Schedule

Ease into the summit with a grounding sunrise flow. This 45-minute yoga session focuses on mobility, breath, and presence - helping you shake off travel, recalibrate, and enter the day with clarity and calm. All levels welcome. Mats and towels provided.

Limited spots available. RSVP required.

Open up your morning with a hit on the courts. Whether you’re warming up your forehand or playing a casual match, tennis is a great way to move, focus, and connect with fellow attendees before the summit kicks off.

Racquets and balls provided. RSVP required.

A staple of Spanish sport culture, padel is fast, social, and easy to pick up. Whether you’re new to the game or already play back home, join us for a relaxed morning session. Courts will be open for casual match play or light instruction.

RSVP required. Space is limited.

This session will discuss how to foster environments where athletes and leaders can thrive, innovate, and drive long-term success. Attendees will learn about the key elements of high-performance cultures.

Speakers:

1. Ben Ryan: Performance Director, Brentford FC

Explore how athletes and professionals can define and lead with their core values to inspire teams, shape culture, and drive meaningful change. This session will provide tools for aligning personal purpose with professional impact, helping leaders stay grounded and authentic in high-pressure environments.

Speakers:

1. Chad Biagini: President, Excel Search & Advisory, Excel Sports & Management
2. Mushin Muhammad II: Managing Partner, Axum Capital Partners; Former NFL All-Pro
3. Steve Gera, President & COO, Grand Slam Track

Leadership presence has been described as the ability to connect authentically with the hearts and minds of others in order to motivate or inspire. This interactive, experiential session will give you practical techniques to help you build your presence and impact to positively enhance how you are seen by others.

Speakers:

1. Sarah Cartwright: Executive Coach and Trainer, Management Futures

Today’s athletes are stepping into the business world with more than just influence, they’re bringing strategy, capital, and long-term vision. This session features leaders who’ve made the leap from competition to company building, sharing how they’ve launched ventures, invested in tech, and created platforms that extend their impact well beyond the game. It’s a conversation about ownership, credibility, and what it really takes to build something that lasts.

Speakers:

1. TJ Adeshola: Operating Partner, Arctos Partners
2. Louis Saha: Former Manchester United & French International, Founder & CEO, AxisStars
3. Axel Toupane: NBA Champion, International Player & Venture Partner, Intuition
4. Eniola Aluko: Former England International & Angel City FC Executive; Investor, Mercury 13 Group

For today’s players, health isn’t just personal, it’s financial. This session explores how athletes are investing in diagnostics, data, and recovery tools to protect their performance, extend their careers, and build value over time. Featuring insights from an early-career player and leaders in AI-driven health tech, we’ll unpack how smarter health decisions can drive long-term returns, both on and off the court.

Speakers:

1. Megan Holston-Alexander: Partner & Head, Cultural Leadership Fund, Andreessen Horowitz
2. Spencer Jones: NBPA Member, Stanford graduate, tech and wellness advocate 
3. Jason Goodman: Chief Commercial Officer at Ezra AI & Function Health 

Hone your swing alongside fellow participants and embrace friendly competition as you take aim at the perfectly aligned targets and tee off at the top-notch Andalusian driving range.

Transportation will be provided to and from the event. RSVP required.

To intentionally close each summit day with a lighthearted yet meaningful experience that blends fun, reflection, and authentic connection. Rooted in performance psychology and emotional wellness, this evening session brings together attendees through structured gameplay, competitive spirit, and shared laughs - all reinforcing high-performance values in a relaxed, player-aligned format. 

Limited spots available. RSVP required.

Reset and restore with a sunrise flow designed to lengthen the body and energize the mind. This final morning session will blend breathwork and movement to leave you feeling open, recovered, and ready to finish strong. Mats and towels provided.

Limited spots available. RSVP required.

Courts are open again. Keep the momentum going with an hour of match play, drills, or hitting.

RSVP required. Racquets and balls available on-site.

Join us for Day 2 on the padel courts - a chance to run it back with new partners, sharpen your game, or just enjoy the morning movement before sessions begin.

All levels welcome. RSVP required to reserve your court.

This session offers an exclusive first look at the next generation of AI-powered wearable technology - designed to augment how we see, move, and perform in real time. From smart eyewear to adaptive feedback systems, learn how cutting-edge devices are unlocking new levels of awareness, decision-making, and human potential. Featuring a live product unveiling, this experience previews the tools that could soon reshape training, recovery, and everyday performance.

Speakers:

1. Charlton Gholson: Director, Strategic Partnerships, Meta
2. Kristen Carlson: Director, Product Strategy and Operations, Meta

In elite sport, the goal isn’t just to win, it’s to last. This session explores how emerging medical and performance systems are shifting from short-term results to long-term resilience. With perspectives from clinical innovation, athlete care, and recovery science, we’ll look at what happens when hospitals, high-performance labs, and wellness platforms start to converge. From injury prevention to post-care strategies, this is a conversation about designing for the full arc of an athlete’s life, not just the peak.

What’s next in performance tech? In this rapid-fire showcase, five cutting-edge companies will present the innovations reshaping how athletes train, recover, and invest in their own longevity. Each company will deliver a five-minute talk focused on what they’re building, why it matters, and how it can directly impact athlete performance.

How do leagues build high-performance environments that support athlete health at scale? In this presentation, The Premier League shares how one of the world’s most competitive sports organizations is developing player care systems rooted in consistency, recovery, and long-term wellbeing, while navigating the demands of modern football.

Speakers:

1. Matt Green: Head of Elite Performance, The Premier League

In elite sport, rest isn’t optional - it’s a right. Drawing from FIFPRO’s latest global consensus study, this presentation spotlights 12 expert-backed safeguards to protect player health from the risks of overload and burnout. It reframes athlete health as a labor rights issue, making the case for standardized protections across the international sports calendar.

Speakers:

1. Alexander Bielefeld: Director Global Policy & Strategic Relations, FIFPRO

As athlete performance data becomes more advanced, and more invasive, this panel explores a critical question: who really owns the athlete’s body? Following league and union perspectives on health infrastructure, this discussion brings together experts from sports science, labor policy, and performance to unpack how innovation, trust, and player autonomy can coexist. What does athlete-centered health look like in practice, and what needs to change to get there?

Speakers:

1. Lorena Martin: Director, USC Trojans Sports Research Lab and Global Advisor, OWQLO
2. Adam Loiacono: Sports Physical Therapist, Formerly Phoenix Suns & Atlanta Hawks
3. Matt Green: Head of Elite Performance, The Premier League
4. Alexander Bielefeld: Director Global Policy & Strategic Relations, FIFPRO

What happens when the career ends but the body, mind, and identity of the athlete remain? This panel explores how former pros are redefining care and longevity through athlete-led ventures that support life after sport. From wellness studios and concierge health platforms to youth academies and leadership pipelines, these trailblazers are building systems that reflect the full arc of an athlete’s journey.

Speakers:

1. Crystal Lee: Athletic Trainer, National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association
2. Brandon Chubb: Former NFL Player; Founder, Do Not Disturb
3. Alina Adomaityte: Vice President, LTU Basketball
4. Malik Jackson: Former NFL Player; Founder, The Care League

When pressure hits, performance often breaks - not at the skill level, but at the human level. This skills-focused session reframes "mental toughness" as tactical physiological readiness. It introduces arousal state control as a core part of performance infrastructure, not just a wellness add-on, and gives attendees a grounded framework for training pressure capacity across teams, systems, and leadership.

Speakers:

1. Rachel Vickery: Strategic High-Performance Advisor; Founder, NBA, Elite Military; Vickery Collective

To close out the NBPA Performance Summit, we’ll head to The Embassy - the same private facility where our NBPA members have been training all week. This is your chance to step into their world. Attendees can jump into structured 5-on-5 runs, put themselves through the NBA Combine experience, and explore the physical home of The Sanctuary.

Our second night of structured gameplay continues the summit’s focus on connection, recovery, and reflection, this time with new dynamics and fresh energy. Still grounded in performance psychology and emotional wellness, this session offers another chance to engage through light competition, shared laughs, and intentional group play. Whether you’re returning or joining for the first time, expect a meaningful close to the day that builds trust, sparks conversation, and reinforces what it means to lead with presence.