2024 Speakers

Keynote: Dr. Shawn DuBravac

Gambling On The Safer Side: A Different Approach to Creating Competitive Advantage

Consumer preferences are shifting towards more sustainable and healthier options, and business sectors are adapting to meet consumers where they are at. In this engaging keynote, Dr. Shawn DuBravac will show gaming industry leaders how various sectors are evolving to prioritize health and wellbeing without compromising on engagement and profitability. Drawing parallels across diverse industries, we will delve into the changing landscape where offering safer options could indeed become a significant competitive advantage. We will unpack the journey from traditional business practices to the incorporation of innovative technologies and strategies aimed at fostering win-win solutions for safer consumer experiences while cultivating loyal long-term success.

Dr. DuBravac is an internationally-recognized thought leader, delivering pragmatic and provocative insights on the trends, technologies and paradigms transforming the globe. His research focuses on the forces shaping tomorrow that are percolating on the peripheral of society and business today. 

Dr. DuBravac is president of Avrio Institute. The Institute, which takes from the Greek Αύριο meaning tomorrow, helps leaders prepare for uncertain, divergent futures. Its clients include Fortune 100 and Global 1000 companies, scrappy start-ups, government agencies and non-profit organizations. Grounded in economics, DuBravac served for over a dozen years as chief economist for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the U.S. trade association representing more than 2,000 consumer tech companies and owner and producer of CES.

 

All Sessions

Keynote: Gambling on the Safer Side - A Different Approach to Creating Competitive Advantage

Dr.Shawn Dubravac

Plenary 2: How Regulation of iGaming Drives Safer Gambling Innovation

Hodan Fourie, Stewart Groumoutis, Richard Taylor, Catherine Jarmain, Catherine Meade, Bruce Caughill

Session 3A: Slots, Sports and Streams- New Directions in Gambling Research

Dr. Luke Clark, Dr. Mariya V. Cherkasova, Claudia Fu

Session 3B: Shifting Approach- Massachusetts GameSense Research Results and Application

Mark Vander Linden

Session 4A: Motivating Change- Incorporating Motivational Interviewing Approaches to Promote a Culture of Safer Play

Heather Grieve, AJ Maisonneuve, Tamara Morgan

Session 4B: The Gambling Recovery Information Network- An International Lived Experience Collaboration

Marlene Warner, Matt Smith

Plenary 5: Sisterhood of Sports Bettors

Dr. Ceyda Mumcu, Julie Hynes, Marie-Noelle Savoie, Val Calvo Marinez

Plenary 6: Sustaining Player Activity Through Interactions

Laura Piva-Babcock, Phil Mun, Dr. Carrie Shaw, Dr. Melissa Salmon, Ryan McCarthy

Session 7A: How Loyalty Programs Can Encourage Positive Play

Ridhima Gupta

Session 7B: A Field Perspective on Elevating Harm Prevention Narratives to Help Create a Strong Player Health Culture

Darren Groth

Session 8A: Beyond Rainbows- Adapting Player Health Efforts to Attract and Welcome LGBTQI+ Individuals

Janine Ruggiero, Shekinah Hoffman, Marlene Warner

Session 8B: Overcoming Barriers Together- A Journey of More Than a Decade in Collaborative Efforts to Support Players

Tyjondah Kerr, Lorelle Muller Lumsden

Plenary 9: Now, Let’s Do Something! Putting Your New Horizons Insights Into Action

Dr. Melissa Salmon, Lorelle Muller Lumsden, Julie Hynes, Ryan McCarthy, Stacy Shaw