6th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues, 2005 - EASG

6th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues, 2005

6th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues, 2005

Wednesday 29 June 2005

16.00 - 20.00	Registration
18.00 - 20.00	Welcome Cocktail in the Town Hall of Malmö, speech by the major of Malmö

Thursday 30 June 2005

08.00 - 17.00	Registration
09.00 - 09.15	Welcome speech / official opening Thomas Nilsson , chairman of the Executive Committee of the European Association for the Study of Gambling
09.15 - 11.00	Plenary session - Setting the scene Short introduction : The European Market, it's competition and it's legal problems in the demarcation. Chair: Hartmut Nevries, Casino Management International, Germany An outlook on the European Casino Industry Anders Galfvensjö, Casino Cosmopol , Sweden What happens to "best-laid plans" : Lessons from around the Globe on recent efforts to legalize and liberalize Gaming laws William Eadington, University of Nevada , Reno , U.S.A. A Dinosaur reviews the many ways of helping Problem Gamblers and tries to pick some Future Winners (strategies for helping people with gambling problems)! Clive Allcock, Cumberland Hospital , Sydney , NSW, Australia
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Plenary session - Four legal views on European developments Chair: Eric van Vondelen, The Netherlands Gaming Control Board, The Netherlands Presenters: Philippe Vlaemminck, Vlaemminck & Partners, Belgium Thibault Verbiest, ULYS, Belgium Martin Sychold, Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Switzerland Arjan van 't Veer, Dutch State Lottery, The Netherlands
13.00 - 14.15	Lunch
14.15 - 15.45	Parallel Session 1 - Session on regulatory issues Chair: Jouni Laiho, Ministry of Interior, Finland Can governments Regulate to help Prevent Problem Gambling Kitt Hall-Johnston, GLI-Europe, The Netherlands What does Economics teach us about the Regulations of Machine Gambling John Lepper, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (SCMS), United Kingdom The Demand for Slot Machine and Parimutual Wagering at a Racino Location with Emphasis on Government Regulation Richard Thalheimer, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Parallel Session 2 - Session on research Chair: Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom Pathological Gambling: A Psycho physiological Investigation Sabine Grüsser, Institute for medical Psychology Charité Berlin, Germany Paper not available, for more information please mail Sabine Grüsser Self-regulation and Arousal: Psychophysiology during Decision-making in Pathological Gambling and predictors of relapse Anna Goudriaan, Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit, Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Using Participatory Action Research to Study Canadian Aboriginal Gambling Robert Williams, University of Lethbridge, Canada Parallel Session 3 - Session on lottery issues Chair: Yvonne Schnyder, World Lottery Organisation, Switzerland Prevention of Gambling problems: a new task for electronic scratch cards retailers in Switzerland Jennifer Szymanski, Center for pathological gambling, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Social cognitive model of lottery gambling and a test of cognitive bias hypothesis in Thailand Vanchai Ariyabuddhiphongs, Bangkok University, Thailand Lot of lotto. The fasinating story of the most succesful game in the world Göran Wessberg, World Lottery Association, Sweden Parallel Session 4 - Session on economics and policy Chair: Malgorzata Rogowicz-Angierman, Casinos Poland, Poland Casino Taxation John Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , USA Trading Volume and Betting Market Efficiency: The Role of Insiders Alistair Bruce, Nottingham University Business School , United Kingdom The End of the Gaming Monopoly and the Evolution of the Casino Gamblers' Profile in Macau Sar, PR China, 2003-2004 Pedro Moreira, Institute For Tourism Studies, Macau
15.45 - 16.15	Tea break
16.15 - 17.45	Parallel Session 1 - Session on responsible gaming Chair: Rob d'Hondt, Assissa Consultancy Europe, The Netherlands Responsible Gambling Partnerships - Breaking New Ground Gail White, British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC), Canada Implementing the Reno Model - From Theory to Practice Juliet Williams, Australian Gaming Council , Australia After Three Years of Responsible Gaming Practice in Switzerland - Does it Work? Jörg Häfeli, Swiss Institute for Responsible Gaming , Switzerland Parallel Session 2 - Session on research Chair: Richard Wood, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom Adolescent Gambling in Australia : Our Current State of Knowledge Paul Delfabbro, The University of Adelaide , Australia Survey on the Profile of Problem Gamblers in Belgium Cristophe Druine, Rodin Foundation, Belgium Prevalence Estimates of Problem Gambling among 13-15 year old Adolescents in Reykjavik Daniel Thor Olason, Faculty of Social Science , Iceland Parallel Session 3 - Session on treatment Chair: Roger Edlund, Spelinstitutet, Sweden Miss Fortune: Barrier and Boundaries Affecting British Woman Seeking Residential Treatment Faith Freestone, The Gordon House Association, United Kingdom Raising Awareness of Problem Gambling: Constructing Communities as Clients Brian Carlson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Canada Compulsive Gambling "Action" Inventory Valerie Lorenz, Compulsive Gambling Center, USA Parallel Session 4 - Session on diversity Chair : Rob Wootton, Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4), Australia Is the Gamble Worth the Price? How and Why to Provide Consumer Protection to Gamblers Kurt Eggert, Chapman University School of Law , USA Gambling Places and Gambling Lives - An Ethnographic Study Lise Hildebrandt, Aarhus University , Denmark Gambling and the Risk Society Sytze Kingma, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
18.00 - 19.00	Tri-annual meeting of the members of the European Association for the Study of Gambling (members only)
19.30	Transfer to Casino Cosmopol, Malmö
20.00	Dinner and night at the Casino Dresscode: Business

Friday 1 July 2005

08.00 - 17.00	Registration
09.00 - 10.30	Plenary session - DIVERSITY AND COMMON GOALS Chair: Malgorzata Rogowicz-Angierman, Casinos Poland, Poland Internet Gambling - Perspectives from a European Industry leader Franz Wohlfahrt, Novomatic , Austria Youth gambling: Myths, reality and new understandings-implications for policy and practice Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill University , Montreal , Canada Deceptive and unethical? Reflections on gambling advertising Per Binde, CEFOS, Göteborg University, Sweden.
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00	Plenary session - FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS Chair: Pieter Remmers, Assissa Consultancy Europe, The Netherlands Social Protections and the Technology Provider Connie Jones, International Game Technology, (IGT), U.S.A. Gambling "addiction" and Brain Imaging Research on the Reward System: What has been found and what does it mean? Iver Hand, University Hospital Eppendorf/Hamburg, Germany Adapting to Changing Customer trend in Casino Gaming - An Operator's Perspective Hermann Pamminger, Casinos Austria International Public morality and the legalisation of gambling Peter Collins, University of Salford, United Kingdom
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 16.00	Parallel session 1 - Session on treatment and prevention Chair: Jonathan Parke, Notingham Trent University, United Kingdom The Rediscovery Program: A Person-Centred Group Approach to the Treatment of Problem Gambling Kate Earl, Gamblers Help Southern Victoria , Australia A legal Study of Internet Player Protection: problem gambling in the context of consumer protection Martin Sychold, Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, Switzerland Virtual Casino - it's more than just gambling Angelica Ortiz, Institute for Public Health, Sweden Parallel session 2 - Session on lottery issues Chair: Arjan van 't Veer, Dutch State Lottery, The Netherlands Irrational Beliefs as Possible Mediators of the Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Video Lottery Terminal Play Michael Ellery, Dalhousie University , Canada The Leeway of Lotteries in the European Union Tatiana van Lier/ Sytze Kingma, Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sports Betting, Addictive Potential, Problem Gambling Tobias Hayer, University of Bremen , Germany Parallel session 3 - Working group meeting GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum) *Regulators only* Parallel session 4 - Session on treatment Chair: Roger Edlund, Spelinstitutet, Sweden Note: 2 presentations of 45 minutes each Motivating Clients Toward Solutions and Teaching Skills for Change: A Canadian Perspective Peter Chen, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Canada Problem Gambling and Suicide, A Deadly Game Brian Carlson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Canada
16.00 - 16.30	Tea break
16.30 - 18.00	Parallel session 1 - Session on research Chair: Iver Hand, University Hospital Eppendorf/Hamburg, Germany Episodic Chasing in Pathological Gamblers Using the IOWA Gambling Task Jakob Linnet, Centre for Integrative neuroscience, Århus University , Denmark Development of a Scale to Assess Craving on Pathological Gambling Angels Gonzáles Ibáñez and Margarita R. Lourido-Ferreira, , Pathological Gambling Unit, Hospital of Mataró and Carmina Saldaña, Department of Psychology, Barcelona University, Spain What Proportion of Gambling Revenue is Derived from Problem Gambling Robert Williams, Alberta Gaming Research Institute, University of Lethbridge, Canada Parallel session 2 - Session on economics Chair: Judy Cornelius, University of Nevadam Reno, USA Changing the 'Rules of the Game': Exploring the Ability of Bettors to React to Changing Management Practices which Impact their Chances of Success Johnnie Johnson, Centre for Risk Research , United Kingdom The impact of publicity available on betting markets: implications for betters, betting operators and regulators MingChien Sung, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Efficiency, Taxation and Regulation of Modern Betting Markets Leighton Vaughan Williams, Nottingham Trent University , United Kingdom Parallel session 3 - Session on treatment / Prevention Chair: Thomas Nilsson, Spelinstitutet, Sweden Early Detection in Casinos - A New Instrument for Casino Staff Caroline Schneider, Swiss Institute For Responsible Gaming , Switzerland Problem Gambling - www. Gamblingtherapy.org an Online Advice and Counselling Helpline Kevin Farrel-Roberts, The Gordon House Association, United Kingdom Brief Interventions for Problem Gamblers Gerhard Meyer, Institute of Psychology and Cognition Research, University of Bremen, Germany Parallel session 4 - Session on international issues Chair: Connie Jones, International Game Technology, (IGT), USA Balancing the Growing Influences of Gaming Industry and the Debilitating At-Risk Community - An Asian Experience Cheuk-yan Li, Zion Social Service, Hong Kong The Psycho-Economic Model of Casino Gambling Based on the Derivation of Consumption Component Bartlomiej Dzik, Graduate School for Social Research , Poland EU member Malta - a Remote Gaming Jurisdiction of Choice George Mangion, PKF, Malta
18.45	Transfer to Copenhagen , Denmark
19.30	An evening in TIVOLI at Restaurant NIMB Dresscode: casual / business

Saturday 2 June 2005

09.30 - 11.00	WORKSHOP / part one, in cooperation with SNSUS Treatment in the Nordic Light, what works and for whom? Introduction: Jakob Jonsson, Praktisk Psykologi, Sweden CBT in-group for the treatment of pathological gambling Liria Ortiz & Peter Wirbing, Karolinska Institute, Sweden A few sessions of motivational interviewing - could that really be an effective treatment for pathological gambling? Lars Forsberg, Karolinska Institutet, Institution of Clinical Neuroscience, Sweden
09.30 - 11.00	SYMPOSIUM organized by the international Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Mark Griffiths / Part one The Psychology of Internet Gambling Online data collection from videogame players : Methodological issues Richard Wood Internet gambling : an online empirical study Mark Griffiths Behavioural Effects of Increased Accessibility of remote Access Gambling in United Kingdom : A Grounded Theory Theoretical Framework Adrian Parke
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 - 13.00	WORKSHOP / part two, in cooperation with SNUS Treatment in the Nordic Light, what works and for whom? Introduction: Jakob Jonsson, Praktisk Psykologi, Sweden Internet-based self-help for pathological gambling Per Carlbring, Uppsaala University , Sweden Out-patient group therapy with pathological gamblers - potential and limitations Marianne Hansen, Blue Cross Center, Norway
11.30 - 13.00	SYMPOSIUM organized by the international Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Mark Griffiths / Part two Online Poker : Problem Gambling and Influencing Factors Among a Student Population. Jonathan Parke Special guests: An empirical study of Internet Gambling among adolescents : need for concern? Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill University , Montreal , Canada G4 Responsible e-Gaming - a Case Study in Delivering Successful e-Gaming Standards Rob Wootton, Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4), Australia Offering self-exclusion options on a pokersite and the use of it Rob d'Hondt, Assissa Consultancy Europe, The Netherlands Panel disscusion : all presenters
13.00 - 14.30	Farewell lunch