Founded in 1990 by the late Bill Eadington and co-produced today with the University of Nevada, Reno, EDP is the premier leadership development academy for government and industry leaders in gaming.

Once again, 2014’s faculty lineup featured stars at every turn, including:

• Gavin Isaacs, CEO of Scientific Games, who delivered a poignant and retrospective “What I’ve Learned in Gaming” Keynote.
• Alex Genov, Ph.D., Research Director at Zappos.com, who told us how Zappos researches the customer experience to deliver customer service.
• Salim Neino, CEO of Kryptos Logic, a leading cybersecurity firm, who spoke on hacker activities that target hospitality and gaming firms today (and tomorrow).
• Alan Feldman, Senior Vice President of MGM Resorts and longtime voice of the industry, highlighted some of his most memorable experiences in a special presentation entitled “The Press Conference Is in One Hour: Communications Crises in Gaming.”
• Roger Snow, table game design guru, delivered his incomparable lecture on “What Makes a Game Great.”
• Professors Ichiro Tanioka and Toru Mihara of Osaka University of Commerce flew all the way to Tahoe to tell us “What Japan Wants from Integrated Resorts.”
• Paul Steelman, President of Steelman Partners, talked about design, and how to incorporate it into everyday operations.