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Wednesday 2 December 2009
8.30
Registration and coffee
8.50
Opening remarks from the Chair
Garry Robinson, Editor, Horse Racing Australia
9.00
OPENING KEYNOTE
Outcomes of the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Gambling: findings and implications
Louise Sylvan, Commissioner, Productivity Commission
9.30
KEYNOTE
Managing the structural changes to Victoria's racing industry
  • The funding challenge
  • The impact of corporate bookmakers
  • Innovation and technology - engaging the next eneration of punters
Rob Hines, Chief Executive Officer, Racing Victoria
10.00
PANEL DISCUSSION
Promoting integrity and probity in sports betting
  • Anti money laundering and fraud issues surrounding sports wagering
  • Tracking unusual activity - ensuring transparent access to customer details and betting patterns
  • Policing wooden spoon and micro-betting - minimising the potential for game throwing
  • Managing the pros and cons of betting in-play – trading off opportunities for hedging vs. integrity issues
  • Drug control and its role in enhancing integrity safeguards
Malcolm Richardson, Deputy Director North / Manager Racing Licensing,Department of Justice, Northern Territory
Mike Kelly, Executive Director Racing Division, Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, Queensland
Bill Brown, Special Counsel, Lander and Rogers Lawyers
10.50
Morning refreshments and networking break
11.20
Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Finance policy in racing and sports wagering
  • Exploring recent changes to legislation and compliance requirements on AML/CTF
  • Rules on customer identification and record-keeping procedures for gambling services
  • Understanding risk indicators for the placement, layering and integration and financing of terrorism through gambling
Deborah Wilcocks, Director - Compliance, AUSTRAC
11.50
Keynote Address
Sustaining the NSW racing and wagering industry
  • Wagering deregulation friend or foe to NSW racing?
  • Does the NSW racing industry need to reconfigure to survive?
  • Race club strategy in a changing wagering environment
Darren Pearce, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Jockey Club
12.20
A legal update concerning racefields, product fees and IP licensing
  • Movement towards nationally consistent racefields levies
    - Should they be based on turnover or profit?
    - Should other factors be considered?
  • Examining recent developments in IP protection and their application to racefields
  • Other developments, including kiosks and tote odds
Jamie Nettleton, Partner, Addisons Commercial Lawyers
12.50
Luncheon and networking break
1.50
PANEL DISCUSSION
Promoting growth in Australia's wagering industry
  • Maximizing opportunities for growth provided by new wagering technologies
  • Current moves towards market consolidation
  • Expansion into international markets
  • Maintaining positive relationships between bookmakers and sporting bodies
Tim Ryan, Executive Director, Australian Bookmakers Association
Alan Eskander, Managing Director, Betstar
Con Kafataris, Chief Executive Officer, Centrebet
2.40
Managing the impact of reduced wagering inflows on Australia's horse racing industry
  • Examining impacts of the expansion of non-conventional bookmakers on the bottom line of the horse racing industry
  • Potential to devalue wagering licenses
  • Ensuring sustainable returns to trainers, owners and breeders
  • Promoting national structural improvement of wagering regulation
Andrew Harding, Chief Executive, Australian Racing Board Ltd
3.10
Promoting a healthy harness racing industry in NSW
  • The role of race fields and other product fees in maintaining a viable industry
  • Attracting alternate sources of revenue
  • Examining recent regulatory and taxation reforms
  • Further scope for policy reform
Sam Nati, Chief Executive Officer, Harness Racing NSW
3.40
Afternoon refreshments and networking break
4.10
Sustaining the Greyhound Racing industry in a changing wagering environment
  • Impacts of the government response to the Cameron Report
  • Challenges posed by current inter-code funding arrangements
  • Promoting innovation and growth in the industry
Brent Hogan, Chief Executive, Greyhound Racing NSW
4.40
PANEL DISCUSSION - Wagering policy and the sporting industry

  • Meeting regulatory compliance requirements - rules, codes of conduct and disciplinary measures
  • Managing intellectual property protection and product fees
  • Attracting and keeping bookmakers at sporting events
  • Drawing alternative wagering revenues such as sponsorship
  • Fostering a positive relationship between the wagering and sporting industries

Dean Kino, General Manager of Legal and Business Affairs, Cricket Australia
Michael Sparks, President, Confederation of Australian Sport
Colin Smith, Principal, L.E.K. Consulting
Andrew Dillon, General Manager - Legal & Business Affairs, AFL

5.30
Nationalising regulation of Australia's wagering and racing industry
  • Promoting a nationally consistent regulatory, operational and financial framework for the wagering industry
  • Moving toward national consensus regarding wagering taxes, racefields and product fees
  • Creating equity of gaming licenses - moving away from a culture of "jurisdiction hopping"
  • Balancing innovation with sustainable inflows to the racing and sporting industries
Ron Smooker, Partner, Clayton Utz
6.00
Closing remarks from the Chair and networking drinks
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