AI Engagement Forum 2025: a learning experience for the IWF
The IWF General Secretary José Quiñones and the IWF CEO Achilleas Tsogas attended this week in Lausanne (SUI) the “Olympic Movement AI Engagement Forum 2025”, an initiative organised by the IOC and aimed at discussing the AI applications to the world of sports.
IWF General Secretary José Quiñones
During the two-day seminar, opened by the IOC President Kirsty Coventry, experts in different areas briefed the attendees on how Artificial Intelligence technologies can facilitate the work and procedures in areas such as: Talent Development, Coaching, Training and Performance Analysis, Injury and Illness Management and Prevention, Online Abuse Protection and Mental Wellbeing, Judging and Refereeing, and Anti-Doping.
The IOC President Kirsty Coventry giving her Welcome speech
Case studies were also presented, highlighting what some universities in the world are developing and what various stakeholders of the Olympic Movement are using in their internal functioning.
“This was a very useful and necessary initiative. We had high-level experts here who could provide many answers to the questions we all have about AI. When new technologies are available, there are always many doubts and some skepticism, but in this case I am sure we can use AI for the benefit of our sport and of our athletes. The IWF has a rich history of 120 years, but we are always keen to learn and move forward – by exchanging ideas with other protagonists of the Olympic Movement, we can definitively progress together in the right direction,” considered Mr Quiñones after the conclusion of the Forum.
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