JUE 2 DE MAYO DE 2024 - 19:25hs.
In Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

CIBELAE and CAIXA "Innovation and Sustainability of the Lotteries" Seminar starts today

The CIBELAE 2018 Seminar brings together today and tomorrow representatives from the main Ibero-American lotteries and the gaming industry to discuss topics relevant to the future of the lottery market in the world. The event, that takes place in the convention center of the paradisiacal Hotel Deville Prime in Bahia, Salvador, is organized by Caixa, which participates with speakers at several conferences. Among others, the Ministry of Finance, GLI, Intralot and Scientific Games also take part of the seminar.

The event aims to share the best practices adopted in the world market of State Lotteries and discuss its challenges for the coming years in the face of innovations and changes in both the market and the consumer public.

The Seminar will have 4 panels that will seek to discuss the most important issues for the Lottery industry today:

• Product Portfolio
• Marketing
• Security
• Sales network

Caixa organizes the event together with CIBELAE and, as host country, will participate in various topics of the agenda, as well as the Ministry of Finance through SEFEL (Secretary of Fiscal, Energy and Lottery Accompaniment):

July 25th

09.15 - 10.00 Opening of the seminar by the President of Cibelae,

* Luis Gama - President of Cibelae,
* Valter Goncalves Nunes - Vicepresident of Caixa
* Alexandre Manoel Angelo da Silva - Secretary of Fiscal, Energy and Lottery Accompaniment

10.00 - 11.30 Progress on the LAW:
Exhibition by the Ministry of Finance.
* Alexandre Manoel Angelo da Silva - Secretary of Fiscal, Energy and Lottery Accompaniment

July 26th

09.30 - 11.00 SECURITY Panel
Risk management. Certifications Blockchain - Cryptomonedas Innovation in lottery transactions (payment of prizes and betting coupons)
* Lic. Georges Didier Flores -Representant of Government Relations and Business Development Latin America, GLI
* Néstor Ocampo - Operations Manager – Boldt
* Anton Stiglic - Senior Corporate Director of IT Governance, Gaming Compliance and Information Security (CISO) at Loto-Québec
* Fernando Barrigana - Jogos Santa Casa
* Rodrigo Hideki - CAIXA

11.30 - 13.00 Panel SALES NETWORK
Channels of communication, potential growth of non-traditional channels and self-management points
* Thays Vieira -Caixa
* Gabriel Sánchez -LNB Panama
* Gonzalo Torres - Scientific Games


CIBELAE Board of Directors was held prior to the Salvador Seminar

As a prelude to the Seminar, the board of directors of the members took place bringing together executives of lotteries from different parts of the world including, among others, Gilson Cesar Pereira Braga, National Superintendent of Lotteries at Caixa Econômica Federal.

The intense day of work began with a delicious welcome brunch that everyone could enjoy. Then the Meeting of the directors began. The order of the day was as follows:

- Reading and approval of the agenda
- Extraordinary empowerment of the members vote for the Board of Directors
- Report of the Presidency
- Report of the Treasurer
- Report of the Executive management: 5.1. Situation status as of July 15, 2018. 5.2. Proposals to be developed until the next meeting of the Board and Assembly. 5.3. Alta Sporting Solutions
- Report of the Work Commissions
- Events of the 2018/2019 Corporation: Specification of dates and places. 7.1: GLI regulators table. 7.2: WLA scholarships. 7.3: Board of Directors and Assembly- Buenos Aires
- Report of Communication Area
- Miscellaneous Topics - Questions

These aforementioned topics were discussed giving a clear guidelines for the next Board of Directors. At the end of the activity, it was taken the photo group with the following executive:

Armando Guerra (LNB Panamá), Alfonso Galiano (ONCE), Manuel Gómez (SELAE), Thierry Gabarret (FDJ Juegos Franceses), Livia Buzó (CONAJZAR), Luis Gama (CIBELAE), Rodrigo Cigliutti (CIBELAE), Mario Trucco (ALEA), Fernando Barrigana (Jogos Santa Casa), Sara Reyero (ONCE), Gilson Cesar Pereira Braga (La Caixa), René Roberto Flores (LNB Salvador), Luis Ayestaran (ALEA) y Moisés Velasco Navarro (National Lottery for Public Assistance Mexico).

At the end of the day, the members of the board of directors and those attending the seminar enjoyed an opening Cocktail.

Source: GMB / CIBELAE