July 29-31, 2025

WALDORF-ASTORIA MONARCH BEACH RESORT DANA POINT, CA

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COMING SOON 2025 AGENDA

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2024 AGENDA

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

TUESDAY, JULY 23


5:00 PM

Tech Leader Alliance Meeting (invite only)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24


9:00 AM

Registration & Breakfast

10:00 AM

Opening Remarks & Ice Breaker

10:25 AM

Determining Your Core Ideology & Shaping Your Envisioned Future

  • Dr. Scott Goldman, High Performance Psychologist, Golden State Warriors

What you will learn:

  • The importance of determining your core ideology and help attendees with the process of determining their own
  • How to become a steadfast leader and avoid “wrong” decisions while pursuing your vision

11:30 AM

Psychology leads Physiology – How AI can Determine Cognitive Bandwidth Through Voice

  • Gary McCoy, CEO, Peak AI

What you will learn:

  • Potential applications within your organization for AI technology to determine stress factors and other measures of cognitive readiness based on voice recordings
  • How this technology, which was originally developed to help athletes reach full potential, has use-cases beyond sports, including within your own organization

12:00 PM

Open Q&A and Group Discussion

Moderators: Kevin Barefoot, Senior Vice President of Business Development, TeamworksDan Kaufman, Managing Director, Sports Technology, Sports Business Journal Gary McCoy, CEO, Peak AI

Discuss challenges, risks, current and future applications for assessment of cognitive bandwidth through voice

12:30 - 1:45 PM

Outdoor Lunch at the Reflection Courtyard

1:00 PM

Golf Begins (Shotgun Start)

Lunch will be provided on-course

1:45 PM

Kayaking

Meet at Front Drive near Valet Desk

2:30 PM

Pickleball

Meet at Tennis & Pickleball Courts

Wine Tasting

Meet at Aria Lawn Pavilion

6:00 PM

Cocktail Reception

Live music, drinks, small bites

6:30 PM

Dinner Reception

Live music, dinner, prize giveaways

8:30 - 10:00 PM

After-Dinner Social

THURSDAY, JULY 25


9:30 AM

Breakfast

10:00 AM

Opening Remarks

10:15 AM

Group Discussion: Sports Tech Trends to Watch in 2024 & Beyond

Moderators: Rick Allen, Co-Founder & CEO, ViewLift Dan Kaufman, Managing Director, Sports Technology, Sports Business Journal

9:30 AM

Data-Driven Opportunities for Your Organization to Align With the Growth of Women’s Sports

  • Margaret Fletcher, Senior Manager, Deloitte

What you will learn:

  • Where the growth and opportunities across women’s sports reside derived from a data-driven research approach
  • Actionable next steps to position your organization to benefit from the continued growth of women’s sports
  • The broader dynamics behind the growth of women's sports and an understanding of the buying trends of this fan base

10:00 AM

Open Q&A and Group Discussion

Moderator: Taylor Bloom, Head of Sports Technology Business, Sports Business Journal Margaret Fletcher, Senior Manager, Deloitte

Discuss key learnings from the growth being seen in women’s sports and brainstorm ways your businesses and organizations can align themselves with the consumers, fans and partners fueling that growth in ways that are authentic

10:30 AM

How to Implement AI Across Your Organization: A Framework

  • Greg Shove, CEO, Section School

What you will learn:

  • How teams can use AI via separate three personas, as a: Strategist, Creative and Analyst
  • How to optimize, accelerate and transform your AI strategy framework to allow you to get across your AI ambitions to your management team
  • How to handle the risks of AI implementation and to establish a realistic ROI expectation
  • This “lightning lecture” and discussion is a condensed version of the Section AI leadership workshop prepared specifically for sports industry professionals
  • Attendees will discuss specific AI technologies and challenges in implementing AI within their organizations

12:15 PM

Attendee Feedback of the 2025 Retreat

12:45 PM

Closing Reception

Lunch and drinks

2:00 PM

Program Concludes

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