Top Speakers Lining up for Florida Gaming Summit
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (August 14, 2008) – More than a dozen top-flight gaming industry experts are already confirmed for the 4th annual Florida Gaming Summit, which takes place October 6-7 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino here. The two-day event annually attracts hundreds of attendees, including gaming operators, regulators, investors, tribal gaming leaders, attorneys, architects, vendors and other industry-related professionals.
Indeed, the Summit has proven to be a popular forum to discuss the complex issues in one of the country’s most dynamic gaming markets. Confirmed speakers to date include:
-James F. Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Gaming Operations, Seminole Tribe of Florida
-W. Bennett Collet, Chairman, Florida Gaming Corp.
-Dennis M. Farrell Jr., Director and Senior Analyst, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
-Steven A. Geller, Florida State Senator, District 31
-Izzy Havenick, Director of Public Affairs, Flagler Dog Track
-Robert Jarvis, Professor, Nova Southeastern University Law Center
-Steven McSloy, Co-Chair, Native American Practice, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
-Alex R. Picou, Managing Director, Gaming, Travel & Leisure, KeyBanc Capital Markets
-Judith A. Shapiro, esq.
-Jim Shore, General Counsel, Seminole Tribe of Florida
-Joel H. Simkins, Senior Analyst-Gaming & Leisure, Macquarie Capital USA, Inc.
-George Skibine, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, Policy and Economic Development, U.S. Department of the Interior
-Peter Yesawich, Ypartnership
Allen will serve as the keynote speaker the morning of Tuesday, October 7. He is a 27-year gaming industry veteran who developed and is responsible for the operations of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos in Hollywood and Tampa, Fla., and five other Seminole casinos in the state.
Complete conference details, including registration and travel information, are available at www.floridagamingsummit.com.
Florida Gaming Summit sponsors include Bally Technologies, Becker & Poliakoff, Gaming Laboratories International, Greenberg Traurig, IGT, JCM Global, Konami, South Jersey Industries, Suzo-Happ, TransAct Technologies and US Bank.
Attendees can also explore the products and services offered by a number of exhibitors. Confirmed to date are: Accuvant, Avatier, Aware Digital, Axis, Buckhead Beef, CashCode, Dallmeier Electronics, Ewing Cole, Global Casino Supply, New Orleans Promotions, NVT, South Jersey Industries/Energenic and TekVisions
To learn more about sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities, contact Lesley Grashow at grashowl@bnpmedia.com.
About the producers:
BNP Media Gaming Group (www.bnpgaming.com) is the world’s largest and most experienced gaming industry media resource and the leading producer of trade magazines, specialized conferences and expos, websites, e-newsletters and targeted specialty publications serving the gaming industry worldwide.
Spectrum Gaming Group ( www.spectrumgaming.com ) is an independent research and professional services firm that provides economic and feasibility studies, impact analyses, regulatory services, customer-service audits, and operational assistance for private-sector and public-sector clients on five continents. Spectrum publishes the Gaming Industry Observer newsletter and produces the East Coast Gaming Congress and Pennsylvania Gaming Congress.
Source: BNP Media Gaming Group and Spectrum Gaming Group
Media Contact: Joseph Weinert, Senior Vice President, Spectrum Gaming, weinert@spectrumgaming.com.
