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You have spoken... and we have listened!
CasinoTechToday have put
together a brand new agenda featuring the server based technology
issues and challenges you have told us are at the top of your priorities
in 2008.
The agenda will include in-depth
case studies, interactive panel debates and round table discussions
you can be sure your learn from and meet with the casino leaders
of today and tomorrow!
Day 1 | Day 2
| Day
1 – Wednesday 25 June 2008 |
| 09:30
CasinoTechToday Welcome |
| Ravi
Virpal, Director, CasinoTechToday |
09:35
Chairman’s introduction and welcome |
Dan
Ahrens, Manager, Ladenburg Thalmann
Gaming & Casino Fund |
| 09:45
From “Downloadable Games” to “Server Based
Gaming”: In definition |
- Find out where the term “Server Based Gaming”
originated and more importantly what it really means to
your business
- Discover the new possibilities and advantages of offering
Server Based technologies to your casino visitors
- Weigh up both player and operator benefits of installing
the systems onto your gaming floor
Todd Elsasser, Technical Compliance Director,
Cyberview Technology |
|
10:15 Q&A Panel Session: Implementation and beyond…
|
- Learn from the world’s first casinos to test, trial
and implement a Server Based System onto their casino floor
- Find out how they have experienced success – and
managed challenges – with server testing and
how the customers reacted
- Take away the answers to your burning implementation questions
from casinos with experience
Bob Soczyk,
Vice President of Slots, Ameristar Casinos
Chuck Hickey,
Director of Slot Operations, Barona Valley Ranch
Moderator:
Dan Ahrens, Manager, Ladenburg Thalmann
Gaming & Casino Fund |
| 11:00
Coffee & Networking |
| 11:30
Implementing Server Based systems onto your Casino floors |
- Discover how you can get Server Based Gaming technology
onto your Casino floor quickly and effectively
- Understand the advantages of the System to System (S2S)
protocol for your back office systems and how they will
make game changes a seamless, streamlined process
- Find out how a single industry-standard protocol will
make the implementation of Server Based Systems onto your
gaming floor easier than ever
Shawn Kreloff, CEO,
Sona Mobile |
| 12:00
Legal and regulatory requirements of Server Based Systems
|
| Find
out how Gaming Laboratories International are bringing together
important jurisdictional information to make you aware of
your rights.
- Find out which first steps you need to take to get approval
for Server Based Gaming systems by assessing the GLI-21
technical requirements document
- Discover why some jurisdictions may require rule changes
even with the adoption of GLI-21 and find out how far the
approvals process has come
- Make sure you know where you stand in the eyes of the
law and become the catalyst for change and a leader for
innovation using Server Based Systems
Kevin
Mullally , Senior Director
of Government Relations & General Counsel, Gaming
Labs International (GLI) |
| 12:30
Lunch & Networking |
| 14:00
Impact of SBG on current Casino Management Systems |
| Casino
Management Systems (CMS) are the essential ingredients to
operating a profitable slot floor. The introduction of a server
based technology adds another powerful tool to this system
as well as a number of impacts to consider.
- See where the technology compliments existing casino systems
such as machine revenue tracking and analysis, player tracking,
ticket-in / ticket-out and more
- Discover where likely CMS and Server Based System conflicts
can occur and how to overcome them before they become a
problem for your slot floor
- Find out how Server Based Gaming will actually act to
yield higher operational efficiency, provide enhanced security,
deliver higher quality analysis and data and support your
player loyalty programs
- What about staffing? Understand the likely effect of new
systems on your staffing levels and requirements
Rich Le Baron, Strategic
Product Manager, Aristocrat Technologies |
| 14:30
Casino Marketing: How will SBG impact your Casino Marketing
Strategies and Tactics? |
- Discover how SBG implementation will impact your marketing
messages to keep your slot-floors bustling
- Get an overview of integrated strategies and individual
tactics within the specific disciplines of advertising,
database, e-marketing and guest services
- Take away casino marketing best practice to ensure the
new systems add to your success and don’t hinder your
climb to profits
Karen Bromberg, Senior
Marketing Strategist, Red Circle Agency |
| 15:00
Coffee & Networking |
| 15:30
SBG Roundtables |
| Casino
Tech Today are proud to bring you a selection of topic focused
interactive discussions – each comprising up to 10 participants
– designed to enhance your practical know-how, learning
and contacts in Server Based Gaming.
The focus will be
driven by implementation specific challenges and you are invited
to sit on one of the following fantastic topic specific power
roundtable discussions:
| From
Implementation to Operation |
Technical
Compliance |
| Open Protocols
& Networks |
Legal &
Regulatory |
| Customer
Reaction to New Gaming Systems |
Future Technologies |
|
16:30
The Casino Tech Today Industry Cocktail Party
Casino Tech Today
invite you to join all attendees as they wind down from a
day of insightful discussion, strategic debate and amazing
networking for an evening of reflection. |
19:00
End of Day One |
Day 1 | Day 2
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Day
2 – Thursday 26 June, 2008 |
| 10:00
Chairmans Welcome |
Dan
Ahrens, Manager and Creator, Ladenburg
Thalmann Gaming & Casino Fund |
| 10:10
Server Based Gaming Security: End-to-end |
- Cryptography 101: Find out how to prepare for changes
in authentication, validation and confidentiality on your
casino floors
- Discover how to make your Server Based Architecture more
secure, end-to-end
- Find out the role that Certificate Authority plays for
your business
- TLS, SCEP, OSCP? Find out what these acronyms mean to
your casino business
- Take a look at into the future of Casino Security –
beyond current Gaming Security Standards
Rick Pitz, Sr. Product
Manager and Business Development Manager, Certicom
Corporation |
10:40
The Long Game: Gambling, Technology, and Change |
- Take a look at the historical role of technology in driving
change in gambling
- Discover the macro trends that shape how casinos adopt
new technology and apply it to your slot floor ahead of
implementation
- Find out how incremental changes can turn into radical
transformations for the Casino industry including technology
such as SBG
- Learn how the casino floor has changed in the past 15
years and how it is likely to change in the next 5
David G. Schwartz, Director of the Center for
Gaming Research, UNLV |
| 11:10
Coffee & Networking |
11:40
Exclusive Casino Industry Speed Networking |
Casino
Tech Today is proud to offer you the opportunity to meet and
greet EVERY attendee at the summit. This is your unique opportunity
to come face-to-face with the most well known figures in the
Casino Technology landscape today. Make sure you:
- Benefit from one-to-one introductions with your Casino
peers
- Break the ice with the contacts you have always wanted
to meet in the industry
- Swap business cards with the best in Casino Technology
and continue long-lasting fruitful corporate relationships!
(Do not
leave your Business Cards in the office!)
Participants: All |
12:40
Navigate the Legal SBG Minefield |
- Security: how “open” is the
network? Will multiple vendors have access to the system?
How is access controlled/monitored? What are the access
points and how are they protected from unauthorized connection?
Is there a protocol to detect intrusion? Is there a response
plan for unauthorized access?
- Disaster plan: Unlike stand-alone
devices, a network failure can have catastrophic consequences.
How does the system protect against data loss? What are
the safeguards to prevent/detect system disruptions and
failures?
- Audit: What are the provisions
for regulator's to audit the system? How is this different
from the current on-line systems? What sort of regulatory
reports will be available?
- Upgrades: What is the process
for upgrading the system? Will upgrades involve remote access
or require on-site work?
- Patron Concerns: Can PAR percentages
be changed “on the fly.” What is the process for game changeout?
How is the patron protected?
Richard
Williamson, Senior
VP Engineering, BMM
Cynthia
Hays, Director Electronic Gaming Regulatory Affairs,
Harrah’s Entertainment
Moderator: Tom
Nelson, Principal,
Gaming Regulatory Consultants |
| 13:10
Lunch & Networking |
14:10
Achieving standardization across fragmented technologies |
- Find out how far the casino technology industry has come
towards achieving standardization across server based gaming
technologies and what this means for your slot floors
- Discover why achieving a universal protocol will benefit
the developers, suppliers and operators and push your casino
floors onto the next level
- Hear how you can help drive the development of open network
software and how this will give you wider choice on your
casino floors
Mark Pace, VP Engineering Services,
WMS |
14:40
Wireless server based gaming: The next progression? |
- Understand how SBG technologies are set to transform your
entire casino floors and not just your slot-floors
- Get a sneak preview of future applications that utilize
SBG technology and allow you consumer access to concierge
services, iPods, PDAs, vector graphics and location based
services within your Casinos
- Take away vital information on the encryption, security,
convenience, and consumer focus aspects of wireless SBG
David Tarino, Director,
Captiva Mobile |
15:10
Coffee & Networking |
15:40
Server Based / Downloadable / Networked Gaming Technology
Panel |
This
session gives you the unique opportunity to ask the leading
developers and systems experts the technical questions that
you need the answers to.
Jeff Allen, Sr. Director
of Business Development, Bally Technologies
Todd Elsasser, Technical Compliance Director,
Cyberview Technology
Jamal Azzam, Director Product Management
Downloadable and SBG, Aristocrat Technologies
Shawn Kreloff, Chairman & CEO, Sona Mobile
Moderated by: Roy Student |
16:40
End of Summit |
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