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Focus on the Future: Nova Scotia’s Responsible Gambling Conference

Friday, September 29, 2006

This two-day conference, sponsored by the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation (NSGC) as a part of Responsible Gambling Awareness Week (RGAW), is an opportunity for members of the gaming industry, teachers, parents, students, addictions counselors, healthcare professionals, community leaders, and law enforcement officers to increase their education and awareness about responsible gambling and the risks of gambling.

The conference will feature top speakers and leading authorities on gambling issues, with topics including:

  • Regulation or Prohibition? Protecting Against the Social Impact of Online Gambling
  • How Technology is Shaping the Gambling Industry of the Future
  • Preventing the Next Generation of Problem Gamblers
  • How Social Responsibility Can Help Build a Solid Foundation for the Gambling Industry of the Future
  • Past, Present and Future of Gambling Behaviour
  • A Family Systems Approach to Treating Problem Gambling

* Please see attached agenda for complete listing of speakers, topics, and times.

Where: World Trade and Convention Centre, Highland Suites 6-11
When: Monday, October 2nd and Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Media can pick up their passes and information kits the Media Desk at the World Trade and Convention Centre, 3rd floor.

RGAW includes a full schedule of community events and education programs across Nova Scotia. For more information, please visit www.responsiblegamblingns.ca.