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Fatigue Science + Seattle Sounders FC Sports Science Weekend

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Hosted by David Tenney this June, the Seattle Sounders FC will bring in some of the brightest minds in sports science and performance training for the 2014 Sports Science Weekend. Invited speakers will join Sounders FC coaching staff in sharing the latest methodologies in soccer training, strength & conditioning, performance analysis, and recovery methods.

Joining the line up of sports scientists, technicals coaches and performance managers is Fatigue Science’s sleep and performance expert, Pat Byrne.

“It’s great to have the opportunity to speak about sleep, fatigue and performance in a room full of athletic coaches.” Pat says,  “Sleep is a huge part of the human performance model, and as pro teams engage with new scientific approaches to optimize their athletes’ performance – sleep science should, and will, be a component of that. I’m looking forward to sharing our insight and experience on the subject with this group.”

Sports Science Weekend will be held June 12-14, 2014. For more information, including the full line up of presenters, visit SoundersFC.com.

[Photo from SoundersFC.com]

go! Vancouver (Shaw TV): ConnectFX event featuring Fatigue Science

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Last Thursday, the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) hosted ConnectFX, a one-day event designed to build connections between local businesses by putting BC’s latest technology innovations on stage in front of some of the Province’s largest enterprise organizations.

The BCTIA selected eleven technology companies, including Fatigue Science, to pitch their product in front of a judging panel and technology buyers. After his pitch, CEO Sean Kerklaan, spoke with go! Vancouver‘s Johanna Ward about how our technology is helping organizations manage their employee fatigue risk and performance.

My highlights from the 2013 GROW Conference

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Sean Kerklaan speaking at GROW

Sean Kerklaan speaking at GROW

This morning when I sat down at my desk to reflect on my two days at the BetaKit  2013 GROW Conference, I realized that I couldn’t pinpoint a single favourite moment.

For a start-up company like ours, GROW Conference is one of the most unique opportunities in Canada to network with other startups and entrepreneurs from around the world and to learn from some of the brightest minds in the technology community. It opens your eyes to the latest developments within the technology community and inspires you to push the boundaries within your own company.

Over the past two days I learnt from Google Ventures on rapid five day prototyping, from PR experts about how to properly pitch your story to get coverage and I’ve met industry influences way out of my reach that has grown my network 10x.

Now in it’s forth year, GROW Conference is a three-day event held here in Vancouver aiming to connect companies who are focusing on building their business for the future and brings to together more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, startups and investors from around the world.

It’s part of a push by both startups and the government to make Vancouver one of the top tech cities in the world, and perhaps help bolster another company like Hootsuite, the local social media company recently valued at $1-billion.

Fatigue Science in the GROW Conference Startup Smackdown

This year we were lucky enough to participate in GROW in the Startup Smackdown. Held on the final day of the GROW conference, the Startup Smackdown is an opportunity for startups to pitch their company in one minute or less to top press and investors from across North America.

Although it is utterly terrifying to pitch in front of the some of the brightest and most successful minds in the business, the whole process was extremely exciting and throughly rewarding.

Watch my pitch during the Startup Smackdown at GROW 2013 below: