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ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY'S FRANK BIONDI, JR., AND SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR WILLIE BROWN KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AT AGS |
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They Join Gaming Industry Biggest Names at Annual January Event LAS VEGAS (Dec. 13, 2002) - Frank Biondi, Jr. and Willie Brown, Jr. join a dynamic list of gaming industry executives and analysts as speakers at the Ninth Annual American Gaming Summit (AGS) Jan. 9-10, 2003, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. It is presented by Casino Journal and GEM Communications, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, and exclusive investment banking sponsor Deutsche Bank. Both Biondi and Brown will give luncheon keynote addresses on Jan. 9. Frank J. Biondi, Jr. is on the board of directors of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., The Bank of New York, Amgen, Inc., Hasbro, Inc., Vail Resorts, the Museum of Television and Radio, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is senior managing director of WaterView Advisors LLC, a private equity fund specializing in media. He was Chairman and CEO of Universal Studios, and served on the board of directors of The Seagram Company Ltd. He previously served as president and CEO of Viacom, Inc., and was a member of the Viacom board of directors. He was chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Television and was executive vice president of the Entertainment Business Sector of The Coca-Cola Company, and of its predecessor company, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. He served as chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, Inc., and was V.P. of Time Inc. San Francisco Mayor Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. is one of the most dynamic personalities in politics. Brown was elected to the California Assembly in 1964 and was re-elected 16 times, serving a total of 31 years in the Assembly. In 1980, he was elected as the state's only African American Speaker of the Assembly, a position he held for an unprecedented 15 years. While in the Assembly, Brown received the California Association of the Physically Handicapped Special Service Award, the ACLU Human Rights Award from the Gay Rights Chapter, the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund, the Japanese American Bar Association Award, and was honored by the California Advisory Commission on Special Education. As San Francisco's first African American mayor, he has continued his career-long commitment to civil rights and higher education, notably by designating the address of refurbished City Hall as Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, after the recently deceased San Francisco NAACP Chapter president and community activist. Other American Gaming Summit speakers, moderators and panelists already confirmed include: • G. Thomas Baker, President and CEO, International Game Technology • Bruce Bommarito, Executive Director, Nevada Commission on Tourism • Richard Bryan, Senior Partner, Lionel Sawyer & Collins and former U.S. Senator from Nevada • Frank Fahrenkopf, President and CEO, American Gaming Association (Opening Keynote) • Robert Faiss, Senior Partner, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas • J. Terrence Lanni, Chairman of the Board, MGM MIRAGE • Richard Morgan, Dean, William S. Boyd School of Law • Ernest Stevens, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Association They're among the 35 industry leaders who will make presentations during a day and a half of sessions addressing many of the most critical issues facing the industry today. Also at American Gaming Summit 2003: • Harrah's Chairman Philip G. Satre will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award the evening of Jan. 9; • More than two dozen of the industry's leading vendors will give a series of financial presentations to institutional investors, sponsored by Deutsche Bank; • The Most Innovative Gaming Products for 2002 awards will be presented by Casino Journal. The "Top 20" finalists for the awards were announced in November and posted on the American Gaming Summit web site. Summaries of each of the Top 20 finalists will appear in January's "American Gaming Summit Edition" of Casino Journal. American Gaming Summit is preceded on January 8 by Slot Manager Institute in Association with GSA and AGEM. A full list of American Gaming Summit speakers and moderators, and online registration is available at www.americangamingsummit.com. Register by Dec. 13 to take advantage of special early-bird rates. # # #
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