SOFTSWISS’s CTO gets candid on AI hype, Tech Race and why the room matters more than the stage.
In July, iGB announced the media partnership between SOFTSWISS and World Gaming for Tech Race Summit 2026 in September.
Recently, Margaret Dunn, portfolio director at WorldGaming, interviewed Sergey Kastukevich, chief technology officer at SOFTSWISS, in a primer of both Tech Race and ICE Hall 7. The pair also shared their perspective on the development of AI in the industry.
Tech Race Summit 2026 takes place on 10 September in Warsaw. It gathers the experts working on the technology behind today’s digital businesses.
Tech Race aims to fill a gap in the industry
According to Kastukevich, Tech Race Summit is filling a genuine void. Although he has seen plenty of business-focused conversation in iGaming, there is almost no dedicated space for engineering and technology discussions.
The event is positioned as knowledge-sharing infrastructure for the industry rather than a SOFTSWISS sales platform. With SOFTSWISS positioned as host rather than presenter, the focus stays on where senior technologists think the industry should be putting its investment and attention over the next six to twelve months.
Two events, one movement
Dunn pointed out that ICE saw the same demand last year, with the Innovator Challenge alongside Microsoft and keynotes from the likes of AWS and Huawei.
This year, the team is responding with a new initiative, Hall 7. The launch of Hall 7 represents a stronger platform to drive the next phase of iGaming innovation.
Tech Race in Warsaw this September and Hall 7 at ICE in Barcelona this January are set to become sequential chapters of the same conversation. CTOs, CSOs and data leaders can expect to pick up where they left off four months later.
Both events are betting on the same idea proving useful for the industry. Getting a room full of exactly the right people together beats chasing them individually across the globe.
Is AI a pure buzzword? Tune in now to hear Dunn’s and Kastukevich’s honest views on AI in the iGaming industry.
SOFTSWISS首席技术官坦率谈论AI炒作、Tech Race，以及为何现场交流比舞台演讲更重要。
7月，iGB宣布了媒体合作，合作方为SOFTSWISS与World Gaming，针对的是2026年9月举行的Tech Race Summit。
近日，WorldGaming投资组合总监Margaret Dunn采访了SOFTSWISS首席技术官Sergey Kastukevich，作为Tech Race和ICE Hall 7的前瞻。两人还分享了他们对AI在行业内发展的看法。
Tech Race Summit 2026将于9月10日在华沙举行。该活动汇聚了致力于当今数字业务背后技术的专家。
Tech Race旨在填补行业空白
据Kastukevich称，Tech Race Summit正在填补一个真正的空白。尽管他在iGaming领域见过大量以商业为重点的对话，但几乎没有专门用于工程和技术讨论的空间。
该活动被定位为行业的知识共享基础设施，而非SOFTSWISS的销售平台。由于SOFTSWISS的定位是主办方而非演讲方，焦点始终停留在资深技术专家认为行业未来六到十二个月应将投资和注意力投向何处。
两场活动，同一场运动
Dunn指出，ICE去年也看到了同样的需求，当时有与Microsoft合作的Innovator Challenge，以及来自AWS和Huawei等公司的主旨演讲。
今年，团队以一项新举措作出回应：Hall 7。Hall 7的推出代表着一个更强大的平台，用以推动iGaming创新的下一阶段。
今年9月在华沙举行的Tech Race，以及明年1月在巴塞罗那ICE上的Hall 7，将成为同一场对话的连续篇章。CTO、CSO和数据负责人可以期待在四个月后接着上次的讨论继续下去。
两场活动都押注于同一个理念，并认为它对行业有用。把一群完全正确的人聚集在一个房间里，胜过在全球各地逐一追逐他们。
AI只是一个流行词吗？现在就收听，了解Dunn和Kastukevich对iGaming行业中AI的坦诚看法。