinsChair of Sports Analytics, Technology and Innovation, TU Dublin

Iddo DiamantHead of Startups and Strategic Programmes, Colosseum Sport

Tuesday 1 December 2026Wort & Bild Verlag, Baierbrunn · MIDAS €149, €199 from 15 November · With Sports Tech Nation €499, €549 from 15 November

Secure your pass Partner with MIDAS

Hear first when passes open

Leave your details and we will get back to you with what you need: passes, the programme as it is confirmed, or an invitation if that is the right route.

Prices in EUR. VAT treatment to be confirmed. Passes, venue and FAQs.