Monday, October 6

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Registration Open Sponsored by

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception with Featured Speaker
Receive the official welcome to the 4th annual Florida Gaming Summit from our featured speaker while you network with gaming and racing executives, public officials, suppliers, attorneys, architects and other industry-related professionals. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Speaker: John J. James, Chief Operating Officer, Seminole Gaming

Tuesday, October 7

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration Open Sponsored by

7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Sponsored by

8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Keynote Address Sponsored by
James F. Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Gaming Operations, Seminole Tribe of Florida

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Florida: The View from Wall Street Sponsored by
With Florida on its way toward becoming a $2 billion gaming market, publicly-traded stock and debt playing a larger role, and the prospect of further expansion throughout the state, Wall Street has taken a keen interest in Florida gaming. In this session, four of Wall Street’s premier gaming analysts share their numbers, outlooks and frank opinions of gaming in Florida.
Moderator: Michael Pollock, Managing Director, Spectrum Gaming Group
Speakers: Dennis M. Farrell Jr., Director and Senior Analyst, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC; Alex R. Picou, Managing Director, Gaming, Travel & Leisure, KeyBanc Capital Markets; Joel H. Simkins, Senior Analyst-Gaming & Leisure, Macquarie Capital USA, Inc., Adam M. Steinberg, Director, Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Gaming and Leisure Trends Sponsored by
Fasten your seat belts for this fast-paced, entertaining and highly informative presentation from one of America’s most respected leisure and travel insights experts. Learn why people spend, how they want to enjoy their leisure time, where the leisure and travel industries are heading … and how gaming figures into all of this. You will long remember this presentation.
Speaker: Peter C. Yesawich, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ypartnership

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Networking Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Building Responsibility into an Expanding Market
As gaming expands in Florida, it is important to recognize the concerns of regulators, elected officials and the general public in the area of problem gambling. This session will examine what programs are in place in Florida to address the issue of prevention and treatment, and how operators are, or should be, developing responsible gaming programs as they move forward with their gaming facilities.
Moderator: Charles Anderer, Group Publisher, Gaming, BNP Media
Speakers: John Fontana, President, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa ; Pat Fowler, Executive Director, Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling; Daren Nenortas, Training Manager, The Isle Pompano Park Casino and Racing

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Seminole Compact: Understanding and Impact
The November 2007 compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State signaled a new era of gaming in Florida, namely one in which the tribe’s casinos could operate live table games and Class III slots and the state would receive at least $100 million annually. Legal challenges, however, have thrown the compact in limbo, though the Seminoles continue to operate their new games with great success. What is the likely ultimate outcome of this compact? If upheld, what does this mean for the Seminole gaming operations? What does this mean for other gaming facilities in the state? Join gaming, tribal and legal experts for an in-depth discussion of this critical issue.
Moderator: Steven McSloy, Co-Chair, Native American Practice, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Speakers: Judith A. Shapiro, Esq.; Jim Shore, General Counsel, Seminole Tribe of Florida; George Skibine, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, Policy and Economic Development, U.S. Department of the Interior
 

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote Address Sponsored by
Steven A. Geller, Florida State Senator, District 31

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Parimutuel Casinos: Operations and Outlook
The early experience with slot machines at parimutuel facilities in Broward County has been disappointing, with competition from the Seminole gaming operations and other market factors influencing the results. And now, facilities in Miami-Dade are gearing up for their own casinos after securing overwhelming voter approval last fall. This session will examine what has happened in Broward, what the Miami-Dade properties have learned from that experience as they prepare to open, and what the outlook is for parimutuel gaming in both counties as the competition heats up in South Florida.
Moderator: Patricia McQueen, Events Editor, Gaming, BNP Media
Speakers: Alexander Hecht Havenick, Vice President of Operations and Legal Affairs, Southwest Florida Enterprises, Inc.; Daniel J. Licciardi, Vice President and General Manager, Florida Gaming Corp.; Richard Thalheimer, President, Thalheimer Research Associates, Inc.

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Networking Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Legislative Outlook: Gaming for All of Florida?
Sponsored by
With parimutuels in two counties now allowed to operate slot machines and with Seminole Gaming now compacted for Class III gaming at its various locations, it might make sense for the State to allow a local-option vote to allow slots at the other 19 parimutuels. After all, most of them already offer live poker in their cardrooms. Are the parimutuels outside of Broward and Miami-Dade at a disadvantage without slots? If the slots were allowed at all parimutuels, could the State lower the gaming tax? Experts from several disciplines discuss the probabilities and possibilities of expanded gaming in Florida.
Moderator: Robert Jarvis, Professor, Nova Southeastern University Law Center
Speakers: Daniel Francati, President and General Manager, Daytona Beach Kennel Club and Poker Room; Alan B. Koslow, Director of Entertainment, Hospitality and Gaming Law, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.; Mike Mayo, News Columnist, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; Eric Rahn, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rahn & Associates