The Manchester Business School is hosting a new Sports Analytics Conference to be held on the 16th of November.  According to the organizers, the conference "is a unique opportunity for High Performance sports professionals to gain a thorough understanding of this revolutionary discipline [sports analytics]."  The list of speakers is still to be confirmed, but it looks like a quality collection of the top figures from academia, consultancy, and professional sport:

• Bill Gerrard (University of Leeds)
• Ian Graham (Decision Technology)
• Raffaele Poli (Football Observatory)
• Fergus Connolly (Consultant)
• Andrew Higginson (Tesco)
• Rob Lowe (Opta)
• Mike Forde (Chelsea FC)
• Steven Houston (Hamburg SV)

Attendance at the conference is invitation-only, and nothing has appeared in my inbox.  I'll let you know if the organizers let me inside the velvet ropes.