Lazcano Sámano Attorney Bar will take part of the IMGL's 2018 Autumn Conference

This year's edition of the IMGL Autumn Conference will be held at the Dedica Anthology's Carlo IV hotel (formerly known as Boscolo Prague), between September 5th and September 7th. Organisers quote not only the strong responsible gaming, player protection and corporate social responsibility agenda that will roll out at the event, but also the vast high-quality culinary and touristic offering the area offers. 

The conference will bring together experts and leaders of the gaming industry from all sectors including operators, bankers, accountants, attorneys, suppliers, consultants, regulators and many others.

Track 2: Latin America (Tosca Room)
Radiography of Latin America
While some jurisdictions in Latam are adapting their gaming regulations to new products, others are under discussions about how their markets should legalize gambling. Colombia has been the first jurisdiction within the region regulating online gambling and is already preparing new drafts for demanded products. A few years ago, Mexico was about to modernize its old gambling regulatory regime but the Gambling Bill got frozen due to political issues. Brazil seems to be on the edge of adopting the big step of liberalizing gaming but it seems a never-ending "take off". This session is intended to cover questions like: What is the regulatory status of some of the major jurisdictions within the region? How should international operators face the common obstacles at the time of entering in these markets? Or, is the Latam region a market just for local companies?

Moderator: Santiago Asensi, Managing Partner, Asensi Abogados, Spain
Speakers:
Neil Montgomery, Founding and Managing Partner, Montgomery & Associados, Brazil
Francisco Del Real, Corporate & Regulatory Compliance Lawyer, Lazcano Sámano, S.C., Mexico
Juan Camilo Carrasco, Lawyer, Asensi Abogados, Colombia
Victor Araneda, International Business Development Director, Gaming 1, Colombia

Track 1: Artificial Intelligence and Gaming: Benefits and Risks (Aida Room)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no science fiction; it is a multi-billion dollar industry vertiginously growing with almost no regulations.

The purpose of the panel is to analyze the interaction between AI, privacy and gaming; for example, the implications of AI in privacy rights, pros and cons of self-regulation in new technologies, the great importance of corporate ethics in the use of AI, the exponentiality of reputational risks in the age of Internet, the role of AI in responsible gaming, among others.

Moderator: Alfredo Lazcano, Gaming, Sports & Entertainment Lawyer, Lazcano Samano, S.C., Mexico
Speakers:
Ian Ince, Head of Regulation and Compliance, Playtech, UK
Hugo Luz dos Santos, International Legal Consultant; Chair of the Board of the Panel of Vantage 10, Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Law and Society; and PhD Researcher of the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau, China, Portugal
Chad Hoehne, President & CEO, Table Trac Inc., USA
Martin Britton, Managing Director, GLI EMEA, UK