IMGL partner SBC will again be staging a series of key industry events in 2023. Its Marketing Director Dennis Algreen shared what IMGL members can expect. After a hugely successful 2022 which featured our two biggest events ever, we are largely focusing on further developing and growing our existing conferences and trade shows. The highlight of the schedule will be the third edition of our global betting and iGaming show, SBC Summit Barcelona, which takes place on 19-21 September. With seven conference stages and a 38,000 m2 exhibition space that will feature the latest sportsbook, online casino, payments, blockchain, metaverse and esports technology, we are working towards a target audience of about 10,000. Our programme also features the fifth edition of CasinoBeats Summit , an event dedicated to the future of the international iGaming sector in St Julian’s, Malta on 21-23 March. Here delegates will enjoy a conference heavily focused on the product side of iGaming, and looks beyond the here and now to address the issues that will shape the next generation of games and technology. Next year will also feature a trio of events in and for the Americas. SBC Summit North America returns to New Jersey on 9-11 May, when it will provide an in-depth look into the state of US sports betting and iGaming as attention turns from initial excitement about legal online gambling to tackling the problems associated with a maturing industry. SBC Summit Latinoamérica will again take place in the fall, with delegates from across Latin America joining us to share insights about the opportunities created by the spread of regulation in the region. Along with the familiar favourites, we have one hugely exciting addition to our roster, as the first SBC- organised edition of the Canadian Gaming Summit takes place in Toronto on 13-15 June. It’s a well- established event of which we will keep the foundation intact, but really expand on the concept while adding our distinct SBC quality and feel to it. As always, our events will have comprehensive agendas with plenty to interest professionals from every part of the industry. For the gaming industry’s leading legal minds, there are opportunities to both learn from their contemporaries and participate in the conference sessions. All our events include regulatory updates from various countries or states, with local market specialists sharing ideas about the practical impact of changes. Another popular feature are our roundtables, which are Q&A-style sessions about entering a particular newly-regulated territory or doing business in a specific established market. There is also content about the latest regulatory developments and technology related to payments, while most of the events will have sessions dedicated to M&A and lots of panels examining the market trends that everyone in the industry needs to keep up to date with. Our conferences and trade shows are designed to be business events that enable visitors to make valuable new contacts. However, we understand that when people take a few days out of their busy schedules to attend a conference, they also want to have some fun. All our Summits feature a host of networking opportunities that are open to all delegates. They range from themed breakfasts to parties running into the early hours at historic or stylish venues. Some of the events even have once-in-a-lifetime activities that are guaranteed to be talking points when you post the photos on social media. In the past we’ve taken delegates to do things like training drills with New York Giants coaches
on the pitch at the MetLife Stadium, hit home runs at Miami Marlins’ stadium, and dance the night away under the world-famous blue whale skeleton at London’s Natural History Museum.
IMGL Magazine • October 2022 • 33
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