UK, Ireland and South Africa Judge Conference

United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa Judge Conference

We are proud to announce the annual conference for judges from United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa!

The conference will be held in London starting at 11AM on Saturday, December 6th and finishing at 5PM on Sunday, December 7th.

Judge conferences are a great chance to share our experience with other judges, to learn something and to have fun together!

The location will be the County Hotel, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0JW. It offers twin rooms for £66 per night inclusive of breakfast via its public website www.imperialhotels.co.uk. There are also a wide variety of hotels in the immediate vicinity.

The nearest mainline railway station is London Euston and the nearest tube stations are Euston, Euston Square and Russell Square.

As a thank you from the program, any certified judge who will apply and attend the event will receive judge foils. We are pleased to be able to inform you that we have been able to avoid charging a conference fee.

Meals aren't included but there is a very wide range of cafés, convenience stores, etc. in the area.

There will of course be plenty of time for Commander and other fun events!

Here is the schedule:

Saturday

11:00 Welcome, registration

11:15 Regional update (DLS)

11:45 Why out of event activities matter (Jack Doyle)

12:15 Interacting with Players (David Murray) or lunch

12:45 Lunch

13:15 Lunch or Team Leaders & Head Judging (Ray Wat)

14:00 Professional Development (Norman Ralph)

14:30 Simulations incorporating 10-15 minute break

16:15 break

16:45 The Magic colour pie: An introduction to self evalution and self-improvement (Ray Fong)

17:30 Mentorship (Will Seymour)

18:15 Buffer time in case of overruns, and close

Sunday

10:00 Welcome

10:15 Interaction of replacement effects (Alex Roebuck) or Morph (Mark McGovern)

11:00 Unconditional Positive Regard (Michael Chamberlain)

12:00 Lunch or Head Judge a multiple judge event (Gareth Tanner)

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Lunch or Missed Triggers (Henry Guille)

13:30 Simulations incorporating 10-15 minute break

15:15 Rules quiz (Sean Knowelden & friends)

16:15 Foil distribution & close

To explain slightly better the "Lunch or X" seminar slots, each of these slots represents a topic that is particularly likely to be of interest only to a sub-group such as newer judges. The seminar on the other side of lunch is likely to appeal to a different set of judges, so most delegates will go to one or the others.