Gaming Technologies Association has cancelled the upcoming Australasian Gaming Expo due to the current COVID-19 circumstances in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Press release.- With the Department of Health managing the current COVID-19 outbreak in Australia as a health emergency and the NSW lockdown extended with no end date in sight, the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) organizers have made the unavoidable decision to postpone the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGiven the proximity to the AGE, border closures, and the unknown restrictions of the government\u2019s \u2018roadmap\u2019 out of lockdown, we needed to act now\u201d, said Chris Muir, CEO of the Gaming Technologies Association <\/strong>(GTA), who organizes the AGE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd, we have not forgotten the heightened risk that this Delta variant poses for everyone at this time\u201d, Muir continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The GTA and venue (ICC Sydney) looked at alternative dates for the AGE however, largely due to its size, it was not possible to confirm dates for AGE to run in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 31st AGE will now run from 9 to 11 August 2022. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibitors are disappointed with the postponement. Despite the circumstances, many were still enthusiastic about showcasing their new products, services, and innovations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve seen significant initiatives from AGE exhibitors over the last eighteen months as they support businesses with technology and physical distancing measures and we\u2019ll continue to connect buyers with sellers as our industry once again begins its road-to-recovery,” said Muir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gaming Technologies Association has cancelled the upcoming Australasian Gaming Expo due to the current COVID-19 circumstances in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Gaming Technologies Association (GTA) has postponed the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) until August 9-11, 2022, citing ongoing COVID-19 health emergency, extended NSW lockdown, and border closures in Australia. This decision, driven by public health concerns and logistical challenges, impacts exhibitors keen to showcase innovations and delays industry networking crucial for the sector's recovery.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Technologies Association, Chris Muir, ICC Sydney","focusai_location":"Australia, NSW","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact on Suppliers?","query":"What is the projected financial impact of this postponement on B2B suppliers targeting the Australasian market, particularly regarding Q3\/Q4 2021 sales pipelines?"},{"label":"Alternative Networking Plans?","query":"How will the Gaming Technologies Association facilitate alternative B2B networking and product showcasing opportunities for exhibitors to mitigate the impact of the AGE postponement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,24777,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-partner-news","category-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20209,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20196\/revisions\/20209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}