Frenkie de Jong to attend Sports Tomorrow Congress (WOM + N) 2021

Two weeks before the Sports Tomorrow Congress (WOM + N) 2021 organised by the Barça Innovation Hub, the list of guests is being revealed, which features over 120 specialists from around the world who will be discussing, between November 8 and 12, different issues around science, technology and business in the sports world. 

One of the standout names is none other than first team star Frenkie de Jong, who will be speaking at one of the sessions in the sports analytics track, which will be looking at the study and development of data analysis applied to sport. 

The Dutchman will be joined on a panel by Vosse de Boode, head of Sport Science and Data Analytics at AFC Ajax. The pair will be chatting, among other topics, about ways that professional players can make use of information sourced from data analysis and video footage, the best ways to relay this information to the players and ultimately how they can improve performance, in a recorded conversation.

This is just one of seven areas at this year’s congress, which will be attended by a wide range of guests specialising in Medicine and Physiotherapy, Nutrition and Performance, Technology, Business, Methodology (Coaching) and Gastrosport, the latter being a new area of the event that combines sports nutrition with cuisine. 

All of these conferences will be based around the core theme of women and their role in different areas of the sports industry. Indeed, what is being called the Sports Tomorrow Congress (WOM + N) 2021 is a statement of principles with a view to fostering equal representation and opportunities for women in all areas of the sector.

Of the more than 120 specialists from 47 countries, no fewer than 55 per cent are women, including such big names as Milena Bertolini, coach of the Italian women’s team, Rita Guarino, coach of Inter Milan women, and Iraia Iturregi, coach of the Athletic Club de Bilbao women, speaking in the Methodology track, Caroline Graham Hansen of FC Barcelona, Kirsty Elliot Sale from the University of Nottingham, Nicky Keay, endocrinologist of Sport and Dance, and Clara Prats from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, speaking on Medicine and Physiotherapy.

This year’s event is using a hybrid format with more than 75 hours of content organised both face-to-face in various venues at the Camp Nou, and also online via the BIHUB website