VIGE2017 announces new set of speakers (Vahe Baloulian, Roman Neßhold and Malcolm Bruce)

The organizers of VIGE2017 announced that the following speakers will be joining their seminars:

Mr. Vahe Baloulian (CEO of BetConstruct), will be among the key speakers in the Innovation Talks panel and will give a presentation about their latest innovation at the company which will bring a new era upon the online gaming industry.

The Innovation Talks panels will be held within the Vienna International Gaming Expo 2017 in the second half of Day 2(21.03.2017) starting from 2:00 PM (Vienna local time).

Vahe Baloulian is CEO of BetConstruct and an award-winning industry veteran, named in 2016 as one of the Gaming Intelligence’s ‘Hot 50’ most innovative and inspiring people in online gaming.

During his long career in the gaming industry, Vahe has served as Director of Gaming at 888, COO of LVFH and CEO of Red Planet Gaming. He is a frequent guest speaker and judge at leading industry events.

Mr. Roman Neßhold (President of the Gambling & Addiction Institute), who will be among the key speakers in the Responsible Gaming panel and will give a presentation about the state of Responsible Gaming in Austria.

The Responsible Gambling in Central Europe panel will be held within the Vienna International Gaming Expo 2017 on the first half of Day 2(21.03.2017) starting from 9:30 AM (Vienna local time).

Roman Neßhold is born in Austria and since 2008 president of the Gambling & Addiction Institute. He is well known as responsible gaming man and delivers player protection for all European countries, especially for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Malta. As a professional he has a background at different universities all over the world. He studied communication, business and mediation and did some extension in clinical studies.

His Institute is in cooperation with some of the market leaders of betting and gambling and with regulators and authorities. The last years Roman became member of many responsible gaming commissions.

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gambling Integrity), who will be among the key speakers in the Responsible Gaming panel and will give a presentation about G4 Certification and Responsible Gaming.

The Responsible Gambling in Central Europe panels will be held within the Vienna International Gaming Expo 2017 on the first half of Day 2(21.03.2017) starting from 9:30 AM (Vienna local time).

Malcolm Bruce is a senior consultant for the Global Gaming Guidance Group (G4) which provides accreditation of responsible gambling for online operators internationally. He is also assessor for the US National Council on Problem Gambling’s Responsible Gambling accreditation program (iCAP); and is an assessor for World Lottery Association Level 4 Responsible Gambling accreditation scheme.

Malcolm has extensive international experience advising and training on Responsible Gambling and consumer protection with governments, regulators and companies. His previous gambling related roles have included Director of Corporate Responsibility for Betfair and Chief Executive of the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, where he was the project director for the first Gambleaware website and public education initiative. Malcolm speaks on gambling consumer protection and social responsibility at academic and industry conferences worldwide.

Malcolm is a member of the European Association for the Study of Gambling; the International Think Tank on Gambling Research Policy & Practice; the US National Council on Problem Gambling; the Society for Business Ethics; and is a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).

Attending the seminars at VIGE2017 requires a POWER DELEGATE status and is subject to availability. All seminars are limited to 250 delegates and the passes can be ordered at an Early Bird Rate of 300 EUR until 19.02.2017. Register as a POWER DELEGATE HERE!