Welcome to the 25th-anniversary edition of GAT Expo Cartagena, a grand-scale trade show set to mark a milestone in LATAM’s gaming industry.
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 – GAMING & TECHNOLOGY EXPO
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 was held from April 9 -11 at Las Americas Convention Center, Cartagena de Indias, a colonial, cultural, and tourist jewel located on Colombia’s Caribbean Coast. The conference, which is one of the most important iGaming events in Latin America, targets suppliers and operators in the gaming industry.
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 was a grand-scale trade show to mark its 25th anniversary. The expo included a high-level academic component with keynote speeches, corporate conferences, and discussion panels.
GAT Expo Cartagena at a Glance
GAT Expo Cartagena is the leading iGaming trade show in Latin America, from Mexico to the Caribbean and Central America. The event brings together leaders, experts, suppliers, investors, and regulators in the LATAM gaming industry to showcase their products, services, and regulatory frameworks and forge new alliances.
GAT Expo Cartagena also features an academic section, which includes presentations, conferences, and discussion panels. The academic section focuses on the exchange of knowledge, professional training, analysis of Latin American markets, and regulatory news.
The event also offers both B2B and B2C activities. B2B activities include networking events organized for executives and visitors from different brands, while B2C features eSports tournaments.
The event has strong backing from the Colombian associations of gaming operators, Asojuegos, Cornazar, Fecoljuegos, and Fedelco, which participate with their management staff in each edition of the Gaming & Technology Expo.
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 Venue: Las America Convention Center
The Gaming and Technology Expo was held at the Las Americas Convention Center. The venue is close to the international airport (5 minutes), the historic center (15 minutes), and the walled city.
The venue has spacious halls with more than 6,000 square meters for exhibitions and conferences and a height that allows the construction of stands in ephemeral architecture at the choice of the participating brand, as in the great gaming fairs in the world.
The contents of the showroom include an exhibition in stands of equipment and machines for land-based casinos, online gaming platforms, live casinos, online poker, sports betting, virtual games, lotteries, eSports and much more.
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 Agenda
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024, which focused on innovation and connection in the gaming industry, attracted 67 exhibitors, 22 sponsors, 40 speakers, and 3,000 visitors from 45 countries. This proved that GAT Expo Cartagena has become a comprehensive and diverse event.
The following were the main items discussed at the Gaming and Technology Expo 2024:
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Academy: From 10:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 GMT-5, in the Salón La Niña of the Las Américas Convention Center. This space is dedicated to conferences and expert panels.
- Networking – Colombian Party GAT 25 Years: From 18:30 to 23:00 GMT-5, at the Central Plaza of the Convention Center. A special celebration marking the GAT Expo’s quarter century.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Land Based – Online Gaming Exhibition: From 14:00 to 19:00 GMT-5, in the Santa María A and B and Nueva Granada Halls. The latest advances in physical and online gaming will be presented here.
- Networking – Welcome Cocktail: From 22:00 to 01:00 GMT-5. An ideal social event to establish valuable connections in a relaxed atmosphere.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Land Based – Online Gaming Exhibition: Continues from 14:00 to 19:00 GMT-5, in the same halls, offering more opportunities to explore industry innovations and trends.
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Networking: From 10:00 to 17:00 GMT-5. A perfect space to relax and continue interacting with attendees in a tropical and exclusive environment. Not included in the general program.
Notable Gaming Industry Players at GAT Expo Cartagena 2024
The Gaming and Technology Expo attracted notable players in the gaming industry, alongside poker and eSports tournaments.
WA.Technology, an award-winning B2B iGaming provider, attended the event alongside BYA Groupm, Vibra Gaming, Mer Design, DS Virtual Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Win Systems, EGT, , Vibra Gaming, Endorphina, and Fast Track Solutions as exhibitors.
The sponsors of GAT Expo Cartagena 2024 included:
The event also organized B2C events, such as eSports tournaments and live poker to complement its program.
Gat Events in 2024
The 2024 Gaming & Technology Expo itinerary began with the main event in Cartagena de Indias in April and arrived in Punta Cana on June 27 and 28. The main topics revolved around the control of money laundering and illegal gambling, exhibition booths, and networking events.
The tour of GAT events will continue in the Colombian capital on September 5 with GAT Showcase Bogota, a one-day exhibition of casino equipment and online platform offerings for Latin America. This event has a loyal clientele, both at the level of exhibitors and sponsors, operators and suppliers with thriving businesses in the markets of Colombia and neighboring countries, as well as new brands interested in the Latin American gaming boom.
Lastly, the debut of GAT Caribe Cancun is being planned in detail, and the organization assures that it will have a very large audience in terms of participating brands, the public, and visiting operators.
The organization Gaming & Technology Expo (GAT Events) prepared for a year in which it intends to “stand out” and become “the axis of the Latin American gaming boom”. This decision to expand the scope of action and influence of GAT Events in Latin America is evidenced by a series of modifications in the calendar and locations, as well as with new commercial and trade alliances that the company detailed through a press release.
GAT Showcase Bogotá: “A Winning Format”
- September 6, Sheraton Bogota Hotel, Bogota, Colombia.
The gaming industry in Colombia and Latin America has “a special and unavoidable date” at GAT Showcase Bogotá, a commercial meeting that invites leading manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors of equipment for casinos and medium and small gaming halls to book and plan their participation as exhibitors in stands, sponsors in different categories or visiting buyers.
Thus, the Sheraton Bogotá Hotel becomes once again an exhibition hall with the latest advances and designs in slots, roulette, and portfolios in virtual and online games.
About this edition, Aguirre said: “The showroom in Bogotá has made a strong impact; its innovative and practical format with turnkey stands, catering services, and a favorable budget for exhibitors makes it very attractive.
Confirmed exhibitors include WinSystems, EGT, IGT, Interblock, Merkur, Novomatic, Amusnet and BetConstruct.
GAT Showcase Santo Domingo: Bidding farewell to Punta Cana
- September 18-19, Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
GAT notes that the most relevant novelty is the relocation of the event, which has been held for the past three years in Punta Cana in June, to Santo Domingo in September, given the general elections in the Dominican Republic that mark a change of government in the middle of the year.
This news is complemented by the news that the Iberoamerican Corporation of State Lotteries and Gambling (Cibelae) is actively involved in GAT Showcase Santo Domingo, holding a congress with an emphasis on the situation and development of lotteries, as well as the control of illegality.
The event is supported by the Dominican Association of Gaming Casinos (ADCJ) and the National Association of Sports Banks. In addition to the CIBELAE Congress, there will be presentations on regulatory issues and market updates in the Caribbean and the Antilles.
GAT Caribe Cancún
- November 27 and 28, Cancun Center, Cancún, Mexico
For the first time, GAT will close its annual calendar in Mexico, celebrating GAT Caribe Cancún, exploring the size of the market, the opportunities offered by that nation to the gaming industry, and the boom of online gambling throughout the country, which is expected to grow by 70% in the next three years.
“The main businessmen of the sector are betting on an in-depth reform of the rules that govern this matter in the country, which must be adapted to the conditions imposed by technology in this industry”, said Miguel Angel Ochoa, President of AIEJA, the Association of Permit Holders, Operators and Suppliers of the Entertainment and Gambling Industry in Mexico.
Within this framework, GAT Caribe Cancun arrives with the support of AIEJA, which has decided to hold its end-of-year general assembly on November 26 as an activity before the academic conferences and exhibition stands on the 27th and 28th at the Cancun Center. “The paradise-like landscape, beaches, and fun that Cancun offers will be part of the strengthening of the MICE industry that GAT promotes in Latin America”, the event’s organizers pointed out.
Finally, the organizers of this series of events pointed out that the GAT marketing department is attending the multiple requests for commercial offers to participate in their shows in Cartagena, Bogotá, Santo Domingo, and Cancun.
Conclusion
The GAT Expo Cartagena event provides an ideal platform for leaders, experts, suppliers, investors, and regulators in the LATAM gaming industry to showcase their products, services, and regulatory frameworks and forge new strategic alliances in a vibrant marketplace. The expo included a high-level academic component with keynote speeches, corporate conferences, and discussion panels.
GAT Expo Cartagena 2024:
- Date: 9-11, April, 2024
- Location: Las Americas Convention Center, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
- Book your ticket: GAT Expo Cartagena.