The Summit, taking place at the luxurious Hyatt Regency Hotel in the favoured tourist destination of Thessaloniki, Greece on 8-9 May, will cover a wide range of issues pertinent to land-based operators, which also carry significance for other industry professionals including regulators, lawyers, analysts, manufacturers and suppliers.

The list of scheduled speakers brings together no fewer than 25 experts, drawn from 12 different nations, whose specialist knowledge extends to a broad spectrum of disciplines such as legislation and regulation, operations, marketing and promotion, brand protection, social responsibility, layout and design, association activities, player analysis, testing, payment systems, slot machine development and new concepts such as ‘Racino’.

The list of speakers confirmed for the European Casino Summit 2003:-
Ron Barbaro, Chairman & CEO, Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation, Canada
Inga Cesnakiene, Director, Nese Casino, Lithuania
Tim Cullimore, General Manager, Casino de Crans Montana, Switzerland
Steve Donoughue, CEO, The Gambling Consultancy, UK
Frank Dumont, Managing Director, Leo A Daly, USA
Marco Fiore, Marketing Manager, Casino de la Vallée, Italy
Tim Green, Director, Pims SCA, UK
Dr George Haeberling, Chairman, Casino Partners, UK
Jens Halle, Managing Director & Head of Sales & Marketing, Austrian Gaming Industries, Austria
Kit Hall-Johnston, Director – Government Relations, G.L.I. Europe, Netherlands
Paul Herzfeld, Chief Executive, Casinos Austria International, Austria
Evi Lazou, Director of Marketing, Regency Casino, Greece
Heliodoro Giner Lopez, Secretary General, Asociacion de Casinos de Juego, Spain
Jean-Dominique Michel, General Secretary, Pro Mente Sana Geneva, Switzerland
Chris Moore, CEO, Casino Partners, UK
Patrick Mori, Manager, Eleven Products, France
Jan Philippen, Vice President Gaming, Holland Casinos, Netherlands
Kurt Quartier, Managing Director, IGT Europe, Netherlands
Paul Renney, Partner, Theodore Goddard, UK
Yves Rossier, Director, Swiss Federal Gaming Board, Switzerland
Sebastian Salat, Managing Director, WMS Gaming, USA
Rolf Sims Francis, Legal Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Norway
Maria Slater, Head of UK Marketing, London Clubs International, UK
Paul Steelman, President, Paul Steelman Design Group, USA
Geoff Taylor, General Manager, Regency Casino, Greece
Lutz Wiedieng, General Manager, Westspiel Casinos, Germany