With the theme, ‘Strengthening Roots’, the focus of BgC 2018 is to bring key people together in one place to meet and build the important foundations and relationships needed, to enter this new potential market.
BgC 2018 will also go beyond the approval of the law itself and discuss the challenges Brazil might face in creating a stable marketplace that is attractive for long term investment as well as how expectations can be met in terms of boosting the economy.
After the registration and the welcome coffee, Clarion will officially inaugurate the event with the participation of Sergio Jardim (Managing Director, Clarion Events Brasil) and Ewa Bakun (Head of Industry Insight and Engagement, Clarion Gaming). Once then, a total of 15 sessions and talks will take place today until 5.45pm.
Today’s agenda includes the discussion of a wide range of topics, from legislation, LOTEX, industry perspective, regulation, licensing and online gaming, to sports betting, bingo, regulatory agency, joog do bicho and operation.
The list of speakers for this first day of BGC 2018 includes distinguished experts such as William P. Coley (USA Senator), Becky Harris (Nevada Gaming Control Board), Herculano Passos (Brazilian Federal Deputy), Alexandre Manoel (Brazilian Ministry of Finance), Witoldo Hendrich Junior (Hendrich Advogados/Online IPS Brasil), Pierre Tournier (Remote Gambling Association), Karen Marcela Sierra-Hugues (GLI), Gustavo Schioppa (Grupo Tower), Olavo Sales da Silveira (ABRABINCS), Celina Guedes (Sundreams /Sun International), Paulo Horn (LOTERJ), Paulo Duarte Lopes (Ministry of Tourism of Portugal), Marzia Turrini (BMM Test Labs), Camilo Millon (FECOLJUEGOS), Daniel Cossi (Brazilian Confederation of eSports), and Thierry Pujol (Member of the Hall of Fame of Lottery Industry), among others.
The new BGC format will present the content through three types of sessions:
- SOW-THE-SEEDS: to raise the main issues (plenary format)
- CULTIVATE: to identify the questions and best practices (introducing the quiet conference format)
- BRANCH-OUT: to answer the questions and deepdive into specifics (quiet conference with three simultaneous audio channels /content).
The event is sponsored by international leading firms such as Microgaming, JCM Global, IPS, Play’n Go, Betradar, BMM, eGamingservices, GLI, HiPay, Sportingtech, Betconstruct, Mattos Filho, and Rato Ling Lei & Cortes.
Games Magazine Brasil is the Official Publication Partner of the event.
Source: GMB
