SEI-Con will offer the typical features of a convention with daily keynote speakers, exhibitor booths, seminars and a wrap party, but it will also feature innovation labs to highlight work done by students. It’s estimated that the inaugural SEI-Con will host roughly 250 companies and 8,000 attendees, according to Zachary Miles, the senior associate vice president for economic development at UNLV. The convention is scheduled for July 16-18 at Virgin Hotels. “This conference, for the first time, will pair academic and industry innovators in areas so important to the growth of our economy here locally, in Vegas and beyond,” Whitfield said. UNLV President Keith Whitfield said at a Friday news conference the convention will use the momentum of major sports leagues being in Las Vegas and major sporting events such as the Super Bowl and Formula One Grand Prix coming to the city in the next year to grow the sports and entertainment programs offered by both universities. The convention will be hosted co-hosted by UNLV’s Sports Innovation program and Syracuse’s Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The convention will be called SEI-Con and will bring businesses involved in the sports, entertainment and innovation industry together for a three-day convention in July 2024. (Daniel Pearson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Īs Las Vegas continues to build its reputation as a sports and entertainment capital, UNLV and Syracuse University announced they are partnering to bring a sports and entertainment convention to the city next year. Jay Vickers, chief operating officer of UNLV Sports Innovation, speaks at a press conference announcing the debut of SEI-Con on Friday, Jin Las Vegas.
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