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VEGAS (March 16, 2004) – Gaming Technology Summit returns to the
Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas May
25-26, 2004. Last year’s inaugural GTS was a big success,
drawing more than 300 gaming and technology professionals from
across North America, and a diverse lineup of sponsors that included
Aristocrat, Bally Gaming & Systems, Harte Hanks, IGT, Micros,
Microsoft, PeopleSoft and Teradata. Gaming Technology Summit is
presented jointly by leading gaming industry media company Ascend
Media Gaming Group and WhiteSand Consulting, a leading gaming and
hospitality consulting firm. Gary
Loveman,
CEO of Harrah’s Entertainment, will be the featured keynote
speaker, providing the remarks at the Opening Day General Session. Glenn
Bonner, CIO of MGM MIRAGE, will provide the luncheon keynote
address on May 25; and Bob Boughner, CEO of the Borgata in Atlantic City, will provide the
keynote address on May 26. Gaming
Technology Summit addresses the critical role of technology
throughout casino hotels and the demands it places on gaming
professionals to learn new skills, integrate systems and make
hardware and software investment decisions. It brings together
gaming industry professionals to network, learn about new
technologies and their applications in the industry, and confer
about the successes and failures of these efforts. Gaming
Technology Summit’s 27-seminar program will address technology in
three tracks – strategy, operations and technology – that will
provide important information to IT professionals, gaming
executives, and operation personnel from key areas including casino,
hotel, marketing, human resources, food and beverage and finance.
The Summit is unique among gaming conferences in that most sessions
will be led by one or two knowledgeable professionals, allowing the
presenters more time to delve deeper into issues and solutions than
is possible with a more traditional speaker/panelist format. Those
presenters will represent a diverse cross-section of leading gaming
manufacturers, operators, and technology and information companies. A
limited number of expo-style booths will be available to vendors in
the Networking area, and several corporate sponsorship opportunities
will be available. Those booths are expected to sell out quickly. Registration
for Gaming Technology Summit is now available at a special
early-bird rate of $595 per person. Groups of three or more people
from the same address can register for $495 per person. More
information and online registration are available at www.gametechsummit.com. About
the producers WhiteSand
Consulting is a team of diversified, experienced and knowledgeable
gaming veterans who also have significant consulting experience with
firms such as KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte & Touche.
Members of WhiteSand project teams have worked for casinos and
hotels throughout the U.S. and Internationally, providing clients
with a team that is intimately familiar with the intricacies unique
to the gaming industry and casino operations. WhiteSand provides a
wide array of consulting services, including IT assessments and
strategy, project management, package selections, Internet strategy,
financial projections, business planning, casino pre-opening
consulting, acquisition due diligence, research and analysis, and
marketing strategy consulting.
Some of WhiteSand’s recent clients include the Borgata,
Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority, Harrah’s
Entertainment, Cache Creek, Wynn Resorts, Hyatt Gaming and
Microsoft. Ascend
Media Gaming Group is the leading producer of trade magazines,
newsletters and trade shows serving the gaming industry around the
world, and offers the only BPA-audited business-to-business gaming
magazines in North America. Ascend’s publications include IGWB,
Casino Journal, Slot Manager and Indian
Gaming Business. Ascend produces leading trade shows Racing
& Gaming Summit, Slot Manager Institute, American Gaming Summit,
BingoWorld, New York Gaming Summit, Southern Gaming Summit and the
Rocky Mountain Gaming Summit. Learn more at www.ascendgaming.com. #
# # Media
contact Stephen Gibbs, Ascend Media Gaming Group Marketing Manager, Exhibitors/sponsors
contact Lesley Grashow, Ascend Media Gaming Group Trade Show Sales
Manager, (203) 938-2782; lgrashow@ascendmedia.com WhiteSand Consulting contact James Nickerson, Director, (609) 677-8253; jnickerson@WhiteSandConsulting.com or www.WhiteSandConsulting.com |
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