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Block 1: Psychology & Culture (16:00–18:00)

16:00
Keynote

Opening: Individualization at Scale — The Framework

How to personalize without breaking the team model

Opening keynote setting the framework for two days of applied learning on scaling personalization across academies and first teams.

16:30
Applied

The IDP Players Actually Use

Speaker TBA

The 3-Goal Rule. Gamification tactics. The 5-minute weekly feedback loop that changes behavior for 7 days. How to build IDPs players actually follow.

17:00

Break

17:15
Applied

Psychological Safety for Players

Alhassan Abdulshakur · Saudi Arabia Football Federation

Techniques to manage stress, build resilience and maintain off-pitch wellbeing. Practical frameworks for creating psychologically safe environments in elite academies.

17:45
Applied

Psychological Safety for Staff

Tatiana Ferreira · SL Benfica

How staff culture and leadership behaviors shape the psychological safety of the environment. Creating conditions where staff can challenge, innovate, and perform.

Block 2: Cognition & Decision-Making (18:00–20:00)

18:00

Break

18:15
Keynote

Neuroplasticity & Skill Acquisition in Modern Football

Speaker TBA

How variability and unpredictability drive motor learning. The science of skill acquisition in elite football environments.

18:45
Applied

Training Decision-Making Under Pressure

Speaker TBA

Perception-action coupling. Multisensory decision-making drills. Designing practice environments that develop anticipation and perceptual skills.

19:15
Q&A

Building Game Intelligence at Scale

Live discussion with speakers

Interactive Q&A synthesizing cognition and decision-making frameworks. Ask speakers about implementation in your environment.

19:45
Keynote

Leadership & Culture in High-Performance

Rui Lança · Al Ittihad CC

Values-based frameworks that align individual player needs with collective team performance. Building cultures that empower rather than control.

Block 1: Performance Science (16:00–18:00)

16:00
Keynote

Contextualised Match & Training Analysis

Dr. Paul Bradley · FIFA / Football Science Consultant

Moving beyond raw GPS numbers to contextualised performance analysis that informs training and selection decisions at elite level.

16:30
Applied

The High-Performance OS (First Team)

Hugo Correia · Aspire Academy

The "One-Page Weekly Rhythm" that aligns Physio, S&C and Coach. The "Availability" metric that matters more than any GPS stat.

17:00

Break

17:15
Applied

Fatigue & Return-To-Play Using Thermography

Ismael Fernández · ThermoHuman & Real Madrid CF

How thermography is being used at Real Madrid to monitor fatigue, accelerate return-to-play decisions, and individualize recovery protocols.

17:45
Applied

Individualized Injury Prevention Models

Speaker TBA

Risk, monitoring, and intervention frameworks that work in the real world. How to build injury prevention systems that scale.

Block 2: AI & R&D Systems (18:00–20:00)

18:00

Break

18:15
Keynote

R&D in the Real World: The Sevilla FC Model

Sevilla FC Innovation Department

Turning millions of data points into 3 actionable insights. Building a research culture in a club that has to win every Saturday.

18:45
Keynote

From Data to Development: How Individual Player Pathways Can Be Built

Tiago Malaquias

The "Decision-First" AI Framework: working backward from the coach's problem. Why most AI projects in football fail — and the 3 things that make them work.

19:15
Applied

Real-Time Biofeedback & Monitoring Systems

Speaker TBA

What works. What doesn't. What's next. Practical implementation of real-time monitoring in training environments.

19:45
Panel

Closing: The 10 Non-Negotiables for 2026

Dr. Paul Bradley, Hugo Correia, Ismael Fernández & Sevilla FC

Closing panel synthesizing two days into actionable takeaways. Live Q&A with the audience.