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Successful round of sportstech related Industrial Research Funding at Ghent University

09/07/2019

The Industrial Research Fund provides a supporting framework for collaboration between the Ghent University Association and industry, through the Industrial…

SportUp celebrated their first accelerator graduates together with +100 attendees at their first SportUp Meet

15/06/2019

Jelle Verdoodt

Wow. One month ago, on May 7, SportUp had its first SportUp Meet event. And what a fantastic evening it…

Exoligamentz is launching a short survey!

25/02/2019

Kristof De Mey

entrepreneurship, innovation, Victoris

Exoligamentz is a Ghent University project in which an innovative sport glove is being developed. The glove supports your fingers…

3D body visualization tool motivates users to live a healthy life

13/02/2019

Kristof De Mey

business, entrepreneurship, innovation, Victoris

Forget BMI! Shapewatch is an innovative 3D body visualization tool developed by the University College Ghent, Global Scanning and QuantaCorp.…

Cycling tool improves performance and makes cycling a social experience

13/02/2019

Kristof De Mey

business, cycling, electronics, innovation, Victoris, wearables

imec, the world’s leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, developed a tool for amateur cyclists in…

Barça Innovation Hub and FIFA developed open-source data exchange structure to bring sports to a higher level

17/01/2019

Kristof De Mey

business, entrepreneurship, innovation

For the fourth year in a row, FC Barcelona organized the Sports Technology Symposium at the Camp Nou Stadium. The…

Sports Tech Summit stimulates knowledge exchange and development of innovations in sports

09/01/2019

Kristof De Mey

business, entrepreneurship, innovation, investments, trend watching, Victoris, wearables

Collaboration has become the key to develop new technologies in the sports sector today – you just can’t do it…

‘Grounded running’ drastically reduces the loading on the musculoskeletal system

11/12/2018

Kristof De Mey

sport lab, Victoris

Research at the biomechanics and motor control of human movement research group at the Ghent University has unraveled, in collaboration…

Flemish (Belgian) sport startup accelerator “SportUp” goes live

24/10/2018

Kristof De Mey

innovation, sport vlaanderen, sportup

October 25th, 2018 – Flanders’ experts join forces to launch the first and only specific support program for sports tech…

The European Sport Ecosystem. Sports Tech Transfer and R&D Summit

07/06/2018

Kristof De Mey

conference, EPSI, pinnacle, sports tech

Connecting Science, Policy, Business & Practise in Sport We are pleased to announce that the city of Ghent, Belgium in…

On the 2nd series of SportTechie Belgium Meetups

07/06/2018

Kristof De Mey

Meetup, sports tech, SportTechie

The past couple of weeks, the 2nd series of 4 Meetups were organized at MeetDistrict – Ghelamco Arena, Ghent. The…

Vacancy: In vivo MR spectroscopy specialist (Clinical Scientist, MR physicist) at postdoc level

30/04/2018

Kristof De Mey

Muscle Talent Scan, Team Derave

Topic: Sports technology development The Exercise Physiology group at Ghent University in Belgium is looking for a (preferably) Post‐ Doctoral…

Two Ghent University presentations during 3rd Science and Engineering Conference on Sports Innovation

29/03/2018

Kristof De Mey

conference, innovation, sports analytics, sports tech, university of groningen

On April 13, 2018 the 3rd Science and Engineering Conference on Sports Innovation is organized at the University of Groningen/University…

Key takeaways of the 3rd FC Barcelona Sports Technology Symposium

14/11/2017

Kristof De Mey

barca innovation hub, sports tech, sports technology symposium

For the third year in a row, FC Barcelona organized the Sports Technology Symposium at the famous Camp Nou stadium.…

Exoligamentz: From student idea to funded R&D

31/10/2017

Kristof De Mey

Dare to Venture, Ghent University

An inspirational story for (future) student entrepreneurs Ashkan Joshghani, a 3rd Master student in veterinary medicine at Ghent University, pursued…

Aftermovie Victoris @ Flemish Sports Innovation Conference 2017

24/10/2017

Kristof De Mey

sport vlaanderen, sports innovation conference, sports tech

Presenting practical applications and supportive initiatives to a broader public On October 17, Sport Vlaanderen organized its second Sports Innovation…

The Sportstech Initiation Framework

17/10/2017

Kristof De Mey

Ghent University, Sportstech Initiation Framework

24 crucial questions to ask when starting innovative sportstech developments As we are active in the domain of sports technology…

Ghent University – Victoris now part of the European Platform for Sport Innovation (EPSI)

05/10/2017

Kristof De Mey

EPSI, Ghent University

As Victoris (the sports innovation consortium at Ghent University) is becoming more and more active in the domain of sports…

Overview of the Benelux SportsTech landscape

24/08/2017

Kristof De Mey

digital, innovation, Olympics, sports tech, tech news, trends

Article by Benjamin Penkert – SportsTech X A region is gaining traction Biggest news in the last couple of weeks was for…

Rethinking sports technology: psyche over science

02/06/2017

Kristof De Mey

digital, innovation, Olympics, sports tech, tech news, trends

Every day, scientific breakthroughs change the world we live in and the only way to stay ahead of the competition…

Halftime at Belgian series of SportTechie Meetups

29/05/2017

Kristof De Mey

Meetup, sports tech, SportTechie

Ghent, a small but beautiful city in Belgium, is hosting a series of 4 SportTechie Meetups spread over a period…

Belgian Sport Startup Community united in Ghent

29/05/2017

Kristof De Mey

sportup, startups

For the first time in the country, the Belgian sport startups connected during a networking event in Ghent, a city…

Team Derave’s Muscle Talent Scan presented and applied in elite sports settings worldwide

20/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

Muscle Talent Scan, Team Derave, Toshiba Medical

As known well in sports science circles, a critical factor to determine whether a person has talent for short sprint-type…

European Union helps fund Nano4Sports project for technology from Belgium, Netherlands

15/03/2017

SportTechie

All across the world, the relationship between sport and technology is constantly evolving and being developed. A particular region in…

Department of Movement and Sports Sciences (Ghent University) scores high in Shanghai and QS World University Rankings

13/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

Ghent University, Sport Science Laboratory

For the first time in history, a Ghent University department reaches top-10 (9th) in the Academic Ranking of World Universities,…

Learnings from the 11th MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference – part 2

09/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

conference, MIT

The 11th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (Boston, March 3-4, 2017) brought together 3500 people from around the globe, and…

Learnings from the 11th MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference – part 1

09/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

conference, MIT

Two days of 8 parallel sessions on sports analytics, a hackathon, a startup and research paper track, workshops, and even…

Fujitsu is making a robot to judge Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics

08/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

digital, innovation, Olympics, sports tech, talent, tech news, trends

Japan is making sure the 2020 Olympics will be a technological festivity. They even may be spending a staggering $8.1…

From customized shoes to interactive gaming, Nike scores with record high in patent grants in 2016

07/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

projects, research, sports analytics, sportswear, tech news, trends

Nike won a record high of over 690 patent approvals in 2016, partially driven by a major expansion of patent…

Sport-up brings Belgian sport startups together

06/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

entrepreneurship, tech news

Innovation in sports is hot. In various countries around the world, an increasing amount of technologies (university spin-off, entrepreneurial startup…

4 SportTechie Meetups coming up in May-June at MeetDistrict (Ghelamco Arena)

06/03/2017

Kristof De Mey

In collaboration with SportTechie and SportCareers, a series of 4 Meetups on sports technology and innovation are planned. Why? Because…

EU-INTERREG project Nano4Sports kicked-off

16/02/2017

Kristof De Mey

Nano4Sports is a EU project combining expertise from both the Flemish part of Belgium as the south part of The…

Belgium’s sports technology leaders organize nation’s first sports hackathon

05/12/2016

Kristof De Mey

hack4sports, hackathon, startups

Sports technology and innovation are becoming more and more popular worldwide. In Belgium, an increasing amount of initiatives are taking…

Learnings from the Sports Technology Symposium 2016 at FC Barcelona – part 2

17/11/2016

Kristof De Mey

fcb, sports tech, symposium

The second edition of the Sports Technology Symposium at FC Barcelona brought together almost 500 people from across the globe.…

Learnings from the Sports Technology Symposium 2016 at FC Barcelona – part 1

16/11/2016

Kristof De Mey

fcb, sports tech, symposium

The second edition of the Sports Technology Symposium at FC Barcelona brought together almost 500 people from across the globe.…

Belgian sport start-ups deserve professional support

08/11/2016

Kristof De Mey

business, entrepreneurship, innovation, investments

Starting up a business in general, and in sports tech in particular is hot. More and more people are developing…

Report Hack4Sports inspirational event

24/10/2016

Kristof De Mey

hack4sports, hackathon, startups

Thursday October 20, we co-organized the kick-off event of ‘Hack4Sports’. Later in November (18-20), a hackathon focusing on sports technology…

Smart Cities & Sport Summit 2016

24/10/2016

Steven Verstockt

From October 10 till 12, the Olympic capital of Lausanne was hosting the Smart Cities & Sport Summit, an inspirational event…

Recap of ‘Innovation in Sports 2016’ in Düsseldorf

10/10/2016

Kristof De Mey

Day 1, October 4. The organizing team of ‘Innovation in Sports 2016’ brought together a high variety of speakers in the…

What can we learn from Strava?

26/09/2016

Jeroen Stragier

cycling, Strava, wearables

In sports, motivation, that’s what it’s all about, right? Motivation to become (and stay!) active, motivation to stay away from…

Sports & technology hackathon

20/09/2016

Kristof De Mey

hack4sports, hackathon, startups

Join the Belgian sports tech community at Hack4Sports. In collaboration with Sports.tech, Microsoft Innovation Center and IMEC (the Flemish the…

Sports ID marathon winner at Virginia Tech

10/09/2016

Kristof De Mey

innovation, Ledsreact, Sports ID marathon

Every year, Ghent University sends a team of student-entrepreneurs to the Virginia Tech Knowledge Works Global competition. This year, ‘Dare…

1.5B invested in sports tech in 2016-YTD

05/09/2016

Kristof De Mey

business, entrepreneurship, investments

With $1.5B raised in 84 rounds so far this year, sports tech companies are on track to beat 2015’s all-time…

What happens at the Sport Science Laboratory – Jacques Rogge?

30/08/2016

Kristof De Mey

Jacques Rogge, sport lab

The Sport Science Laboratory – Jacques Rogge delivers outstanding innovative scientific research in the field of movement and sports sciences.…

Sensors are taking over sports

25/08/2016

Kristof De Mey

electronics, innovation, wearables

Running, Tennis, Fencing and Swimming. What do these sports have in common? Sensors. In fast-growing numbers, athletes and health-conscious individuals are…