Fair Play and Technological Innovation in Sports

From advanced helmets and high-performance footwear to precision tracking systems and adaptive equipment, technology is rapidly transforming both competitive and recreational sports. New innovations promise to enhance competition, safety, accuracy, and participation—but they also raise difficult questions about fairness, tradition, and the rules of the game.

To mark the launch of their new book Inventing for Sports, Arthur Daemmrich and Eric Hintz will explore the challenges and opportunities of managing disruptive sports technologies. Next, a panel of leading innovators—including Jinger Gottschall from New Balance and Jason Nebauer from Certor Sports, the company behind the groundbreaking VICIS helmet—will share how they develop and test cutting-edge gear, and what’s next for the future of play.

Presented by New America’s Future Tense, the ASU Great Game Lab, ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, and the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, this program will also consider how lessons from sports can inform broader policy debates around emerging technologies.

Opening Talks

· Arthur Daemmrich – Director, ASU Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes

· Eric Hintz – Acting Director, Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

Panel Discussion

· Jinger Gottschall – Director of Sports Research, New Balance

·Jason Neubauer– Chief Innovation Officer, Certor Sports

· Moderator: Victoria Jackson – Sports Historian and Co-Director, ASU Great Game Lab

The first 25 people at the in-person program will receive a free print copy of Inventing for Sports (also available free digitally).

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