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• Davide Diamare, Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM)‍

• Giuliano Frosini (IGT)

• Giovanni Maggi (Sisal)

Interviewed by Pieter Remmers

• Alessio Crisantemi (Gioconews.it)

• Francesco Rodano (Playtech)
• Michael Auer (Neccton)
• Sally Gainsbury (University of Sydney, Australia)

• Profiling problem gamblers in Italy from a behavioural, psychological and socio-demographic perspective
  Stefano De Vita and Virginia Attisani, Sisal, Italy
• IGT: sustainable play
  Stefania Colombo, IGT, Italy
• Prevention and intervention strategies in problematic and pathological gamblers
  Marco Di Nicola, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation IRCCS, Italy
• The culture of Responsible Gaming in Italy
  Matteo Caroli, FAIR foundation, Italy

SPECIAL

• Is gambling really the new tabacco and if so: what are the consequences
  Dan Waugh, Regulus Partners, United Kingdom

• Psychedelic-assisted therapy for people affected by problematic gambling
  Pedro Romero, Betblocker/University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar
• From group to individual psychosocial treatment for gambling addicts within the justice system - addressing challenges, needs and possibilities
  Neven Ricijaŝ, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Exploring views among Norwegian Sámi regarding gambling and gambling treatment
  Ståle Pallesen, University of Bergen, Norway
• Understanding the relationship between the onset of gambling disorder and the progression of suicidality among help-seeking individuals
  Margaret Paul, Saint Louis University, United States and Michelle L. Malkin + Michele Stacey, East Carolina University, United States
• The development and recommendations for gambling treatment diversion courts
  Michelle L. Malkin, East Carolina University, United States

• Gambling and problem gambling in Germany: results of a mixed-mode population survey in 2023
  Gerhard Meyer, University of Bremen, Germany
• Measuring gambling: youth, college sudents, and adults in Indiana
  Desiree Reynolds, Indiana University, United States
• Swedish concerned significant others of individuals that gamble
  David Forsström, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Concerned significant others of problem gamblers and gamers in Norway: preliminary results from a population-based survey
  Elise Constance Fodstad, University of Bergen, Norway
• Duty of Care? Risk assessment for harmful gambling in behavioural tracking data
  Tomi Roukka, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

• The new gaming concessions in Portugal and Macau
  Jorge Godinho, ISMAT/University of Macau, Portugal
• How does the taxation of gambling affect the fiscal revenues? Evidence from the literature of the last 30 years
  Leonidas Karakidis, Hellenic Gaming Commission, Greece
• Principles of safer gambling under Polish gambling act and the practice of their application
  Stanislaw Radowicki, Wierzbowski & Partners, Poland
• Observations about the recent advertisement restrictions in the Nehterlands
  Martin van Denzen, Kansspelautoriteit, Netherlands
• Netherlands remote gambling regime: death by a thousand
  Alan Littler, Kalff Katz &^Franssen, Netherlands

• Blockchain and cryptocurrency and its relevance to the field of gambling studies
  Paul Delfabbro, University of Adelaide, Australia
• An examination of cryptocurrency ownership in Canada and it relationship with gambling involvement
  Daniel McGrath, University of Calgary, Canada
• In online gambling, does pattern of deposit activities indicate early sign of responsible gambling related risk?
  Sanjoy Sarkar, Playtech Software Limited, United Kingdom
• A stepwise approach to Duty of Care
  Christofer Hagstedt, Sustainable Interaction Sweden AB, Sweden
• Nudging players to promote healthy gambling
  Michael Auer, Neccton, Austria

• Mission (nearly) impossible: to study causality within the evaluation of the German regulation for gaming machines
  Gerhard Bühringer, Universität Dresden / IFT Prevention and Workplace Health Promotion; Munich, Germany
• Gambling at multiple gambling operator's websites
  Judith Kas, Kansspelautoriteit, Netherlands
• Online-gambling legalization in Switzerland and gambling behaviours amongst youths: changes between 2019 and 2023
  Alexander Tomei, University of Lausanne, Switzerland‍
• Behavioural effects of match play promotions
  Doug Walker, College of Charleston, United States

• Gambling behaviour and risk among LGBTQ+ individuals: a comparative study between the U.S. and U.K.
  Michelle L. Malkin, East Carolina University, United States
• Contacting players at risk: do care calls work? Eight years of experience in how they help at-risk players and prevents problem gamblingThomas Gregersen and Fredrik Berg, Norsk Tipping, Norway
• Plan ahead - an online intervention against unplanned depositing behaviour during gambling
  Axel Lyckberg, AB Svenska Spel, Sweden
• When trading becomes excessive
  Stéphanie Lienard, Aléris, France
• Betting on Equality: unveiling and addressing gambling harms in the LGBTQIA+ community
  Reece Bush-Evans, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

• Working paper: suicide mortality among individuals with gambling disorder: a comparative cohort study using Norwegian health registry dateJoakim Hellumbråten Kristensen, University of Bergen, Norway
• The lasting impacts of COVID on gamblingCarrie Shaw, University of Lethbridge, Canada
• Gambling: natural language processing analysis of a popular online gambling forumMark van der Maas, Rutgers University, United States
• Associations between HEXACO personality traits and gambling problems: A systematic review using PRISMA guidelinesFarangis Sharifibastan, University of Bergen, Norway

Short presentations by:

• Some for a good time, some for a long time: Women's ratings of the mate value of men with different addictions - An experimental study
  Razieh Chegeni, University of Bergen, Norway
• Mothers and daughters: a hidden picture in gambling research
  Caterina Primi, University of Florence, Italy
• Comparing female pathological gamblers with female pathological gamers
  Olatz López Fernandez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
• Beyong the stereotype: the hidden struggles of female gamblers. Insights of the helpservice in the Netherlands
  Tamara Silvis, Loketkansspel, Netherlands
• Caregiving, gambling and mental health among women in a cross-cultural qualitative exploration
  Fulvia Prever, SUNNCOOP, Italy

Diner at 20.00 at the conference hotel in restaurant SAPORI dal MONDO

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• What does gamling research need to focus on in the next five years?
  Zsolt Demetrovics, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar

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Reflections by:

• Jeffrey Derevensky (McGill University, Canada)
• Sally Gainsbury (University of Sydney, Australia)
• Jonathan Parke (Sophro Limited, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom)
• Paul Delfabbro (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Maris Catania (University of Malta, Malta)
• Jakob Jonsson (Sustainable Interaction & Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
• Gerhard Bühringer (Universität Dresden, Germany)

Interviewed by:
Conny Jones (AGEM, United States) and Birgitte Sand (Sand & Associates, Denmark)

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• Erwin van Lambaart, chairman ECA, CEO Casinos Austria
• Monika Racek, CEO Admiral Casino & Entertainment, Austria
• Stefania Colombo, Sustainability Director IGT, United Kingdom
• Arjan van ‘t Veer, Secretary General European Lotteries, Belgium

• Beyond pop-up messages: when can Responsible Gambling message be delivered
  Carrie Shaw, Responsible Gambling Council, Canada
• It's all about the money: decoding why players engage in long sessions without breaks
  Tracy Schrans, Focal Research Consultants, Canada
• Auto-play on online slots - effect on gambling behaviour
  Jakob Jonsson, Sustainable Interaction/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Focus groups on evidence-based player protection communication - preception, evaluation and optimization of player protection measures
  Anke Quack, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany
• The case of excluded player in Belgium and gambling limitation - an overview of the current situation
  Roland Louski, Lotterie Nationale, Belgium

• Impact of the Australian Government's 2022 monthly activity statement mandate: an analysis of survey & matched behavioural tracking data
  Robert Heirene, University of Sydney, Australia
• Online and land-based gambling: substitutes or complements?
  Wessel Oomens, Kansspelautoriteit, Netherlands
• Gambler protection on the internet - evaluation of the measures of the German state treaty on gambling 2021
  Tobias Turowski, University of Bremen, Germany
• Legal requirements for gaming machines and devices in Polish law
  Grzegorz Skowronek, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Poland

• Behavioural markers of harm and their potential in identifying product risk in online gambling
  Jonathan Parke, Sophro Ltd / Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
• The development and evaluation of gambling habit hacker: a smartphone app supporting sticking to gambling expenditure limits
  Simone Rodda, Auckland University, New Zealand
• An examination of demographics groups who are less likely to engage in positive play while gambling
  Nigel Turner, Centre for Addiction and Mental health, Canada
• Creating a positive play culture among employees
  Jade Luchauer, IGT, United States
• Targeted machine learning to identify sports bettors at risk
  Sanjoy Sarkar, Playtech, United Kingdom

• Tools for modern times"- national dissemination of the universal prevention program for behavioural addictions and risk behaviours in virtual environment
  Dora Dodig Hundriç, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Transforming young gamers: a qualitative sudy of the gaming routines, health practices, and motivaton in esports and education of elite esports students in Norway
  Stian Overå and Niri Talberg, KORUS øst, Norway
• Adolescent gambling prevention: from efficacy to effectiveness with the PRIZE (Prevention of Gambling Risks among Adolescents) project in Italy
  Maria Anna Donati, University of Florence, Italy
• A systematic review of gambling amongst elite athletes and future resarch implications
  Anca-Maria Gherghel, Sheffield Hallam Univeristy & EPIC Global Solutions, United Kingdom
• Responsible gaming in Latin America, history, challenges: from denial to corporate social responsibility
  César A. Sánchez Bello, Asociacion Psiquiatrica de America Latina (APAL), Venezuela

New hints to treatment and research from a transcultural female perspective

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Contributions of:

Olatz Lopez Fernandes, Caterina Primi, Nathalie Smit, Valérie Peano and more!

• Setting the scene for remote gambling in Italy
  Valérie Peano, EGLA, Italy
• 20 years of Italian regulated gambling: lessons learned for legal market and consumer protection
  Emmanuele Cangianelli, EGP FIPE, Italy
• Outcomes evaluation after ten years of ORTHOS intensive residential treatment for pathological gamblers
  Riccardo Zerbetto, ORTHOS, Italy
• Gambling disorder prevention among teens - the game over experience
  Claudio Dalpiaz, PsyPlus ETS, Italy

• Understanding youth sports gambling in light of liberalized sports wagering in the United States
  Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill University, Canada
• Preliminary experience with gambling prevention events for children and young people in Denmark
  Johan Eklund, The Research Clinic for Gambling Disorder, Denmark
• Young people should be prioritized in responsible gaming measures
  Jenna Ekström and Jenny Henriksson, Paf, Finland‍
• Gaming loot boxes and gambling among adolescents: new perspectives, new understandingsJeffrey Derevensky, McGill University, Canada

• Enhancing engagement with safer gambling tools: preliminary results from field trials
  Sally Gainsbury, University of Sydney, Australia
• Best practice self-exclusion standards
  Margaret Carran, City St George’s, University of London, United Kingdom and Šimon Vincze, Casino Guru, Slovakia
• The effect of exclusion on subjective well-being indicators and problem in Swiss casinos
  Suzanne Lischer, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
• Experiences from limit setting in the gambling industry
  Daniela Johansson, Paf, Finland

• Online gambling patterns in Germany: basic findings of a web survey
  Tobias Hayer, Universität Bremen, Germany
• Threshold of monthly net deposits as indicator of problematic gambling behaviour
  Jeroen Stil and Judith Kas, Kansspelautoriteit, Netherlands
• Mandatory loss limits for customers under 20 years old (18-19 years old) - Norsk Tipping
  Christopher O'Connell and Eivor Korsgaard Fossum, Norsk Tipping, Norway
• Three years of real-time player interactions at Norsk Tipping: results and key learnings
  Tanja Sveen, Norsk Tipping, Norway

• The gambling recovery information network - an international lived experience collaboration
  Matt Smith, Betknowmore, United Kingdom
• Internet based support for concerned significant others (CSOs)
  Hedvig Olin, The Swedish National Gambling Helpline, Sweden
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• Johan Dokter and Raymond de la Hayde, AGOG, Netherlands

Dress code: semi-formal

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‍Busses: from the conference hotel there will be busses bringin you near the restaurant

Time: 18.30

First buss back to the conference hotel at 22.30

Last buss back to the conference hotel at 23.00

Information on the diner venue:

The Brancaccio Palace is the exclusive luxury location in Rome.

Built in "Savor" style and located in the centre of Rome just a step away from the Domus Aurea, between the Colosseum and the basilicas of San Giovanni and Santa Maria Maggiore, the Brancaccio Palace, a beautiful and historic location for events in Rome, tells the stories of the glories, the beauty and the splendor of the millenarian history of the Eternal City.

• Testing the feasibility of the Canadian LRGG in the Finnish cultural context with a mixed methods approach
  Riitta Matilainen, EHYT Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention, Finland
• Developing a new approach for measuring gambling behaviours and harms in Great Britain
  Helen Bryce and Helen Ruddock, Gambling Commission, United Kingdom
• Life after PGSI: could a harms-based approach to measurement align industry interests with public health approaches?
  James Close, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
• An assessment of the measurement invariance of the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI)
  Mana Azizsoltani, University of Nevada, United States

• Understanding the transformative landscape of safer gambling since Mindway AI's inception in 2018
  Rasmus Kjaergaard, Mindway AI, Denmark
• Responsible AI and Machine Learning in Gambling (RAIMLinG): addressing concerns and guiding ethical practice
  Kasra Ghaharian, University of Nevada, United States
• Machine learning early detection of risk factors for gambling disorder in adolescents
  Gemma Mestre-Bach, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, SA, Spain
• AI-driven risk prediction and RG interventions at Veikkaus
  Emmi Kankkunen and Ville Mäkinen, Veikkaus, Finland
  

• Gambling and problem gambling in the Republic of Cyprus: results of a 2022 national quantitative survey
  Matthew Young, Greo Evidence Insights, Canada
• Basic psychological needs as predictors of gambling problems
  Ilkka Vuorinen, Tampere University, Finland
• Exploring the family counselling service as a setting for gambling prevention in Sweden
  Magdalena Lagerlund, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Sweden
• Comparing motivations for participating in both gambling and gambling-like activities present in contemporary digital games
  Joseph Macey, University of Turku, Finland

• Attitudes and perceptions around gambling marketing and advertising
  Marudan Sivagurunathan and Carrie A. Shaw, Responsible Gambling Council, Canada
• Transforming the UK National Lottery - RG in the retail environment
  Lucy Capon, Allwyn, United Kingdom
• The balancing act between regulating gambling ads and canalization - showcasing the Netherlands
  Stef van der Veldt and Guy Billet, Vissers Advocatuur, Netherlands
• ESG regulation and player protection
  Christoph Neubauer, Novomatic, Austria

• In search of the different facets of chasing behaviours among online gamers
  Xavier Noël, Université Libre de Bruxelles
• Identification of gambling as a precipitating factor in deaths by suicide in the national violent death reporting system
  Mark van der Maas, Rutgers University, United States
• Criminal risks in pathological gamblers
  Viorel Lupu and Ramona Lupu, "luliu Hatieganu" Univeristy of Medicine and Farmacy, Romania
• How TOTO integrates Responsible Gaming into football sponsorship, raising awareness on problem gambling in the Netherlands
  Nienka Kroesen, Nederlandse Loterij Organisatie, Netherlands

• Why did it take you so long to seek help? And how were you met when you opened up about your disordered gambling?
  Niri Talberg and Stian Overå, KORUS øst, Norway
• The role of illusion of control in gambling behaviour among aging players
  Antoine Marques Mourato, Université Paris Cité, France
• A closer look: insights from semi-structured interviews on games and gambling
  Topias Mattinen, Tampere University, Finland
• Is there a 'right time' to interact with players based on how long they play?
  Melissa Salmon, Focal Research Consultants, Canada

• The Spielbank Berlin and its "kernteam" - an experience report
  Judith Schäfer, Spielbank Berlin, Germany
• The number of gambling terminals in a venue and gambling behaviour: an empirical real-world study using player account data
  Dominic Sagoe, University of Bergen, Norway
• Exploring the unintended consequences of loyalty programs within the UK gambling sector
  Violet Justine Mtonga, University of Salford, United Kingdom‍
• Using consumer insights to inform regulation
  Laura Balla and Anna Horsley-Hann, Gambling Commission, United Kingdom

• Gambling surveys as a basis fro evidence-based policy making: chances and challenges
  Katharina Schüller, STAT-UP, Germany

(The good news what does the future looks like)

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• Mark Griffiths, Notthingham Trent University, United Kingdom

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Reflections made by participants

• Gambling and experiences with spending money in games: children from state and private schools across the UK
  Anca-Maria Gherghel, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
• Working study: The relationship between sickness leave and gambling disorder (GB). A health registry-based study covering 2008-2018
  Tony Leino, University of Bergen, Norway
• The relevance of marketing in sports betting perceptions and behaviours
  Gabriel Quintero, Florida State University, Replublic of Panama
• Association between attitudes toward gambling and demographic factors, gaming, gambling problems, smoking, alcohol and snus use in an adults representative sample in Norway
  Farangis Sharifibastan, University of Bergen, Norway
• Exploring the potential of social media interventions in treating gambling: a single-case study prespective
  Conchita Sisi, University of Bergen, Norway
• Obesity and gambling
  Nigel E. Turner, Centre of Addiction and Mental Health, Canada