Plug & Play LA Hosts Inaugural Sports Tech Innovation Summit

Plug and Play Tech Center Launches Inaugural Sports Tech Innovation Event

Join Tech Founders and Investors from the Los Angeles Sports Tech Ecosystem in Advance of the City Hosting the World Cup and Olympic Games

WHAT:  As Los Angeles prepares to host the upcoming World Cup and Olympics the city is set to become a hub of unparalleled excitement sportsmanship and technological breakthroughs.

In the spirit of this dynamic transformation Plug and Play Tech Center is hosting an exclusive SportsTech Innovation Event designed to bring together the sharpest innovators the most enthusiastic fans and forward-thinking companies.

WHO: 

• Executives from Plug and Play Sports Innovation Summit
• Presenting Start-Ups
• Crosscourt
• Sparket
• MOGL
• Rootnote
• Mozee
• Crewlab
• Grandstand
• WagerWire

Summit- Speaker Lineup

Keynote Speakers- “Meet the Athlete” Digital Series

• Matt Barnes NBA Champion 
• Ron “Boss” Everline Founder of JustTrain & VP of Hartbeat Ventures
• Kimberley Nixon Open Venture Capital

World Cup Panel

• Moderator Bob Heere (Director of Sport Management University of North Texas)
• Abe Geiger (Chief Product Officer U.S. Soccer Federation)
• Everett Jacobs (Founder EJ3 Sports Consulting)
• Lauren Sesselmann (Professional Soccer Player World Cup Athlete)
• Tentative Speakers: Jozy Altidore (Professional Soccer Player New England Revolution)

Tech Demo

• Joe DaCosta (Director of Business Development WSC Sports)

Olympic Tech Panel

• Moderator Kristin Collins 
• Rick Echevaria (Vice President Intel)
• Brett Lyons (CCO Ai.Io)

Esports Fireside Chat

• Justin Kenna (CEO Gamesquare)
• Tentative Speakers: Ninja/FaZe

Plug and Play Sports Innovation Summit 2024

WHEN:

October 1 2024

4:00 to 8:00PM PT 

WHERE: 

1027 Rooftop at TENTEN Wilshire/ Plug and Play 

1027 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles CA 90017

*Valet parking available

WHY: 

Plug and Play has over 35 locations globally with offices across Asia Europe North America South America and Africa. Plug and Play will be sourcing accelerating and bringing together the best startups from LA and beyond to tap into the ecosystem's growing assets and resources.

Media Opportunities: 

• Interviews with Rahim and Saeed Amidi Founders of Plug and Play 
• Interviews with Other Key Players in the Los Angeles sports and entrepreneurial community 
• Presentations from select startups with data for future news articles

RSVP: https://lu.ma/1ab87gt

About Plug and Play

Plug and Play is the leading innovation platform connecting startups corporations venture capital firms universities and government agencies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley we're present in 35+ locations across five continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we've invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox Guardant Health Honey Lending Club N26 PayPal and Rappi. For more information visit https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com 

Host or Publisher Demetria Johnson