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New Horizons In Safer Gambling Conference 2026

We can’t wait to welcome our delegates to the New Horizons in Safer Gambling Conference this November 2 - 4, 2026 at the JW Marriott Parq, in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia.

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The Disruption Paradox - Reinventing Safer Gambling

The gambling landscape is being reshaped by new technologies, shifting consumer expectations, emerging public health insights, and cross-industry convergences. Regulation and policy struggle to keep up, forcing us to rethink long held assumptions.

What disruptions are impacting gambling today? 
How is gambling itself causing a disruption? 
As safer gambling leaders, how can we leverage disruption to help reshape a safer, more sustainable future? 
 
This year’s conference invites participants to examine disruption not as a threat, but as a catalyst for innovation, responsibility, and bold leadership. From AI driven solutions to the blending of gambling with gaming and entertainment, from regulatory transformations to cross-industry collaborations —these intersections demand new thinking and new kinds of leadership.

Join us at New Horizons as we explore how intentional, responsible disruption can reshape the future of safer gambling.
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Wednesday, November 4
 

8:00am PST

Networking Breakfast
Wednesday November 4, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PST
Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Wednesday November 4, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PST
Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction

8:00am PST

Registration Open
Wednesday November 4, 2026 8:00am - 4:00pm PST
Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Wednesday November 4, 2026 8:00am - 4:00pm PST
Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction

9:00am PST

Opening Remarks
Wednesday November 4, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am PST
Plenary - Parq Ballroom D/E

Wednesday November 4, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am PST
Plenary - Parq Ballroom D/E

9:15am PST

Keynote 6: The Human Algorithm: Why Lived Experience Is the Most Disruptive Force in Safer Gambling
Wednesday November 4, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am PST
Plenary - Parq Ballroom D/E
The Human Algorithm: Why Lived Experience Is the Most Disruptive Force in Safer Gambling

For two decades, former Australian Football League player David Schwarz has done what no algorithm can: speak the first‑person truth of gambling harm. Not as a warning or statistic, but as a story that cuts through shame and reaches people before they ask for help.

Lived‑experience education works differently. It enters workplaces, schools, and clubs — places technology can’t reach — and speaks in a language clinical framing never quite captures: the human voice.

As the industry confronts advertising restrictions and a public‑health approach to harm, this session argues that lived experience, used strategically and at scale, isn’t an add‑on to tech‑led solutions. It’s the disruptive force that makes them work.
Speakers
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David Schwarz

David Schwarz is a former Australian Football League (AFL) player, Melbourne Football Club 2026 Hall of Fame inductee and Life Member. He is a multi media personality (TV and radio), public speaker, MC and presenter, partner of My Hab trauma, rehabilitation and addiction treatmen... Read More →
Wednesday November 4, 2026 9:15am - 10:30am PST
Plenary - Parq Ballroom D/E

10:30am PST

Networking Break
Wednesday November 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am PST
Wednesday November 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am PST

11:00am PST

Plenary 7: Youth, Sports & Gambling Exposure – TBD
Wednesday November 4, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PST
TBA

Wednesday November 4, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PST
TBA

12:00pm PST

Lunch
Wednesday November 4, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Wednesday November 4, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
Parq Grand Ballroom Prefunction

1:00pm PST

Session 8A: From Ideas to Action: Using Rapid Cycle Innovation to Strengthen Safer Gambling Practices
Wednesday November 4, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
TBA

Wednesday November 4, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
TBA

1:00pm PST

Session 8B: Emerging Research Insights from UBC
Wednesday November 4, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
TBA

Wednesday November 4, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PST
TBA

2:00pm PST

Networking Break
Wednesday November 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:15pm PST
Wednesday November 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:15pm PST

2:15pm PST

Plenary 9: TBD
Wednesday November 4, 2026 2:15pm - 3:30pm PST
Plenary - Parq Ballroom D/E

Wednesday November 4, 2026 2:15pm - 3:30pm PST
Plenary - Parq Ballroom D/E
 

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