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LAS VEGAS (April 11, 2008) – Some of the gaming industry’s most respected authorities on technology-related issues will assemble next month at the sixth annual Gaming Technology Summit. To be held May 20-22 at Green Valley Ranch here, the Summit is the industry’s premier technology conference.
With nearly 30 in-depth seminars and two keynote addresses and a prestigious awards ceremony, the Summit addresses real-world technology challenges and solutions for all segments of the gaming industry. It annually attracts leading experts from around the world – some 500 technology professionals and vendors from the United States, Canada, Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal and Spain attended last year’s conference. This year’s attendees will be enlightened by a growing list of speakers which already includes:
- Christopher Abraham, Vice President of Marketing, Golden Gaming, Inc.
- Marshall Andrew, Vice President of IT and Chief Information Officer, Station Casinos
- Stewart Applbaum, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Agilysys, Inc.
- Marcos Arancibia, Solutions Architect-Communications, Content and Entertainment, SAS
- Paul Armstrong, Chief Technology Officer, MICROS Systems, Inc.
- Joseph S. Basara, Director, WhiteSand Consulting
- Lael Berelowitz, Technical Product Manager, Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
- Jay Bertsch, Director of Corporate Development, Konami Gaming, Inc.
- Mark Birtha, Vice President Development/Project Manager, Marriott International Lodging Development
- William Carpenter, Principal Sales Engineer, SPSS Inc.
- Michael Cooke, Vice President, Technology Services Group, Great Canadian Gaming Corp.
- Michael Cruz, Director, Gaming Laboratory Operations, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
- Peter DeRaedt, President, Gaming Standards Association
- Todd Elsasser, Technical Compliance Director, Cyberview Technology
- Ben Ettinger, Consultant, WhiteSand Consulting
- Tammy Farley, Principal, Rainmaker
- Matthew Flemming, Principal, Flemming Consulting LLC
- Patrick Grubbs, Industry Director, Travel & Transportation, Oracle Corp.
- Prem Gururajan, President, Tangam Gaming
- Rom Hendler, Vice President Strategic Marketing, The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
- Joe Jensen, General Manager, Embedded Computing Division, Intel Corp.
- John L. Kreiger, Partner, Lewis and Roca LLP
- Rod Luck, Vice President of Information Technology, Cache Creek Casino Resort
- Mark Pace, Vice President, Engineering Services, WMS Gaming
- Tom Peck, Senior Vice President and CIO, MGM Mirage
- Stephani Robson, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University
- Buddy Roogow, Director, Maryland Lottery
- Bruce Rowe, Senior Vice President Business Development, Bally Technologies
- Ron Rushin, Chief Technology Officer, Cantor Gaming
- Saverio R. Scheri III, Managing Director, WhiteSand Consulting
- Bob Schmidt, President, Biometrica
- Richard Schneider, Vice President, sb™ Products, IGT
- Peter Shoebridge, Vice President of Development, Sona Gaming
- Tim Stanley, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Innovation, Gaming & Technology, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
- Rolland Steil, Senior Product Manager, RFID Solutuions, Progressive Gaming International
- Myles Swann, Director of Operations Analysis, Penn National Gaming
- Randy Takemoto, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cache Creek Casino Resort
- Libby White, Deputy Director, Marketing, West Virginia Lottery
- Michael Wood, Principal, Technical Resource Group
- Dario Zutel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Win Systems International
An exciting new feature of this year’s Summit is the Resort Technology Forum, a workshop featuring professors from the Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University’s world-renowned School of Hotel Administration. The half-day seminar on May 20, prior to the official start of Gaming Technology Summit, will examine recent developments in hotel room technologies and what lies in store for the future.
The complete conference program, current speaker list, registration and travel information is available at www.gametechsummit.com.
With the proven ability of the Summit to reach leading technology professionals, vendors have a unique opportunity to reach key customers through exhibit booths and sponsorships. Any company interested in being a part of GTS should contact BNP Media’s Lesley Grashow, (203) 938-2782 or grashowl@bnpmedia.com.
The Summit is co-produced by WhiteSand Consulting, which provides strategy, operations and technology consulting services to the gaming and hospitality industries; and BNP Media Gaming Group, the leading producer of trade magazines, newsletters and trade shows serving the gaming industry around the world.
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Media contacts: Charles Anderer, Senior Events Manager, Gaming, BNP Media, (718) 432-8529, andererc@bnpmedia.com; Jim Nickerson, Director, WhiteSand Consulting, (702) 798-0647, jnickerson@WhiteSandConsulting.com. |
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