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Innovation Night is an evening dedicated to students who are passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation, and who are always keen to discover new horizons. Every year, the theme of the evening evolves to cover important and stimulating topics. The evening can include lectures, workshops, networking sessions and more!

It’s the perfect opportunity for students to discover current projects, meet other enthusiasts and learn more about the dynamics surrounding the world of entrepreneurship and innovation! This year, the theme was AI in Sports and the evening took place in ELA1.

18:15 – 18:35

Presentation Andreas Dzumla

Business Relationship Manager Web & App at UEFA
18:40 – 19:15

Presentation Davide Zambrano & Behsad Behzadi

Deep learning researcher at SportRadar & CTO of SportRadar
19:20 – 19:40

Presentation Horesh Ben Shitrit

VP of Computer Vision at Genius Sports / Second Spectrum
19:40 – 20:00

Roundtable/ Q&A

20:00 – 22:00

Networking aperitive

Artificial Intelligence in Sports

Every year, towards the aim of promoting entrepreneurship and innovation among EPFL students and on the campus, the Forum EPFL organizes the Innovation Night.
This year, the Innovation Night tackled the topic of AI and more specifically the challenges in the sports industry.

The night was punctuated by the talks of speakers and experts, committed in various projects. Several perspectives were introduced in order to rise awareness among the participants about the solutions which can be deployed in the future.

This event ended by a networking aperitive !