Safer Gambling Week 2022 | Responsible gambling: Link between industry and academia

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.

Third webinar of the International Webinar Series on Gambling organised by the University of Gibraltar and Yale University

On the first day of Safer Gambling Week, the third event of The International Webinar Series on Gambling, organised by the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar, and the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research at Yale University School of Medicine in conjunction with the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions (ISSBA).

This series aims to provide insight into various gambling-related topics and the opportunity to explore these topics in an international setting with invited speakers from all over the world. The events of this series are open to the scientific community, representatives of the gambling industry, NGOs, treatment services and other professionals, and anyone interested in the field.

At this event, invited speakers will present projects, including different forms of industry-academia collaborations aiming to understand gambling behaviour and prevent and reduce gambling-related harm. They will discuss the advantages and challenges of such partnerships and answer questions from audience members.

17:00: Introductions by the moderators

• Marc Potenza (Center of Excellence in Gambling Research at Yale University School of Medicine, US)
• Zsolt Demetrovics (Chair of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming – University of Gibraltar)

17:10: Authentic products and field data: a case study in British Columbia, Canada

• Luke Clark (Director, Centre for Gambling Research at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)

17:30: A view on different needs for expert judgment: Personal experiences in academia, think tanks, government, and industry

• Kahlil S. Philander (Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Everett, USA)

17:50: Science does not exist in a vacuum and neither do we

• Brett Abarbanel (Director of Research, International Gaming Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)

18:10: Question & Answer session