Hi SIGCIS friends - if you're in Washington, DC next week, meet the National Football League's Chief Information Officer Gary Brantley and enjoy our Sports Technology and Innovation symposium! Free food, beer, and wine! Registration is free but required. Cheers! Eric S. Hintz (hintze@si.edu<mailto:hintze@si.edu>) PROGRAM: Innovative Lives with Gary Brantley (SVP and CIO, National Football League) SYMPOSIUM: Sports Technology and Innovation 21-22 October 2024 Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation<https://invention.si.edu/> National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC USA FREE Registration (Innovative Lives with Gary Brantley): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovative-lives-gary-brantley-tickets-10139981... FREE Registration (Symposium): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sports-technology-and-innovation-new-perspectiv... Meet the National Football League's Chief Information Officer Gary Brantley and join the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for a FREE two-day symposium in Washington, DC that explores the intersection of invention, technology, and sports! MONDAY OCT 21, 2024 SESSION 1: WHO CHANGES THE GAME? EMBRACING AND RESISTING INNOVATION Ryan Murtha (Minnesota State Univ) "From Resistance to Acceptance: Tracking Changes in How We Respond to Sporting Innovation" Amy Sue Bix (Iowa State University) "Muggle Sports Innovation: Adapting Snitches, Bludgers, and Other Quidditch Technologies for Real-Life Play" John A. Alic, (retired, Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress) "Grassroots Innovation: Wrenching and Racing after World War II" Moderator: Eric S. Hintz, Lemelson Center, Smithsonian Institution SESSION 2: INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGIES OF THE ATHLETIC BODY Natalie Kupperman (Univ. of Virginia) "Femtech in the Post-Roe Era: Implications for Women Athletes' Health Monitoring" Sarah Barnes (Canadian Museum of History) "Investigating the New Frontier of Human Performance: Sleep Inventions and Innovations in Sport" Jaime Schultz (Pennsylvania State University) "Innovating Gymnastic Bodies: An Ode to Simone Biles" Moderator: Rachel S. Gross (Univ. of Colorado Denver) Evening Event: Innovative Lives with Gary Brantley (SVP and CIO, National Football League). In conversation with Dan Kaufman, managing director for sports technology at Sports Business Journal. TUESDAY OCT 22, 2024 SESSION 3: SITES OF SPORTS INNOVATION Jesse Ritner (University of Texas at Austin) "Avalanche!: Reimagining Skier Snow Relationships" Sherri Sheu (Science History Institute) "The Co-Development of Synthetic Turf and Natural Grass" Scott Kushner (Univ. of Rhode Island) "Enclosing Sport: Mass Athletic Spectacle and the Pressure to Perform" Moderator: Tolga Ozyurtcu (University of Texas at Austin) SESSION 4: REINVENTING BASEBALL: A TRADITION OF INNOVATION Natalie L. Smith (East Tennessee State Univ.) and Christopher Barnhill (Belmont Univ.) "Understanding How a Sport Organization Becomes Innovative: An Organizational Culture Analysis of the Savannah Bananas" Evan D. Brown (Columbia University) "Scientific Baseball: Experimenting with Labor" Luke L. Mao (University of New Mexico) "Technology, Authenticity, and Fans' Sentiment: A Case Study of the Automated Ball-Strike System" Moderator: Matt Bowers (University of Texas at Austin) Accessibility: The National Museum of American History welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities. Accommodations are available upon request; please email nmahprograms@si.edu<mailto:nmahprograms@si.edu>. Recordings? Yes - shortly after the events, captioned recordings will be posted to the Lemelson Center YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/LemelsonCenter>. Media inquiries: Laura Havel, Public Affairs Specialist, Lemelson Center, HavelL@si.edu<mailto:HavelL@si.edu>