Quick post to let you know of an event taking place in London this Thursday (25th June 2015). It’s only £5 and the line-up us top class. All the details are below and you can boo your place here.
Football and Data
In the latest in our series of ‘Football and Data’ events, we’ll be looking at a variety of topics related to the use of data in Football.
We’ll be looking at the use of Video Analysis and related data with Sam Lloyd from Hudl, and discussing how to ‘Empower the Experts’ with a talk from Brian Prestidge of The Information Lab and formerly Head of Analytical Development at Bolton Wanders FC.
We’ll also be taking a look at some of the key stats from the season just gone, discussing how the media’s approach to football stats has changed over the last few years and hearing from John Burn-Murdoch, an interactive data journalist from the Financial Times and co-founder of their weekly sports statistics series FT Baseline.
Finally, the event will finish with a panel session featuring Opta’s Duncan Alexander who is a key part of Opta’s hugely successful OptaJoe. The panel will be taking questions on use of football stats in the media, what they think the future holds for this area and data in football in general.
About our Speakers:
Dr Sam Lloyd leads the global soccer division at Hudl, working with everyone from Premier League clubs, to High School soccer teams across America. While completing his PhD in the effects of data and video on athlete development, Sam founded Replay Analysis which Hudlacquired in 2014.
Brian Prestidge is currently a Consultant for The Information Lab one of the leading providers of Tableau/Alteryx based solutions. Prior to this Brian spent 9 seasons as an analyst at Bolton.
There he delivered analytical support to coaches, sport science teams and players. Brian transitioned to Head of Player Recruitment during the 2012/2013 season before moving in to the position of Head of Analytical Development where his remit was to establish and develop best practice throughout the club with innovative data collection, efficient analysis and insightful visualisation and presentation.
John Burn-Murdoch is an interactive data journalist at the Financial Times, and also co-founder of FT Baseline, a weekly series using data analysis and visualisation to test myths and tell stories from the world of sport. Recent highlights from Baseline include a visual analysis of Premier League squad usage and a look at the danger of relying on injury-prone strikers.
Dan Barnett is Director of Analytics at Analysis Marketing, a Database Marketing consultancy, where he has worked in a variety of sectors helping clients get the most from the Transactional and Geodemographic data. Dan has a keen interest in football analytics and runs the Swansea City blog WeArePremierLeague.com and was a recent presenter at the latest OptaPro analytics forum, discussing Attacking Free Kicks.
