The Casino ESports Conference (CEC) will hold it seventh edition February 27 through March 1 at the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas.
Founded by brothers Ari and Ben Fox, the CEC connects the esports, video-gaming, casino, cinema, and collegiate worlds, providing information on how to monetize the video-gaming and esports industries.
The CEC will now include an extra classroom/workshop event called CEC University. The main CEC is packed with speakers and panels that will at its core cover esports, video gaming, and more. The CEC covers many topics related to entertainment that the producers call “Techtainment.”
“We have a unique offering, which is why a lot of other event companies keep scratching their heads when it comes to us,” Ben Fox told CDC Gaming Reports. “We’re not funded by a major corporation. We’re grassroots more than any event out there. People realize we have a lot of heart and soul and that’s what we are trying to get across. We keep coming up with new ways to try to foster this business for them and their understanding of it.”
Speakers include Jan Jones Blackhurst, executive director of the UNLV Black Fire leadership initiative and board member of Caesars Entertainment; Robert Rippee, executive director of the Black Fire Innovation Hub; Seth Schorr, chief executive of Fifth Street Gaming; Mike Darley, CEO of Next Gaming; casino industry consultant Oliver Lovat; George Chanos, former attorney general of Nevada; former NFL player Ahman Green, a collegiate esports coach; Christopher LaPorte, founder of RESET; Christian Bishop, director of Twitch Properties; Ernie Stevens, chairman of the Indian Gaming Association and part of the Indian Gaming Esports Association; Bo Grey, co-founder of Wager Score; Brian Lessman, a client services executives with GLI; Paris Smith, CEO of Pinnacle Sports; and Michael Morton, counsel for the Nevada Gaming Board.
The producers also will hold two-day ESports Tournament. Top prizes include gamer furniture and more.
