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Speak at ICE

ICE Barcelona offers a platform like no other, with 45,000+ visitors, you’ll be in front of thousands of senior industry leaders, from over 164 countries and territories.

With past speakers including the likes of DATA.BET, Bet365, William Hill, MGM, Lottomatica, Hippodrome Casino, DraftKings, Entain, Sisal, AWS, and Barclays, there’s nowhere better to showcase new thinking, raise awareness, or lead the debate on critical industry issues like player protection, emerging markets, product innovation and regulatory change.

Applications are now open.

Be where the industry looks for inspiration and direction.

All ICE Barcelona agendas are editorially led so you will feature alongside only the most trusted experts:

A platform to be seen as an industry thought leader by your peers. Showcase your research, data and innovation.
Be heard by a broad audience of regulatory, investment, operator and affiliate senior leaders.
Invites to exclusive networking receptions across World Gaming Week.
All speakers receive a complimentary speaker pass, including VIP upgrades for the expo, lounge access and meeting space.
Our speakers often get interview requests before, during, and after the show from the iGB, Affiliate and GGB editorial teams, media partners and other press present.

Your insights, your exposure

We deliver a variety of innovative formats to help shape our conference, seminar and workshop programme:

Stand-alone presentation
Joint client presentation
Panel seat
Moderator
Fireside chat

For 2025, we are especially looking for academic-led studies and compelling, future-leaning case studies.

Our commitment to diversity

Our events drive the global gaming agenda – and our platform is for all voices.

No matter how you’re taking part in ICE Barcelona, please consider the leaders, role models and emerging talent in your organisation who reflect our diverse community. We need our industry’s support to ensure our speaker lineup, partners and attendees are as diverse as the market that we serve.

Submissions that work to feature more underrepresented voices will be prioritised.

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When creating your submission please consider the following:

Our attendees want to hear from the best quality speakers. No self/company promotion talks, or vendor “pitches” will be accepted.
The content you propose is 100% original and has not been presented elsewhere else prior to ICE Barcelona. Make it *stand out* if you want to secure a spot.
Proposals will be reviewed against pre-set criteria, considering market-led research, and the relevance, innovation, and originality of the submission.
Due to the volume of submissions received, unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted but you are welcome to reapply next year.
ICE Barcelona reserves the right to add/remove speakers and amend submission formats/descriptions.

Speaker application submission deadline: Thursday 31 October 2024.

Speaker Details

* First name

* Last name

Pronouns

* Email

* Job title

* Job Level

* Company Name

* Which country is the speaker based in?

* Industry Segment

* Channel

Submission Details

* Submission Title

* Format

* Submission Overview: Please provide a SHORT summary of the submission (200 words max)

* Which theme does your submission best fit into?

* Please link to a RELEVANT clip of the speaker. We don’t mind if they’re not on a stage, it can be a home video - what’s important is their depth of content and speaking ability.

* You may also include any additional links to material worth considering as part of your application (please input N/A if not)

Declaration

I understand that ICE Barcelona does not cover travel or accommodation costs, nor pay speaker fees

I confirm that I have read and accept the Privacy Policy

Interested in sponsoring?

Our conferences, seminars and workshops are always packed with industry leaders looking to innovate and build trusted partnerships, both within, and out of the industry. Build trust within the industry by investing in thought leadership at ICE.

Find out more by talking to our sales team here.

Advice for Applying

Be mindful of the industry's agenda – don’t just push your own:
ICE is an editorial led show. Every year our content team works hard to let companies know the topics our audience want. When submitting your paper, you should give careful thought to where it might fit with the conference agenda (categories are included on the submission form). The formation of the final agenda is very much a fluid process and changes week by week. The initial topics are therefore deliberately vague and all ideas that can be related to them will be considered and not all topics will make the final agenda themes.

It’s about thought leadership, insight, and access – not a sales soapbox:
Think about the type of insight you might be able to offer that the ICE content team simply won’t get anywhere else. Bespoke research? Access to operators? A heads up on key industry transformation? Successful entries have these considerations at their core – not the future sales pipeline of a particular product, service, or company. If they you to promote a new product, hold your pitch or demo on their stand, or enquire about renting one one of our stages for your own partner programme.

Don’t offer a standard stance on a broad, much-discussed topic:
"Will bitcoin halving impact iGaming?" , for example won't get you anywhere. Do tell me something I don’t know. Take an unusual stance on a familiar topic, or choose a narrow topic.

Stand out from the crowd:
If you're running a 20 person company / have written a book / have raised €10m in funding / have the next big piece of software / "do a lot for the industry" / speak at all the big shows, well then that’s a great achievement, but it doesn’t stand out. Tell us something unique. Don’t just rely on your personal reputation. Unless you're really, really (not-just gaming) famous, of course.

Credibility comes from research, data and case studies:
It is notoriously difficult to get gambling operator customers to stand beside you and present a recent project you have delivered. But that certainly shouldn’t stop you from asking! ICE loves a good case study, especially if they demonstrate clear innovation or illustrate how a vendor is helping an operator transform its working practices. Likewise we absolutely love academics that have peer-reviewed data on our regulatory and player protection tracks... get technical. Our audience want that.

Demonstrate your skills:
Include a five minute YouTube demo of you on top form. Surprisingly few people do this. It is a fiercely competitive process to speak at ICE. There is more interest than there are slots available. It's on you to capture our attention (in the right way!)

Any questions? Please reach out to our team at ICE.support@clariongaming.com for any further clarification on criteria for submission. As with our content team, they will not be able to provide updates on the status of an application already submitted.