Keynote Speakers
Dean Oliver pioneered the basketball analytics movement with his 2004 book, Basketball on Paper. He has since worked in NBA front offices and as an assistant coach, incorporating analytics into the decision-making processes. He helped create ESPN’s sports analytics group in 2011 and rejoined the group in May. His new book, Basketball Beyond Paper, came out in November 2024 and documents his experiences as well as many studies into player fit, psychology, and performance.
Alok is a Developer Advocate at Google Cloud, focused on generative AI, data science, and sports analytics. He has a passion for transforming data into valuable insights and aims to highlight how data science and generative AI tools can empower practitioners to address challenges and achieve greater impact. Alok is an expert in sports analytics, having been a founding member and leader of ESPN's sports analytics team before joining Google. He actively provides data science consulting services to teams and leagues and maintains a public presence in the field.
Featured Workshop:
TBD
Information about our annual sports analytics workshop coming soon.
