Technology, risk and gambling seminar series
This online series covers a range of issues relevant to stakeholders looking to understand more about gambling, technology, and risk taking.
The one-hour seminars include discussions with thought leaders worldwide, speaking on a wide range of topics relevant to stakeholders interested in understanding how design and emerging technologies impact gambling, including risky decision making and behaviours, and implications for research, policy, and practice.
The international expert speakers bring a range of backgrounds and experiences from multidisciplinary fields. One of the aims of this seminar series is to highlight emerging researchers and allow new voices to contribute to the field. As such, early and mid-career experts form an integral part of our speaker line-up. The seminar series is interactive and attendees have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in the discussion with the live online community.
In Season 5, we will hear from leading experts from outside the gambling field and think specifically about the different populations and discuss the practicalities of using technologies to enhance decision-making and reduce harms.
Season 5 Webinars
The Technology, Risk, and Gambling webinar series continues to focus on supporting early career researchers and using the TRG as a way to showcase emerging leaders in the field. To this end, the final episode of Season 5 will be our ECR Showcase in which we will allow ECRs to present their research.
This is a call for submissions from all early career researchers who can present their research which relates to Technology, Risk, and Gambling. ECRs are considered to be a current student or someone who has graduated within the past 5 years.
Please prepare a proposal including:
- Your name
- Details of your current or recent degree (ie degree title, institution, supervisor, year of graduation)
- Title and abstract for your 2-3 minute talk (one slide permitted, 200 word abstract max)
- Brief bio including any speaking experience
Please send your submission to the Brain and Mind Centre team for review by clicking here.
Proposals are due by October 11th, however, early submissions may be given preferential consideration. This episode will broadcast on the 6th November, 2024. Successful ECRs will be required to submit a pre-recording to go live on this date.
Please share this invitation with your networks.
With thanks,
Prof Sally Gainsbury.
4 September 2024
Chris Raine - Co-Founder of Clean Slate Clinic and Founder/CEO of Hello Sunday Morning
Reaching young men through spaces and places of meaning: The future of men’s mental health promotion
Thinking about older generations: The impact of loneliness, depression and fixed incomes on gambling
23 October 2024
Chris Boyd-Skinner - Director, Clinical Governance - Australia Digital Health Agency
30 October 2024
Frederike Petzschner - Psychiatry, Embodiment and Computation (PEAC) Lab at the Carney Institute for Brain Science at Brown University
Season 4 Webinars
5 October 2023
Peta Murphy MP- Federal Member for Dunkley, Chair of Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Australian Labor Party, House of Representatives
12 October 2023
Fred Steinmetz - Co-founder & Researcher, Blockchain Research Lab
26 October 2023
Naomi Muggleton - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
9 November 2023
Featuring 8 international early-career researchers:
16 November 2023
Stephen Hannah - Director of Global Strategy and Partnerships, ESIC
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30 November 2023
Philip Newall - University of Bristol
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Season 3 Webinars
Season 2 Webinars
Presenters -
- Marc Potenza, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
- Jing Shi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Thrusday 18 March, 2021
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Presenters
Ingo Fiedler, Postdoctoral Researcher, Universität Hamburg
Oliver Scholten, PhD Student, University of York
Thursday 25 March, 2021
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Presenters -
- Luke Clark, Professor of Psychology, The University of British Columbia
- Kasra Ghaharian, PhD Student, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Thomas Swanton, PhD Student, The University of Sydney
Thursday 1 April, 2021
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Presenters -
- Elena Petrovskaya University of York, UK
- Kati Alha Tampere University, Finland
Thursday 8 April, 2021
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Presenters -
- Dr Simone Rodda (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
- Dr Minal Jain (Co-Founder of RecoverMe)
Thursday 15 April, 2021
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Presenters -
- Dr Sascha Callaghan (The University of Sydney, Australia)
- Dr Michael Auer (neccton GmbH)
Thursday 22 April, 2021
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Presenters -
- Dr Brett Abarbanel (University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA)
- Dr Mark Johnson (The University of Sydney, Australia)
Thursday 29 April, 2021
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Presenters -
- Emeritus Professor Alex Blaszczynski (The University of Sydney, Australia)
- Janine Robinson (Responsible Gambling Council, Canada)
Thursday 6 May, 2021
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Presenters -
- Dr Chris Percy (Independent Data Scientist and Researcher)
- Dr Matthew Tom (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Thursday 10 May, 2021
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Season 1 Webinars
Presenters -
- Juliette Tobias-Webb, University of Sydney
- Sharon Collard, University of Bristol
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Presenters -
- Doug Walker, Professor of Economics, College of Charleston
- Dan Waugh, Partner, Regulus Partners
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Presenters -
- Devin Mills, Assistant Professor in Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences, Texas Tech University
- Andrew Kim, PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, University of Calgary
Thursday 21 May, 2020
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Guest Moderator -
Brett Abarbanel, Director of Research, UNLV International Gaming Institute
Presenters -
- Joseph Macey, Ph.D. Student, University of Tampere
- Oliver Scholten, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of York
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Presenters -
- Dr Sascha Callaghan, Technology Addiction Team, The University of Sydney
- Simo Dragicevic, CEO, BetBuddy - Playtech
Thursday 4 June, 2020
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Presenters -
- Keith Whyte, Executive Director, National Council on Problem Gambling
- Alan Feldman, Distinguished Fellow, UNLV International Gaming Institute
Thursday 11 June, 2020
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Presenters -
- Louise Birrell, Matilda Centre, University of Sydney
- Chris Hunt, Gambling Treatment and Research Clinic, University of Sydney
Thursday 18 June, 2020
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Thursday 24 June 2020
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Thursday July 2, 2020
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Guest Moderator - Michael Wohl
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Thursday 9 July 2020
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Thursday 16 July, 2020
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Thursday 23 July, 2020
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Thursday 30 July, 2020
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Guest Moderator -
Thursday 6 August, 2020
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Thursday 13 August, 2020
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Presenters -
- James Wheaton - University of Salford
- Karen Tang - Dalhousie University
- Thomas Swanton – University of Sydney
- Marta Soligo - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Marie Dietz - University of Sydney
- Javier Mora Salgueiro – University of Santiago de Compostela
Thursday 20 August, 2020
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Presenters -
- Kelly Manning
- Richard Wood
Thursday 27 August, 2020
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Presenters -
- Dylan Pickering
- Frank Iorfino
Thursday 3 September, 2020
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About the Technology Addiction Team
The Technology Addiction Team is a multidisciplinary team within the University of Sydney which aims to understand and minimize the harms associated with persuasive and predatory technology. The impact of technology on our lives is more apparent by the day, and our understanding of the way in which people interact with technology needs to evolve too.