New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference: Safer Play: The Competitive Advantage

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The New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference is a gathering of stakeholders in the iGaming industry dedicated to reducing gambling’s adverse impacts and achieving a healthy and sustainable industry.

New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference 2024

The New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference 2024 will be held from October 28 to 30, 2024, at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The conference will bring together industry leaders, experts, and enthusiasts dedicated to promoting safer gambling as a competitive advantage in the online casino and sports betting industries.

This year’s New Horizons Conference will explore the best and most promising practices in the safer play journey. Discussions will focus on four key areas: acquisition, player growth, player retention, and support.

Why Safe Play?

The New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference considers safer play a competitive advantage rather than an obligation.

Why?

It is certainly impossible to eliminate all harms from gambling. However, the industry can take

practical steps to make gambling safer. This way, players will be healthy and happy when gambling, driving the industry towards sustainable and responsible growth.

So, what form does safe play take?

Safer gambling can take many forms. It involves gamifying tools that help players set limits, choose products where risks are reduced or mitigated, and determine how to market to players of varying risk levels. It is also about how the industry supports players through challenging conversations and understands how to interact with those who demonstrate high-risk behaviors.

New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference 2024 Schedule

Monday, October 28

5.00 -7.00 pm PDT: Registration and guest services open. Welcome reception

Tuesday, October 29

7.30 -8.30 am PDT: Networking breakfast. Guest services open
8.30 -9.00 am PDT: Welcome and opening remarks
9.00 -10.30 am PDT: Keynote Address: Gambling On The Safer Side: A Different Approach to Creating Competitive Advantage. Dr. Shawn DuBravac.
10.30 -11.00 am PDT: Networking break
11.00 -12.00 pm PDT: Plenary 2: How Regulation of iGaming Drives Safer Gambling Innovation by Richard Taylor, Catherine Jarmain, Catherine Meade, and Bruce Caughill
12.00 pm -1.00 pm PDT: Lunch break
1.00 pm PDT: Session 3A: Shifting Approach: Massachusetts GameSense Research Results and Application. Mark Vander Linden
1.00 pm PDT: Session 3B: Slots, Sports, and Streams – New Directions in Gambling Research. Dr. Luke Clark, Dr. Mariya V. Cherkasova, and Claudia Fu
2.00 pm PDT: Break
2.15 pm PDT: Session 4A: How Loyalty Programs Can Encourage Positive Play by Ridhima Gupta
2.15 pm PDT: Session 4B: The Gambling Recovery Information Network – An International Lived Experience Collaboration by Marlene Warner and Matt Smith
3.15 pm PDT: Break
3.30 pm PDT: Plenary 5: Sisterhood of Sports Bettors by Dr. Ceyda Mumcu, Julie Hynes, Marie-Noëlle Savoie, and Val Calvo Martinez
4.30 pm PDT: Closing remarks
5.00 pm PDT: Networking reception

Wednesday, October 30

8.00 am PDT: Networking breakfast. Registration open
9.00 am PDT: Opening remarks
9.15 am PDT: Plenary 6: Sustaining Player Activity Through Interactions. Laura Piva-Babcock, Phil Mun, Dr. Carrie Shaw, Dr. Melissa Salmon, and Ryan McCarthy
10.30 am PDT: Networking break
11.00 am PDT: Session 7A: A Field Perspective on Elevating Harm Prevention Narratives to Help Create a Strong Player Health Culture by Darren Groth
11.00 am PDT: Session 7B: Motivating Change: Incorporating Motivational Interviewing Approaches to Promote a Culture of Safer Play. Heather Grieve, AJ Maisonneuve, and Tamara Morgan
12.00 pm PDT: Lunch
1.00 pm PDT: Session 8A: Beyond Rainbows: Adapting Player Health Efforts to Attract and Welcome LGBTQI+ Individuals. Marlene Warner
1.00 pm PDT: Session 8B: Overcoming Barriers Together: A Journey of More Than a Decade in Collaborative Efforts to Support Players. Tyjondah Kerr and Lorelle Muller Lumsden
2.00 pm PDT: Networking break
2.15 pm PDT: Plenary 9: Now, Let’s Do Something! Putting Your New Horizons Insights Into Action. Dr. Melissa Salmon, Lorelle Muller Lumsden, Julie Hynes, Ryan McCarthy, and Stacy Shaw