2024 – Page 5 – Eastern European Gaming Summit

Speakers 2024

Ekaterina Grizik

As the VIP Growth & Acquisition Marketing Manager at Yolo Group, Ekaterina brings over 12 years of experience in fintech, marketing, cryptocurrency, and iGaming. Her expertise lies in crafting and executing targeted acquisition and retention strategies for high-value clients, as well as leading product marketing initiatives that enhance customer experiences. She specializes in Digital Marketing, Referral & Affiliate Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, and Marketing Campaign Management. With a proven track record of leveraging data analytics and spearheading successful campaigns, she has consistently driven growth, increased customer loyalty, and boosted revenue. Ekaterina’s deep understanding of the crypto, iGaming, Read More

Speakers 2024

Ana-Maria Baciu

“Unbelievably swift in responding to any requests, no matter how complex”, Ana-Maria is a regulatory and intellectual property lawyer with more than 23 years of professional experience. In the gaming and gambling field, Ana-Maria advises betting and gaming companies, solutions providers, marketing affiliates, and industry associations on the full range of regulatory and operational aspects. Viewed by clients and peers as “a go-to-person in Romanian market”, she has been named Global Market Leader in Gaming and Gambling by Chambers and Partners and Leading Individual in TMT: Gambling by EMEA Legal 500. She is also recognized as an Intellectual Property Star Read More

Speakers 2024

Ana D’Arrigo

Ana is an iGaming professional with 13 years of experience in the industry. Throughout the years she has held different positions across a variety of departments including operations, product and marketing. Ana has extensive experience in both the b2c and the b2b sector. Currently she is the Head of Marketing of AvatarUX, a well-known slot supplier. She is very passionate about casino products, player behaviour and innovative ways of user acquisition and retention.

Speakers 2024

Alexis Wicen

Alexis has over 15 years of experience in iGaming and is an experienced speaker. He has been in key positions at various Operators such as MD for Redbet and Evoke Gaming Group, MD for Betsson’s Casino brands and CEO for Scatters Group. He has founded Unibo, which is a supplier of Gamification and Retention tools for iGaming operators. Unibo delivers a plug and play solution for iGaming operators to quickly gain a range of real time promotional tools for their online sites such as Missions, Tournaments, Jackpots, Prize drops and more.

News

Altenar leads the way for esports betting

Leading sportsbook provider Altenar is the General Sponsor of the Eastern European Gaming Summit and has taken esports betting to a new level with a major upgrade of its offering including a standalone lobby. A switch of supplier means Altenar’s esports feeds are now powered using official-only data provided by DATA.BET, allowing the sportsbook supplier to legally use logos and pictures. The esports lobby features in-page navigation and a custom streaming player, while scoreboards and a live map tracker will also be added to the new pages. Market uptime, market offering and event coverage will significantly improve too. The project Read More

News

Eugene Ravdin Discusses Content Creation and Digital Brand Authority at EEGS Webinar

The Eastern European Gaming Summit (EEGS) hosted a compelling webinar featuring Eugene Ravdin, a leading expert in content creation and digital brand marketing. With extensive experience in content for platforms like UEFA.com and his current role at MightyTips, Ravdin shared valuable strategies for building digital brand authority, especially in light of recent changes to Google’s algorithms. Ravdin emphasized the growing importance of creating meaningful content that aligns with a brand’s identity and values. “Your brand should be connected with your audience,” he stressed. He highlighted how his approach at UEFA.com focused on consistently delivering unique and relevant content without over-reliance Read More

Associations Advisory Board

Ekaterina Hartmann

Ekaterina has worked for EGBA for 11 years, giving her a plethora of experience in the gambling sector. Prior to EGBA, Ekaterina worked on complaint and infringement handling in relation to the legislation of DG Health and Consumers at the European Commission. Other experience includes working at the European Parliament and in a Brussels-based consultancy. Ekaterina holds a Ph.D in Health Policy from the Medical University- Sofia as well as an LL.M in European Law and a B.A. in European Studies, both from the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands. She speaks English, French, Dutch and Bulgarian.

Associations Advisory Board

Ovidiu Iosif

Ovidiu’s journey in the gambling industry began 18 months ago when he became the Executive Director of the “Joc Responsabil” Association, an organization dedicated to promoting Responsible Gaming. As a newcomer, he was impressed by the scope of the association’s programs, the dedication of its staff, and the commitment of sponsors in supporting individuals struggling with addiction. Previously, Ovidiu managed a craft bakery and spent over 20 years in the telecom sector, holding various sales and operations positions locally, regionally, and globally. For him managing an NGO has been a paradigm shift where the focus is on delivering social programs Read More

Associations Advisory Board

Darko Zivanov

Darko Zivanov poses a wide experience in gambling industry he gained through more than 25 years of work in dynamic markets. His profound knowledge on the industry was a valuable asset for MaxBet Group in the period of intensive expansion where he was firstly in charge for operations and later on, for business strategy and development. As the former CEO of MaxBet, he demonstrated exceptional leadership with a constructive and calm approach to almost 3000 employees. Currently, Darko serves as a Member of the Supervisory Board at MaxBet. Following Flutter’s acquisition of a majority stake in MaxBet in January, Mr. Read More

Associations Advisory Board

Zoran Puhac

Zoran Puhac has about 15 years of experience as a C level manager or coordinator of associations in the industry, and about 30 years of experience in communications. He graduated from the Air Force Academy, and has a postgraduate qualification at the Faculty of Political Sciences, specializing in crisis communications.