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Helmsley Park Lane Hotel, Central Park South between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York City; Opens with a Reception at 5:00 pm March 19, Business sessions March 20 and March 21, Receptions to be 5:00 to 7:00 pm all three nights (March 19, 20, & 21) Room Block is selling fast -room rate is $220 to reserve your room call 212-371-4000 or 800-221-4982.  Our Group Block number is 602246 - use the name Public Gaming. 
 Major Peter J. O'Connell Lottery Industry Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony
March 21, 1:30 pm     2012 Recipients
Gary Grief, Executive Director, Texas Lottery
Tom Shaheen, Executive Vice President, Linq3
 

The theme for SMART-Tech 2012:
A New Era for Lottery:  Everyone Wins

The SMART-Tech program and final Team of Speakers, Moderators, and Panelists is still being updated. Presently, among the confirmed speakers/moderators/panelists are: 
Torbjørn Almlid, President & CEO, Norsk Tipping AS, the Norwegian lottery and gaming operator
Jeff Anderson, Director, Idaho Lottery
Gerry Aubin, Director, Rhode Island Lottery
Scott Bowen, Commissioner, Michigan Lottery
Jenny Canfield, Acting Executive Director, Minnesota Lottery
Margaret DeFrancisco, President & CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation
Don Feeney, Research & Planning Director, Minnesota Lottery
Kevin Gass, Vice President of Lottery Gaming, BCLC in British Columbia
Gary Grief, Executive Director, Texas Lottery
Gardner Gurney, Deputy Director and Chief operating Officer, New York Lottery
Kurt Feedlund, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Georgia Lottery Corp.
Rebecca Hargrove, President & CEO, Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.
Mark Hichar, Legal Counsel and Advocate for U.S. Lotteries
Jean Moreau Jorgensen, Executive Director, World Lottery Association
Stephen Martino, Executive Director, Maryland Lottery
Charles McIntyre, Executive Director, New Hampshire Lottery Commission
Gordon Medenica, Director, New York Lottery
Bill Murray, Deputy Director & General Counsel, New York Lottery
Risto Nieminen, President & CEO, Veikkaus Oy, the Finland lottery and gaming operator; and President of the World Lottery Association (WLA)
Nikki Orcutt, Deputy Director Marketing, West Virginia Lottery
Anne Noble, President & CEO, Connecticut Lottery Corporation
Lorien Pilling, Partner, Global Betting & Gambling Consultants (GBGC)
May Scheve Reardon, Executive Director, Missouri Lottery
Terry Rich, President & CEO, Iowa Lottery Authority
Lynn Roiter, Vice President Legal Affairs, Loto-Quebec
Paul Sternburg, Executive Director, Massachusetts State Lottery
Abel Tapia, Director, Colorado Lottery
Philippe Vlaemminck, Legal Counsel representing Team Lottery at the European Union level
Alan Yandow, Executive Director, Vermont Lottery

SMART-Tech 2012 is convening a very special group of industry leaders to capture the magic of this special time in our business and set us on a course to be the preeminent industry leaders that our players and lottery beneficiaries and Good Causes expect us to be.  The Lottery is now entering a business climate in which the opportunities are going to come and go more quickly than ever.  The need to act decisively is critical for lottery just as it is for all businesses everywhere.  One of the obstacles to acting quickly and decisively is uncertainty about the future.  So let's remove as much of the uncertainty as possible.  That is the mission of SMART-Tech 2012.  Included will be presentations from industry leaders from Canada and Europe who have worked through many of the issues that challenge U.S. lottery directors right now.  One of those issues is integrating internet distribution of lottery products in ways that augment and support the land-based retailer network.  Another is evolving existing lottery products to take full advantage of new media like internet and mobile.   Click to find out more about this conference