Gaming and lottery supplier Scientific Games announced that will host its inaugural “Empower” customer conference March 29-31 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, showcasing the company’s solutions, convergence technologies and the industry’s broadest gaming, lottery and interactive product portfolio.
The Empower Customer Conference evolved from Bally Technologies’ Systems User Conference, which was held for 11 years at casino resorts across the United States. Following the merger of Scientific Games and Bally Technologies in 2014, the company is now planning an expanded event to incorporate its three business divisions, making Empower the only private, global conference of its kind in the gaming and lottery industry.
The Empower conference keynote speaker is Apple Computer co-founder and philanthropist Steve Wozniak, who helped shape the computing industry with his design of influenced the popular Macintosh. Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
“Empower attendees are in for an incredible three days of innovation, technology, and entertainment designed to propel them to new levels of professional and personal success,” said Gavin Isaacs, president and CEO of Scientific Games. “The conference is a must-attend for every Scientific Games customer seeking to learn more about our new combined business and the integrated approach we deliver with the industry’s most comprehensive and inventive product suite.
“We look forward to engaging our customers with great speakers, powerful insights and lots of fun. Most of all, this is an opportunity for us to listen and learn from our customers while we inform, inspire and entertain.”
More than 500 casino and lottery operators, sponsors, partners and members of the media are registered for Empower. The conference promises to be Scientific Games’ largest customer event ever, with a footprint 30 percent greater than the company’s 26,000-square-foot exhibit at the 2015 Global Gaming Expo.
The three-day conference brings together the Scientific Games customer community to provide attendees with world-class professional development, hands-on product demonstrations, fast-paced workshops, direct access to product experts and networking events.
There will be more than 40 interactive sessions, including:
• Conference tracks for games, systems, table products, lottery and interactive;
• Targeted sessions including mobile, marketing, big data, the 360-degree customer, slot floor of the future and emerging technology;
• Workshops designed to maximize customers’ investment in Scientific Games solutions;
• Speakers including casino and lottery industry thought leaders as well as Scientific Games executives, in addition to Wozniak; and,
• Hands-on product demonstrations of games, systems, table products, lottery and interactive solutions.
The event begins with a golf tournament at the Las Vegas Country Club and a “Wine Tasting Lunch” at Planet Hollywood’s Strip House.
