Events
IAGA SUMMIT 2019 San Francisco, US
Kirsten Clark, Executive Director, International Association of Gaming Advisors
IAGA Executive Director Kirsten Clark has over 15 years global gaming industry experience, Clark was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer -Asia, for Gaming Partners International where she was instrumental in expanding the company’s day-to-day business operations throughout Asia and the pacific rim while simultaneously overseeing GPI’s global marketing and product management divisions. Her industry experience also includes extensive strategic marketing, public relations and events management experience for Shuffle Master, where she served as VP of Worldwide Marketing for several years.
This year’s Summit agenda includes quite possibly our finest selection of keynote speeches to date, beginning on June 4 with an opening fireside chat with Eric H. Holder, Jr., the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, who will explore the challenges that arise because of the US’s federal and state governmental framework, sharing his thoughts on the country’s current state of gaming laws and regulations beginning with the DOJ’s recent opinion and touching on the Senate’s proposed legislation on sports integrity, the growing legalization of marijuana and more.
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IAGA ‘California’ Summit draws the gaming industry’s top talent
Filled with the highest quality speakers addressing the industry’s key issues and set against a stunning Pacific coast backdrop, the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) will hold its 38th Annual International Gaming Summit June 4 - 6 at Te Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay in Northern California
Planning an annual three-day conference is seemingly a straight-forward task. Te to-do list doesn’t vary much from the previous year; the same deadlines must be met. However, when planning an event where your conference delegates will be confronted with breathtaking views each time they pass a window and the outdoor scenery urges them to step outside and enjoy the fresh ocean air, developing a compelling agenda filled with exceptional participants who will expertly address critical topics facing global gaming is even more critical, and I’m thrilled to say that this year’s IAGA Summit Conference Planning Committee was more than up to the task.
Half Moon Bay, California is a picturesque, rural area located on the Northern California coast just south of San Francisco and just over the mountains from Silicon Valley, yet it feels like it’s a world away. Gone are the traffic jams that are an inherent part of living in the Bay area; gone are the myriads of tourists trying to get a seat on one of few remaining cable cars traversing the city’s steep hills. Instead, Half Moon Bay is filled with fruit and vegetable farms, blooming flowers, beautiful coastal trails, quaint city centers and endless pristine beaches.
Tis year’s Summit venue, Te Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, sits atop a rocky bluff overlooking the deep blue Pacific Ocean, is surrounded by two world-class golf courses and has ample outdoor terraces just above quiet sandy beaches from where you might just catch a glimpse of a passing humpback whale heading for warmer waters. It’s in this stunning location that we’ll
hold our 2019 International Gaming Summit, as this picturesque setting will provide a perfect backdrop for the myriad of events we have planned.
Now in its 38th year, the Summit has changed quite dramatically since it was first held a short time after several Nevada attorneys, known for their expertise in gaming law, created an association to unite casino professionals and facilitate more productive negotiations between operators, regulators and legislators. Hoping to promote education among executives that would protect and enhance the industry’s professionalism and success, these six attorneys—Robert Faiss, Lyle Rivera, A.J. “Bud” Hicks, Frank Fahrenkopf, Shannon Bybee and Mike Sloan— founded the National Association of Gaming Attorneys (NAGA) and appointed Lyle Rivera as NAGA’s first president. Renamed the International Association of Gaming Advisors in 2007 to reflect the group’s global membership of representatives from all gaming industry segments, IAGA’s annual Summit draws delegates from the four corners of the world who actively participate in interactive discussions about a wide range of relevant issues.
Reflecting the constant evolution of global gaming as well as some recent legal and regulatory developments that have caused quite a bit of disruption this year, our three-day programme includes sessions ranging from an up-to-date analysis of the uncertain future of online betting in the United States thanks to the US Department of Justice’s revised Wire Act opinion released in January, a lively discussion on the increasing shareholder
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