Gaming

International Association of Gaming Regulators to hold 2016 Conference in Sydney

Written by Ben Blaschke

The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) will hold its 2016 Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia, next month with the event aimed at exploring emerging issues affecting gaming regulators, policymakers and industry executives in gambling markets around the world.

Running from 31 October to 3 November at the ParkRoyal Darling Harbour, the IAGR will focus on challenges faced by regulators as they seek to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of gambling oversight.

Program sessions currently planned include:

  • Gambling-Related Harms: How to Better Evaluate Responsible Gambling Policies
  • Social Gaming and the Convergence of Gambling and Gaming
  • Role of Technology in Responsible Gambling
  • Virtual Reality Gaming – the Future?
  • Millennials & the Regulators Challenge
  • IAGR Beginnings
  • Casino Gaming in the Asia & Pacific Region
  • Samoa
  • Changing Regulatory Approach to Achieve Outcomes
  • Sports Betting & Match-Fixing
  • Sports Betting in a Digital Age
  • Interjurisdictional Collaboration
  • Keeping Technical Standards Relevant in a Changing World
  • Legal Challenges Posed by New Technologies in Implementing Effective National Gambling Regulations (IMGL Masterclass Topic)
  • In-House Counsel – Challenges in Achieving Compliance in the Australian Legal Environment by Global Gambling Sector Participants (IMGL Masterclass Topic)

The mission of IAGR is to advance the effectiveness and efficiency of gaming regulation by providing a forum in which gaming regulators from around the world can meet, exchange views and information and discuss policy issues among themselves and with representatives of the international gaming industry.

For more information on the IAGR Conference, please visit www.iagr.org/conference