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Technology, risk and gambling seminar series

A series of international gambling webinars every Thursday at 9am AEDT

Hosted by the Technology Addiction team at the Brain and Mind Centre and co-chaired by Prof Sally Gainsbury and Prof Kahlil S. Philander

This weekly one-hour seminar will include discussions from thought leaders worldwide, speaking on a wide range of topics relevant to stakeholders interested in understanding how design and emerging technologies impact gambling, including risky decision making and behaviours, and implications for research, policy, and practice. 

The international expert speakers will bring a range of backgrounds and experiences from multidisciplinary fields. One of the aims of this seminar series is to highlight emerging researchers and allow new voices to contribute to the field. As such, early and mid-career experts will form an integral part of our speaker line-up. Similarly, the seminar series will be interactive, and all attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in the discussion with the live online community.

In Season 3 we will bring a range of new (and previously popular) topics including Identifying and responding to risk markers, the Pathways Model, 20 years on, measuring and responding to gambling harms, and using low risk gambling guidelines (as well as youth gambling and gambling-gaming convergence).

International times for the seminar:

  • US Pacific Time: Wednesdays @2pm
  • US Eastern Time: Wednesdays @5pm
  • London Greenwich Mean Time: Wednesdays @10pm
  • Australian Eastern Daylight* Time: Thursday @9am 

Season 2 Webinars

Presenters - 

  • Marc Potenza, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
  • Jing Shi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

Thrusday 18 March, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Ingo Fiedler, Postdoctoral Researcher, Universität Hamburg
Oliver Scholten, PhD Student, University of York

Thursday 25 March, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 1 April, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 8 April, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 15 April, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 22 April, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 29 April, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 6 May, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Presenters -  

  • Dr Chris Percy (Independent Data Scientist and Researcher)
  • Dr Matthew Tom (Harvard Medical School, USA)

Thursday 10 May, 2021

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Season 1 Webinars

Presenters -

  • Doug Walker, Professor of Economics, College of Charleston
  • Dan Waugh, Partner, Regulus Partners

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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  • Devin Mills, Assistant Professor in Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences, Texas Tech University
  • Andrew Kim, PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, University of Calgary

Thursday 21 May, 2020

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Guest Moderator -

Brett Abarbanel, Director of Research, UNLV International Gaming Institute

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Watch the webinar here (Youtube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

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Thursday 4 June, 2020

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Presenters - 

  • Keith Whyte, Executive Director, National Council on Problem Gambling
  • Alan Feldman, Distinguished Fellow, UNLV International Gaming Institute

Thursday 11 June, 2020

 

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Presenters -

  • Louise Birrell, Matilda Centre, University of Sydney
  • Chris Hunt, Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic, University of Sydney

Thursday 18 June, 2020

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Presenters - 

  • James Wheaton - University of Salford 
  • Karen Tang - Dalhousie University 
  • Thomas Swanton – University of Sydney 
  • Marta Soligo - University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
  • Marie Dietz - University of Sydney 
  • Javier Mora Salgueiro – University of Santiago de Compostela

Thursday 20 August, 2020

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Presenters - 

  • Kelly Manning
  • Richard Wood

Thursday 27 August, 2020

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

Presenters - 

  • Dylan Pickering
  • Frank Iorfino

Thursday 3 September, 2020

Watch the webinar here (YouTube)

Listen to the webinar podcast here (SoundCloud)

About the Technology Addiction Team

The Technology Addiction Team is a multidisciplinary team within the University of Sydney which aims to understand and minimize the harms associated with persuasive and predatory technology. The impact of technology on our lives is more apparent by the day, and our understanding of the way in which people interact with technology needs to evolve too.