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GAT Expo Cartagena 2026

GAT Expo Cartagena 2026 ran from 24 to 26 March at the Las Américas Convention Center in Cartagena de Indias, with an academic programme, an exhibition and about 2,500 C-level executives confirmed.

GAT Expo Cartagena 2026

About this event

GAT Expo Cartagena is a trade fair for land-based gaming and online gambling technology in Latin America, organised by GAT Events. The 2026 edition took place from 24 to 26 March at the Las Américas Convention Center in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The organisers said about 2,500 C-level executives from regional operators had confirmed attendance. The first day was given to GAT Academy conferences and panels, led with the Colombian gaming association Fecoljuegos, followed by a networking evening on a catamaran. On 25 March the annual assemblies of Cornazar and Fecoljuegos took place and the exhibition opened, with a networking night in the historic centre. The second exhibition day followed on 26 March. Announced participants included regulators such as Coljuegos, the Nevada Gaming Commission and LOTBA, industry associations such as ALEA, and more than 50 companies, among them Novomatic, Pragmatic Play, Aristocrat, Merkur Gaming, Evolution and BetConstruct. GAT Events has listed the next Cartagena edition for 30 and 31 March and 1 April 2027.

Agenda highlights

Registration and networkingNetworking
Las Américas Convention Center
OpeningOpening · Evert Montero Cárdenas (FECOLJUEGOS), José Aníbal Aguirre (GAT Events), Gregorio Eljach Pacheco (Attorney General of Colombia)
La Niña Hall
Welcome address and conferenceKeynote · Marco Emilio Hincapié (Coljuegos)
La Niña Hall
Lessons from the Nevada regulatory model for Latin AmericaInternational conference · Brian Krolicki (Nevada Gaming Commission)
La Niña Hall
Fireside chatFireside chat · Brian Krolicki (Nevada Gaming Commission), Rodrigo Afanador Carrasco (Zamba / Grupo Vicca)
La Niña Hall
Gamification designed to generate real engagementCorporate talk · Gamanza Group
La Niña Hall
Regulators panelPanel · Jesús Mariano Acevedo (LOTBA)
La Niña Hall
Associations panelPanel · Aurea Navarro (AIEJA), Fernando Calderón (SONAJA), Mario Trucco (ALEA), Elizabeth Maya Cano (Cornazar), Rubén Felipe Lagarejo Rivas (FEDELCO), Lorena Rojas (APOJA); moderator Evert Montero Cárdenas (FECOLJUEGOS)
La Niña Hall
Legal and regulatory panel: legal trends and regulatory challengesPanel · Lorenzo B. Nicoletti (IBCI), Fernando Vidales (Sarkis + Vidales), Andrés Echeverry (Rush Street Interactive Colombia), Yamile Gutiérrez (ADOBAD), Sergio Povés (Betsson LATAM); moderator Tatiana Vásquez (Vásquez & Asociados)
La Niña Hall
Technology providers panel: innovation, traceability and controlPanel · Moderator Víctor Arias (Arrise Powering Pragmatic Play)
La Niña Hall
Online business panel: investment and sustainabilityPanel · Jhon Jairo Altamiranda (Betano), Álvaro Remiro (Grupo Orenes / Zamba), Julio César Tamayo Betancur (Wplay), Andrea Rossi (Betsson); moderator Ana Burbano (Vásquez Asociados Consultores)
La Niña Hall
Economic outlook 2026Keynote · Daniel Velandia (Credicorp Capital)
La Niña Hall
Integrity in sport and betting panel: preventing match-fixingPanel · Carlos Zuluaga (Dimayor), César Camargo Serrano (Club Deportes Tolima); moderator Germán Segura (BetPlay)
La Niña Hall
Land-based business panelPanel · Georges Didier Flores (GLI), John Mario Giraldo (Cornazar), Juan Carlos Afanador (Vicca Group Colombia), Manuel Del Sol (Novomatic Gaming Colombia); moderator Laura Ruiz (Vásquez & Asociados)
La Niña Hall

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