2015 SEA Regional Judge Conference @Bangkok

Update 19 June 2015

The seminar fee is THB450 per attendance. This will include lunch meal and 2 break. The deadline for cancellation is 11 July 2015. Otherwise, you have to pay the seminar fee.

The new location is Florida Hotel which less than 3 minute walk from BTS-Phayathai and it near Airport Rail Link - Phaya Thai station as well. Please refer to this location rather than google by yourself because you will get into the wrong place >>https://goo.gl/maps/z97ng (Google Map in Local name) or https://goo.gl/maps/TZLEa (Google map in English name)

Since we want judges to focus to the conference as much as possible to maximize the benefit of the conference. Therefore, the conference room will NOT provide any internet access since internet may cause distractions. (The truth is internet is not available in the conference room.)

Last but not least, The Tampa restaurant at Florida Hotel have a famous “Pork Rib BBQ” in a reasonable price (around THB300 inclusive service and vat). For me, it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I will create another topic for those judges who want to join social dinner. (judges pay their own dinner.)

Florida Hotel
43 Phayathai road Phayathai District Bangkok 10400
tel .02-247-0990

Update 4 June 2015

I have some good news and bad news. The good news is we want the conference is a good place to learn. Good place to learn suppose to have a comfortable space and low distraction. In this regards, we decide to find the new place for seminar. The bad news is this will cost some amount of money due to the rental fee. However, we will not turn anyone down!  \\hoo ^^ ray//

The participation cost is THB500 max. (Location and exact price will be finalised as soon as possible.) Please note that this will include 2 coffee break and 1 lunch meal for all participants.

-- Smith

Hi judges,

2015 SEA Judge Conference at Bangkok will be held at <<TBD>> NX Gallery (local game store) in Bangkok on 25 July 2015. This conference is open for all certified judges and trainee.

Depend on the participants turn out. If we have more foreign participants, the presentation will be conduct in English (and explain in local some time). In case that some presentations are conduct in Thai, we will have local judges translate to English.

Registration will be closed at 30th April 2015 31 May 2015

Presenters

We are still looking for presenters; if you are interested to present a topic in the conference, also choose Room Sponsorships when you apply. (We use this method to separate presenters from participants. you will not literally receive Room Sponsorships regardless you have selected or not selected to be a presenter.)

Afterward, please email me your topic(s), your target audience and breif detail about your presentation to me not later than 30th April 2015 31st May 2015 due to I want to use this information to select the presenters and the selected presenters will be announced the following week along with the schedule for the seminars.

Presenters need to prepare their presentation. We will provide you a laptop and participants will utilize theirs tablet / smartphone to read through the presentation material. The full content for presentation should submit to me at the beginning of July 2015. We will work out how the deliver the most value to audience in our limited presentation time.

Time Schedule

8:00am - Judges ready at seminar room

8:10am - Introduction

8:20am - 9:20am - Seminar Session 1

9:20am - 9:30am - Break

9:30am - 10:30am - Seminar Session 2

10:30am - 11:30am - Seminar Session 3

=== Lunch Break ===

12:20pm - 1.20pm: Seminar Session 4

1:20pm - 2.20pm: Seminar Session 5

2:20pm - 2:40pm - Break

2:40pm - 3.40pm: Seminar Session 6

3:40pm - 4.40pm: Seminar Session 7

4.40pm - Conclusion & Adjourn

5.20pm Judge Dinner at Tampa restaurant (judges pay on their own)

Meet the presenters and topics

Topic Name: Writng a Great Tournament Report
Presenter: QJ Wong
Brief detail: This seminar introduces Tournament Reports, and what makes a good report great.
Target Audience: L1 aiming to advance, L2 who wants to write good reports
Other Note: Since it became a requirement for judges to advance to L2, the number of tournament reports grew by a great number, but unfortunately a lot of them… could have been better. I want to help L1 judges write good reports to show that they are ready to advance to L2 and help L2+ judges write great tournament reports to share their experience and knowledge.

Topic: Outside Assistance
Presenter: Tan Zie Aun
Brief detail: This seminar covers the penalty as described in IPG, crowd control in tournaments and delivering rulings without giving strategic advice
Target audience: L1, L2

Topic Name: Unsporting Conduct
Presenter: Sashi C Loco
Brief detail: This seminar will is to show examples of Unsporting Conducts and have the audience interact with the seminar.
Target Audience: L1 and L2 focusing on the IPG for competitive tournaments.

Topic Name: Judges are human - learn from your mistake to become a better judge
Presenter: Pakhawadee Palungwachira
Brief detail: Every judge can make mistakes. However, the good ones just make fewer mistakes, and know how to deal with them. The biggest difference between highly experienced judges and judge trainees is that the experienced judges have seen many mistakes and learned from them. Avoiding Mistakes
Target audience: L1, L2

Topic Name: A Road to L2
Presenter: Wearn Ee Chong
Brief detail: This seminar will explain what quality you need to step up to the next level.
Target Audience: L1

Topic Name: Judge Call Workshop
Presenter: Yew Yu Win
Brief detail: This workshop will create opportunity for L1 to learn hands-on on how to dealt with judge calls, with different scenarios and different possibilities.
Target Audience: L1

Topic Name: WER Seminars
Presenter: Monsuporn Lauhaphand (Smith)
Brief detail: This seminar will demonstrate tip and common issue in WER.
Target Audience: Store Owner and L1

Judge Foils

1.    Judge Foils will be given to certified judges (L1+) that applied through this application before 30th of April 2015 31st May 2015.

2.    L0s can still apply for the event, but will NOT receive any foils (you could apply as L0 and receive the foils if you reached L1 before 30th April 2015 31st May 2015, please contact me after leveling up to ensure your advancement is correctly updated).

3.    Late application might still be accepted but will NOT receive any foils.

Testing

Please write in your cover letter if you want to take L1 or L2 testing during the conference, so we could make preparation for that (if the schedule is possible). Also, make sure that you’ve fulfilled all the other pre-requirements before the conference.

NX Gallery Game Store Location

Please see the following google map for the exact store location.

NX Gallery location

In order to go to NX Gallery, take MRT to Ladprow station and take a bus (44, 73ก [pronounced "seventy three kor"] or 92) or take a cab to Latphrao 78. Direction is below;

Direction from MRT Latphrao to NX Gallery

Please note that the bus would take 15-20 minute depend on traffic. If you arrive late, you might miss your opportunity to have lunch or coffee there. :D

Any judges who want to pool a cab please let me know. I can assist you guys to arrange a cab at the MRT station.

Any further questions, please feel free to contact me at smithfx@gmail.com

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Update on 28 April 2015

We've extended the application deadline to 31 May 2015. The store can support up to 20+ people. Please do not wait until the last minute to apply :D