Santiago Asensi is partner of Asensi Abogados, a Spanish law firm specialized in the Gaming, Audiovisual and Entertainment sector.

Asensi was the in-house lawyer of an online operator during three years. His firm provides legal advice to a large number of slot suppliers, software providers, sports betting, casino, bingo and skill games operators and gaming jurisdictions with interests located in Spain/Europe.

He is the General Member for Spain of the International Masters of Gaming Law. Moreover, Asensi Abogados is one of the five European co-partners law firms of the portal Gaminglaw.eu

The Chambers Global 2009 edition has included Santiago Asensi as “leader in his field”.

He is co-author of the Spanish Gambling Market Report for Media Entertainment Consulting Network. He is frequent speaker in the main gaming conferences and publishes articles about the Spanish gaming industry on frequent basis. Asensi has been member of the Studies, Reports & Projects Commission of the General Spanish Bar Association.

Joseph F Borg currently occupies the post of Director Legal and Enforcement of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority ­ Malta and has been occupying this post for almost two years. Before joining the Authority, Joseph, acted as a Legal Counsel to Vodafone Malta Limited for three years.

Joseph was conferred with an LL.M. in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde(Glasgow), with Distinction. Earlier, he was awarded the LL.D. from the University of Malta, after writing and successfully defending a thesis entitled, 'Protection of Trademarks Against Domain Names'. In November 2000, Joseph graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Legal and Humanistic Studies.

He has recently completed a Regulator Development Program set up by the International Gaming Institute at the University of Las Vegas in Nevada.

Phill Brear was appointed as Head of Gambling Regulation for Gibraltar in October 2007 following two years as Director of Operations with the British Gambling Commission. His involvement in gambling regulation arose in the last years of his police service as Deputy Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police when he acted as the police advisor to the former Gaming Board of Great Britain.

Having played a leading part in the roll out of the UK Gambling Act, and the establishment of the Gambling Commission, and gained experience across the breadth of the British gambling industry, the switch to Gibraltar, ‘home to the world’s leading online gambling operators’ has brought a new set of challenges, as Gibraltar adopts its own new Gambling Act and develops the codes and guidance that flow from it. Whilst the contrast of regulating the many thousands of operators in the UK compares starkly with the 20 licence holders in Gibraltar, the most noticeable difference is the immediate proximity and access ‘the Rock’ provides to the management, staff and gambling facilities of its licence holders.

Despite the number of licence holders in Gibraltar being constrained by Government policy, the industry and its support services continue to expand both their offer and the essential infrastructure. This ensures that the widest range of services are accessible to an expanding range of customers, as customer demand grows and the wave of legal challenge and change spreads across Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Phill holds a first class Management degree from Manchester University, a diploma in Criminology from Cambridge University and the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service.

Jason is head of the gambling practice having specialised in electronic and television gambling for a number of years. Jason represented Littlewoods in the first major hook-up between an e-gambling operator and a television platform when it contracted with ITV and has continued to advise a number of major e-gambling providers and consumers including PartyGaming, St Minver, BOSS Media/GTECH, WagerWorks/IGT, Carmen Media, PokerStars, PlayUp, Smart Live Casino, Challenge Jackpot and others on internet and new media gambling. As well as advising gambling operators Jason also advises a wide range of media owners on gambling matters, for example ITV, Five, Channel 4, Virgin Media, Fremantle, BT, UKTV, Bauer, Dennis Publishing, IPC and others.

Jeremy has more than ten years experience of the mobile telecommunications industry and a total of over 20 years experience of leading edge technology businesses. Prior to joining Rapid Mobile Media he was CSO at Beatnik, Inc. where he was responsible for building a profitable business licensing software to tier 1 handset manufacturers. Jeremy was one of the founding commercial team at Symbian Ltd., the mobile operating system developer, where he was responsible for commercial relationships with all types of company within the wireless value chain. Jeremy has an M.Eng in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Surrey.

Tobias was born in New York, USA (due to his parents overseas posting at the time). He grew up in Bonn, Germany and Vienna, Austria, but returned to the UK to complete his first degree at Loughborough University. Whilst at Loughborough Tobias was elected President of the Students' Union.

He spent five years in the Army with The Royal Green Jackets, head quartered in Winchester and served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kuwait, Germany, Gibraltar and Bosnia.

On leaving the army Tobias worked as a researcher for the former Defence Secretary, the Rt Hon Tom King MP (now Lord King) in Westminster and also in his constituency of Bridgwater.

He returned to university to complete an MBA at City University Business School. Tobias then moved to the London Stock Exchange for two years where he was a Senior Business Development Manager and then worked for the law firm Allen and Overy.

Tobias was elected as Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East in May 2005. In January 2006 he was appointed Opposition Whip and in July 2007 was promoted to Shadow Minister for Culture Media and Sport.

Tobias is married and lives in Strouden. He is a governor at the Queen's Park Infant School and has also been a borough councillor.

John took the Master of Law examination at the University of Uppsala in 2008. His work for the examination consisted of a Master Thesis on how far Swedish gaming legislation corresponds to EC law and he also carried out preparatory work for the examination at Ålands Penningautomatförening [the Åland Islands Slot Machine Association]. He specialises in Finnish and Swedish gaming law, property law, law on commercial agreements and procedural law. John Eriksson has published an article "Lottery Legislation in Åland" in Internet Gambling Report 11th edition and other articles on Internet gaming forums such as www.gaminglaw.eu. In addition to this, he has also been a speaker at the 3rd annual Legal Gaming in Europe 2009 and at I-Gaming Forum in Stockholm 2009.

Justin Franssen started his career as a croupier in the casino industry while he studied both law and philosophy at the Universities of Leuven (Belgium), Maastricht and Amsterdam.

Before he was admitted to the Bar he worked as legal counsel in Amsterdam and New York for a gaming software company. Justin Franssen founded the European Gaming and Entertainment Services Group, a multi-disciplined group within the international KPMG network. He later established a dedicated gaming betting and licensing practise group. Justin Franssen recently co-founded GAMINGLAW.EU, the European portal on gaming law and regulation.

Justin Franssen currently works as an attorney at Van Mens & Wisselink N.V. Advocaten, Belastingadviseurs, Notariaat and Lawyers, Tax advisers, Civil law notary were he focuses entirely on the gaming and gambling market. Justin Franssen speaks at international gaming conferences regularly (EIG, VGF, IMGL, GIGSE, EGB) and publishes on the subject matter (Internet Gambling Report, Casino Lawyer, Gaming Law Review, World Online Gambling Law Report, iGaming Business, ISA-casinos).

Justin Franssen and his colleagues at Van Mens & Wisselink are engaged in the majority of past and pending proceedings on (cross-border) gaming before the Dutch courts. Justin Franssen has advised the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economic Affairs on the regulation of the casino industry in The Netherlands and he contributed to the EC report “Study of Gambling Services in the Internal Market”.

Justin Franssen is the elected Dutch General Member of the International Masters of Gaming Law and a member of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys. He was awarded a “band 1” ranking in Chambers Global Edition 2008.

Ralph Freude is managing director of TÜV Rheinland Secure iT and member of the Board of TÜV Rheinland help AG. Main focus of his work is process optimizing and the detection of hidden security risks and quality lacks in customer IT systems. The services of TÜV Rheinland Secure iT are based on approved evaluation systems, standards and certifications. Since 1997, Ralph Freude has been working successfully in the TÜV Rheinland Group. Prior to becoming managing director of TÜV Rheinland Secure iT, he has been department manager of TÜV Rheinland Cert GmbH and business segment manager for the area Middle and West Germany of TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH. Ralph Freude successfully graduated in Aachen with an MBA in marketing and acquisition.

Dr. Wulf Hambach is a partner and co-founder of Munich based law firm Hambach & Hambach Rechtsanwälte, (www.timelaw.de), a specialised law boutique for advice in German and International Law of the TIME-Industries / Telecommunication - IT - Media & Entertainment. A special focus of Hambach & Hambach is. Gaming Law.

Since several years Wulf is a General Member of the International Masters of Gaming Law as well as Member of the International Association of Gaming Advisors. Furthermore he is co-founder of the European portal on gaming and gambling laws www.gaminglaw.eu. In 2008 Chambers and Partners, which list the top lawyers in 175 countries, providing independent rankings and editorial commentary, gave Wulf a No. 1 Ranking in Gaming Law. On 16th of June Wulf was awarded as “Lawyer of the Year 2008” by World Online Gambling Law Report, the leading sector publication.

During his apprenticeship to the Bar and in his doctorate which he completed while at the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law, he had already begun to specialise on Media Law and Gaming Law.

He gathered experience abroad in various places, including at the German American Chamber of Commerce in Houston (USA). From 2000 until 2001, he worked for the renowned Business Law Firm, Westphal Voges und Krohn, as well as for the media company, Verlagsgruppe Milchstrasse in Hamburg. Up until 2005, he practised in the area of gambling and betting law at an law firm in Munich.

Dr. Hambach regularly writes for national and international legal publications. He is co-author of the “Internet Gambling Report” and his work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the "WorldOnlineGamblingLawReport", "Gambling Exclusive", "Betting BUSINESS", "Casino Lawyer", "Coin Slots", "Interactive Gaming News" the legal paper, "Sport & Recht", (Sport and Law) as well as the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung". He also writes for the ISA-CASINOS press agency.

Wes worked for a number of years in Washington DC as Director of State Development for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In this capacity, he worked with state legislative leaders throughout the United States and major US corporations. Wes moved to Europe to work as the Brussels Representative for the European Policy Forum and as an aide to a member of the European Parliament. He gained a Masters of Business Administration from the Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium - one of Europe's top business schools. Wes oversees all practices within the firm and has particular experience in strategic and commercial advice.

Operating in London and Brussels, Mr. Himes advises clients on a range of gaming and gambling public policy and commercial issues. He maintains effective relations with key Parliamentary decision-makers in London and Brussels, the European Commission, the Member States and regulators.

Mr. Himes and his team provide advice on EU public policy issues to the Remote Gambling Association (RGA). Through this relationship, he has worked with large gambling operators in the areas of online gambling, betting, gaming and amusement. He is also involved in offline casino development and regulation risk control.

The TÜV Rheinland Group is a leading provider of technical services worldwide. Founded in 1872 and headquartered in Cologne, the Group employs more than 13,300 people in 490 locations in 61 countries and generates annual revenues of €1.1 billion. The Group’s mission and guiding principle is to achieve sustained development of safety and quality in order to meet the challenges arising from the interaction between man, technology and the environment.

With “Certified Online Games”, the TÜV Rheinland Group is establishing a standard which comprehensively tests and documents the security and quality of the tested games. In this way, serious providers permanently strengthen the trust of customers and partners.

“Certified Online Games” is based on the international norm ISO 27001 and is a specifically customized for online games and the processes on which they are based. It focuses on the requirements within the context of the business processes – from the development of the games, via their introduction and operation right through to monitoring as well as a documented Information Security Management System (ISMS).

The standard specifies the requirements for the implementation of IT Security Controls, tailored to the needs the online games area. The requirements defined in the standard observe the area under inspection with respect to confidentiality, completeness, availability and authenticity.

Dipl. Ing. Thomas Konermann is Member of the TÜV Rheinland Secure iT GmbH Management Board and responsible for Sales Strategy since 2005.

From 2000 until 2005 he was Account Manager Finance for TÜV Rheinland Secure iT GmbH.

Quirino Mancini is a partner at Sinisi Ceschini Mancini, a general practice firm with offices in Rome, Milan and Genoa with a very solid practice in telecommunications, new media, sports & entertainment.

Over the past decade Quirino has developed an almost unique know-how and experience in matters related to national/EU gaming & betting law advising and assisting several Internet and land-based casinos, gaming houses and sportsbook companies in connection with their Italian business deals/operations and market entry projects and eventually acting on their behalf in all related licensing, regulatory, compliance, administrative, affiliate and contractual matters. He also advises on a regular basis market analysts, investment banks and venture capital funds directly or indirectly involved in the Italian gaming business.

Co-founder of www.gaminglaw.eu, an information and commentary portal focusing on legal and regulatory issues under European and national gaming laws.

Paul Morris is a Policy Development Manager at the UK Gambling Commission with responsibility for remote gambling. Since joining the Commission in early 2007 Paul has worked on establishing the regulatory framework for remote operators and the review last year of that framework.

Paul is also actively involved in the IAGR eGambling working group as secretariat which last year agreed common guidelines for regulating internet gambling.

Paul previously worked as a Policy manager at Ofwat, the water regulator.

David joined Endemol Italy in 2000 as Marketing & Merchandising manager. He was in charge of developing sales and marketing strategies of the company¹s formats and negotiating sponsorships, product placement deals and format¹s musical rights; furthermore negotiated licensing and co-branding deals linked to the company¹s various TV formats, thus opening and developing market areas not yet exploited.

At the end of 2001, having fully exploited Marketing & Merchandising department, David was given charge of exploiting mobile and fixed telephony applications linking them to our formats. This created, for the first time in Italy, TV formats closely connected to the telephony world opening up a full line of new business and generating further revenues.

In 2002 David became Marketing & Interactive Manager, closely linking these two departments together. In this period, following UMTS start up, he set up an agreement with the main UMTS mobile operator in order to supply live streaming of or TV formats on videophones. A real world wide innovation, something done for the first time thus giving Endemol Italia status of market leader in this area.

In 2004 following our international strategy, and also due to market changes/developments (web TV, IPTV, DTT, DVB-H) David was put in charge of Marketing & Digital Media Department.

Recently, he has been also given the New Business Department that is now closely studying the gaming market.

Morten Ronde is a Master of Law from Copenhagen University in 1999. He started his career as a legal adviser in the Danish State Lottery the same year.

In 2000 he moved to the newly founded Gaming Board to a position as Head Legal Adviser. The Danish Gaming Board is an independent body in the Ministry of Taxation.

Morten works with a multitude of regulation and policy issues both domestically and internationally. In his work he is – amongst other things - involved in legislation, EU cases and policy advisement to the Danish government.

Internationally he is involved with the European regulatory organization, GREF, Gaming Regulators European Forum, where he holds a position as a member of the Executive Board.

Prof. Michael Rotert is Vice-President of EuroISPA, the organisation that represents Europe’s Internet service provider industry. EuroISPA is the world’s largest association of ISPs.

Prof. Rotert is a prominent figure in the ISP sector. His work at the University of Karlsruhe in the 1980s established the first connection from Germany to the “Internet”; after setting up one of the first ISPs in Germany, he has since held senior management posts with a number of prominent European ISPs.

His expertise in the sector means he is regularly consulted in government-industry initiatives. For example, Prof. Rotert was part of the German delegation to the G8’s Cybercrime Summit.

Prof. Rotert became the President of the German ISP association in 2000 and was elected EuroISPA President from 2003 until 2008.

With a background in taxation, business analysis, management and legislative change, Mark is a welcome recent addition to the Isle of Man’s growing Gambling Supervision Team and has been tasked by the director, Steve Brennan with streamlining the current regime and advising on legislative consolidation and clarification.

With UK white-listed status and recent jurisdictional endorsement from G20, the Isle of Man in general and the Island’s Gambling Supervision Commission in particular continue to enjoy the confidence of both the UK and the wider global community as a source high quality, reliable regulation.

Mark is currently watching developments in Europe and working on more precise definitions of online gambling for a future consolidation of the Manx legislation.

Steve Sawyer heads Quova’s European Business Development and Sales Organizations and is also responsible for building Quova’s partner channel within the region.

Steve brings extensive knowledge of Internet B2B operations, with over 25 years of industry experience.

Prior to joining Quova, Sawyer held a variety of IT business development and sales roles in the UK region. As Business Developer for Acequote, Sawyer developed the B2B sales operation within a Europe wide strategy that experienced month on month growth exceeding 20%. He also previously held the position as a business consultant for Business in Focus, one of Wales’ leading providers of comprehensive business support services, and was responsible for the guidance and mentoring of new businesses, focusing on Internet/technology and sales driven programmes.

Chris Sheffield is Director and General Manager (Remote Gaming) of IGT-UK Group. Million-2-1 is a leading provider of interactive services, games and mobile phone solutions. Following the company’s acquisition by International Game Technology (IGT) in 2008 he is also responsible for the remote gaming operations of the IGT-UK Group.

Chris founded Million-2-1 in 2003 and introduced many new games and innovations to the gaming industry, including the highly successful reverse auction - now an international phenomenon.

Chris’s career in the gaming industry has spanned some 20 years. Starting at Deloittes in 1987 until 1998 as Partner Principal, where he worked with companies such as William Hill, United Nations, Lloyds of London, Morgan Stanley, Bank of Japan, British Airways, NatWest, MoD, WH Smith, Jockey Club, and a number of premier league football clubs. In 1998, Chris used his entrepreneurial skills to form Sportal.com, a sports internet business, and in 1999 formed Eunite Ltd, an internet production company which was sold to N Brown PLC in 2001 for £18 million. His entrepreneurial ability has been widely recognised and led to Chris winning two National Entrepreneur Awards.

Linda J. Shorey has been at K&L Gates since 1989 and a partner since 1997. Prior to joining K&L Gates in 1989, Shorey was a law clerk to Judge Madeline Paladino of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Her practice is focused on Internet gaming and political litigation.

With respect to Internet gaming, she advises clients on issues involving US federal and state law, including the position of the US Department of Justice as to the Wire Act and actions DOJ has taken with respect to Internet gambling and activities related to it. Shorey writes frequently on gaming topics that concern Internet gaming, bricks and mortar gambling, and Indian gambling. She, with others, has authored articles appearing in the Internet Gaming Law Review, the World Online Gaming Law Report, IGamingNews, and Casino Lawyer. Shorey has also, with other K&L colleagues, authored Alerts available through the newstand on the K&L Gates website. Shorey has spoken about the US regulatory climate with respect to Internet gaming at a number of seminars and conferences. For example, she spoke at GIGSE in 2007 and the WOGLR summer conference in 2007 and 2008.

With respect to political litigation, Shorey primarily represents clients in litigation involving state and federal constitutional law in state and federal court. Examples of reported cases in which Shorey was counsel include: D.C. v. Heller, 128 U.S. 1695 (2008) (counsel for amicus curiae in matter concerning U.S. CONST. amend. II); Vieth v. Jubelirer, 541 U.S. 267 (2004) (counsel for legislative defendants in partisan gerrymandering challenge to Congressional redistricting plan); Common Cause of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania, 2009 U.S. App. Lexis 3877 (3rd Cir 2009, decision issued Feb. 26, 2009) (counsel to legislative defendant in challenge to state legislation based on federal constitution); Fowler-Nash v. Democratic Caucus of Pa. House of Representatives, 469 F.3d 328 (3d Cir. 2006) (counsel for amicus curiae on legislative immunity issue); Stilp v. Commonwealth, 940 A.2d 1227 (Pa. 2007) (counsel for legislative defendant in challenge to legislative audit process); In re: Nomination Petition of Timothy J. Carroll, 896 A.2d 566 (Pa. 2006) (appellate counsel for candidate in connection with nomination petition challenge); Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 877 A.2d 759 (Pa. 2005) (counsel for legislative defendant in challenge to constitutionality under Pennsylvania Constitution of process used to enact slots legislation); Pilchesky v. Rendell, 932 A.2d 287 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007) (counsel for legislative defendant in challenge to constitutionality under Pennsylvania Constitution of transfer of public park to private entity).

Originally from Durban, South Africa, Rolf now lives in Oslo, Norway, where he graduated with a law degree from the University of Oslo in 1995, specializing in intellectual property and international human rights. He has previously worked on land concessions and area planning at the Ministry of Agriculture and legislation and individual cases related to oil pollution in the North Sea at the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority.

Since 1998 he has worked as a gaming regulator, first with the Ministry of Justice and Police, and since 2001 with the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. In his previous and current position within gaming his scope of work has encompassed EU/EEA-law, all aspects of legislation connected to gaming machines, I-gaming, bingo, provisions and regulations on lotteries and sportsbetting. He has also supervised the administration of Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian state-owned gaming company, as well as the Norwegian Gaming Authority. He has been particularly involved in the Norwegian Slot machine case and Ladbrokes case which question the compatibility of Norwegian gaming law to EU/EEA-law.

Thibault Verbiest is a founding partner of the Law Firm ULYS (www.ulys.net). He is a member of the Bars of Paris and Brussels specialised in gaming, media and IP law.

He is professor at the University of Paris I Sorbonne, former chairman of the federal agency Internet Rights Observatory, and General Member for France of “International Masters of Gaming Law”.

The Law Firm ULYS is one of the leading gaming law firms in Europe, representing major European casino groups and bookmakers. The firm also co-founded the EU Groupment www.gaminglaw.eu

Graham is currently the Chairman of the Jersey Gambling Commission and Deputy Chair of the Gordon Moody Association a charity which treats gambling addicts on a residential basis.

After a varied and interesting military career he joined the Gaming Board Inspectorate in 1983 and retired as its Chief Inspector in 2003. During his career he advised on regulatory systems for many countries including South Africa, Bulgaria, Israel, Slovenia, Italy, the Seychelles, Alderney and Guernsey. One of his responsibilities during his last 2 years service was to assist with the drafting of the new 2005 Act. He is a member of the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) and the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGRA).

He is married to Anne a retired University lecturer, has two daughters and two grand children and lives in Cambridge. His interests include golf, canoeing and making garden sculptures.

André Wilsenach has been the CEO of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, since 2002. This is an independent and non-political regulatory authority in the Channel Islands, established to license and regulate eGambling in Alderney.

André holds a Masters Degree from the University of Pretoria. He worked for the University of Pretoria, the Africa Institute of South Africa, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, Ernst &Young (South Africa) and the Provincial Government of Mpumalanga from 1981 to 1994.

In 1995, he was appointed as a member of the Commission that investigated and recommended the legalisation of gambling in South Africa.

During the period 1995 to 2000 he was the CEO of one of the South African provincial gaming boards and a member of the National Gambling Board of South Africa.

In 2001 he was appointed as the CEO of Zonke Monitoring Services, a private company established to render electronic monitoring services to the National Gambling Board of South Africa.

During the period 2003 to 2005 he advised the Guernsey Gambling Control Commission on the development and implementation of a regulatory framework for casino gaming.

He is currently the Chairman of the International Association of Gaming Regulators and a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law.

He received the Regulator of the Year Award from the World Online Gambling Law Report in 2005 and 2008.