2025 Sportech Industry Forum : Program

This year’s theme is: “How can we promote sport and physical activity in our daily lives? From adapting sports equipment and ensuring accessibility for users, to integrating them into urban infrastructures.”

Agenda :

8:30:   Welcome coffee

9:15:  Welcome and introduction by Emilie Michel and Pascal Vuilliomenet

9:30 – 10:00:  Presentation of the MGT555 course format and past student projects

10:00 – 10:30:  Presentation on societal trends:

• Sedentary lifestyles and sports practice

• Rising temperatures and sports practice

• Introduction of the three thematic tracks “Urban integration, Sports Infrastructures, Equipment”:

  • Urban Integration
    How can we integrate physical and sports activities into a warming urban environment, especially for non-athletes and casual users of the city?
  • Sports Infrastructure
    How can we adapt and evolve sports facilities and their access models to ensure they are open to a wider audience (including outside of clubs) while addressing upcoming climate challenges?
  • Equipment
    How can we rethink sports equipment and its availability to better reflect changing user habits and adapt to climate change?

10:30 – 11:00:   Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30:  Individual brain post-its on the challenges identified within the three themes

11:30 – 12:00:  Cluster discussion by thematic track

12:00 – 13:30:  Networking lunch

13:30 – 14:15:  Roundtables by theme of interest to discuss potential solution pathways that could lead to projects

14:15 – 14:30:  Selection of a personally relevant project

14:30 – 15:00:  Drafting of project proposal sheets describing the topics

15:00 – 16:00:  Networking coffee and discussion of individual projects / further development

Please note that presentations will be given in English, although questions can be answered in either French or English.

If you work in the sports industry or on a related scientific project and would like to attend this event, please contact us directly: [email protected]