 Online
gambling meeting boosted by big time names
A recent online casinos
press release has confirmed that leading online casinos
personalities will speak out at EiG Barcelona conference and
expo.
“One offline event that is a ‘must attend’” is how Mitch Garber,
CEO of one of the top online casinos described EiG 2006 this
week. The fifth annual European i-Gaming Congress & Expo, taking
place at the CCIB in Barcelona, Spain over 11-13 October, is set
to be one of the most incisive and influential talking shops to
date, with organizers Clarion ATE unveiling a host of senior
executives drawn from the world’s leading online casinos
operators and online casinos suppliers amongst its long list of
speakers.
Making keynote presentations alongside Garber will be Jon
Anderson, CEO of one of the top online casinos firms, Yishai
Habari, Detlef Train, Brian O’Sullivan, Douglas Roos, the CEO of
another major online casinos firm, Mark Blandford, Executive
Director of a huge online casinos sports betting enterprise and
John Delaney.
Joining the strong line-up of operators are some of the biggest
supplier names: Roger Raatgever, CEO of an online casinos gaming
firm, Michael Starzynski, Chief Technology Officer at another
top online casinos gaming firm and Robert Riopelle, Vice
President – Business Development at another top firm..
High on the online casinos meeting agenda of hot topics will be
discussions on legal/regulatory frameworks, with specific
reference to recent arrests in the United States, and the online
casinos industry’s reaction and concerns. In-depth debate will
also cover a diverse range of areas including iTV, promotion
through sporting events, the latest market intelligence
gathering and analysis techniques, affiliate marketing, payment
processing, combating fraud, mobile gambling, sports betting,
racing updates, cross-border gambling in the EU, state
monopolies, casual games, post-boom poker, IPO trends, igaming/entertainment
industry convergence and multi-platform lotteries.
Garber commented on the forthcoming congress: “The success of
last year’s EiG conference, attended by scores of executives,
tells us something about the global licensed and regulated
online gaming industry. Online delegates have an excellent
opportunity to hear from and meet with operators and regulators
from across the industry and around the world. Networking is of
paramount importance in any industry and EiG is a truly valuable
event for online gaming.”
Anderson added: “The EiG Congress is the most important industry
event as regards Europe. It’s a great opportunity to meet all
the industry leaders and keep in touch with the latest
technology, ideas and opportunities.”
With a projected attendance of 1 000 or more drawn from more
than 25 countries and representing the majority of the online
casinos industry’s top 50 companies, EiG 2006 will offer
visitors its largest showcase to date with over 50 exhibitors
taking space in an area almost twice the size of last year’s
expo component.
The online casinos industry remains under much scrutiny because
of recent arrests and it is abundantly clear that this industry
meeting and conference will do a good job in at least boosting
the spirits of the perhaps battered executives.
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