The second annual KPMG eGaming Summit will be held on Thursday 19th April at the Caleta Hotel. Key stakeholders and decision makers will attend, by invitation, to consider and debate how to ensure Gibraltar’s offering to this key industry remains strong in a rapidly changing global marketplace.
Over 120 delegates attended last year’s Summit, both from Gibraltar and abroad, with interest expected to be even higher this year. Mike Harvey, Director of KPMG Gibraltar, commented on the 2012 event: “The eGaming sector has continued to show solid growth globally, despite economic uncertainty in the Euro zone and elsewhere. It is essential that Gibraltar remains at the forefront for the licensing and operation of these highly successful businesses, which is why we are running this summit again. It represents an opportunity to bring together all of the major stakeholders, both government and private, and to pool knowledge and understanding of the issues that might develop in the year to come.”
The morning session will look at the external factors that will be having an impact on the gaming community in Gibraltar, including key developments in the US, UK and elsewhere in Europe. In the afternoon we will consider how improvements in the ways in which gaming companies provide services can reduce costs and maximise the customer experience.
As a global firm, KPMG has positioned itself as a major supporter of the eGaming industry, with a large number of in-house specialists to support the industry. The annual Gibraltar Summit is now one of a number of similar events run across the globe by KPMG.
Archie Watt, KPMG’s eGaming specialist, commented on the state of the sector and issues likely to be covered at the summit: “The last year has been another breathtaking one for the gaming sector here in Gibraltar. Almost immediately after our last event the DoJ seized the domains of PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker, and more recently they have made further pronouncements regarding the Wire Act – the Summit will provide a valuable opportunity to debate the practical impacts of that development. I am also looking forward to hearing directly from UK officials on how they see their new regulations working and also from operators on how they are likely to react. This is really shaping up to be a fascinating day.”