Conference Program
Program
This program is preliminary and subject to change.
Talks and panels in room 'Ada Lovelace'.
Company exhibition and refreshments in room 'Ljusgården'. (close to 'Ada Lovelace')
Company hands-on session and refreshments at evening June 2 at Scandic Frimurarehotellet, room Pelarsalen.
Lunches at 'Universitetsklubben'.
Speakers and panelists
- Moderator: Mike Helber
- Johan Andersson (Svenska ishockeyförbundet)
- Adam Almqvist Andersson (Svenska ishockeyförbundet)
- Thorsten Apel (Sportcontract)
- Miika Arponen (Ässät Pori)
- Robert Bandemer (d-fine)
- AJ Bernstein (San Jose Sharks)
- Tom Bertrand (Bearmind)
- Robin Blidstrand (Blidgency AB)
- Michael Elmer (KINEXON SPORTS)
- Matthew Hamann (Nashville Predators)
- Andreas Hänni (49ing)
- Curtis Harvey (SMT)
- Reimut Hellmerichs (KINEXON SPORTS)
- Samuel Howorth (SMT)
- Hassaan Inayatali (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Mike Kelly (Sportlogiq, NHL Network)
- Taneli Kivelä (Bearmind)
- Erik Lignell (HC Fribourg-Gottéron SA)
- Martin Lundholm (Skellefteå AIK)
- Albin N Maelum (Stretch on Sense)
- Karl Malmquist (Linköping Hockey Club)
- Miranda McMillan (Montreal Canadiens)
- Devin Pleuler (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment)
- Josh Pohlkamp-Hartt (Boston Bruins)
- David Radke (Chicago Blackhawks)
- Karl Schwarzenbrunner (Deutscher Eishockey-Bund)
- Olof Simander (Linköping University)
- Mikael Svarén (Dalarna University, Riksidrottsförbundet)
- Erik Wilderoth (Färjestad BK)
Pending final confirmation:
- Meghan Chayka (Stathlethes)
Invited football session
- Jesse Davis (KU Leuven)
- Ola Lidmark Eriksson (Football Analytics Sweden)
- Pieter Robberechts (KU Leuven)
- John Wall (Columbus Crew)
Research track
- Kseniia Buzko, Amir Nazemi, David A. Clausi, Yuhao Chen
Ice Hockey Action Recognition via Contextual Priors - Priyansh Gupta, Mikael Vernblom, Niklas Carlsson, Patrick Lambrix
A Gaussian Mixture Model Approach for Characterizing Playing Styles of Ice Hockey Players - Evan Iaboni, Sebastian Negulescu, Miles Pitassi, Fauzan Lodhi, Tim Brecht
Individual Puck Possessions Part I: Frequency, Duration, and Distance Travelled - Evan Iaboni, Sebastian Negulescu, Miles Pitassi, Amir Nazemi, Jerrin Bright, Vasyl Chomko, David A. Clausi, Sven Dickinson, Tim Brecht
Position Paper: New Views of Shots - Towards Measures of Net Visibility and Reachability - Fauzan Lodhi, Sebastian Negulescu, Miles Pitassi, Evan Iaboni, Tim Brecht
Individual Puck Possessions Part II: Speed Bursts and Possession Times within Teams - Rodney Paul, Nick Riccardi, Hunter Kuchenbaur
Dropping the Gloves, Driving the Play? Reassessing the Role of Fighting in Modern NHL Games
Community notes
- Louis Boulet
Merging Shot Data to Measure Player Importance to Team's Offensive Flow - Evan Lawing
xReboundsPlus, Creating a Statistic to Predict Rebound Quality - Lynn LeVatte, Christina Philipps, Shaun Ranni, Sarah Timmons
Exploring Leadership and Cultural Training Experiences of Ice Hockey Coaches: Lessons Learned from Nova Scotia
Student competition
- Daniel Griffiths, Piper Moskow (Syracuse University)
Gaining Momentum: Uncovering Hidden Scoring Dynamics in Hockey through Deep Neural Sequencing and Causal Modeling - Yanjie Lyu, Qingxuan Cui, Huaide Liu, Han Xia, Yi Yang (Linköping University)
Identifying and Analyzing SHL Ice Hockey Match Styles Based on Event Data Aggregation and K-Means Clustering - Arun Ramji, Ethan Batiuk (University of Waterloo)
A Novel Approach to Quantifying Zone Exits - Kiran Roye (Ossining High School)
A Machine Learning Approach to Score Passes Based on Their Offensive Contribution
June 2
11:30-13:00 Registration and lunch, set up for companies
13:00-13:30 Welcome by LINHAC and LINHAC's gold industry collaborators
13-30-14:30 Panel – Analysts
Miika Arponen (Ässät Pori), Martin Lundholm (Skellefteå AIK), Karl Malmquist (Linköping Hockey Club), Erik Lignell (HC Fribourg-Gottéron SA)
14:30-14:45 break
14:45-15:45 Talks - Industry product talks by industry collaborators
15:45-16:15 Talk - Jesse Davis (KU Leuven), common data format for football (online)
16:15-16:45 Talk - Andreas Hänni (49ing) and Olof Simander (Linköping University), LLMs and hockey databases
16:45-17:00 break
17:00-18:15 Panel – industry
Thorsten Apel (Sportcontract), Tom Bertrand (Bearmind), Michael Elmer (KINEXON), Andreas Hänni (49ing), Albin N Maelum (Stretch on Sense)
19:00-22:00 Hands-on session and reception at Scandic Frimurarehotellet
June 3
10:30 – 11:00 Talk Andreas Hänni (49ing), Analytics for officiating in the Swiss League
11:00 – 11:30 Talk Erik Wilderoth (Färjestad BK)
11:30-12:30 lunch
Invited football session
12:30-13:00 Talk John Wall (Columbus Crew)
13:00-13:30 Talk Pieter Robberechts (KU Leuven)
13:30-14:00 Talk Ola Lidmark Eriksson (Playmaker AI)
14:00-15:00 Panel - Sports analytics in use
Tom Bertrand (Bearmind), Ola Lidmark Eriksson (Playmaker AI), Albin N Maelum (Stretch on Sense), Devin Pleuler (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment)
15:00–15:30 Break
15:00-16:15 3 research talks
16:15–16:45 Break
16:45-18:00 3 research talks
June 4
10:00-10:40 Student competition
10:40-11:20 Community notes
11:20-11:30 break
11:30-12:00 TBA
12:00-12:30 Talk Mikael Svarén (Dalarna University and Riksidrottsförbundet)
12:30-13:30 lunch
13:30-14:00 Talk Robert Bandemer (d-fine) + Karl Schwarzenbrunner (DEB, online), How data enriches the ice hockey game
14:00-14:30 Talk Curtis Harvey and Samuel Howorth (SMT), Skater and goalie workloads using player and puck tracking (online)
14:30-15:30 Panel - Analytics in the NHL (online)
AJ Bernstein (San Jose Sharks), Hassaan Inayatali (Chicago Blackhawks), Miranda McMillan (Montreal Canadiens), Josh Pohlkamp-Hartt (Boston Bruins), David Radke (Chicago Blackhawks), Matthew Hamann (Nashville Predators)
15:30-15:45 break
Session: Media
15:45-16:15 Robin Blidstrand (Blidgency AB)
16:15-17:15 Panel - Analytics in the media
Robin Blidstrand, Andreas Hänni, Mike Kelly, (Meghan Chayka)
17:15 Closing