Only one week left to secure your discounted ticket

The countdown has started: in less than two months the Speed Festival 2025 will return on October 18–19 in Bergamo, Italy.
Two days fully dedicated to sprint, hurdles, jumps and strength training, with coaches, athletes and researchers from all over Europe.

⚡ But this is your last chance to get your ticket at the discounted Early Bird rate.
From September 1st, ticket prices will increase.

What to expect at Speed Festival 2025

The third edition of the Speed Festival will combine science, practice and technology:

• International speakers like Håkan Andersson, Dr. Jo Brown, Pedro Jiménez-Reyes, Elena Bergamini, Andrea Ceccarelli, Andrea Uberti & Daniel Buttari.

• Hands-on practice sessions on track and in the gym.

• Cutting-edge technology demos with 1080 Motion, Microgate and SpaceWheel.

• Networking with coaches and athletes from across Europe.

In 2024, more than 100 participants from 12 countries joined the Festiv...

The countdown to Speed Festival 2025 is officially on!
On October 18–19, 2025, the University of Bergamo – Dalmine will host one of Europe’s most innovative events dedicated to sprint training, hurdles, biomechanics, and sports performance coaching.

📌 In recent weeks we already announced the participation of:

• Håkan Andersson (legendary sprint coach from Sweden)

• Dr. Jo Brown (expert in strength and conditioning)

• Andrea Uberti & Daniel Buttari (Italian coaches specialized in sprint and hurdles)

Now it’s time to reveal even more exciting updates: new keynote speakers, returning partners, ticket deadlines, and scholarship opportunities.

Andrea Ceccarelli: From Castelporziano to the World Stage 🌍

We are proud to welcome Andrea Ceccarelli, Technical Director of the Fiamme Gialle athletics team.

At the Castelporziano training center, Ceccarelli has helped create one of the best environments in the world for high-performance athletes. Names like Filippo Tortu, Gianmarco...

From data to track performance.

We’re excited to welcome Andrea Uberti and Daniel Buttari — two key figures in the Italian technical sector — to Speed Festival 2025.

With years of combined experience coaching at the highest levels, both have been instrumental in developing Italy’s national approach to sprint hurdles.

Their work bridges research, technology, and on-track application, ensuring that every data point collected translates into measurable performance gains.

Exclusive Lecture + On-Track Session: Data Analysis of Hurdling Competitions

At this year’s Speed Festival, Uberti and Buttari will present:

“Data Analysis of Hurdling Competitions: The Experience of the Italian Technical Sector”

This unique double-format session will combine:

• A theoretical lecture revealing how competition analysis — from split times to hurdle clearance efficiency — shapes smarter, more effective training strategies.

• A practical track session with drills and progressions inspired direc...

Strength that transfers to speed.

We're proud to welcome back Håkan Andersson, one of Europe’s most influential sprint coaches, to Speed Festival 2025.

With over four decades of experience coaching elite and Olympic sprinters — including athletes from Sweden’s national team — Håkan has earned global recognition for his evidence-based approach to speed development and strength training.

Rather than chasing trends, Andersson has consistently focused on what truly works in high-performance environments: force application, movement quality, and progressive adaptation.

New Lecture: Strength Training for Sprinting

This year, Håkan will present a brand-new lecture focused on one of the most essential — and often misunderstood — elements of sprint performance:

“Strength for Speed – What Really Transfers”

He’ll break down the principles that underpin effective strength development for sprinters and share insights into:

• How to identify the types of strength that matter most

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We’re proud to announce that our first confirmed speaker for Speed Festival 2025 is none other than Dr. Jo Brown — a globally respected performance physiotherapist, biomechanist, and movement specialist with over two decades of experience at the highest level of elite sport.

 Jo’s track record spans 18 different sports and includes work with Olympic medallists, NBA stars, world champions, international footballers — and critically, top-tier Jamaican sprinters and hurdlers. Most notably, she works closely with Megan Tapper, Jamaica’s world-class 100 m hurdler. Tapper — Olympic medallist and national champion — has credited Jo’s integrated performance care for deepening her biomechanical awareness and accelerating recovery from minor injuries

She’s also played a pivotal role in the rise of Noah Lyles, the fastest man on the planet and Olympic gold medallist at Paris 2024, applying her integrated performance care model to support his preparation, resilience, and execution on the world s...

📅 Date: July 15, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 – 12:30
📍 Location: Gabre Gabric Stadium, Brescia – Italy
🎟 Access: €20 or free for Speed Festival participants

On the morning of the Banca Valsabbina Grand Prix Brescia 2025, a unique international event will take place:
The Grand Prix Talk – an exclusive roundtable with some of the most respected figures in world athletics.

This is not a classic seminar. It’s an interactive talk with Q&A, where top-level professionals will share insights, methods, and visions on how to train and manage athletes competing at the highest level.

Focus Theme

Managing elite athletes – between method, long-term planning, and human relationships in a global context.

Guest Speakers

JAVIER SOTOMAYOR
World record holder in the high jump (2.45 m, Salamanca 1993), Olympic and World Champion.
He will share his unique journey and perspective as a historic icon of our sport.

DOSE MOSYMANIANE
The coach who discovered and developed Letsile Tebogo, Olympic gold medalist in ...

A New Edition in Bergamo, Italy

The wait is over.

After the success of last year’s edition, Speed Festival returns on October 18–19, 2025, and once again we’ll gather at the CUS Bergamo sports center, just a few minutes from the Milan-Bergamo Airport — in the heart of northern Italy, but with a truly international spirit.

Over the past months, we’ve listened, reflected and reimagined what Speed Festival could become.

And now, we’re ready to launch a new edition — bolder, deeper, and even more focused.

One Theme: Speed Development

This year, we’re diving into a single, powerful theme:

The development of speed in three key areas — sprinting, horizontal jumps and hurdles.

Because speed is not just an ability. It’s a skill. A system. A language. And we want to explore it from every angle: technical, biomechanical, neuromuscular and practical.

But don’t worry — while the theme evolves, the core remains the same.

Science Meets Practice

Speed Festival will continue to bring toget...

A New Milestone for SpeedFestival

We are thrilled to announce that SpeedFestival is now part of the prestigious European Athletics Coaching Summit Series!

This recognition places us among the top coaching and performance development events in Europe, reinforcing our commitment to high-performance training, speed development, and strength conditioning.

The European Athletics Coaching Summit Series is an exclusive network of top-tier educational events dedicated to the advancement of coaching methodologies in athletics. Being part of this elite circle means SpeedFestival is now recognized as a key platform for cutting-edge research, innovation, and practical knowledge in sprinting, strength, and speed-based training.

The Success of SpeedFestival 2024 🚀

The 2024 edition of SpeedFestival was a huge success, attracting elite coaches, sports scientists, and athletes from across Europe and beyond. Attendees experienced:
✅ World-class speakers sharing expertise on speed and power trai...