Gaming in Germany Conference 2025: Agenda, Speakers & Insights

The Gaming in Germany Conference, which will take place Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in Berlin, has announced its initial agenda.

A select number of confirmed conference sessions are listed below. A more comprehensive agenda is available here.

Gaming in Germany Conference – Preliminary agenda

(Please note that all session titles are provisional.)

BLOCK I: Regulatory developments

• Keynote address
  Senior GGL representative
• Regulatory update
  Dr. Joerg Hofmann, Senior Partner, Melchers Law Firm
• The state of Germany’s sports betting market
  Mathias Dahms, President, Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV)
• The state of Germany’s virtual slots market
  Dr. Dirk Quermann, President, Deutscher Online Casinoverband (DOCV)

BLOCK II: The threat of the black market

• Germany’s iGaming market in numbers
  Josh Hodgson, COO, H2 Gambling Capital
• Operators taking a stand against the black market
  Christian Heins, Director iGaming, Tipico
• Illegal affiliate marketing and the role of Big Tech
  Dr. Andreas Ditsche, CEO, iGaming.com

INTERMEZZO: Products & services for the German market

• Innovation panel & breakout sessions sneak preview
  Magno Neiva, Head of Licensing & Regulatory Compliance, Altenar; other speakers TBA

BLOCK III: Evaluating the 2021 State Gambling Treaty

• On effective and proportionate gambling regulation
  Alex Green, Vice President – Games, ZEAL Network
• Regulation the industry should embrace
  Maarten Haijer, Secretary General, EGBA
• Evaluating the State Gambling Treaty: Towards a common wishlist?
  Birgitte Sand, former Executive Director Spillemyndigheden; other speakers TBA
  Former ZEAL executive and NOGA MD, Peter-Paul de Goeij will serve as the event’s day chair.

Business operations & breakout sessions

In addition to high-level regulatory and policy-related information, the 2025 Gaming in Germany Conference also offers highly practical information on topics such as KYC, AML, data protection, payment solutions, and much more. Breakout sessions will be hosted by trained experts and are highly interactive.

Get relevant business intelligence to give your day-to-day operations a boost!

Call for (breakout) speakers

If you are interested in delivering a presentation or participating in a product or service-themed breakout session, please contact Gaming in Germany founder Willem van Oort for more information regarding opportunities and possibilities.

We are specifically looking for expertise on business topics such as media & marketing, affiliation, compliance, and operations.

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 2025 Gaming in Germany Conference is now open.
Don’t miss it! Register now!

Gaming in Germany webinar: Regulatory & market update

Ahead of our 2025 Gaming in Germany Conference, we are hosting a pre-conference webinar on the current state of Germany’s regulated iGaming market.

This webinar will take place on Tuesday, October 7 at 15:00 CET and will be covering the following topics:

• Current regulatory & market developments
• The upcoming evaluation of the 2021 State Gambling Treaty
• The challenge of the black market

Dr. Joerg Hofmann, Senior Partner at Melchers Law and Germany’s leading gambling lawyer will address the latest regulatory developments. Josh Hodgson, COO at H2 Gambling Capital, will provide insight into the latest market figures.

Don’t miss it! Register today.