Conference Corner: Gaming Law Symposium
Published: Friday, April 08, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
CONFERENCE CORNER
Later dates for G2E in 2006 announced
The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) organisers are planning well ahead, judging by
this week's announcement of the 2006 dates for this outstanding industry event.
November 14 - 16 will see thousands of gambling industry people from
all over the world converge on the Las Vegas Convention Center, with G2E's Training
& Development Institute being held November 13.
The event will remain
in the Central Hall of the convention center in 2006, in compliance with industry
demand.
"Our decision to move the 2006 event to later in the year
is a function of venue availability and logistics," said Frank J. Fahrenkopf,
Jr., president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA). "An overwhelming
majority of G2E exhibitors and attendees prefer the convention center's central
hall, and these new dates allow us to once again utilize this favored space."
More than 25,000 industry professionals from around the world attend G2E,
the premier event for the worldwide gaming-entertainment industry.G2E 2005 is
scheduled for September 13-15, with the G2E Training & Development Institute
September 12, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For more information on G2E
or to register for group or early bird discounts, visit the Web site at www.globalgamingexpo.com.
Gaming Law symposium
The Thomas
M. Cooley Law School and the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) will present
a gaming law symposium, New Frontiers in Gaming, May 12-13, 2005, at The Dearborn
Inn - Marriott, in Dearborn, Michigan. The conference covers cutting-edge legal
issues of importance to the gaming industry.
The IMGL annual gathering
is an opportunity for gaming attorneys and gaming regulators to share information
and insight. As part of the organization's commitment to public education on gaming
law issues, the IMGL has opened its day-and-a-half conference to the gaming industry.
The symposium covers such topics as the Detroit-Windsor casinos, responsible
gaming, gaming developments in specific geographic areas, bingo, slot machines,
Native American and First Nation gaming, and charitable gaming. Gaming attorneys
will also be interested in the topic, "Gaming Attorneys: Rights and Limitations
on Representing a Client."
The International Masters of Gaming Law
(IMGL) is a non-profit association of attorneys, gaming regulators and gaming
executives dedicated to the education, advancement of the gaming law profession
and exchange of professional information concerning the local and global practice
and development of all aspects of gaming law. For more information about the symposium,
contact the IMGL via its website at
www.gaminglawmasters.
Founded in
1972, Cooley Law School is now the largest law school in the country. Cooley has
the second-largest enrollment in African-American students of any law school and
the highest number of minorities overall in the United States. Cooley has three
campuses across Michigan; its main campus in downtown Lansing, its downtown Grand
Rapids/Western Michigan University campus in west Michigan, and its Rochester/Oakland
University campus in southeast Michigan.
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