Executives from the leading youth sports tech platforms discuss state of the industry:

• What's the next wave in tech adoption, growth and consolidation?
• What features are operators, parents and athletes demanding?
• The shift from B2B SaaS to B2C: Can platforms serve all constituents?
• How big can the market get?
• Mergers and Acquisitions: What types of strategic acquisitions can the market expect?
• Exit opportunities: PE, IPO or something else?

For operators and investors alike, learn why increased professionalization means you need to think more about preparedness:

• How to ensure athlete and participant safety through compliance, background checks, and age verification
• Why physical safety through athletic trainers is needed
• Emergency Action Plans-- what are they, and who needs them
• Why professionalization makes these components mandatory
• Money means more liability
• Increased expectations

Uncover the business opportunity in professionalized recreation and why it's not all just about elite tournaments and clubs:

• The business opportunity around creating safe, fun, positive experiences for all
• Tournaments, franchises, pick-up: the opportunity comes in many forms
• In a world dominated by tech, parents increasingly demand in-person activities
• With efficiencies in education, structured activity becomes more important

Lunch available in:

• Second Floor
• Speaking Hall 2
• Networking Room

Whether you're an owner, operator, or investor, you need to be able to speak the other side's language:

• What private equity is looking for, and how to speak their language
• How consolidation can unlock new opportunities 
• Why investors should give operators a high degree of autonomy
• Investment, rollups, and strategic acquisitions: what comes next?

Founders from startups will discuss:

• Building products and features for the end-user-- parents
• How tech platform focus on leagues and clubs left gaps in the market
• How to scale from single-feature to a company
• Growth strategies in a highly-fragmented market
• How AI workflows speed up development timelines
• Funding environment
• Exit and Acquisitions: strategic, rollups, or more?

Hear from leaders in developing athletes and positive coaches:

• How keeping the athlete at the center increases participation
• Managing parent expectations
• New methods for development: progress vs. outcomes
• Costs, equity, and accessibility: what more can we do?

How tech once reserved for pro leagues is unlocking 9-, 10-, and even 11-figure business opportunities:

• The technology unlocking new use-cases for streaming millions of events
• The Hardware Debate: Fixed installs, portable cameras, and mobile phones
• How AI makes streaming the long-tail of youth sporting events possible
• Automatic highlights
• Adoption and entering new sports
• The sponsorship opportunity: turning youth sports into a media business

Continental Breakfast, courtesy of Fastbreak AI:

• Join all conference attendees for breakfast
• Stations located on second floor

VIP Breakfast, courtesy of Morgan Lewis Law Firm:

• Elevated food offerings
• Dine and network with other VIPs and speakers

Executives from new and emerging tech platforms discuss:
    •    Taking on entrenched incumbents 
    •    Sports-specific vs. industry-wide focus
    •    Leading with AI-first workflows
    •    What features are customers and consumers demanding?
    •    B2B, B2C, or B2B2C?
    •    Data integration
    •    Funding environment and exit opportunities 

NIL has upended college sports, and that changes the way operators, coaches, athletes and parents must think about their sports journey:

• NIL: understanding the opportunity, both now and in the future
• The tools, tactics and tech to bolster athlete profiles
• Owning your data: Why athletes having verifiable data is paramount to land freshman scholarship

Lunch available in:

• Second Floor
• Speaking Hall 2
• Networking Room

Why tech companies, club owners, league operators, tournament organizers, and investors will benefit from an incoming flood of sponsorships:

• How sponsorship represents the next leg up in the youth sports market
• Revenue opportunities for platforms and operators
• Marketing opportunities for brands
• Why tech platforms are evolving to become media companies
• How sponsorship can subsidize participation costs-- providing a win-win-win for athletes, operators and sponsors