Annual Conference
Building the bridge: A once in a generation opportunity to prevent gambling harm
Wednesday 4 December 2024
The King's Fund, London
08:45 - 09:30
Registration and Coffee
09:30 - 09:35
Conference Open
Liz Barclay, Conference Moderator and Chair
09:30 - 09:34
Conference Open:
Liz Barclay, Conference Moderator and Chair
09:34 - 09:36
Welcome video
09:36- 09:40
Opening remarks:
09:40 - 09.50
Keynote:
Baroness Twycross, Gambling Minister
Part one - Taking a nation and region specific approach
09:50 - 10:30
In conversation: A nation and region specific approach to addressing gambling harms across Great Britain
Public health leaders discuss the difference in approach within their nations and regions and why these need to be understood and reflected in the new system.
Speakers:
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Sir Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer Wales
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Professor Paul Johnstone, Independent Public Health Consultant and former Regional National Director of Public Health
Moderated by Professor Sian Griffiths CBE, Chair, GambleAware
10:30 - 10.40
National Gambling Support Network Spotlight
Frankie Graham, Chief Executive and Founder, BetKnowMore UK and Councillor Angelo Weekes, Chair of Licensing and incoming Executive Member, Islington Council
10:40 - 11:05
Break
Part two - Driving innovation and supporting ambition in the new system
11:05 - 11:45
Panel discussion: Understanding gambling advertising policy across the globe
Reviewing and exploring the learnings from new international study into the 'tipping points' for gambling reform across the globe, including what we can learn in Great Britain and what could be included within the new system.
Speakers:
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Dr Raffaello Rossi, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Bristol
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Dr Trudy Smit Quosai, Chief Executive, GREO Evidence Insights
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Alexia Clifford, Chief Communications Officer, GambleAware
Moderated by David Quinti, Gambling Lived Experience Network (GLEN)
11:45 - 12:25
Panel discussion: Use of data and technology to prevent harm and break down barriers to support
This session will explore how online data analytics and advertising technology can play a crucial role in preventing gambling harm and identifying those who might be at risk.
Speakers:
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Stephen Bonner, Deputy Commissioner, Regulatory Supervision, Information Commissioner’s Office
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Matt Zarb-Cousin, co-founder of GamBan
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Phil Hakim, Managing Director, Flipside
Moderated by Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE, DL, National Clinical Advisor on Gambling Harms, Vice President, Royal Society of Medicine.
12.25 - 12.35
Keynote:
Alistair Barfield, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Deflect and Protect
Protecting children and young people from gambling harm: exposure to gambling content online and the impact on children, young people and the need for regulation to help prevent future harm.
12:35 - 13.35
Lunch
13.35 - 13.45
Stuart Andrew MP, Shadow Secretary of State
Part three - Applying a 'no wrong door' approach to prevention and treatment in the future system
13:45 - 14:15
Panel Discussion: Addressing inequalities
Session on the importance of addressing health inequalities, with a particular focus on how these can often contribute to the exacerbation of harms, insights on communities that are more likely to experience health inequalities and how this correlates with being at greater risk of experiencing other harms.
Speakers:
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Sirak Hagos, Chair, Investing in People and Culture
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Dhruv Tomar, Councillor, Slough Central and expert by experience
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Haroon Chowdry, Director of Evidence and Insights, GambleAware
Moderated by Baroness Hilary Armstrong, GambleAware Trustee
14:15 - 14:45
Panel Discussion: Applying key learning from criminal justice to the new gambling harms system
Exploring the overlap and need for co-ordination within the wider system to ensure there is a no wrong door approach, with a specific focus on criminal justice. Insight on what role the criminal justice system needs to play and how it aligns with viewing and addressing gambling harms as a societal issue, what the criminal justice sector wants from the new system.
Speakers:
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Steve Girling, co-host, Prison Radio
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Joy Allen, Police and Crime Commissioner, Durham
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Ian Semel, Chief Executive, Breakeven
Moderated by Anna Hargrave, Deputy Chief Executive, GambleAware
14:45 - 15:15
Panel Discussion: What role do financial services have in supporting individuals experiencing harms?
Discussion on how the finance sector can support those experiencing harm and the role data can play in identifying gambling harms. Insights on legacy harms and how these can impact people, particularly from a financial perspective.
Speakers:
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Helen Undy, Chief Executive, Money and Mental Health
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Ruth Persian, Head of Financial Behaviour Team and Gambling Policy & Research Unit, Behavioural Insights Team
Moderated by Liz Barclay, Conference Moderator and Chair
Part four - Building the best possible new system
15:15- 15:30
Keynote:
Tim Miller, Executive Director, Gambling Commission
15:30 - 16:00
In conversation: Ambitions for the future system
Discussing ambitions for the new system, reflecting on what works with the current systems and how these insights can be built to ensure effective treatment.
Speakers:
Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director, NHS England
Zoë Osmond, Chief Executive, GambleAware
16:00- 16:05
Closing remarks:
Zoë Osmond, Chief Executive, GambleAware
16:05 - 17:00
Networking session