ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Industry Leaders Forum -
featuring many of the casino industry's top executives - will again headline
the Annual East Coast Gaming Congress, to be held May 26 at Historic Boardwalk
Hall in Atlantic City.
The panel will include: Gary Loveman, chairman and CEO of Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc.; William S. Boyd, chairman and CEO of Boyd Gaming Corp.;
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., president and CEO of the American Gaming
Association; Kevin DeSanctis, president and COO of Penn National Gaming, Inc;
Robert Haddock, president and CEO of Aztar Corp.; and Scott Butera, president
and COO of Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts.
The conference, formerly known as the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Congress, has
expanded to reflect the explosive growth of gaming throughout the eastern
United States.
"These corporate leaders have the vision, the integrity and the financial
wherewithal to redefine gaming throughout the region. They are industry
leaders in every conceivable way," said Michael Pollock, managing director of
Spectrum Gaming Group and publisher of Gaming Industry Observer, a conference
organizer who will introduce the panelists.
"The Industry Leaders Forum has evolved into a premier forum where
executives with vision meet to share their goals, concerns and dreams," said
Thomas Sykes of SOSH Architects, a conference organizer.
The conference will also feature panels of leading Wall Street analysts,
Indian gaming executives, state regulators and other top public officials from
Pennsylvania to Florida, and from New Jersey, New York and other leading
gaming states.
The conference has joined with Richard Stockton College to offer an
"Executive Development Day" for gaming executives at all levels. Registration
for the executive development sessions is limited to 80 attendees who also
register for the East Coast Gaming Congress. The customized program will be
held May 25 at the Carnegie Library Center in Atlantic City.
Organizing sponsors of the conference are: the law firm of Cooper Levenson an Atlantic City firm with one of the world's
leading gaming practices; the architectural design firm of Sykes O'Connor
Salerno Hazaveh, based in Atlantic City, with global experience in gaming; the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP,
recognized for its expertise in gaming and entertainment
and Gaming Industry Observer, the award-winning newsletter and research arm of
Spectrum Gaming Group that tracks trends that impact the gaming industry.