Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2020年4月 亞博匯 96 I nside Asian Gaming has announced the launch of a brand new online innovation and solutions platform, GAME, in response to the challenges posed to the Asian gaming industry by the COVID-19 pandemic. Short for Gaming Asia Mega Experience, GAME is a recognition of the difficulties faced in bringing the industry together at a time when we need to collaborate and develop innovative ideas more than ever before. It will provide a variety of interactive and engaging online experiences ranging from keynote speeches and presentations from industry heavyweights to workshops, talks and panel discussions. IAG CEO Andrew Scott addressed the industry in an impassioned video speech on 27 March, the full transcript of which follows: “Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, whatever it may happen to be in your part of Asia, or indeed across the globe. I’m speaking to you from the IAG office in Macau. “Like everyone, I’ve been watching the unfolding global crisis caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus. In the early days of the crisis, I was hopeful that the impact on our industry might be relatively contained. Sadly, in recent weeks, it’s become abundantly clear that this a global public health catastrophe. “Economically, the disaster is no less profound and it is not exaggerating to say this is an existential crisis for our industry – one that is not sustainable. Something will have to give, and some massive changes to our industry are coming. “Now, you can be paralyzed like a deer in the headlights, you can be frozen by indecision and inaction, you can send your team to the beach to “wait it out”. “Or you do something about it, you can innovate, you can get creative, and try to come up with some strategies and some solutions. “So why am I making this video? Because IAG , as an SME supplier to the Asian gaming industry that is also suffering, is practising exactly what I’ve just been TRADE EVENTS