Next Tuesday (16), the Prizes and Betting Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance (SPA/MF) will hold an extremely important event for companies in the sector.
The 1st Gambling Consumer Protection and Responsible Gambling Seminar aims to promote debate on initiatives and guidelines aimed at protecting the gambling consumer, promoting responsible gambling and strengthening the sustainability of the regulated betting environment in Brazil.
The meeting will take place in the Auditorium of the National Institute of Criminalistics (INC) of the Federal Police and will bring together representatives of public authorities, sector experts and partner institutions to share experiences, good practices and reflections on the challenges of the regulated betting market.
Who will be the speakers at the seminar?
So far, 14 names have been confirmed to speak at the 1st Gambling Consumer Protection and Responsible Gaming Seminar.
They are:
- Daniele Correa – Secretary of Prizes and Bets at the Ministry of Finance.
- Andiara Maria Braga Maranhão – General Coordinator of Responsible Gaming at the Prizes and Betting Secretariat.
- Carlos Eduardo Scappini – Founding partner of Mynd.
- Cristiane Cavassa – Prosecutor and Coordinator of the Operational Support Center of the Public Prosecutor’s Offices for Collective Protection of Consumers, Taxpayers and Personal Data Protection of the MPRJ.
- Elcio Guerra Junior – Public Defender of the State of Santa Catarina and Coordinator of the Consumer Defense and Civil Support Center (NUDECONCI) of DPE-SC.
- Juliana Albuquerque – Executive Vice President of CONAR.
- Karen Taveira Barros Duarte – President of the Institute for the Promotion and Defense of Citizens and Consumers of Maranhão (PROCON/MA).
- Leonardo Carriço Apostolatos – Collaborating psychiatrist at PROAMITI (IPq FMUSP) and Residency Preceptor in Psychiatry at Santa Casa de Santos.
- Lorena Tamanini Rocha Tavares – Lawyer, specialist in consumer protection and executive in the Client area in the private sector.
- Maria Aparecida – Deputy Secretary of the Secretariat of Information and Digital Health of the Ministry of Health (SEIDIGI/MS).
- Marcelo Kimati Dias – Director of the Department of Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs of the Ministry of Health.
- Renato Pucci – General Coordinator of Betting Supervision at the Prizes and Bets Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance.
- Ricardo Morishita Wada – National Consumer Secretary.
- Vitor Morais de Andrade – President of ABRAREC, Professor at PUC-SP, Member of the National Data Protection Council and Advisor at CONAR.
Event schedule
Starting at 9am and ending at 5:30pm, the seminar will feature important topics for the current betting scenario in Brazil, such as, for example, actions for the prevention and treatment of gambling disorder addiction and the importance of Procons’ activities in the new fixed-odd betting market.
Check out the complete schedule below:
| Time | Activity / Speakers | Theme |
| 8h00 am | Accreditation | – |
| 9h00 am | Institutional Opening Dario Durigan – Minister of Finance Wellington – Minister of Justice and Public Security Alexandre Padilha – Minister of Health | – |
| 9h15 am | Daniele Correa – Prizes and Betting Secretary – SPA/MF Andiara Braga – General Coordinator of Responsible Gaming Renato Pucci – General Coordinator of Betting Inspection | Protective actions to protect the consumer-gambler developed by SPA within the scope of responsible gaming. |
| 10h00 am | Ricardo Morishita Wada – National Consumer Secretary – Senacon/MJSP | The protection of betting consumers guaranteed by the CDC and Law n.14,790/2024 in the face of the negative externalities of the public fixed-odd betting service. |
| 10h45 am | Karen Barros – President of the Brazilian Association of Procons (PROCONSBRASIL) | The importance of Procons’ performance in the new fixed-odd betting market: challenges and supervisory advances. |
| 11h15 | Élcio Guerra Júnior – Public Defender coordinator of the Consumer Defense and Civil Support Center of the Public Defender’s Office of the State of Santa Catarina Christiane de Amorim Cavassa Freire – Coordinator of the Operational Support Center of the Public Prosecutor’s Offices for Collective Protection of Consumer, Taxpayer and Personal Data Protection | The demands of fixed-odd betting and the objective responsibility of operating agents in relation to indebtedness and over-indebtedness. The importance of service centers for over-indebted consumers. |
| 12h30 | Lunch | – |
| 14h00 | Marcelo Kimati Dias – Director of Desmad./SAES/MS Leonardo Carrico – Integrated Outpatient Program for Impulse Disorders (PRO-AMITI) and PRO-AMJO (Pathological Gambling) at the Institute of Psychiatry of HC-FMUSP Maria Aparecida Cina da Silva – Deputy Secretary for Information and Digital Health | Actions for the prevention and treatment of gambling disorder addiction. |
| 15h00 | Juliana Albuquerque – Executive Vice President of the National Advertising Self-Regulation Council (CONAR) Carlos Scappini – Co-founder of Mynd | The challenges of advertising on social media for the protection of betting consumers. Consumer protection actions. It was digital. |
| 16h00 | Break | – |
| 16h15 | Vitor Moraes de Andrade – President of the Brazilian Association of Company-Client Relations – (ABRAREC) Lorena Tamanini Tavares – Strategist in Conflict Resolution Systems Architecture – Former Director of DPDC and Partner at Bottom-Up | Responsible gambling in practice: how to integrate risk prevention and customer service in the betting sector? |
| 17h30 | Closing and Coffee Break | – |