The 2024 Demo Day, sponsored and hosted by Unispace at Holland & Holland, was a fantastic celebration of innovation, collaboration, and sport. The morning kicked off with an exciting session of shooting, followed by a top-class lunch and a series of inspiring demonstrations from some of the leading innovators in concussion care, health technology, and sports safety.
A core goal of Love of the Game (LOTG) is to identify, provide a platform for, and support new concussion technologies and innovations. Demo Day was the perfect opportunity to do just that, showcasing pioneering tools and initiatives that are helping to protect athletes, improve concussion education, and advance research.
Featured Demonstrations
Pippi Heath – Concussion Toolkit
Pippi Heath represented Concussion Toolkit, a social enterprise delivering gender-informed, user-centred, and holistic concussion education, awareness, and guidance. Through interactive workshops and bespoke digital resources, Concussion Toolkit equips students, athletes, and sports communities with the knowledge and tools to recover safely and foster supportive sporting environments.
Steve Jones – BrainEye
Steve Jones showcased BrainEye, a groundbreaking, scientifically validated, AI-based smartphone app for rapid concussion screening. In under 60 seconds, this user-friendly tool empowers doctors with actionable data, helping protect athletes at all levels—from grassroots to elite—and enabling them to safely continue playing the sport they love.
Mark Powell – Abbott
Mark Powell highlighted Abbott’s commitment to life-changing health technologies, from eliminating the pain of fingersticks for people managing diabetes to connecting patients to doctors with real-time monitoring of heart health. Abbott’s innovations also extend to chronic pain, movement disorders, and ensuring safe blood supplies worldwide, helping people live their healthiest lives.
Jamie Bache – Polar Cap
Jamie Bache presented Polar Cap, a non-invasive, portable cooling device designed to manage sports-related concussions. By circulating controlled cold fluid through a silicone-based headcap, the device lowers brain temperature in concussed athletes—a crucial process, as elevated brain temperature can worsen brain injuries and prolong recovery time.