The DIGISPORT Forum was held this Friday, June 20, 2025.
This day was filled with meaningful exchanges, discoveries, and inspiration around sports and digital innovation.
• The event featured keynote sessions led by professionals from various sectors:
Deneo presented their care pathway monitoring solution for health and sport-health teams, with Maud Rouillard, CEO.
Ochy showcased their AI-based running gait analysis solutions, presented by co-founder Perrine Chapot-Evans.
Avisia introduced their data analysis solutions for sports, with insights from Hugo Tuffin and Tom Houée, Data Science Consultants.
Moovency discussed their screening and prevention tools for musculoskeletal disorders, led by François Morin, co-founder and CEO.
Trinoma and Photon Lines explored inertial and optical measurement systems for motion analysis and modeling, with contributions from Marie Leblanc (Application Engineer & Sport-Health Specialist at Trinoma), Gauthier Rispal (Technical Sales Engineer at Trinoma), and Julien Romann (R&D Manager at Photon Lines).
Sport Bretagne shared their approach to enhancing coaching data, with Rémy Masson (Head of Scientific Performance Support) and Ademi Chegou (M1 MAS intern).
Cosmed presented innovative solutions for evaluating lung function, metabolism, and body composition, represented by Olivier Piron (Sales Manager) and Paul Ngip (Business Development Manager).
• The forum also featured the “My Thesis in 180 Seconds” presentations by DIGISPORT PhD candidates:
Rossella Rizzo – Tissue-equivalent phantoms for testing millimeter wave devices
Koffi Amezouwui – Clustering football possession sequences using a mixture model of absorbing Markov point processes
Oumaima Badi – Photorealistic human motion and style transfer to enhance sports training
Florian Mateos – Using virtual reality to assess and improve decision-making in football
Nolwenn Poquerusse – Evaluating reactive agility in elite athletes on the field
Suzon Pucheu – Methodology for quantifying landing forces in gymnastics
David Martin – Conceptual approach to eliminate confounding effects in big data and its implications for machine learning
Nolwenn Regnault – Optimizing rider-horse interactions in show jumping
Jos Deforges – Development of a virtual reality Adapted Physical Activity program for cancer patients: from design to clinical evaluation
Clélia Boulati – Analysis of spatio-temporal coordination in team sports for behavioral modeling in virtual environments, with a focus on rugby lineouts
• The day concluded with an informal networking session, allowing participants and speakers to exchange ideas and experiences.
A warm thank you to all organizations, speakers, PhD students, and attendees who contributed to the success of this forum.