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Speakers
Industry pioneers and academic leaders shaping the future of sports analytics.
Liam Stevenson
Lead Data Scientist - Strategic Modeling, Toronto Blue Jays
U of T Engineering grad, has spent 7 years in the Blue Jays' R&D department
Devin Pleuler
Sr. Director, R&D – Team Ops, MLSE
Devin Pleuler is the Senior Director of Research and Development at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, where he leads the Sport Performance Lab — an applied research group integrating analytics, biomechanics, and technology across MLSE’s teams. He also recently taught a graduate course on Artificial Intelligence in Sports Analytics at the University of Toronto.
Meredith Wills
Senior Data Scientist and SMT-U Program Director, SMT
Dr. Meredith Wills is a Senior Data Scientist and the SMT-U Program Director at SportsMEDIA Technology (SMT). Prior to joining the company in 2018, Wills did astrophysics research, studying the solar corona and the origins of solar storms. In her current role, she is a driving force behind the SMT Data Challenge. In her spare time, Wills does independent research on baseball construction, documenting numerous changes to the Major League baseball over the years. She is an alumna of Harvard University (’96) and has a M.S. (’99) and Ph.D. (’03) in Physics from Montana State University.
Jack Davis
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Leader in sports analytics education and co-founder of UWAGGS.
Phil Jevtovic
Assistant General Manager, Men's 3x3 and High Performance Analytics, Canada Basketball
Assistant General Manager, Men's 3x3 and High Performance Analytics, Canada Basketball and Assistant Coach on the Senior Men's National Team.
Brendan Kumagai
Senior Data Scientist, Teamworks Intelligence
Brendan is a Data Scientist at Teamworks Intelligence (formerly Zelus Analytics), focused on leveraging player and puck tracking data to provided partnered NHL teams with a competitive edge. Prior to his current role, Brendan graduated with a Master's in Statistics from Simon Fraser University where he worked on several sports analytics projects highlighted by a 1st place submission to the NFL's Big Data Bowl. As a Toronto native and lifelong math nerd, Brendan has a passion for pushing the frontier of hockey analytics using cutting-edge data and computational tools.
Mike Heenan
Director of Analytics, Shoreview Sports Analytics
Mike Heenan is the Director of Analytics at Shoreview Sports Analytics, and previously served as Manager of Analytics at Canadian Tire Bank on behalf of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams.
OJ Adeyemi
Computer Science Student, University of Toronto
Presentation of the winning submission for the Canada Basketball Data Challenge.
Amin Nabavi
PhD Student, Carleton University
Amin Nabavi is a PhD student at Carleton University, where his research focuses on multi-modal learning for basketball player performance analysis. His work combines computer vision and biomechanics to analyze shot trajectories from video footage.
Shun Chen
MSc. Biomechanics Student, University of Western Ontario
Shun is a Master’s student in Biomechanics with a long-standing interest in studying human movement from a rational and analytical perspective. His work focuses particularly on sprinting, with more recent research interests expanding into baseball.
Fauzan Lodhi
University of Waterloo (BMATH '26), University of Waterloo
Fauzan Lodhi is a 4th year undergrad student at the University of Waterloo, majoring in Stats. Fauzan is currently the data analytics manager with Waterloo Varsity Men's Basketball and has previously worked as an undergrad research associate in hockey analytics.
Pierre Aucoin
MMath Data Science Student, University of Waterloo
Pierre Aucoin is a member of the University of Waterloo Analytics Group for Games and Sports (UWAGGS), working on sports analytics research and software engineering for varsity athletics.
Shamar Phillips
BMath, Combinatorics & Optimization Student, University of Waterloo
Shamar Phillips is an undergraduate student focusing on sports analytics and infrastructure engineering as a member of the University of Waterloo Analytics Group for Games and Sports (UWAGGS).
Sheraz Arshad
Founder, PhysioMotion AI, McMaster University
Sheraz is a Mathematics and Statistics researcher at McMaster University and the founder of PhysioMotion AI, a startup leveraging computer vision for physical rehabilitation.
Elliot Sones
Student, Toronto Metropolitan University
Elliot Sones is a computer science student at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Dimitri Christakis
Engineering Student, Queen's University
Dimitri Christakis is a first-year engineering student at Queen’s University focused on hockey analytics, including advanced valuation of shot outcomes and opportunity costs of puck possession.
Luke Blommesteyn
Software Engineering Student, Western University
Luke Blommesteyn is a final-year software engineering student at Western University with experience across MLSE, Lyft, and Beats by Dre. He loves solving interesting problems, building side projects, and staying active.
Yuvraj Sharma
Student, Western University
Yuvraj Sharma is a student at Western University.
Nathan Feng
Computer Science Student, Western University
Nathan Feng is a second-year Computer Science student at Western University and founder of a campus volleyball club.