Hosted by the International Football Institute, Munich · with Sports Tech NationPartner with MIDAS · Call for abstractsEN | DE
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30 November to 1 December 2026 · Wort & Bild Verlag, Baierbrunn

Speakers

Speakers come from different worlds on purpose: researchers who can say what is actually new in computer vision, data and language models; performance and data staff from clubs and federations who know what survives a season; and the founders and investors who decide what gets built and bought. Each track hears all three, and the conversation between them is the point. Names are published here as they are confirmed, and the call for abstracts is open until 8 November 2026.

Who will be on stage

Read the four tracks in full
Day 1 · Technical

Computer Vision

A keynote on skeleton tracking and performance vision, a second talk from research or club practice, and a fifteen-minute partner spotlight.

Day 1 · Technical

AI Infrastructure

A keynote on club data architecture and language models, a second talk on club data and analytics, and the facilitated cross-track workshop for the whole room in the afternoon.

Day 2 · Industry

Commercialization

A keynote on the path from research to product to buyer, a second talk from a founder, buyer or investor, and startup spotlights of ten to fifteen minutes each.

Day 2 · Closing

Governance, Ethics and Standards

A keynote on trust, fairness and interoperability at scale, and a closing talk on standards and regulation.

Speakers are confirmed by the programme committee from direct invitations and the call for abstracts. Names appear here as each one is confirmed.

Programme committee

Advised by EBAN Sports and ThinkSport

MIDAS is a partnership first: the International Football Institute with Sports Tech Nation, TU Dublin, ThinkSport and EBAN Sports. We are proud that so many organisations and institutes have come together to build it. The programme committee below, from the host institute, a Bundesliga club, a university and Colosseum Sport, reads every abstract.

Dr Anselm Küchle
Dr Anselm KüchleManaging Director, International Football Institute, Munich
Dr Steffen Lang
Dr Steffen LangFC Augsburg · Performance Analysis and Sports Informatics, Technical University of Munich
Dr Kieran Collins
Dr Kieran CollinsChair of Sports Analytics, Technology and Innovation, TU Dublin
Iddo Diamant
Iddo DiamantHead of Startups and Strategic Programmes, Colosseum Sport
Call for abstracts closes 8 November 2026Four tracks · Talks and posters · Read by the committee