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Basketball Innovation Summit to showcase technology in sport

Google Cloud, SAP Sports, 4YFN and YBVR amongst speakers to discuss innovation in sports

Summit to be held on Saturday, May 29 at 10 AM. Registration is open and free here

The growing role of technology within the sports industry will be showcased and examined at a special online event on Saturday, May 29.

The Basketball Innovation Summit will be presented by Euroleague Basketball, in collaboration with N3XT Sports, 4YFN, LeSource, ThinkSport and SportsTechX as part of the 2021 FanXP Innovation Challenge program.

The two-hour event, staged in the middle of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, will give space to tech companies and partners to showcase their projects and solutions, as well as hearing from professional basketball players Sinan Guler and Niels Giffey about their experience within the sports tech ecosystem.

Participants will be able to dive into specific cases with a selection of Euroleague Basketball clubs sharing their innovation initiatives, and the ten finalists for the FanXP Innovation Challenge will also be announced.

The Summit will take place between 10:00 and 12:00 CET on Saturday, and free registration is open to anyone interested in discovering more about this fast-moving and exciting industry:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0FldVz8fR0SAwxS_8BbfGA

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages and organizes the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational programs. Its ground-breaking corporate social responsibility program One Team features all EB clubs that have already made a difference in the lives of over 22,000 participants. Its Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.