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98 // PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL // September/October 2016
LOTTERY EXPO 2016
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
5:00 to 7:00 pm: Opening Night Reception
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
8:00 to 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
Promenade B South
9:00 am: Conference Sessions Open
Paul Jason, Chief Executive, PGRI
Pompeii Ballroom
Industry Collaboration as the key to
unlocking the power of API/Cashless/
In-Lane and other Retail Modernization
initiatives —Tom Delacenserie, Secretary,
Florida Lottery
SPECIAL SESSION:
The Promise of API (Application
Programming Interface) Technology
Presentations on the urgency to implement
/meaning and purpose of APIs will be
followed by a special session that includes
audience Q & A.
APIs are the key component to building
the IT platform that supports the rapid
deployment of technological innovation
across the board. How and why will APIs
increase Lottery sales and net funds to
beneficiaries—what are the costs and
risks as well as the benefits to implemen-
tation of APIs? This topic was introduced
at PGRI Smart-Tech in April, has gained
momentum over the past few months,
and is now at a point where concrete
action-plans are being shaped. It’s time
to take it “to the next level”—to connect
the dots and relate objectives like in-lane
sales, cashless transactions, standardized
reports and audits for multi-state retail-
ers, and more … to the technologies that
enable them. The key to unlocking the
transformative power of APIs is multi-
state collaboration and funding. How do
we get there?
Moderator:
Gary Grief , Executive Director,
Texas Lottery, President of MUSL
Panelists:
Tom Delacenserie, Secretary,
Florida Lottery
Andy Davis , Chief Financial and IT Officer,
Tennessee Education Lottery Corp.
Austin Huggins , Technical Specialist,
Publix SuperMarkets
Paul Riley, Vice President Product
Marketing and Interactive Wagering, IGT
11:00 am: Coffee Break
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Providing Consumer Options—Making
Lottery Available in a Cashless Economy​
Moderator:
Terry Presta, Executive Director,
Kansas Lottery;
Chair of the NASPL Retail Subcommittee
Panelists:
Drew Svitko, Executive Director,
Pennsylvania Lottery
Gardner Gurney, Director,
Division of the Lottery, New York State
Gaming Commission
John Spicknall , Director of Package Goods
and Services, RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc.
Sue Strouse, VP Retail Strategy and
Business Development, IGT
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Luncheon
Starting a New Lottery in the Modern
Era—Jon Clontz, Chief Executive Officer,
Wyoming Lottery Corporation
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Stakeholder Relations: How might Lot-
tery do a better job of engendering sup-
port from the national media and legisla-
tors at the federal as well as state levels?
LOTTERY EXPO
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PGRI
Conference Sessions
September 13 & 14;
Eden Roc Miami Beach Resort,
Florida
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for conference updates
Receptions from 5:00 pm to
7:00 pm on Monday and Tuesday.
Wednesday Reception
to follow lunch.
Double Platinum Sponsor:
IGT
Platinum Sponsors:
Diamond Game, INTRALOT, Linq3
Silver Sponsors:
Abacus Solutions International
Group, Carmanah Signs,
EquiLottery, Novomatic Lottery
Solutions, Pollard Banknote
Presenters (Times TBA):
Bill Breslo ,
Vice President, Sales &
Marketing, Diamond Game
Simon Butler,
Chief Executive Officer,
Abacus Solutions
Brad Cummings,
Founder & Chief Executive
Officer, EquiLottery
Max Goldstein,
Vice President Sales,
Carmanah Signs
Scott Hoss,
Senior Marketing Manager,
INTRALOT
Brendan McCarthy,
North American Representative,
Novomatic Lottery Solutions
Byron Peterson,
Director U.S. Sales,
Pollard Banknote
Tom Shaheen,
Executive Vice President
Business Development, Linq3