INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAMING ADVISORS (IAGA) CONCLUDES 2015 INTERNATIONAL GAMING SUMMIT: 
FROM EAST TO WEST, THE CHANGING GLOBAL GAMING LANDSCAPE

The International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) concluded its 34th annual International Gaming Summit held June 2-5, 2015 at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. The four-day event brought together over 250 industry executives from all global gaming sectors, with delegates representing gaming operators, suppliers, attorneys, investors, financial advisors, educators and regulators. 

The Summit included a wide range of panels and break-out sessions addressing current issues facing the global gaming industry with lively discussions on a diversity of topics, including responsible gaming best practices, anti-money laundering initiatives, sports betting, fantasy sports regulation, the role of technology and convergence and more. It featured keynote speeches from UNLV International Gaming Institute Executive Director Bo Bernhard, Ph.D., Paragon Gaming Chairman Diana Bennett, and Scientific Games CEO and President Gavin Isaacs. The Summit also included one-day workshops provided by the National Center for Responsible Gambling (NCRG) and Gaming Laboratories International (GLI). The combined events were attended by over 250 delegates from 19 countries, four Canadian provinces and 20 U.S. states.

“I am so pleased with this year’s International Gaming Summit” said Katie Lever, IAGA President and Scientific Games Executive Vice President and General Counsel. “Our compelling program highlighted many internationally relevant gaming issues and was augmented by special programming offered by our partners GLI and the NCRG. It featured an impressive list of industry experts and thought leaders, providing our attendees with an unprecedented opportunity to hear from and interact with many individuals responsible for shaping the face of gaming today and in the future. I was also honored to welcome our delegates to my home city of Vancouver and introduce them to several of the city’s most unique venues. I am confident that our delegates found the Summit to be exceptionally beneficial for their own roles in the gaming industry and enabled them to expand their industry networking reach as well.”

 

About IAGA
The International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) is a 35-year old organization of gaming advisors that provides its members with commercially relevant engagement, education and integration in the gaming industry. With a global membership that includes a broad array of gaming industry attorneys, senior executives, financial advisors, regulators, consultants and academics, the IAGA provides a collaborative forum for discussing the key issues affecting global gaming today. For more information or to become a member or sponsor, visit www.theiaga.com.


IAGA Annual Sponsors
IAGA is generously supported by the following annual sponsors whose financial contributions make the International Gaming Summit and other annual events possible: 

  • Platinum Sponsors: Greenberg Traurig, IGT, MGM Resorts International and Vantiv. 
  • Gold Sponsors: Fox Rothschild and Scientific Games.

International Gaming Summit Sponsors
The 2015 International Gaming Summit is also supported through generous donations from the following sponsors:

  • Silver Sponsors: Aristocrat; Baker Donelson; BCLC; Boyd Gaming; Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; Caesars Entertainment; GLI; Pisanelli Bice; and Reid, Rubinstein & Bogatz.
  • Bronze Sponsors: Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM); Balch & Bingham LLP; Butler Snow; Cooper Levenson; Crown Resorts Limited; Gaming Technologies Association (GTA); Global Gaming Business; Harris Hagan; Jones Walker; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Phelps Dunbar; Penn National Gaming and Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann.