1 July 2005 - Conference day 3

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09.00 - 10.30 Plenary Session - Diversity and common goals

• 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

11.00 - 13.00 Plenary Session - Further investigations

• 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

14.30 - 16.00 Parallel Sessions

Session 1 - Treatment and prevention

• 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

Session 2 - Lottery issues

• 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

Session 3 - Working group meeting GREF (Gaming Regulators European Forum)
                    Regulators Only

Session 4 - Treatment

• 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

16.30 - 18.00 Parallel Sessions

Session 1 - Research

• 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

Session 2 - Economics

• 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

Session 3 - Treatment / Prevention

• 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

Session 4 - International issues

• 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