30 June 2005 - Conference day 2

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09.00 - 09.15 Welcome speech / official opening

09.15 - 11.00 Plenary Session

Short introduction : 
The European Market, it's competition and it's legal problems in the demarcation

• 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

11.30 - 13.00 Plenary Session - Four legal views on European developments

• 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

14.15 - 15.45 Parallel Sessions

Session 1 - Regulatory issues

• 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

Session 2 - Research

• 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

Session 3 - Lottery issues

• 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

Session 4 - Economics and policy

• 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

16.15 - 17.45 Parallel Sessions

Session 1 - Responsible gaming

• 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

Session 2 - Research

• 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

Session 3 - Treatment

• 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

Session 4 - Diversity

• 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