Safer Gambling Week 2022 | Academia and industry collaboration in the responsible gambling field

The Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar is proud to present its programs that will be taking place during Safer Gambling Week 2022. We will be hosting two events during this time. Both events focus on how academia and the industry can collaborate to create a safer gambling environment and protect customers from gambling harm.

The Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming (CERG) at the University of Gibraltar is hosting a conference during Safer Gambling Week 2022.

This conference will host talks delivered by gambling researchers, followed by a roundtable discussion in which researchers and industry representatives can discuss the potential for industry-academia collaboration to assist in understanding gambling behaviour and gambling-related harm prevention.

The conference will be a fantastic networking opportunity for individuals in the gambling sector, gambling researchers, and anyone interested in gambling-related research.

13:30: Registration

14:00: Opening speeches

• Catherine Bachleda (Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gibraltar)
• Zsolt Demetrovics (Chair of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming – University of Gibraltar)
• Andrew Lyman (Gambling Commissioner, HM Government of Gibraltar)

14:15: Why real-world gambling studies are an essential part of research?

• Presentation by Michael Auer (Director, neccton)

14:30: New methodologies in the identification of at-risk gamblers: An overview of the machine learning studies

• Presentation by Tyrone Burleigh (Associate Researcher, Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming – University of Gibraltar)

14:45: Gambling behaviour during the Facebook outage

• Presentation by Zsolt Demetrovics (Chair of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming – University of Gibraltar)

15:00: Roundtable discussion

• Paul Dorbon (Head of Compliance, Grace Media)
• Nicholas Macias (Director of Operations, Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association)
• Markus Neubauer (Regulatory Compliance Manager & Safer Gambling Ambassador, Lottoland)
• Kane Purdy (Managing Director of Gamesys Operations Limited)
• Kerry Swainson (Director of Compliance, Markor Technology)
• Zsolt Demetrovics (Chair of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming – University of Gibraltar
• Moderator: Pedro Romero (PhD student at the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming – University of Gibraltar)

15:45: Refreshments