"In her role as manager of Innovationlab Thialf, Inge Stoter is able to combine her passion for sports with her interest in science. With the combined power of sport and science she attracts companies towards Thialf, the speed skating center of the world, to jointly work on innovative products which enhance performance, fan experience or the accommodation.

Innovationlab Thialf is initiated by Thialf, Topsport NOORD and Sportstad Heerenveen in 2016. Within one year, Innovationlab Thialf is assigned as one of the official Sportinnovator Centra in the Netherlands and rewarded with The Innovation Manager award for the Most Innovative Ecosystem by CIO-Magazine.

It is the interplay of different disciplines that push boundaries and dare reality. As manager of the Innovationlab Thialf, as PhD-candidate and in her former job as manager of the Sport Science Institute Groningen, Inge Stoter unites disciplines in order to push boundaries in sport and in science." In her role as manager of Innovationlab Thialf, Inge Stoter is able to combine her passion for sports with her interest in science. With the combined power of sport and science she attracts companies towards Thialf, the speed skating center of the world, to jointly work on innovative products which enhance performance, fan experience or the accommodation.

Innovationlab Thialf is initiated by Thialf, Topsport NOORD and Sportstad Heerenveen in 2016. Within one year, Innovationlab Thialf is assigned as one of the official Sportinnovator Centra in the Netherlands and rewarded with The Innovation Manager award for the Most Innovative Ecosystem by CIO-Magazine.

It is the interplay of different disciplines that push boundaries and dare reality. As manager of the Innovationlab Thialf, as PhD-candidate and in her former job as manager of the Sport Science Institute Groningen, Inge Stoter unites disciplines in order to push boundaries in sport and in science. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx