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GSATS FOCUS: FUTURE TECH
PHOENIX 2024 / NOV 11TH – 13TH
GSATS Focus: Future Tech, is a two-day educational conference aimed at providing legislators, regulators and industry decision makers, in-depth information on emerging technologies coming into the gaming industry.
Held in Phoenix Arizona at the Harrah’s Ak-chin Hotel and Casino, tickets for this two-day event include a breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack, on the 12th and 13th and an All-attendee cocktail reception on the 12th. A ‘welcome’ Speakers Only cocktail reception will be held on the evening of the 11th.
Attendees will benefit from hearing leading technology companies speak about technologies already in use within other industries, and the impact they are having. They will learn how those technologies have applicability to the gaming industry and hear from companies on the leading edge of innovation and the technology’s implementation. Importantly, attendees will hear from legislators and regulators who have been tasked with creating laws and regulations, and who are responsible for overseeing the technology’s use.
As with the previous GSATS, which focused on Blockchain Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Sports Betting, the conference will feature keynote speakers from Legislators, Regulators, Technologists, and Industry Leaders, speakers and panels designed to provide a broad, yet deep-enough, understanding of the technologies being discussed.
Join us for another informative, educational, and though provoking IGSA Technical Summit!
PARTNERSHIP
IGSA is pleased to partner with CGS EVENTS to organize the 2024 GSA Technical Summit – Focus: Future Tech. CGS EVENTS has over 20 years of experience specializing in organizing gaming industry conferences and events specifically addressing the needs of regulatory authorities and C-level executives. IGSA and CGS look forward to other GSATS events in the near future!
GSATS Insights
Mark Pace
IGSA President
The first Gaming Standards Association Technical Summit or GSATS was held in 2018 in Reno Nevada. At the time Blockchain was the big buzzword in the gaming industry. However, different technologies were labeled Blockchain and this was causing significant confusion. Some use the word Bitcoin to describe Blockchain, others used Blockchain to describe cryptocurrencies in general, and yet other used Blockchain to describe distributed ledger-type storage systems. This confusion led to the legislative and regulatory part of our industry (the Policy Domain), to become understandably skeptical whenever a supplier or operator (the Industry Domain) spoke to them about blockchain. So much so, that there were some legislators that moved to ban Blockchain. Their intention was not to try and ban a database-type technology, it was to ban cryptocurrencies, but such was the depth of the confusion.
For these reasons, the focus of the first GSATS was on Blockchain, and it was designed to specifically separate fact from fiction, clarify misunderstandings and misconceptions and discuss how blockchain-based applications were being used in other highly regulated industries. The conference was a huge success.
For the following year, IGSA decided to once again tackle a technology that was garnering a lot of attention. The 2019 GSATS focused on Artificial Intelligence. Technology companies described how AI was helping business streamline decision making using machine learning techniques based on data from multiple sources. The conference included industry suppliers describing about how AI was being used to identify players who may be on a self-harming path and how AI was a great tool for Responsible Gaming. Arguably, the most interesting presentations were related to the importance of data and how the millions of records in gaming company databases, was potentially not ideally suited for machine learning purposes. Indeed, the presentations from the data scientists, really put a fine point on the need for complete and accurate data.
Unfortunately, COVID interrupted the traction that GSATS had gained. No in-person gatherings meant no GSATS in 2020. Given the total uncertainty in the industry and the slow recovery from the pandemic, IGSA decided against hosting a GSATS in 2021 as well. The industry was still in a bit of turmoil in 2022 but given the ubiquitous nature of online meetings, IGSA decided to host a virtual GSATS focusing on the newest gaming vertical in the US, sports betting.
The 2022 Sports Betting GSATS was the first foray into an online-only GSATS and the difference between virtual and in-person was quite clear. The latter was by far superior in terms of excitement, interaction, and value derived. While successful despite its challenges, IGSA decided that going forward, online events would be limited to short duration webinars and not a day-long, or worse, two-day, event.
IGSA focused on its 25th year anniversary in 2023, planning an event to celebrate this auspicious anniversary and the people that made it happen. The celebration was part of IGSA’s Annual Member Meeting and saw the largest attendance in a long time.
Which brings us to 2024 and the GSATS focusing on Future Technology. I am excited by what should be an excellent program, educational, thought provoking, and in some ways, controversial. I look forward to seeing current friends and acquaintances, and to making new ones in lovely Phoenix.
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US$499.00
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US$399.00
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US$349.00
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Harrah’s Ak-Chin
Situated in the heart of Arizona’s Southern Sonoran Desert landscape, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino offers an ideal mix of desert backdrop with authentic Native American culture.
Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino is an ideal luxury experience for any conference. Delegates will enjoy the exceptional service, the more than 500 plush rooms and suites, a sparkling resort pool with a sweeping deck, a blissful spa, and a casino floor filled with the industry’s hottest games.
A short drive from Phoenix and Harrah’s Ak-Chin delivers a first-class resort getaway, offering no shortage of epic thrills, including Maricopa’s only cactus garden all while enjoying Arizona’s unbeatable climate. Your trip to Harrah’s will be one for the books.
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