Gaming in Germany Conference announces initial agenda

The 2026 Gaming in Germany Conference, which takes place on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, promises to be an absolute highlight for everyone who is professionally involved in Germany's regulated iGaming market.

This event offers the perfect mix of highly pertinent topics, relevant attendees & speakers, and up-to-date thought leadership.

Key topics

The 2026 Gaming in Germany Conference will cover the following topics:

• The ongoing evaluation of the 2021 State Gambling Treaty

• Strategies for countering offshore offerings and to #ReclaimTheMarket for licensed operators.

• The current & future permissibility of new products, including prediction betting, sweepstakes, and eSports betting.

• Online casino (table game) licensing in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bavaria, Schleswig-Holstein, and Baden-Württemberg.

• The future of the remaining gambling monopolies in Germany and Austria.

• Market re-regulation in Austria.

  
  

Meet the people who matter

As always, the Gaming in Conference is THE place to meet key stakeholders and decision makers in Germany's online gambling market.

Sometimes, face-to-face is just better!

Initial agenda

An overview of confirmed topics and speakers is included below.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Block 1: Regulatory & GlüStV 2021 evaluation update

Keynote

Senior GGL representative

Regulatory update

Dr. Joerg Hofmann, Senior Partner, Melchers Law Firm

The industry's perspective I

Dr. Dirk Quermann, President, Deutscher Online Casinoverband (DOCV)

The industry's perspective II

Mathias Dahms, President, Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV)

Discussion: Threading the needle between public opinion and economic viability

Birgitte Sand, CEO, Birgitte Sand & Associates (mod.); other speakers TBA

Block 2: The threat of the black market: Towards an effective regulatory response

Player protection, market realities, and effective enforcement

Alexander Müller, Member of the Executive Board, FDP

Creating friction: An investigation into effective enforcement action

Vasiliki Panousi, Regulatory Affairs Senior Manager, Kaizen

How can the industry help? Insights & initiatives

Christian Heins, Founder, European Gambling Gathering

#ReclaimTheMarket: iGaming and payment solutions

Thore Sieck, VP Global Sales, Adyen

Block 3: New products & market opportunities

Prediction markets & sweepstakes: Now coming to Germany?

Dr. Joerg Hofmann, Senior Partner, Melchers Law Firm; Dr. Christian Rapani, Partner, Rapani Rechtsanwälte

Online casino in NRW: Licensing and B2B opportunities in Germany's most populous state

Dr. Carsten Bringmann, Associate Partner, Noerr

State gambling monopolies and EU law: Growing incompatibilities and private opportunities

Prof. Dr. Christian Piska, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna

eSports betting in Germany

Dr. Nepomuk Nothelfer, Ass. Professor, Univ. of Agder & Attorney, Melchers Law Firm

Block 4: Current challenges

2027 and beyond: Re-licensing in the German online marketDr. Damir Boehm, CEO, Tipwin; other speakers TBA

The practical impact of the EU's new AML/CFT regulationJochen Biewer, Managing Director, Chevron Group; other speakers TBA

Block 5: Austria update

Online casino market re-regulation in Austria

Dr. Christian Rapani, Partner, Rapani Rechtsanwälte

Block 6: Germany market update

The German iGaming market in numbers

Josh Hodgson, COO, H2 Gambling Capital

Game popularity: Onshore and offshore offerings compared

Jeffrey Haas, Chair, Blask Business Intelligence

Practical information

The 2025 Gaming in Germany Conference takes place Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at the DoubleTree Hilton Ku'damm in Berlin – just 100 meters from the magnificent Kurfürstendamm!

Registration for the event is now open. Click here to register.