Technology & Innovation

Redefining limits: The future of sports and technology

December 12, 2018

Global

December 12, 2018

Global
Naka Kondo

Manager, Policy and insights

Naka is an editorial manager at Economist Impact, based in Tokyo. As the project lead of the Back to Blue initiative, her focus coverage range from sustainability, ocean health, and longevity, among other issues. Before joining The Economist Group, after a brief period sitting in the advisory committee for the Japan Cabinet Office, Naka dedicated seven years in the Japanese Equities business where she communicated closely with Japanese companies and institutional investors around the world. As a journalist, Naka's work appears in The Bungei Shunju, one of the largest publications in Japan, with more than 80 pieces published on topics ranging from economics, politics and culture. Naka's work has been featured in 3 Japanese national newspapers in 2021. Naka has studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (BSc Maths&Philosophy transferring to BSc Sociology) and the University of Tokyo (BA Social Psychology). She is also a journalism graduate of the Undergraduate Research Program at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo.

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How far have we come, and how far will we be able to go?

Technology has helped propel a better understanding of the science of training and the readiness of athletes, which have both continued to redefine the limits of athletes and para athletes. This programme explores the future relationship of sports and technology via topics ranging from running, swimming, athletic longevity, sports entertainment, nutrition and neuroscience.

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