2025 New England Symposium on Statistics In Sports (NESSIS)
2025-09-27 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1 Oxford Street, MA, United States
The 2025 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports will be a meeting of statisticians, statistical researchers, and quantitative analysts connected with sports teams, sports media, and universities to discuss common problems of interest in statistical modeling and analysis of sports data. The symposium format will be a mixture of invited talks, a poster session, and a panel discussion. Students in particular are encouraged to submit abstracts; a prize will be awarded to the best student poster as decided by a panel of judges.

Registration is now OPEN
Registration information, including fees and methods of payment, can be found at https://www.nessis.org/registration.html

ABSTRACTS FOR TALKS AND POSTERS ARE NOW REQUESTED, AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ON THE ONLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM
THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS JULY 15, 2025.

Decisions for accepting abstracts will be made by August 1, 2025.

Further details of the 2025 NESSIS are forthcoming. Complete up-to-date information will be posted at the 2025 NESSIS web site. Please contact Mark Glickman (glickman@fas.harvard.edu) or Scott Evans (sevans@bsc.gwu.edu), the co-organizers of the symposium, with any questions.

First Central Asia Conference on Sports Science
2026-04-28 - 2026-04-30 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The New Uzbekistan University (NewUU) is organizing a conference on sports science. It is aimed to highlight high quality research of the sports industry as well as to facilitate the cooperation between academics and practitioners.
The organizers invite researchers to submit extended abstracts for presentation. Theoretical and empirical research papers that cover various aspects of sports science are very welcome. The list of possible topics includes but is not limited to the following major subfields:
– sports economics
– sports management
– operations research in sports
– sports analytics
– computer science in sports
– sports psychology
– sociology of sport
Paper submission

Please submit your paper (3 pages extended abstract) via link before January 25, 2026.
Extended deadline: February 2, 2026.
Registration & fees
Registration form will be open later.
The fees to attend the conferences are presented below.
Speaker, in person: €100
Speaker, online: €100
Participant, no paper: €100
Student participant: free
The fees include participation to the event, the lunch and coffee breaks.
Conference dinner – not included in the fees – €50

AUEB Sports Analytics Workshop & Conference 2026 (SAW 2026)
2026-05-04 - 2026-05-05 | Athens, Athens, Greece
​AUEB Sports Analytics Workshop & Conference 2026 (SAW 2026), the 10th in the series, is scheduled as a live event at Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Statistics on Monday 4 & Tuesday 5 of May 2026.
​The workshop will be accompanied by three short courses:
— A virtual 9-hour short course on Sports Management, on 6-8 May 2026. It will be delivered by Argyro Elisavet Manoli (Associate Professor Management and Marketing, University of Bergamo), Gabriele Murtas (Post-doctoral Researcher in Management and Marketing, University of Bergamo) and Federico Mangiò (Tenured Track Researcher in Management and Marketing, University of Bergamo).
— A live 9-hour short course on Coaching by numbers, on 6-8 May 2026. It will be delivered by Christos Marmarinos (International Scouter of Sacramento Kings), Sotiris Drikos (Assistant Professor in Physical Education, University of Athens, and former Federal Volleyball Coach) and Vasilis Armatas (Head of Performance Analysis at AEK FC).
— A virtual 9-hour short course on Football Analytics, on 11-13 May 2026. It will be delivered by Ioannis Ntzoufras, Dimitris Karlis (Professors in Statistics, AUEB) and Leonardo Egidi (Associate Professor in Statistics, University of Trieste).
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Important dates:
21/3/2026 – End of submissions for contributed talks.
31/3/2026 – End of Early registration
30/4/2026 – End of online (late) registration
04/5/2026 – On-site registrations will be available.​
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Topics include:

Mathematical and physical models in sports

Performance measures and models

Optimisation of sports performance

Statistics and probability models

Match outcome models

Competitive strategy

Game theoretical models

Optimal tournament design and scheduling,

Decision support systems

Econometrics in sport

Analysis of sporting technologies

Computationally intensive methods

Financial valuation in sport

Fairness in Sports Workshop
2026-06-12 | Budapest (Hungary), Budapest, Hungary
The Fairness in Sports workshop aims to bring together academic researchers and practitioners with an interest in sports, and fairness issues in particular. Following its inaugural session in Ghent (2018), the subsequent edition in London (2018), and the third edition in Ghent (2024), the workshop is hosted now by the Hungarian capital, Budapest!
Fairness in sport does not only mean assigning the top prizes to the best competitors. It is also about the way the tournament itself is organised. How to design rules that do not favour certain competitors? How to design a schedule of play that offers similar chances to each participant? How to reconcile various, often conflicting design criteria?
The workshop focuses on scientific methods to improve fairness in sports, both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. Topics will include tournament scheduling and rule design. Methods will mainly include game theory, operational research, and statistics.
The workshop will be a 1-day event and will take place on 12th June 2026 (Friday). It is hosted by Corvinus University of Budapest.
Registration will open in 2026.

The 18th Australasian Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sport (by ANZIAM MathSport)
2026-07-01 - 2026-07-03 | Gold Coast (Australia), Gold Coast, Australia
Your Conference Committee
Your ANZIAM Mathsport organizing team includes:

Steven Stern, Conference Coq-Chair (sstern@bond.edu.au)
Anthony Bedford, Conference Co-Chair (abedford@usc.edu.au)
Erica Mealy, Conference Committee (emealy@usc.edu.au)
Ray Stefani, Conference Committee (raystefani@aol.com)

Dates, Location and Activities
Plan to join your Mathsport friends for our 2026 meeting, 1-3 July. The meeting will be held near Bond University at the Star Gold Coast, 1 Casino Dr, Broadbeach QLD 4218, Australia. The conference is co-organized by Bond University and University of the Sunshine Coast. The seven-acre complex includes conference facilities, restaurants, recreational facilities, a health spa, a theater and more than 1,000 hotel rooms. The facility is connected to the adjacent Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. For each of the three days, your conference fee will include coffee/tea and snacks before we start, a morning break, lunch, and an afternoon break. Other activities are being planned for attendees to take part in as their time may permit.
Keynote Speakers
Three keynote speakers will present significant views on a variety of Mathsport topics.
Topics for the Conference
The conference will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics of interest to sports scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, coaches, and athletes. The term “sport” is interpreted liberally here and includes games and pastimes, gambling, general fitness, and health-related activities.

Analysis of rules, adjudication, and referee decision-making
Artificial intelligence in sport
Application of gambling methodology
Competitive strategy and methods for in-game strategy
Computational analysis in sport
Computer science in sport
Computer vision in sport
Data science in sport
Econometrics in sport
Identification, analysis, and mitigation of sports injuries
Machine learning in sport
Mathematical modeling in sport
Optimal tournament design and scheduling
Psychological methods that enhance performance in competition and enhance mental wellness during and after the competitive career
Quantitative approaches to improve coaching and optimize individual performance
Sports management
Sports medicine
Statistical and machine learning methods applied to motion capture and wearable technologies
Statistics and statistical modeling in sport
Teaching of mathematics and computers in sport
The statistics of performance measurement

Speakers
Speakers will each have 25 minutes to present a talk and answer questions from the participants.
Abstracts
Provide an abstract by 15 March 2026, with a maximum of 300 words, on one-page, titled with the topic and your name, using the template here to be sent to Raystefani@aol.com for review by Ray Stefani and Adrian Schembri. The Abstracts Book will be available here when finished. We use the abstracts to setup the conference schedule.
Proceedings
The template for Proceedings papers is available here . Papers are limited to ten pages. Do not number the pages. When you have finished your paper, save and send your paper as a pdf file, with your last name included first in the file name. Full papers will be uploaded through a Microsoft CMT page (with link to appear here) and will undergo peer review by the program committee. Full papers are due 15 April 2026. The results of peer reviews will be returned to authors by 15 May 2026. Authors are to complete review requirements by 1 June 2026, after which the Proceedings Book is to be finalized. The Proceedings will have an ISBN number and when completed, the Proceedings will be available here. The Microsoft CMT service will be used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service will be provided free by Microsoft including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support. The Organizing Committee welcomes all contributors. We look forward to a very informative and congenial meeting.

OR in Sports at IFORS 2026
2026-07-12 - 2026-07-17 | Vienna (Austria), Vienna, Austria
There will be a stream on “OR in Sports” in the 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies – IFORS 2026, which will take place in Vienna, Austria, from July 12-17, 2026. This “OR in Sports” stream will cover both applications and methodologies (such as optimization, scheduling, statistics, data analytics, and economics).
Abstract submissions (in English) are open at https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2026/. When submitting, make sure to indicate the stream you are submitting to, which is “OR in sports”.
The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2026.
You are also welcome and encouraged to organize a session for this stream. Each session is 90 minutes long and consists of 3 to 5 presentations. Should you be interested in organizing a session, please contact the Area Chair, Celso Ribeiro, by email at celso@ic.uff.br with a tentative title proposal (it can be changed later).
More information about the IFORS 2026 conference can be found at https://ifors2026.at/home/

MathSport Asia 2026
2026-12-08 - 2026-12-10 | Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
MathSport Asia 2026 will be the 3rd edition of the conference, will be held at IIM Kozhikode from December 08–10, 2026. A unique feature of the conference is that apart from the academic/ technical sessions there will be talks every evening by leading sports analytics practitioners. The first conference MathSport Asia 2018 was held at XLRI Jamshedpur, India (2018), the second at IMM Udaipur, India (2024). MathSport Asia is a group of academicians and sports professionals interested in promoting- in Asia- the application of mathematics and statistics to all aspects of sports.

Key features

Legacy of Excellence: Building on the success of its earlier editions MathSport Asia has established itself as a premier event for those passionate about the intersection of mathematics, statistics, and sports.
A Diverse Community: The conference continues to bring together a vibrant community of academicians, researchers, and sports professionals who share a common interest in quantitative approaches to sport.
Practical Perspectives: A key highlight of the event is the series of evening talks by leading sports analytics practitioners. These sessions offer real-world insights that complement the technical and academic discussions.
Vision for Collaboration: MathSport Asia aims to foster meaningful collaborations and advance the application of mathematical and statistical methods in sports across the Asian region.

Conference Topics

Mathematical Models in Sports
Performance Measures and Models
Optimization in Sports
Statistics and Probability Models
Match Outcome Models
Competitive Strategy
Game Theoretical Models
Optimal Tournament Design and Scheduling
Decision Support Systems
Analysis of Rules and Adjudication
Econometric Modeling of Sports
Role of AI in Sports
Analysis of Sporting Technologies
Mathematics Education and Sport
Computationally Intensive Methods
Financial Valuation in Sports
E-sports (gaming)
Betting and Sports

Call for contributions
Authors are invited to submit abstracts, written in English, of at most 2000 characters from May 18, 2026. Abstracts should mention 3-5 keywords. Deadline is August 3, 2026.

Organizing Committee
Prof. Abhilash S Nair (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Deepa Sethi (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Deepak Dhayanithy (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Dries Goossens (Ghent University, Belgium)
Prof. Jijo Lukose PJ (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Saparya Suresh (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Satish Krishnan (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Sidhartha S Padhi (Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode)
Prof. Uday Damodaran (Indian Institute of Management Udaipur)
