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Everything there is to know about BgC Digital Experience that starts tomorrow

The most important event of the Gaming industry in Brazil will have its first online edition this Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9. Clarion presents the BgC Digital Experience so that the local and international market know the latest on regulation and advances in the country. Sponsored by Intralot Brasil, Salsa Technology, Betsson Group, Online IPS, Playtech and MDF Partners, the BgC will be free to attend and will have the participation of Waldir Marques Jr, from the Ministry of Economy, among others. Registration is still open.

The gaming and sports betting market has a must attend event since tomorrow: BgC Digital Experience. A 100% online version of the Brazilian Gaming Congress (BgC), the Brazilian meeting organized by Clarion Events since 2013 that discusses the legalization and regulation of the gambling sector in the country. And like every year, GMB is once again the official media with a complete and exclusive coverage of each panel so as not to lose any detail.

With an agile and objective program, exclusive lectures with the Ministry of Economy, legislators and panels updated in casinos, lotteries and sports betting, the free event also offers networking and business opportunities, showcase of industry products, one2one meetings, groups discussion and more.

To participate, simply register here
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Like every year, leading companies have joined as sponsors of the event. They are Online IPS, specialists in creating the best solutions in payment for entrepreneurs; Playtech, market leaders in the gaming and financial commerce industries; Salsa Technology, a leading B2B market company that develops technology solutions for for the iGaming industry; Betsson Group, a company present in the gaming market offering sports bets, casinos and other games through licenses; Intralot Brasil, Intralot’s subsidiary that operates together with Loteria de Minas Gerais the Keno Minas and other games in the state; and MDF Partners, a firm that with operators and gaming companies in strategy, positioning, startup and business development in regulated markets.

“We have been in contact with suppliers, operators and other professionals who intend to operate in this market and there is a demand for updates on what is happening in terms of regulation. Clarion has always been the spokesperson for these trends, and now it will be no different,” highlights the general director of Clarion in Brazil, Sergio Jardim.

Opening the program, Waldir Eustáquio Marques Junior, Under Secretary of Prizes and Draws of the Ministry of Economy, will participate in a panel together with gaming specialist and President of the Panamerican Confederation of Sports Poker (CPPD), Igor “Federal” Trafane, where will be approached the current status of the Sports Betting Regulation that was approved at the end of 2018. Then, Marques Jr. himself will talk with market experts such as Sergio Alvarenga, CEO, Intralot, and Ronan Moreira, General Director of Loteria Mineiras, about the prospects for State Lotteries after the STF decision that imposed the end of the Union monopoly for the operation of lotteries.

On the second day, the event's program will discuss, among other topics, the proposals that are on the agenda in the Federal Senate for the return of casino operations in Brazil. One of the supporters of the theme at the event is Senator Angelo Coronel (PSD / BA). On the subject, Itamar Pereira (Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Economy) together with André Gelfi (Managing Partner Brazil, Betsson Group) will discuss about Corporate Governance & Compliance in the sector.

See the full agenda of panels:


December 8th, 2020 –  Tuesday - Day 1

10h – 10h10
Opening remarks and Presentation of Networking Platform
-Sérgio Jardim, Managing Director, Clarion Events Brasil


10h10 – 10h40
Panel: Sector updating by Brazilian Government

  • Regulation of Sports Betting

-Moderator: Igor “Federal” Trafane, President of the Pan American Sports Poker Confederation (CPPD)
-Waldir Eustáquio Marques Junior, Undersecretary of Prizes and Sweepstakes of the Ministry of Economy


11h -11h05
The end of the Union monopoly on lotteries: comments on the Supreme Court decision

-Roberto Brasil Fernandes, Lawyer, Member of the Special Committee on Lottery Sports Games and Entertainment at OAB and author of the book Lottery Law in Brazil


11h05 – 11h45
Panel: State lotteries: What will the new scenario look like?

  • Business prospects and profitability
  • Regulation in the state spheres

-Moderator: Marcello Corrêa, Legal Director, Loterj
-Waldir Eustáquio Marques Junior, Undersecretary of Prizes and Sweepstakes of the Ministry of Economy
-Sergio Alvarenga, CEO, Intralot Brasil
-Ronan Moreira, Managing Director, Loteria Mineira


12h20 – 12h50
Panel: Way beyond soccer: new betting modalities

  • The market in the country of football goes beyond the four “corners”
  • eSports, Virtual Gaming and iGaming.
  • What has changed in the player's behaviour? What are the impacts of this change and how to prepare?
  • New products for online gaming and land based operations

-Moderator: Angelo Alberoni, Country Manager Brazil, Betmotion
-André Akkari, Co-CEO Furia eSports
-Álvaro Cotta, Marketing Director, Brazilian Basketball National League – NBB

 

December 9th, 2020 – Wednesday - Day 2


10h05 – 10h40
Panel: The return of Casinos in Brazil

  • What proposals are under discussion in Brazilian Congress?
  • What do PL 2,648 / 2019 and 4495/2020 say?

-Moderator: Bruno Omori, President, IDT-CEMA (Institute of Tourism Development)
-Angelo Coronel, Senator(PSD/BA), Brazilian Senate
-Regis de Oliveira, Lawyer, Professor and former Federal Deputy
-Ilana Klein, Senior LatAm Market Director, Playtech


11h – 11h45
Painel: Adapting the business model to the Brazilian market

  • Examples of business successfully implemented in Brazil
  • The demand for localization. Why doesn't copy / paste work?
  • Careers in the gaming sector and qualification for the market: which professionals can work remotely and which need to operate locally?
  • What are the learning possibilities about the sector?
     

-Moderator: Thomas Carvalhaes, Brazil & LatAm Manager, Hero Gaming
-José Colagrossi, Executive Director, Ibope Repucom
-Jennifer Innes, Managing Director, Bettingjobs.com
-Stuart Hunter, Events Director, Clarion Gaming


12h05 – 12h50
Panel: Gaming is a serious industry: Corporate Governance & Compliance in the sector

  • The gaming market is not “the best way to launder money”. What technologies and rules make gambling one of the most secure and well-controlled economic activity
  • Responsible gaming in the DNA of regulation
  • Player Education and Protection

-Moderator: Mauro De Fabritiis, Founder, MDF Partners
-Itamar Pereira, Member, The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) (IAGR) and Technical Advisor, Ministry of Economy
-André Gelfi, Managing Partner Brazil, Betsson Group