Disrupting Online Gambling: Technology, Security and Regulation 2019

Biography: Martin Lycka, solicitor, is Director of Regulatory Affairs at GVC Holdings. Martin has been an in-house legal and regulatory counsel to global online gambling operators for over 9 years. He also serves as a board member of the EGBA, ESSA, JDigital and SSV.  Prior to joining the gambling industry, Martin worked with inter alia Salans Europe LLP and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. He has graduated from the Prague Law Faculty and has obtained a LLM degree at the College of Europe in Bruges as well as a LLB degree at the University Law London.

Session Details: Exploring best practices available to measure net affordability of your customers and promote responsible gambling 13-06-2019, 11:00 am View In Agenda

Biography: With a passion for social responsibility and providing clear, commercially aware legal advice, Linda has  been working with Better Collective to bring transparency and fairness to the iGaming industry for the last 3 years. Driving the Group’s global regulatory compliance and responsible marketing strategy, as well as leading GDPR-readiness initiatives and supporting the Group’s intensive M&A activity and IPO preparations means she has insight into a diverse range of challenges in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

Session Details: Session Reserved for Linda Mullan, Head of Group Legal, Better Collective 12-06-2019, 4:45 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Patrick is a senior associate in Wiggin's Betting and Gaming team, specialising in data protection. Patrick has provided GDPR advice to a wide range of clients in the gambling sector - including operators, white labels and B2B providers - as well as providing data protection advice to clients in the film, technology, and media sectors.  Patrick's data protection advice includes compliance, contract drafting and negotiation, and ICO investigations across all aspects of GDPR and electronic direct marketing. Patrick is a Certified Practitioner of Data Protection, gaining a distinction from PDP.

Session Details: WORKSHOP: Lessons learnt after one year of GDPR 12-06-2019, 2:40 pm View In Agenda

Biography: A long time security and privacy advocate, Mika has applied his trade in everything from logistics and embedded systems all the way to real-time gambling. At Smarkets he focuses on the cross-section of security, usability and compliance,  with an aim at keeping things practical. An engineer at heart, he likes to automate the mundane so people can focus on the subtle. And as the DPO he helps to balance the needs of competing requirements so that both engineering and compliance are satisfied. He knows that while everyone says they want security, in reality they want convenience. So, Mika has made it his mission to ensure the two wants are not mutually exclusive.

Session Details: Fortify, improve, comply - security and resilience through better business practices 12-06-2019, 2:10 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Tom joined Smarkets shortly after its launch in 2010 and has overseen the company’s customer service, finance, legal and compliance functions during crucial growth-phases of the company. Smarkets is one of the world's leading betting exchange and prediction market platforms, making peer-to-peer trading on events secure, efficient and exciting. Headquartered in London, with offices in Los Angeles and Malta, the company was founded by a team of finance and software engineering professionals and is backed by Passion Capital and Deutsche Telekom. The Smarkets exchange has processed over £10 billion worth of transactions for customers across the company's licensed and regulated markets.

Session Details: Should the gaming industry gamble on tighter collaboration with banks to improve security and compliance, whilst reducing problem gambling? 13-06-2019, 2:00 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Grainne is Director of Responsible Gambling and Corporate Affairs at GVC PLC Holdings.  She has worked in the industry in a number of corporate roles for over five years.  Prior to that, Grainne was a Special Adviser to the UK Government and has previously held communications roles in other FTSE 100 businesses, charities and trade bodies spanning the retail, health and media industries.

Session Details: Shedding light on GVC’s overarching goal to deliver a secure, fair, and reliable gambling platform for their customers 13-06-2019, 10:30 am View In Agenda

Biography: Lonnie Hamm is Head of Data Science at Kindred Group. The Data Science team develops machine learning driven solutions applied to a variety of areas across Kindred’s business. Prior to Kindred, Lonnie spent 15 years in hands on and leadership roles in trading and investment management across a variety of functions including quantitative analysis, quantitative trading, and technology.

Session Details: Embracing Data analytics and AI to improve the customer experience and differentiate your brand from your competitors 12-06-2019, 11:35 am View In Agenda

Biography: Apostolos is the Chief Operating Officer of Betsson Group. He has been working in the gaming industry for the past 10 years in roles relating to customer focused operations. The past 7 years have seen him initially overseeing the Service and Customer Protection areas of Betsson Group while serving since 2014 as Director of Ops and since 2017 as COO with the Payments and AML responsibility amongst other areas.

Session Details: Exploring AML implementation and customer protection in cross brand/cross platform 12-06-2019, 12:05 pm Should the gaming industry gamble on tighter collaboration with banks to improve security and compliance, whilst reducing problem gambling? 13-06-2019, 2:00 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Jonathan Parke is the director of the consumer research hub ‘Sophro’ which specialises in independent research and education on the topic of gambling behaviour and harm minimisation. Jonathan has served as principal investigator on a variety of government, industry and research council sponsored research projects most of which focusing on gambling behaviour. In his previous role as Director of Commissioning for the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) in Great Britain he has helped reshape the gambling research agenda at a national level. In terms of education and training, Dr. Parke has developed, delivered and managed university level courses and corporate training programs in gambling studies over the last decade including some of the world’s first undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in Gambling Studies at the University of Salford. On an on-going basis, he consults for some of the world’s biggest providers of betting and gaming to develop their responsible gambling policies. His career goal is to impact society by informing political, commercial and clinical activities through ecologically valid gambling research.

Session Details: WORKSHOP: Tackling problem gambling: The role of player awareness, control and access 13-06-2019, 9:30 am View In Agenda

Biography:  Maris Bonello currently occupies the role Head of Player Sustainability Research at Kindred. She started as a Risk and Fraud Analyst with Unibet and after receiving her Psychology MSc from the University of Leicester, took on the role of Responsible Gaming Manager. She has a Diploma in Gambling Addiction Counselling and Psychology, and is now reading for her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Mark Griffiths, focusing primarily on the analysis of the early signs of online problem gambling, responsible gaming tools and responsible gaming promotion.

Session Details: WORKSHOP: Tackling problem gambling: The role of player awareness, control and access 13-06-2019, 9:30 am Exploring best practices available to measure net affordability of your customers and promote responsible gambling 13-06-2019, 11:00 am View In Agenda

Biography:   Pierre joined the RGA as Director of Government Relations in August 2015. In his role, Pierre is primary in charge of regulatory developments at national level and represents the association in all the EU members states. Prior to joining the RGA, Pierre worked for 5 years as a consultant at Instinctif Partners in Brussels. As the head of the online gambling practice, Pierre advised and represented a number of online gambling clients, including the RGA, in all their dealings with EU institutions. Pierre holds a LLM in European Law from University College Dublin and a MA in Comparative Law from the University of Toulouse.

Session Details: Chair’s opening remarks 12-06-2019, 9:00 am Exclusive interview with Matt Zarb-Cousin: “A new context means a new approach to advance the debate on gambling reform” 12-06-2019, 10:15 am View In Agenda

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Biography: Ben has responsibility for a portfolio which brings together the Commission’s market and social research function, and specialists across the various industry sectors. This includes the associated stakeholder engagement, national and international, with a particular interest in best practice. He also shares the senior collective responsibility to deliver the wider Commission business plan. Ben arrived at the Commission through the merger with the National Lottery Commission. He had worked in a variety of senior roles within the NLC across Insight, Corporate Affairs and Operations, including Head of Evaluation during the third National Lottery licence competition process.

Session Details: Establishing a joint effort between regulators and industry which will build the “best, fairest and safest” gambling market in the world 12-06-2019, 9:15 am View In Agenda

Biography: Dan is  Vice President, Partnerships and Communications at award-winning betting exchange and prediction-market platform Smarkets, which has processed over £10 billion worth of transactions for customers across the company's licensed and regulated markets. He is based in the London HQ and joined in 2017, overseeing commercial, media and API relationships, as well as company content. His 15-year career spans France and the UK, covering journalism, communications, business development, PR, and marketing - with a decade in the media industry, as well as several years in tech and fashion. Highlights include co-launching a clothing line, creating his own podcast, and running the sports department of an international TV news channel in Paris.    

Session Details: Should the gaming industry gamble on tighter collaboration with banks to improve security and compliance, whilst reducing problem gambling? 13-06-2019, 2:00 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Simon is a partner in Wiggin’s Betting and Gaming team. He advises clients on the full range of commercial, IP and domestic and international regulatory issues facing stakeholders in the gambling industry, as well as providing general strategic advice. Prior to joining Wiggin, Simon was Head of Legal at a leading gambling software and services supplier.

Session Details: WORKSHOP: Lessons learnt after one year of GDPR 12-06-2019, 2:40 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Exclusive interview with Matt Zarb-Cousin: “A new context means a new approach to advance the debate on gambling reform” 12-06-2019, 10:15 am View In Agenda

Biography: David Lampitt is Managing Director of Sports Partnerships at Sportradar. Initially joining the Board of Sportradar in August 2012 in a non-executive capacity, David has over 15 years of in-depth experience of working in the sports industry at senior levels. In 2013, he took on an executive role with responsibility for the company’s strategic approach on key topics such as the development of the data market. He leads the UK business but his remit also includes a number of group functions such as sports partnerships, rights protection, commercial compliance and other strategically significant group projects. Prior to joining Sportradar, David worked at the English Football Association, he was a member of UEFA's Club Licensing Committee and spent two years as CEO of Portsmouth Football Club. David also worked as CEO of Supporters Direct, a not-for-profit organisation promoting good governance in sport. He has a degree in Modern Languages from Bristol University and is an ACA Chartered Accountant. David is based in London, United Kingdom.

Session Details: Sports data – legal and regulatory risks for the foundation stone of the betting value chain 12-06-2019, 12:35 pm View In Agenda

Biography: CEO and co-founder of Zignsec with over 15 years experience of international business and technology working with companies like Google, Oracle, IKEA and many more. Jonas is a entrepreneur with a passion for Digital Identities and smooth User Experiences, awesome Onboarding and automated KYC-procedures.

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Biography: As SBTech’s Chief Compliance Officer Jeremie Kanter manages, enhances and implements new and existing tools, procedures and processes to ensure the sustainability of the business model across its entire product portfolio, engaging with international regulators to both strengthen and expand the company’s global regulated market presence.

Session Details: Exploring best practices available to measure net affordability of your customers and promote responsible gambling 13-06-2019, 11:00 am View In Agenda

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