Barcelona, 1 September 2026. 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 and 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 and 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; and market re regulation in Austria.
Gaming in Germany founder, Willem van Oort, commented:
These are all topics that are highly relevant for running a successful iGaming business in Germany. The possibility of being able to offer new products is always exciting and the opening of Austria’s regulated online casino market will bring fresh opportunities to operators that are already active in German-speaking areas. There will be a lot of new and essential information for everyone.
Meet the people who matter
As always, the Gaming in Germany 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 AND 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 AND 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 market | Dr. Damir Boehm, CEO, Tipwin; other speakers TBA |
| The practical impact of the EU’s new AML/CFT regulation | Jochen Biewer, Managing Director, Chevron Group; other speakers TBA |
| Data vaults & data compliance for the German market | Mohamed Messaoudi, Director Product Strategy, Docap |
| 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 2026 Gaming in Germany Conference takes place Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at the DoubleTree Hilton Ku’damm in Berlin, just 100 metres from the Kurfürstendamm.
