UNLV to Host January AI Conference

Sun, Dec 15, 2019

The UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law will host a day-long conference on artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics in the gaming industry on Friday, January 17, 2020. Speakers include Joe Bertolone (l.), the new director of the UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation.

UNLV to Host January AI Conference

The University of Nevada Las Vegas’ William S. Boyd School of Law will host a conference entitled “Artificial Intelligence, Biometrics & Big Data in the Gaming Industry: Privacy Protections and Public Policy,” from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. January 17, 2020.

The program will concentrate on what UNLV called “a single but potentially seismic topic to the gaming industry—artificial intelligence, biometrics, and the use of big data in the gaming industry.”

The conference will begin with an explanation of this emerging technology and a discussion of current and potential applications in security/surveillance, responsible gaming, and marketing/customer experience.

That will be followed by the legal framework that may accompany the use of this technology, focusing on player privacy. Legal experts will discuss the impact of current and proposed privacy laws and the consequences of data breaches. The focus will then shift to the potential gaming regulatory issues concerning the technology from its mandatory implementation for responsible gaming, as is being considered in Australia and Japan.

Speakers will address concerns regarding its use for patrons that have not consented to the use of their information for marketing or other commercial purposes.

A panel of gaming regulators from Nevada, Illinois, and Missouri will help inform these topics from a regulatory perspective. The conference will discuss best practices for the gaming industry and model regulations for regulators that meet the goals of all the relevant interest groups.

Speakers will include:

  • UNLV law professor Ngai Pindell
  • Joe Bertolone, director of UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation
  • Nevada State Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro
  • Nevada Gaming Control Board member Terry Johnson
  • Kim Mouridsen, professor of neuroinformatics and neuroimaging at Aarhus University in Denmark
  • Joseph Lombardo, executive director of the National Supercomputing Institute and Dedicated Research Network
  • Thomas Soukup, chief systems product officer with Konami Gaming
  • Kevin Mullally, vice president of government relations and general counsel at GLI
  • Sanjiv Goyal, CEO of Extent AI
  • Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairwoman Sandra Douglass Morgan
  • Illinois Gaming Control Board Executive Director Marcus Fruchter
  • Missouri Gaming Commission Executive Director David Grothaus
  • Dan Cherry, corporate vice president of gaming operations with Penn National Gaming
  • Martin Lycka, director of regulatory affairs with GVC Holdings
  • John Celona, vice president for business innovation and technology strategy for Caesars Entertainment
  • Katie Lever, chief legal counsel with the Drew Las Vegas

To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com

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