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The lineup for this year is still being finalized. Here are the topics we covered at the last event:

Presentation

Tetyana Romanyukha

General Manager

TechIsland

Anatomy of an Ecosystem

10:30 - 10:50

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Andrei Khomiakov

Dating Expert

Traffic Stars

Unlocking Growth In The Dating Vertical

Case study on scaling dating offers with TrafficStars

11:00 - 11:30

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Manish Chhabra

Senior Product Manager

Tinder

The Internet Has an Identity Problem: Bots, AI Users, and the Future of Trust

The internet was originally designed for anonymous humans, but today it increasingly struggles to distinguish between real people and automated actors. Bots, fake accounts, and now AI-generated users are rapidly changing the dynamics of online platforms, creating challenges for trust, safety, and authenticity. As digital ecosystems grow, platforms must constantly balance seamless user experiences with the need to prevent abuse and fraud. This talk explores how the rise of automation and artificial intelligence is reshaping online identity, why traditional authentication methods are no longer enough, and what the future of digital trust might look like in a world where machines can convincingly imitate humans.

11:45 - 12:15

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Nikolett Jaksa

Personal Brand Strategist, LinkedIn coach & LinkedIn ghostwriter

Nikolett Jaksa

How High-Risk Industries Can Build Trust on LinkedIn (Without Getting Flagged)

In this session, I’ll break down how high-risk industries can build real trust on LinkedIn without waking up the algorithm police.

You’ll learn how to optimize your profile, position yourself clearly, and use clean, compliant storytelling to build authority in misunderstood industries, without sounding salesy or getting flagged.

Expect real examples, safe content structures, and a clear breakdown of the exact difference between getting flagged and getting taken seriously.

12:30 - 13:00

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Mike De Jong

CEO

FlirtVentures

Lewis Rough

CEO & Co-Founder

FlirtKings

From Network to Ecosystem - A Smarter Way to Connect Traffic, Offers and Advertisers

13:15 - 13:45

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Mike Danshin

CMO

1w

The Real Economics of Influencer Marketing

How iGaming brands scale through partnerships with influencers. Practical frameworks for evaluating deal economics and forecasting profitability before onboarding influencers, along with a clear understanding of strategy, risk management, and reputation.

14:00 - 14:30

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Dating Panel

Roman Khmelnytskyy

CBDO

Mirelia

Moritz Von Arnim

CMO & CSO

Traffic Partner

Lars Scholman

Managing Director

OfferPump

Tom Marsh

CMO

Nexxie Group

Boom or Bust? Where is Dating Headed Today

14:45 - 15:30

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Martin Zarian

Co-Founder & Full-Stack Brand Builder

Factory 39

The High-Risk Marketing Trap: Chasing Leads, Killing Brands

Most brands in iGaming, crypto, forex, and payments are built on performance marketing habits that look good this week and cost a fortune next quarter. This talk breaks down the common misconceptions around “what marketing is,” shows how brand and performance actually work together, and gives a simple way to rebalance without losing pipeline.

15:45 - 16:15

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Andy Wullmer

Traffic Captain & CEO

Creator Traffic

The Fansite Business Uncovered

From Talent to Tech: Content, Traffic, CRM & AI in Action

16:30 - 17:00

The Dome, Main Stage

City of Dreams

Presentation

Thomas Vavougios

SEO Manager/Founder

C.S. Clicks Creator Studio ltd

The 2026 Parasite SEO Playbook

A Complete Guide to Parasite SEO: Types, Examples, Strategies & Google’s Response

11:00 - 11:30

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Presentation

Liam Quirk

Founder

Quirky digital

If I was launching a High-Risk Website now, here is exactly what I would do

Launching a website in a high-risk industry isn’t straightforward. Advertising restrictions, regulatory pressure and stricter search guidelines mean many traditional growth tactics simply don’t work. I'll walk through how to build trust with search engines, structure content in sensitive industries and develop authority in sectors where visibility is hard to earnn

11:45 - 12:15

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Presentation

Dinesh Sivapragsam

Global Head of SEO

Binance

The ROI Extraction: Weaponizing SEO for Immediate Revenue

Stop subsidizing Google and start reclaiming your margins. Moving past traffic for traffic's sake to focus on the only question that matters: "How does this make me money NOW?"

12:30 - 13:00

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Virtual Presentation

Kyle Roof

Co-founder

High-Voltage SEO

(Un)helpful Content, Nah, just (un)helpful robots

On the surface, this talk explores recent testing, the best LLMs for SEO, and how to avoid Google penalties when using AI. Beneath that, it delivers a powerful message: while the landscape may feel constantly shifting, the fundamentals remain steady if you apply the right framework to evaluate change. Expect practical insights, clarity, and a refreshing sense of direction.

13:15 - 13:45

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Presentation

Alan Cladx

Co Founder & CEO

CladX

How to Hack the Brain of an LLM

14:00 - 14:30

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Presentation

Craig Campbell

SEO Trainer & Consultant

Craig Campbell SEO

Black-Hat Strategies That Work In 2026

In this session, we will cover Black Hat tactics that are still working in 2026, algorithm changes, and Google catches up with you. Staying ahead of the game is important, especially in competitive niches like iGaming.

14:45 - 15:15

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

SEO Panel

Craig Campbell

SEO Trainer & Consultant

Craig Campbell SEO

Liam Quirk

Founder

Quirky digital

Alexander Aristides

COO

Nexxie Group

Alan Cladx

Co Founder & CEO

CladX

Dinesh Sivapragsam

Global Head of SEO

Binance

Ranking on the Edge: SEO Strategies for High-Risk Industries

15:30 - 16:00

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Presentation

Nikolas Monti-Potsolakis

CEO & Founder

Black Lantern Marketing

iGaming SEO: Hyper-Local, AI-Ready & Technically Unbreakable

AI is shrinking search visibility and pushing affiliates out of traditional rankings, signaling a shift away from content-driven dominance. As AI reshapes how users discover and choose brands, affiliates must evolve from chasing rankings to becoming trusted data sources for AI. This session explores the technical SEO foundations of the future—structured data, performance, evolving authority signals, and AI-driven trust factors—and asks: how do you futureproof your strategy when AI becomes the audience?

16:15 - 16:45

SEO, Stage A

City of Dreams

Presentation

Marouan Bouhachi

Head of Demand

Adcash

The 4 Layers of Scaling: Scaling From $300/Day into $150K/Month

This session breaks down the system behind a real campaign that scaled fast, and the four simple layers that made it possible. Learn the formula to unlock more traffic, win more auctions, and scale smarter.

11:00 - 11:30

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Boris Lobanov

Senior Solutions Engineer

Fingerprint

Jacopo Marchiori

COO

MOAR

Fake Signups, Bot Leads, AI Agents: Stopping Affiliate Fraud in Dating & Adult

AI has turned affiliate fraud into a high-speed scale game, using synthetic signups and rotating devices to bypass traditional filters. This session breaks down the mechanics of these modern attacks and explains why high-fidelity device intelligence is now the primary lever for ROI.

Moving beyond the product pitch, we’ll share a real-world playbook co-presented with a Fingerprint customer. You’ll learn how they shifted their operations to distinguish human users from malicious bots, allowing them to stop fake conversions before payout. Join us for a practical look at validating traffic quality and restoring partner trust through a proven, data-driven approach.

11:45 - 12:15

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Nefeli Papadopoulou

New Business Account Manager

Google

Beyond Search: Unlocking YouTube’s High-Intent Traffic for Dating

In the dating industry, Google’s Search network has become increasingly competitive. Most advertisers get stuck in a cycle of bidding wars, missing out on the massive potential of Google’s Video Network. This session explains how to navigate the YouTube ecosystem specifically for dating advertisers. We will explore how to leverage Google’s precise targeting to reach users across every touchpoint, from mobile devices to the TV screen.

12:30 - 13:00

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Iain Corby

Executive Director

The Age Verification Providers Association

What Dating / Fans / Adult / Webcam sites need to know about the latest EU and Member State age verification regulations

• EU level and Member State regulations requiring age checks for Dating / Fans / Adult / Webcams

• How to stay off the regulators’ radar

• The available methods for age verification and age estimation

• The future of age verification – interoperable solutions.

13:15 - 13:45

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Anastasia Khegai

TeamLead BizDev

MR BOOSTER

Full-Funnel in Adult: How to Stop Burning Budget with the Help of Display & Retargeting

This talk presents a strategic, full-funnel approach to paid acquisition in the adult vertical.

We’ll explore how display ads functions not only as a traffic source, but as a demand-creation and intent-generation engine, and how retargeting converts that attention into measurable performance and sustainable revenue.

Key points of the presentation:

The strategic role of display in performance-driven models
How retargeting amplifies demand instead of just “chasing” users
How combining both layers can reduce CAC and improve unit economics
Practical campaign architecture and scaling insights

14:00 - 14:30

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Tim OnlyMonster

Business Developer

OnlyMonster

Daniel OnlyMonster

Head of BizDev

OnlyMonster

OnlyMonster: AI, Traffic & New Markets

New emerging AI opportunities, combined with high-tech tools and features, driving scalability towards new markets and platforms. Bring top-quality traffic and organize workflow for your teams with security and revenue-growth tools

14:45 - 15:15

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

HOT-ZONE Panel

Ada Pizarro

Head of Affiliate

AWEmpire

Andra Chirnogeanu

Head of Content

Cam4

Yuval Kijel

Director

Streamate

Maria Vlachanastasi

Team Leader of Media Sales

Nexxie Group

What’s Converting Now? The New Webcam Affiliate Funnel

15:30 - 16:00

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Neo Cercos

Business Development

SexyTalk

How AI Is Shaping the Future of Dating & Adult

16:15 - 16:45

HOT-ZONE, Stage B

City of Dreams

Presentation

Volodymyr Todurov

CEO

Frogo

From €26M at Risk to 96% Protected

11:00 - 11:30

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

iGaming Panel

Ben Gonen

Business Development Manager

TwinRed

Christopher Marra

Sales Director

Traffic Junky

Maria Vlachanastasi

Team Leader of Media Sales

Nexxie Group

Ksenia Melnik

Head of Partnership Success

Traffic Stars

Alba Carceller Vidal

Sales Leader in Advertising

Exoclick

How to Monetize Adult Traffic for Online Casinos & Betting Brands

11:45 - 12:15

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Presentation

Helen Walton

Chief Commercial Officer

G.Games

RIP the Liberty Bell: The Future of Slots in the Age of AI

For more than a century, the basic structure of the slot machine has barely changed. But an explosion of new studios, collapsing production costs driven by AI, and an increasingly fragmented regulatory landscape with increasing social pressure are about to force a reckoning. In this session, Helen Walton explores why slot content is becoming commoditised, why revenue share rates are heading to the floor, and why the middle of the market is under existential pressure. From extreme personalisation to blockbuster hits and experimental multiplayer formats, this talk examines what survives - and what doesn’t - as slots enter a new era of disruption.

12:30 - 13:00

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Presentation

Kostiantyn Novofastovskyi

CEO

ScroogeFrog

Fraud Detection System for iGaming Using Machine Learning

Ad fraud is projected to waste $120 billion by 2026 as bots become indistinguishable from humans. We’ll show you how to stop ""buying thin air"" by using digital footprinting and custom AI models to expose sophisticated fraud and reclaim your real ROI.

What attendees will learn?
- How to spot bots through hardware specs and behavioral patterns like mouse velocity.
- Why traditional attribution models are failing and how they hide budget leaks.
- The practical results of using ensemble AI (Random Forest, MLP) to reach near-100% fraud detection accuracy.

13:15 - 13:45

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Presentation

Bernd Henning

CEO

iGaming Consult

Why some operations fail - "black and white"

A candid session covering the gap between what operators / providers / affiliates think the market and customers require and what actually works on the ground — talking about opportunities, mistakes and misconceptions from product to localisation and cross-sell failure. Practical, specific and directly spoken.

14:00 - 14:30

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Presentation

Mike Waizman

Chief Marketing Officer

NGM GAME

From Meme to Millions: The First BrainRot iGaming Game

We took a chaotic viral trend and turned it into a monetizable iGaming product. BrainRot: millions of views, Gen Z dominance, zero competition in slots. This session shows how Bombardiro Crocodilo became a game: from signal detection to mechanics, virality to revenue.

14:45 - 15:15

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Presentation

Roberta Nicholls

Founder & CEO

Mela Gaming

The Hidden Cost of Manual Work in iGaming

Many roles in iGaming aren’t disappearing they’re being absorbed. This talk explores how AI is quietly restructuring integration teams, affiliate monitoring, content production, and compliance processes and what leaders must rethink now to stay competitive.

15:30 - 16:00

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Presentation

Anna Siromakha

Founder

Rivni

The Changing Face of Growth in iGaming: Why Talent Matters More Than Ever

Growth in iGaming is no longer driven by traffic and budgets alone. As markets mature and competition intensifies, the real differentiator is shifting towards people became the teams behind performance.

We explore how the growth model in affiliate marketing is evolving, why traditional scaling strategies are becoming less reliable, and how talent is emerging as the key bottleneck.

Drawing on real hiring insights across different regions, Anna will share what separates high-performing teams from the rest, and what companies need to rethink today to stay competitive tomorrow.

16:15 - 16:45

iGAMING, Stage C

City of Dreams

Gianni Romano - It's not right - Radio Edit
Gianni Romano - It's not right - Radio Edit
Gianni Romano - It's not right - Radio Edit