UKISA 2016 Leadership conference

We are pleased to announce the United Kingdom, Ireland & South Africa judge leadership conference 2016, which will take place in Royal Leamington Spa. Ray Fong is taking the lead for local/logistics/venue issues and Thomas Ralph will be organising the seminar programme and all other aspects of the event.

Dates and times

The conference will take place on Saturday 25 June and Sunday 26 June. Start time on Saturday will be 10 for 10:30 and finish on Sunday will be by 6pm at the latest.

Luncheon on both days and dinner on Saturday night are included at the hotel, and the function room remains available until 11:00pm on Saturday for socialising, with a cash bar available.

Programme

A = admin; D = discussion; G = game; M = meal; S = seminar

Saturday

Arrive, registration, tea 10:00

Preamble – welcome

A: State of the region and Q&A – DLS – 10:30

D: The New New World Order – 11:15

D: L2 Testers – 12:00

M: Luncheon 12:45-13:45

S: How to teach investigation skills – Oli Bird 13:45-14:45

D: WPN Representatives and interactions 15:00-15:30

S: Mentoring self-defeating beliefs – Michael Chamberlain 15:30-16:45

D: Exemplar 16:45-17:30

G: Fifteen to One – Thomas Ralph – 17:30-18:15

M: Dinner, drinks, and general sociability

Sunday

D: TO relationships – 09:30

S: L3 advancement in the NNWO – Jack Doyle – 10:00-11:00

D: Cabinet responsibility in the leadership – 11:15

D: L3 AMA – 12:00

M Luncheon 12:30-13:30

D: Area captain updates – 13:30-14:30

S: Connecting the Areas: improving the area network – Norman Ralph – 14:30-15:15

D: Discussion topic to be selected by popular choice: 15:30-16:00

D: How are PPTQs now? – 16:00

S: Self-evaluation, but differently – Thomas Ralph – 16:45

A: Wrap-up

Eligibility

The following judges are invited to apply:

• Level 3 or higher judges resident in the UKISA region
• Area captains in the UKISA region
• Other judges who have received a specific invitation from or on behalf of the Regional Coordinator (you'll know if this applies to you)

Applications are open until mid-May but we would encourage applying as soon as possible to help with planning.

Other judges are invited to instead attend the national conference which will be announced at a later date.

Travel

Leamington Spa station is a short walk from the venue, with Chiltern Railways services from London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street, and CrossCountry services from Reading, Southampton Central, Bournemouth, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester Piccadily, Stockport, Birmingham New Street, and Birmingham International, and London Midland services from Worcester Foregate Street via Kidderminster.

For those travelling from further away, Birmingham (BHX) is the nearest airport and is 23 minutes away by train from Leamington Spa. Trains run hourly and the fare is £8 return.

Accommodation

Accommodation at the Angel Hotel itself costs £70 for a single room or £95 for a twin room. Prices include full English breakfast. We do not have a room block and you can book directly with the hotel at http://www.angelhotelleamington.co.uk who will require upfront non-refundable payment.

Other hotels in the immediate vicinity include the Regent Hotel (https://www.travelodge.co.uk) £105 (£90 non-refundable) room only, Episode Hotel (http://www.episodehotels.co.uk/hotel-overview.html) £105 B&B twin, Lansdowne Hotel (http://www.thelansdowne.co.uk) £60/82/105 B&B single/twin/triple, Victoria Park Lodge £62/77/95 B&B single/twin/triple. Slightly further away are Thomas James Hotel (http://thomasjameshotel.blogspot.co.uk), Leamington Apartments (http://www.leamingtonapartments.co.uk), Best Western Hotel (https://www.bestwestern.co.uk), 

Prices relate to Saturday night and are correct as of 26/2/16.

All slots previously available to stay at Ray Fong's home during the conference are now full.

Judge foils

Judges who attend and actively participate in all seminars (or, where applicable, are excused) will receive a selection of promotional foils as a gift from the Judge Programme as a token of appreciation for their participation.