Mar 17 - Speakers Announced For 2014 KPMG eGaming Summit
KPMG Gibraltar has announced an impressive international speaker line-up for its fourth annual eGaming Summit, one of the major highlights of the local eGaming industry’s calendar.
This year’s event is due to be held at the newly opened Sunborn Gibraltar on Thursday 3rd of April and will see 140 delegates from Gibraltar and wider afield come together to discuss the state of the industry. Attendees and speakers are drawn from diverse backgrounds including licensed eGaming operators, key service providers to the industry and representatives of Government and international regulatory and oversight bodies.
The summit will be opened by the Minister for Financial Services and Gaming, Albert Isola, and the morning session will focus on the local gaming sector, with updates from Gibraltar’s regulator, Phill Brear, on regulatory issues, Gibtelecom on the work they are doing to position the jurisdiction as a global communications hub, and Continent 8 Technologies on how Gibraltar’s offering stacks up against competing jurisdictions. The first panel session of the day will then expand the focus of the Summit to consider the evolution of remote gambling regulation across Europe. This panel, run by international law firm DLA Piper, will feature experts from Madrid, Milan, Munich and the Netherlands.
In the afternoon, a variety of presentations and panel sessions will provide a perspective on different topical matters and current events. The post-lunch panel session will consider the future of conventional and alternative payment methods, including the potential of Bitcoin, followed by a presentation in a similar vein by Standard Bank on how developments in digital banking in the African market might provide opportunities for operators. Then the respective CEOs of the GBGA (Peter Howitt) and the Association of British Bookmakers (Dirk Vennix) will debate the different challenges they face in each sector (albeit the outside world often does not differentiate between online and landbased), and where they find common ground when engaging with external stakeholders.
The final speaker of the day will focus on the latest developments surrounding the controversial point of consumption tax, before an all-star panel of operators, in the capable hands of Peter Montegriffo of Hassans as moderator, wrap up the day by debating the outlook for eGaming.
Break-out sessions will also be running throughout the event, offering more interactive ‘workshop’ style presentations on a number of speciality subjects as an alternative to the main-room seminars.
In the evening, delegates will be treated to drinks and canapés in the Sunborn Gibraltar’s beautiful Sapphire Bar, courtesy of Gibtelecom.
As a global firm, KPMG has positioned itself as a major supporter of the eGaming industry, with a large number of in-house specialists. The annual Gibraltar Summit is now one of a number of similar events run across the globe by KPMG.
More information can be found at www.kpmg.gi/egamingsummit. If you would like to request an invitation, please contact the KPMG Gibraltar office on +3500 200 48600 or Abby Kimber on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - registration closes on 24 March.
Pictured left to right are Micky Swindale, Russell Kelly and Archie Watt at last year’s Gibraltar Summit.
