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SCTalks Sports Tech
Wed Jul 26, 18:00 - Wed Jul 26, 20:00
Workshop17
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A few things make the world stop and stare like sports! We have seen it unify and transform communities; at this month we look at how sports has transformed with technology, new trends and opportunities. In partnership with Dimension Data, this month's SCTalk promises to be an exciting one.We are cooking an amazing panel discussion and showcase for you that we will reveal soon.
Meet our keynote speaker, Wolf Stinnes, who is Chief Solutions Architect at Dimension Data (DD) and is one of the greatest minds and tech talents behind many of of DD's transformative solutions with key sponsorship properties and clients.
He is a sought-after keynote speaker who has been around the world sharing his knowledge and experiences of some of the world’s greatest events.
Wolf has been the Chief Architect on many projects such as Connected Stadiums (including the Cape Town World Cup stadium), the Cape Epic, Smart Cities & Buildings, Internet of Things and has been involved in our Tour de France solution by collaborating with the team to bring back the learnings into the South Africa environment.
Wolf has headed up the technology team behind the World’s most prestigious and most broadcast Mountain Bike Race, The Cape Epic and has been able to spearhead some of the technology around how sporting events go to broadcast, engage fans and embrace the digital age.
On the panel are:
Bodo Sieber
Bodo Sieber, Co-Founder and CEO of Tagmarshal a Golf Management Software Start-up.
The B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) solution provides field and management efficiencies to golf operations and adds value to almost 50 courses in the US, Europe, Asia and South Africa. The customer list includes high profile facilities such as 2017 US Open hosts Erin Hills, PGA Championship hosts Whistling Straits, Ryder Cup hosts Kiawah Island, Irish Open hosts Ballybunion and Jack Nicklaus Golf Beijing to name a few. The company has been making waves in the business of golf, delivering results with its specialist GPS and business intelligence system.
With an extensive portfolio in corporate BI applications and apps provided to the likes of SAB, CellC and DSV logistics. Bodo and his team have successfully brought corporate experience and technology into the sports space.
Bodo is a co-founder of SABAN, the South African Business Angel Network and serves on the Exco of the UCT Ikey Tigers rugby club.
Dr Warren Adams is the Head of Strength and Conditioning at SA Rugby and is currently directly involved with the Springboks. Previously he was involved with the Junior Springboks and SA Schools rugby teams, the Western Province u19 Currie Cup team (2008-2012), the Western Province Rugby Institute (2008-2010), and the Stellenbosch University (Maties) Rugby Club (2005-2012).
Grant van Velden is a High Performance Sport Scientist who manages the Sport Technology Unit at the Centre for Human Performance Sciences at Stellenbosch University. The Sport Technology Unit provides support to all of the Maties Sport High Performance teams and athletes competing at all levels of competition. Through the Sport Technology Unit, Grant has been able to assist teams such as the Springboks, Blitzboks, Junior Springboks, Cricket South Africa, New Zealand Rugby, New Zealand Netball, England Netball, Banyana Banyana, and Cape Town City FC to name a few.
Gail Petrie (Turfsport founder & CEO)
As an entrepreneur, Gail has probably run her business for the last 35 yrs in a somewhat unorthodox manner. She graduated from UCT with a BSc (Comp Sci). Not being a betting person, but very curious around the risk management element of betting, she applied her IT skills as a programmer and business owner in the sports betting industry. After completing her MBA in 2002, her keen interest in people has meant she has slowly grown the business from a small 4 person informal type business to a flat structured 50 people organisation who are serious about IT architecture and design. Gail is still very involved in the design of new software, but is the first to admit that she continues to learn more from her employees.
Gail also has a very keen interest in the dire state of education in South African schools, particularly around school leadership and governance. She is the Chair person of NELI - the Norkitt Education Learner Initiative. (www.norkitt.net)
Founder and CEO of BoxChamp (Pty) Ltd, a cloud based SAAS solution that gives gyms an all-in-one gym and member management system. We take care of everything from booking system and performance tracking, to complete automated billing integration, CRM, member acquisition and retention tools. For gym members, they get to use our free, slick and simple mobile app “BoxChamp HQ", which is available on the respective app stores.
Since launch in Jan 2015 with only a workout tracking tool as an MVP, we have developed and grown into an all-in-one system and a full team based in RSA and resellers abroad. Currently have approximately 130 gyms in RSA powered by BoxChamp. Since our global launch a couple of months ago, we now have clients in USA, UK, Germany, UAE, Thailand and Colombia, as well as Zambia, Namibia and the DRC.
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SCTalks Sports Tech
Workshop17
Watershed, 17 Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, 8002, South Africa
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