13 – 15 September 2006.
The Auckland University of Technology North Shore Campus, Auckland.

Call for Abstracts: Abstracts for presentations are now being accepted for the conference. For consideration by the review committee, you must submit the Presentation Application form and meet all submission requirements no later than 16 June 2006. more

We are currently seeking expressions of interest from individuals who have been affected by gambling who may want to present at the conference. Click here for more.

Gambling remains a major growth industry - expanding into new markets, rapidly changing and evolving in diverse ways. Costs and benefits of this growth are multiple, complex and often difficult to assess. They operate at different levels and are a touchstone for intense political, community and academic debate.

This conference will examine impacts that gambling, in its various forms, has on individuals, communities and societies. This includes consideration of the nature and extent of these impacts and ways to modify them. The conference will also provide an opportunity for participants from throughout the world to discuss recent developments and innovations in gambling policy, practice and research. An important aspect is the extent to which research informs policy and practice and vice versa. 

Workshops (within and associated with the conference) will provide opportunities to enhance practitioner competencies.

In recent years the Auckland University of Technology Gambling Research Centre and Problem Gambling Foundation have separately organised a number of well-attended international conferences. This year they have combined to host a premier event responsive to the broad constituency of individuals and organisations with an interest in gambling and problem gambling. The programme will include invited keynote presentations by leading authorities as well as submitted papers, posters, displays and workshops.

For more information, contact Glenda Northey or Maria Bellringer.

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Brought to you by The Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand and
The Auckland University of Technology.