Desktop Conferences Return to IGN

13 April 1999
The IGN desktop conferences are back! After a six-month hiatus, Interactive Gaming News is re-launching its exclusive series of RealAudio broadcasts featuring discussions with experts in the gaming industry. Topics will span all aspects of interactive gambling with a worldwide scope. Subscribers will be able to send questions to guests prior to the conferences as well as participate in real time chats with guests following the conferences. Archived recordings from previous conferences, are also now available.

Here's what's on tap for April:

The Kyl Bill -- Thursday, April 22
Host:Sue Schneider
Publisher, Interactive Gaming News
Guest:David Safavian
Principal, Janus Merritt Group
Chat Sessions: Friday, April 23
Session 1: 10 a.m. (EST)
Session 2: 5 p.m. (EST)
*All pre-conference questions and requests must be submitted by Monday, April 19.

Online Security -- Tuesday, April 27
Host:Sue Schneider
Publisher, Interactive Gaming News
Guest: Jim Litchko
GM, Integrated Management Services
Chat Sessions: Friday, April 28
Session 1: 10 a.m. (EST)
Session 2: 6 p.m. (EST)
*All pre-conference questions and requests must be submitted by Thursday, April 22.

IGN will broadcast three more desktop conferences in May, including a discussion on problem gambling and two more discussions with representatives from online casino licensing jurisdictions.

To sign up for upcoming conferences or purchase any or all of the original three broadcasts, go to https://www.igamingnews.com/desktopconferences.cfm. Supplementary handout materials will be available for downloading upon registration.

Archived Desktop Conferences
Sebastian Sinclair, Gaming Analyst from Christiansen/Cummings Associates, a research firm in New York, on the "Global Internet Gambling Market Potential";
David Ford, Executive Director, Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation, on the "Internet Gaming Regulation in Queensland Australia";
John Crigler, attorney with Haley Bader Potts, on the topic "A Guide to US Laws Related to Internet Gambling."