Event speakers
GAMING CONCEFENCE ON 11.-12.9.2025
Christer Fahlstedt
Christer became CEO of Paf 2016 and has over 19 years experience in the online gaming industry. Previously Christer was an entrepreneur and management consultant with Bain & Co.
Olli Sarekoski
Olli Sarekoski is the President and CEO of Veikkaus Oy, the Finnish national money gaming company. Veikkaus Oy holds the exclusive right to operate all gambling in Finland. Olli has been leading Veikkaus as a CEO since 2017 but has an extensive twenty years of history with Veikkaus as he joined already in 2003. Prior to his present post, he held different executive positions in business operations, strategy and planning. Additionally, Olli holds the Supervisory Chair of the European Lotteries Responsible Gaming and Sustainability Working Group, and he has also acted as the chairman of the board of Lotteries Entertainment Innovation Alliance (LEIA).
Jari Vähänen
Jari has worked in the gambling industry for a long time. At the beginning of 2020, Jari co-founded a consulting company specializing in gambling called The Finnish Gambling Consultants (FGC). FGC has helped dozens of operators, suppliers, and some start-up companies worldwide develop their gambling operations further. Jari has followed and analyzed the development of the Finnish gambling system for years.
Jaakko Soininen
Jaakko has an extensive background in business and tech and holds an MBA. He jumped into iGaming in 2020 and learned the industry leading customer operations at Finnplay. From 2021, Jaakko has been leading Finnplay as Managing Director. Helping the company achieve record growth while fulfilling his vision of customer-centric operations. He has also overseen the company’s exit from unregulated markets after acquisition by Entain PLC.
Minna Ripatti
Minna Ripatti is a Finnish Attorney at Law who has over 13 years of experience in the iGaming sector. Minna has lived in Austria, Switzerland, and Malta for over 12 years and worked in the iGaming industry. As the Founding Partner of Legal Gaming Attorneys Law, she specializes in providing legal services to clients in the iGaming sector.
EXHIBITION SPACE
Gaming operators, service suppliers and industry bodies are invited to exhibit their services or wares relative to the theme of the event. The exhibition space will be positioned in, or adjacent to, the area for morning and afternoon coffee. This arrangement will give opportunity for exhibitors to interact with conference delegates during the daily breaks.
Promo item placement: Exhibition Stand including A Roll-Up Banner placement (200cm x 84cm). Materials to be supplied by Organiser. Advert Placement in Event Website. Supplier provides digital material for promo.
Note: Due the Finnish Lotteries Act, we cannot accept foreign gambling operators (B2C) as promo placement or sponsor.
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