Welcome speech
Mrs. Malgorzata Rogowicz - Angierman, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the EASG

Official Opening
Mr. Andrej Vizjak, Minister of Economy, Slovenia

Plenary session - Setting the Scene
Chair: Malgorzata Rogowicz - Angierman, Industry Consultant, Poland

• Crime and addiction problems and approaches to the regulation of gambling in the European Union
  • Bertil Vagnhammer, European Commission, DG Internal Market & Services, Belgium
• The Future of Gambling in Europe and North America: Comparisons and contrasts of economic and political trends and of social pressures
  • Bill Eadington, Institute for the study of gambling and commercial gaming, University of Nevada, U.S.A.
• Everyone's a winner! Youth perceptions of gambling advertisements
  • Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill University, Canada
• Risk and Protective Factors in Problem Gambling
  • Alun Jackson, University of Melbourne, Australia

Plenary session - Crime and Passion and the Law
Chair: Eric van Vondelen, Netherlands Gaming Control Board, The Netherlands

• Criminality and Gambling: Some thoughts on the Placanica ruling of the European Court of Justice
  • Alan Littler, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
• Gambling law in Europe: current evolution and future forms
  • Martin Sychold, Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Switzerland
• Compliance to Money laundering and terrorist financing prevention act
  • Johan van Kastel, Holland Casino, The Netherlands
• The new frame work of the Italian on-line gambling market
  • Valerie Peano, Studio di Consulenza Societaria e Tributaria, Italy

Parallel session 1 - Focus on Slovenia

• Gaming taxation model to generate tourist gaming resorts in Slovenia
  • Boris Nemec, HIT Casino, Slovenia
• The casino experience: did play become work
  • Andrej Agrez, HIT Casino, Slovenia
• Establishment of standards for the required knowledge and certificates of qualification in gaming professions
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  • Dusan Luin, HIT Casino, Slovenia
• Young people and gambling in the region Koper
  • Milan Krek, Public health institute of Koper, Slovenia

Parallel session 2 - Focus on Europe / Nordic countries

• Norway: Slot machines and problem gambling
  • Inger Johanne Bakken, SINTEF Health Research, Norway
• Sweden: Gambling and gambling problems in Sweden
  • Jakob Jonsson, Spelinstitutet, Sweden
• Iceland: Gambling and problem gambling amoung adults and adolecents in Iceland: Results form the Icelandic Gambling Project
  • Daniel Ólason, University of Iceland, Iceland
• Does a reduction in the overall amount of gambling imply a reduction at all levels of gambling? (not posted at request of speaker)
  • Marianne Hansen, Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Norway

Parallel session 3 - Research

• Australasian National Association for Gambling Studies - strengthening gambling research links across the world
  • Leigh Barrett, National Association for Gambling Studies, Australia
• What Gambling Studies could learn form Game Studies
  • Aki Järvinen, Veikkaus, the Finnish National Lottery, Finland
• High rollers from China: a profile based on 99 cases
  • Zhonglu Zeng, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao
• A Framework for the U.K. 2008 RIGT (Responsibility In Gambling Trust) Collaborative Research Agenda
  • Linda Hancock, RIGT, U.K.

Parallel session 4 - Detection and Treatment

• Distance based therapy for problem gamblers in Norway
  • Magnus Eidem, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norway
• Ethnical minorities and the challenge of drop out
  • Espen Freng, Blue Cross Center, Norway
• Prevention and detection of pathological gambling and other not-toxic addictions in Primary Health Centers
  • Angels González Ibañez and Sara Melchiorre, Mataro Hospital, Spain
• The piloting and evaluation of a residentional day treatment system in Ontario
  • Robert Murray, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada

Parallel session 5 - From all over

• Prevention of Problem Gambling: A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence and Recommended Best Practices
  • Robert Williams, University of Lethbridge, Canada
• Technology, indeterminacy, consumption and harm: the use and regulation of electric gaming in Australia
  • Charles Livingstone, Monash Unversity, Australia
• All in! The commercial advertising of off-shore gambling on television
  • Delthia Miller, St. Mary's University, Canada
• Implicit attitudes toward gambling
  • Sunghwan Yi, University of Guelph, Canada

Parallel session 6 - Go Wild

• Europeanisation without integration: gambling markets in the European Union
  • Natalia Zborowska, Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Three Dutch Court decisions re Holland Casino's prevention policy on gambling addiction
  • Abdel Ytsma, Holland Casino, The Netherlands
• The regressively of gambling taxes: the case of casinos
  • Doug Walker, College of Charleston, U.S.A.
• Who uses the internet to gamble? Findings the 2007 British Prevalence Study
  • Heather Wardle, National Centre for Social Research, U.K

Parallel session 1 - Gambling in Diversity

• Optimizing public benefit when authorizing limited license integrated resort casino projects: what Europe can learn from global experience
  • Bill Eadington, University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A.
• Autonomy and harm Minimization v. Consumer Protection in Gambling Regulation
  • Kurt Eggert, Chapman University School of Law, U.S.A.
• A Delphi Study of Centralized Gaming Models
  • Mark Griffiths, International Gaming Research Unit, U.K.
• The exclusion of gamblers - preliminary results of an evaluation study
  • Gerhard Meyer, University of Bremen, Germany

Parallel session 2 - Experiences in Treatment and Prevention of excessive gambling - Focus on Italy

• Development of therapeutic programs for pathological gamblers in Castelfranco Veneto Addiction Treatment Service, Italy
  • Graziano Bellio, SerT, Unita Socioanitaria, Italy
• Group Therapy with pathological gamblers: results during 6, 12, 18 months of treatment
  • Gianni Savron, Centro Disturbi Affettivi, Italy
• "Sidecar": a short residential treatment for pathological gamblers
  • Paolo Jarre & Marzia Spagnolo, ASL TO3, Italy
• "Orthos": a three weeks intensive residential program for pathological gamblers
  • Riccardo Zerbetto, ALEA, Italy
• "One must know how to lose": a specific resdential treatment for gamblers in a public therapeutic community in Northern Italy
  • Paolo Jarre & Marzia Spagnolo, ASL TO3, Italy
• Importing Preventice Tools from Abroad. Adapting the Laval University video "Le hazard, Lucky, on peut rien y changer"to the ITalian context and testing it efficacy and the McGill University website "Just for Young"
  • Daniela Capitanucci, Associazione AND, Italy

Parallel session 3 - Focus on Women

• Web Woman: Online Narratives of Woman's Relationships with Gambling in Contemporary Society
  • Faith Freestone, The Gordon Moody Association, England
• From Slot Machines to Virtual Casinos - How Women Handle Problem Gambling (not posted at request of speaker)
  • Johanna Järvinen - Tassopoulos, STAKES, Finland
• Hidden Carers - A Tale of Two Hats (2 slots)
  • Kate Roberts, Gambling Impact Society, Australia

Parallel session 4 - Lotteries and Casinos in diversity

• The Future of Lotteries: Prediction Markets
  • Tilman Becker, University of Hohenheim, Germany
• Section behaviour of Taiwan lotto-players: dynamic analysis of number selection
  • Shih-Chin Lee, Chihlee Institute for Technology, Taiwan R.O.C., Taiwan
• Better chances for charity lotteries
  • Tatiana van Lier, Association of Charity Lotteries in the EU (ACLEU), The Netherlands
• The paradox of control in high-risk gambling organizations
  • Sytze Kingma, Vrije University, The Netherlands

Parallel session 5 - Betting

• On-track versus off-track betting: an investigation of differential performance
  • Alistair Bruce, University of Nottingham, U.K.
• An exploration of origins of the favourite-longshot bias in horserace betting markets
  • Johnnie Johnson, University of Southampton, U.K.
• Toward an understanding of variation in the nature of betting market populations via an exploration of the 'weekend effects' in a horserace betting market
  • Ming-Chien Sung, University of Southampton, U.K.
• Are bookmakers smarter then bettors?
  • Leighton Vaughan Williams, Nottingham Business School, U.K.

Plenary session - The winner takes it all
Chair: Connie Jones, IGT. U.S.A.

• Gambling advertising and problem gambling: An interview Study
  • Per Binde, CEFOS, Sweden
• What´s next, after the 2005 act?
  • Peter Wilson, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, U.K
• Gameplan, The solution for responsible gaming on slot and vlt's
  • John Xidos, Techlink Entertainment, Canada
• Is gambling good for you?
  • Peter Collins, The National Resposible Gambling Programme, South Africa and University of Salford, U.K.

Plenary session - And the women take over
Chair: Pieter Remmers, Assissa Consultancy Europe, The Netherlands

• The effects of casino design, restorative image and type of landing strip on gambling behaviour: An examination using virtual reality technology
  • Karen Finlay, University of Guelph, Canada
• The role of the gaming industry in promoting responsible gambling
  • Annette Kok, EUROMAT, Belgium
• The potentials and pitfalls of using technology - based player interfaces to encourage responsible play
  • Margaret McGee, Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation, Canada
• "Gaming Machines - More Then Entertainment?" An update on machines modification as a responsible gaming strategy
  • Connie Jones, International Game Technology, U.S.A.

Parallel session 1 - Research goes on

• Identifying problem gamblers with gaming venues
  • Paul Delfabbro, University of Adelaide, Australia
• How can Longitudinal research improve our understanding of the causes and cure of problem gambling?
  • Andrew McIntosh, University of Salford, U.K.
• Behavioural excess disorders are not behavioural addictions
  • Iver Hand, University Hospital Eppendorf/Hamburg, Germany
• The luck of the Irish, will Gaelic green include the color of casino money
  • William Thompson, University of Nevada Las Vegas, U.S.A.

Parallel session 2 - Focus on Europe / Eastern Countries

• Estonia: Problem gambling in Estonia and the relationship with personal risk factors
  • Stella Laansoo, Public Service Academy, Estonia
• Romania: Pathological gambling in Romania
  • Viorel Lupu, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
• Slovenia: Problem gambling in Slovenia: Prevalence assessment and evaluation of preventive / care mechanisms
  • Mirna Macur, Faculty of Applied Social Studies, Slovenia
• Russia: Problem Gambling in Russia: Psychological and criminological issues
  • Sergei Tsytsarev, Hofstra University, U.S.A.

Parallel session 3 - Responsible gaming

• Tool for Responsible Games
  • Anssi Airas, RAY, Finnish Slot Machines Association, Finland and Aki Järvinen, Veikkaus, Finnish National Lottery, Finland
• Responsible gaming and gambling problems amoung 3000 Swedish internet poker players
  • Jakob Jonsson and Thomas Nilsson, Spelinstitutet, Sweden
• Raising awareness so that people can play responsibly
  • Ruth Tanami, 888.com, Israel
• Casino and racing entertainment centre voluntary self-exclusion program evaluation
  • Kent Verlik, Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, Canada

Parallel session 4 - Screening

• Is a screen developed for the masses also relevant to individual cultures? Findings of a gambling screen in a range of cultures demonstrates this possibility
  • Mike Goulding, Abacus counselling Training and Supervision Ltd., New Zealand
• Short Screen for Problem Gambling among Young People
  • John Lepper, National Lottery Commission, U.K.
• Screening with Meaning: Moving beyond clinical identification of Problem Gamblers to management and prevention of gambling problems
  • Tony Schellinck, Focal Research Consultants; Dalhouse University, Canada
• Current Measurement of Problem Gambling: Experiences using the Victorian Gambling Screen
  • Barry Tolchard, University of Essex, U.K.

Parallel session 5

• An Exploratory Invesitgation into the Behaviours and Attitudes of Internet Casino and Internet Poker Players
  • Jonathan Parke, University of Salford, U.K.
• A project to realign the approach to investigation, detection, prevention and treatment of pathological gambling
  • Angels González Ibánez, Department of Health. Generalitat of Catalonia
• Prevention gambling - related problems: evidences from other addiction
  • Elisabeth Papineau, Quebec National Institute of Public Health, Canada
• Responsible Gaming Program in Catalonia
  • Guillem Salvans, Direcció General del Joc, Spain

Parallel session 6 - More Research

• Prevalence and Risk of Pathological Gambling in Switzerland after Legalization of Games of Chance and Casinos in 2000
  • Monica Zangerl, Institut of Psychology, Switzerland
• The prevalence of problem gambling amongst Canadian federal offenders
  • Nigel Turner, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
• The Gambler's Spouses in Treatment - a view that is often underestimated
  • Sanja Rozman, NGO "Change in heart", Association for help to the addicted, Slovenia
• Cognitive, motivational and emotional factors associated with problem gambling in Australian poker players: A pleminary study
  • Vedrana Mitrovic, Macquarie University, Australia

Parallel session 1 - Internet

• Involvement of Young People in Internet Gambling
  • Ben Haden, National Lottery Commission, U.K.
• Strategies and Technologies for Responsible Gambling
  • Emil Angervall, Svenska Spel, Sweden
• Beyond smart cards to smart technologies
  • Phillip Ryan, Responsible Gaming Networks, Australia
• Inside the Black Box: Using player tracking to identify and manage risk
  • Tracy Schrans, Focal Research Consultants, Canada

Parallel session 2 - Italian Public Policy: are we different from abroad? - Focus on Italy

• The Italian approach to gambling. A survey of Italian help resources
  • Mauro Groce, ASL VCO, Italy
• "So close so different". A different comparison between the Swiss way and the Italian approach to gambling
  • Daniela Capitanucci, Azzociazione AND, Italy
• Project "Safety on gambling": How we help the gamblers of the Venice Casino - Italy
  • Pier Guido Nardi, Azienda ulss 12 veneziana, Italy
• Responsible gambling: an experience from Gorizia - Nova Gorizia
  • Bernardo Sparzzapan, A.S.S. I Sontine Gorizia, Italy
• Networking in a gambling growing context: the experience of a public service on a low cost scale
  • Fulvia Prever, ASL Citta di Milano, Italy

Parallel session 3 - Kiwi News

• Realistically, are Gambling Venue Operators part of the problem gambling workforce? Training of Industry staff under NZ harm minisation regulations
  • Alison Penfold, Abacus Counselling Training & Supervision, New Zealand
• A Southern Hemipshere approach to problem gambling: New Zealand
  • Sean Sullivan, Abacus Counselling Training & Supervision, New Zealand
• Brief Interventions in New Zealand: Helping Redefine Treatment for Problem Gamblers and Their Families
  • Mary Anne Cooke, Abacus Counselling Training & Supervision, New Zealand
• The New Zealand gambling model: integrating public health and clinical issues
  • Philip Townshend and Mathew McMillan, Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, New Zealand

Parallel session 4 - Focus on Europe / Middle central and a bit from the North

• Switzerland: Problem gambling: Evidence from Switzerland
  • Joerg Haefeli, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
• Germany: Problem Gambling in Germany: Evidence and preventive measures
  • Tobias Hayer, University of Bremen, Germany
• Denmark: Gambling in Denmark: an Overview (not posted at request of speaker)
  • Line Gebauer, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
• Finland: The Finnish Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007
  • Mari Pajula, The Centre of Expertise on Social Welfare, Finland

Parallel session 5 - Economics / news from Asia

• Have the world largest gaming market, Macao suffers from short stays in her tourism industry
  • Victor Chan, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
• A study on Gaming Industrial Cluster in Macao
  • Kim Chong Un, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China
• Exploring the Efficient Market Hypothesis through Time; The case of the Total Goals Market
  • Anastasios Oikonomidis, University of Southampton, U.K.
• Casino Nation: Harrah's Atlantic City and Success in the American Casino Era
  • James Karmel, Harford Community College, U.S.A

Parallel session 1 - Treatment

• What are the risk factors of gambling addiction?
  • Tamara Besednjak, Faculty of applied social studies, Slovenia
• What are the social costs of gambling
  • Doug Walker, College of Charleston, U.S.A.
• Optimal Methodology for Studying the Socioeconomic Impact or Gambling
  • Robert Williams, University of Lethbridge, Canada
• Inegrated resort casino development and its impact on tourism in Slovenia
  • Hugo Zagorsek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Parallel session 2 - Research

• Player card technologies in the gambling environment
  • Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University, U.K.
• GambLIB - The gambling research database
  • Janez Povh, Faculty of Applied Social Studies, Slovenia
• Gambler's memory paradox - or why playing to win may be better then playing for fun
  • Bartomiej Dzik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Gambling in Slovenian public Discourse
  • Matej Makarovic, Faculty of Applied Social Studies, Slovenia

Parallel session 3 - WORKSHOP

• Two types of Behavioral treatment for problem and pathological gamblers
  • Iver Hand, University Hospital Eppendorf / Hamburg, Germany

Parallel session 4

• Open Legal problems in Slovenian Gambling Jurisdiction
  • Rok Lampe, European Faculty of Law, Slovenia
• Pathological Gambling as a non-substance addiction - from theory to therapy
  • Ludvik Nabelek, F.D. Roosevelt Hospital, Slovakia
• Gambling and the Dilemma of Government Responsibility
  • Micheal O'Neil, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Employees Economic Gain From the De-monopolization of the World's Largest Gambling Industry in Macao
  • Victor Chan, Macao Polytechnic Institute, China

SYMPOSIUM - Let's be clear

All plenary session speakers are invited to participate in the forum