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NEWS
LAS VEGAS (April 7, 2005) – One of the gaming
industry’s most exciting new conferences, Gaming Technology Summit,
returns to the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas May 25-26, 2005,
featuring a stellar lineup of keynote speakers and panelists:
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The CIO
Coalition, featuring Marshall Andrew, Glenn Bonner, Tim Stanley.
A group of top Gaming CIOs of the Hospitality Technology Next
Generation (HTNG) organization is moving forward to drive better
technology into the gaming and hospitality business through the
implementation of improved processes and frameworks for quality
management and interoperability. This panel will be featured in
the opening keynote session at 9 a.m. May 25. Andrew is the Vice
President of IT and CIO, Station Casinos, Inc.; Bonner is the
CIO of MGM Mirage; and Stanley is the CIO of Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc.
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Robert G.
Goldstein,
President and CEO, Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, will provide
the luncheon keynote on May 25; and
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Past and
current Gaming Standards Association chairmen Gregg Solomon and
Lyle Bell
will unveil GSA’s Best of Breed and System-2-System standards in
the luncheon keynote 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 trials and successes of these efforts.
More than 425
technology professional and vendors attended
Gaming Technology Summit 2004 – a 50
percent increase over the inaugural event in 2003, and
industry support for this important event continues to grow.
Sponsors for the 2005 GTS include Agilysys, Aristocrat
Technologies, Cooper Levenson, Cyberview Technology, Konami, Oracle,
SAS, Teradata, Vastech and WMS Gaming. Exhibiting companies
include all the sponsors, plus Advanced Electronic Systems, Bally
Gaming & Systems, Casino Data Imaging, Centra, IGT, InfoGenesis,
Intrusion, Key Information Systems, Marshall Group, MICROS,
Optelecom, Inc., Procera, Qualex, Smart Connect, Solutionary, VCAT
and Vestcom.
Registration for Gaming Technology Summit is now
available at a special early-bird rate of $745 per person. Groups of
three or more people from the same address can register for $595 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 Slot Manager Institute, BingoWorld, New York
Gaming Summit, Southern Gaming Summit and Casino Marketing. Learn
more at
www.ascendgaming.com.
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Media contact Stephen Gibbs, Ascend Media Gaming
Group Marketing Manager,
(913) 344-1334;
sgibbs@ascendmedia.com
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
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