The GPWA has partnered with Clarion Gaming to offer portal webmaster affiliates FREE admittance to GIGSE! The Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GIGSE) runs for three days in Montreal from Tuesday May 11th to Thursday May 13th, 2010.
The first day of the conference includes a workshop covering online marketing and
SEO for affiliates and iGaming marketers. Ill be heading a session exploring ways the North American affiliate marketplace might evolve over the coming years, particularly looking at the prospects and effect of possible legalization of some forms of online gaming in the states. Bryan Bailey will be heading a panel looking at how to successfully operate portal sites that convert visitors to players. And Gian Peronni and Jason Rosenberg will head a panel looking at how to build long-term optimal relationships between affiliates and operators. There will also be heavy
SEO coverage with both
SEO tips and live
SEO site surgeries. Plus a look at social media including twitter, facebook, and video.
The following two days will focus on the North American iGaming marketplace from a wide variety of perspectives. Examples of some of the key speakers include:
Raymond Lesniak - New Jersey State Senator
Roderick Wright California State Senator
Alison Harvey Executive Director of the California Tribal Business Alliance
Jacob Appelsmith Chief of the California Bureau of Gambling Control
Dale McDonald Minnesota State Lottery General Counsel
Mitch Garber - CEO of Harrahs Entertainment
Plus dozens of others including many well-known and respected folks from within both the iGaming and general gaming industries.
A complete list of speakers and topics is available on the GIGSE website at
www.GIGSE.com.
The normal early-registration fee to attend the GIGSE conference plus the pre-conference workshops is $1,890 and registration at the door is $2,190. However, because of the GPWAs role as the supporting webmaster association for the conference we can arrange for free admission to legitimate portal webmasters that are not otherwise involved in the gaming industry who fill in our special affiliate registration form available at
www.gpwaconference.com/GIGSE2010/Registration. The deadline to apply for free admission to GIGSE through the GPWA is 23 April 2010, so please register today if you would like to attend.
Michael