Upcoming Events
IMGL 2025 Spring Conference
April 23 - 25, 2025
Overview
IMGL 2025 Spring Conference
The IMGL Spring 2025 Conference will be held April 23 – 25, 2025 at the JW Marriott in Vancouver, Canada.
Registration
Register here!
IMGL Conference Fees | Early Bird Rate Until 03/01/25 |
Standard Rate 03/02/25 & after |
IMGL Members | $1,300.00 | $1,400.00 |
Educators/Regulators/Tribal Gov’t Members | $750.00 | $750.00 |
Non IMGL Members | $1,550.00 | $1,650.00 |
Guests (Social Events Only – No Conference Sessions) |
$250.00 |
$300.00 |
DELEGATES: Those wishing to attend conference sessions must register as a delegate. Please choose the delegate category that is appropriate for you. Delegate registration includes all conference sessions, Opening Reception, conference luncheons, Gala Dinner, and the IMGL Closing Reception.
GUESTS: Please register your guest(s) at the same time you register as a delegate. Guest registration includes the Opening Reception, Gala Dinner, and the Closing Reception. Guest registration does not include conference sessions or luncheons.
CONFERENCE CANCELLATION POLICY:
Cancel by March 1: receive 100% refund.
Cancel between March 1 -March 31: Receive 50% refund.
Cancel between April 1 – April 22: receive 25% refund.
No refunds starting on or after April 23.
Sponsorships
Sponsorships are now available for this conference. For information on becoming a sponsor for this event, contact Brien Van Dyke at brien@imgl.org or Phil Savage at phil@imgl.org
You may review our sponsorship package here.
Additionally, we have our Annual Sponsorship options which can be found here. Our annual sponsorships are a great way to bundle your benefits for both 2025 conferences!
Annual 2025 Sponsors
Annual Platinum Sponsor
Fox Rothschild LLP
www.foxrothschild.com
Annual Gold Sponsor
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI)
www.gaminglabs.com
Jones Walker
https://www.joneswalker.com/en/
Saiber
https://www.saiber.com/
Annual Silver Sponsors
AGEM
https://www.agem.org/
MELCHERS Law
https://www.melchers-law.com/
Vancouver 2025 Sponsors
Gala Dinner Sponsor
Gigadat Solutions
https://gigadatsolutions.com/
Closing Reception Sponsor
Bronze Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Schedule
Wednesday, 23 April
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Extra Social Program
Running/Walking Club – Run/walk the seawall and earn your breakfast coffee and croissant at a seawall coffee cart. RSVP WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Visit to Anthropology Museum at UBC – Guided tour of one of the largest collections of Pacific Northwest Indigenous Art in the world, located on a bluff with views of the Burrard Inlet. RSVP WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
IMGL Member Meeting
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Opening Reception – Taps and Barrel Bridges on Granville Island
Attendees will be taking an Aquabus charter to/from Granville Island, departing from Plaza of Nations Pier starting at 6:00 pm (a 5 minute walk from hotel)
Thursday, 24 April
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:20 am
Welcome and Conference Overview from IMGL President, Marc Dunbar, and First Nations Welcome (Territory Acknowledgement)
9:20 am – 10:00 am
Emerging Jurisdictions – The Americas
In this session, our panel of experts will review major jurisdictions in the Americas that may unlock growth in the next few years (California, Texas, Alberta, B.C., Brazil, Argentina, Chile). Panellists will review the current state of affairs, likelihood of changes coming, impediments to change, as well as possible commercial challenges to be faced by stakeholders.
10:00 am – 10:40 am
Emerging Jurisdictions – Africa and Asia
In this session, our panel of experts will review major jurisdictions in Africa and Asia that may unlock growth in the next few years (Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, India, Botswana, Ghana). Panellists will review the current state of affairs, likelihood of changes coming, impediments to change, as well as possible commercial challenges to be faced by stakeholders.
10:40 am – 11:00 am
Networking Break
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Risk and Reward
In this session discussion, we team commercial and legal thought leaders up to discuss emerging commercial opportunities and legal issues.
- Crypto – The rise of crypto native casinos
- New game types
- Lossless games
- Elon Musk’s Earn a Prize vs Win a Prize
- Sweepstakes globally
- Prediction markets
- Marketing – New UA Strategies
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
First Nation and Native American Gaming Opportunities in North America and Globally
In this session, our panel of experts will guide us through some of the most important issues and compelling opportunities in First Nations and Tribal gaming globally. Topics to be covered will include:
- Current stakeholders and opportunities in Canada, including a discussion on Bill S-268 and whether it will create a national First Nations gaming framework. How are Canada’s First Nations positioned to be global partners?
- What happened in Florida and what could it mean for national and international strategies?
- Native American casino tribes’ global ambitions.
12:00 pm—12:45 pm
Smart Money, Smart Founders
What are VC, and PE looking for in emerging opportunities? How are they structuring deals? What does the push-pull look like among investors and founders and how do you find the balanced middle ground?
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
IMGL Luncheon – With Wine Tasting by La Stella and Le Vieux Pin Wineries of Osoyoos B.C.
2:00 pm – 2:35 pm
The State of M&A and Finance – Transactional Year in Review, Trends and Learnings Going Forward.
In these two back-to-back Ted Talk-style presentations, two experts (one regulatory, one transactional) will team up to present the most compelling trends and learnings from the last 12 months of transactions in Europe and in North America.
Each presentation will include insights on:
- Key data
- Nature of financings and other transactions over LTM
- YoY comparison, emerging trends for 2025 and going into 2026
- Deals that died and why
2:35 pm – 3:15 pm
Public Capital Markets – Case Study
In this session we explore how to take a gaming company public. Our presenters will navigate you through the process of taking a company public. How do you work with issuers, investors, regulators, exchanges, commissions, boards, committees, IR companies, analysts and the Street? Find out in this session.
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Networking Break
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
M&A and Finance – War Stories and Lessons Learned
With Global Gaming Women
This panel of leading M&A and finance lawyers and members of Global Gaming Women will share their war stories and lessons learned from years of closing deals and watching as some didn’t quite cross the finish line.
- What are the most common deal killers and how to avoid them
- What are the biggest blow ups you’ve seen?
- Are some deals destined for the dust bin and how can you spot those?
- How to get certain clients ready for the regulator?
6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
IMGL Gala Dinner: The Teahouse at Stanley Park, with a Photo-op Stop at Stanley Park Totem Poles. This dinner is proudly sponsored by Gigadat Solutions.
**Shuttle buses will begin departing at 5:45 pm, with the last one leaving at 6:00 pm.
Friday, 25 April
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Breakfast with Future Anthem AI & Welcome from President, Marc Dunbar
Join us for a casual conversation where you will learn more about how state lotteries and the technology companies are creating Private Public Partnerships to create leading bespoke AI solutions for government agencies, operators and players. Is this a new path for companies to raise capital and build technology? Is this a new avenue state lotteries can take to drive growth and provide best in class offerings to its players? Future Anthem AI and BCLC will share perspectives on their innovative PPP and how it might translate to other market participants globally.
10:00 am – 12:15 pm – Technological Developments
Our morning sessions will be spent reviewing the most compelling technological developments in gaming and betting. Join us for a series of short Ted Talk style presentations which will feature 20-minute presentations, each to be structured and presented by one expert lawyer in tandem with one or two private sector leaders.
These short presentations will answer questions such as what are the latest issues requiring attention in the regulatory and compliance landscape, how is technology trying to solve for those issues, and what are those limits if any. Here we present six technology case studies.
Each presentation will cover the following topics:
- What issues require attention in our current compliance landscape or to mitigate regulators’ concerns?
- What are the current solutions and are there any commercial or regulatory shortcomings with those?
- Can technology provide the right fix, and what risks or shortcomings should we be alive to?
10:00 am – 10:20 am
Responsible Gaming
10:20 am – 10:40 am
Regulatory Tech
10:40 am – 11:00 am
Payments Tech
11:00 am – 11:20 am
Security and Integrity
11:20 am – 11:40 am
KYC, AML
11:40 am – 12:00 pm
Martech and Social Media
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
IMGL Buffet Luncheon
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
Optional Lunch Workshop: Practical Blockchain for the Untokened
Learn how to buy, hold and transfer, and receive mBTC (millibitcoin).
At the end of this session, you will have opened a crypto wallet, bought some BTC, transferred it out and received some too. Learn it by finally doing it.
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Regulatory Block
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Asia Regulatory Updates
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Japan
- Vietnam
- India
2:15 pm – 2:45 p
Emerging Voluntary Regulatory Regimes
- Tobique
- Anjouan, Ron Mendelson, Fast Offshore
- East Timor
- Ras Al Khaimah
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Networking Break
3:15 pm – 4:00
Mandatory Emerging Regimes
- UAE
- Brazil
- Finland
- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria and other African jurisdictions
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
IMGL Closing Reception
Vancouver Art Gallery
Events
Wednesday, April 23
Thursday, April 24
Friday, April 25
Accommodations
The IMGL has secured a room block at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver with check-ins beginning Monday, April 21 and ending Saturday, April 26th with rates beginning at $369 CAD (not inclusive of tax) for Single/Double use. Breakfast is not included in the rate.
You may book your room using this link.
The IMGL will also secure an additional room block. More information will be posted soon.
Speakers
Speakers will be posted soon.
See and Do
Suggestions on activities and restaurants will be posted here soon.
Conference brochure
Our conference brochure will available soon.