CONORG '98

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
(Agenda Papers NOW being linked)

Friday 11th September

6pm-8pm - Registration: UTS, Markets Campus, opposite Room 5B.1.14
Here you will get copies of the Agenda Papers and your Conference Pack inserts.
Presenters will also get a chance to confirm timing for their presentations.

Saturday 12th September
(Please note that there will be a 10 minute break between each session except for the Keynote address, which will have a 20 minute break thereafter)

09:00 - Registration: UTS, Markets Campus, Room 5B.1.14

09:55 - Conference Welcome
Writers - Craig Walker / Ben Kemp / Tony Lloyd
Presenter - Craig Walker

10:00 - Keynote Address -
Conventions: Why Do We Run Them? and Who Do We Run Them For?

               MS Word 97 Version

               RTF Version

Writer / Presenter - Mark Grundy
Chair - Ben Kemp

11:10 - Session 1 - The Structure of a Convention.
            
                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- Venue appropriation.
- What makes a good venue? How and Where to get one.
- Designers don't write games that people want to play T/F?
- Game Balances for Conventions
- Adult Concepts Y/N What does it really mean?
- Non-Gaming activities (Stalls, Dinners, Mugs, Shirts, etc.)
- Vetting Games for Conventions

Writers/Presenters - Michael Corbin / Michael Hitchens
Chair - Tony Lloyd

12:10 - Lunch Break

13:00 - Session 2 - Human Resources

                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- GM Support, Organiser support, Designer support and Player support.
- Players - People Not Problems.

Writers - Richard Percy / Lindsay Beaton
Presenter - Lindsay Beaton
Chair - Tony Lloyd

14:10 - Session 3 - The Decreasing Attendance at Conventions.

                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- The 'Greying' of the Population
- Demographics of Conventions do we take note?
- How do we get new blood into Cons?
- Attendance. How do we increase?
- How do we retain Designers and Players?

Writers/Presenters - Garry Fay / Tony Lloyd
Chair - Ben Kemp

15:20 - Session 4 - Scheduling systems

                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- What is a Scheduling System? What is Good? What is Bad?

Writers - Michael Hitchens / Mark (Hugg) McAdam / Django Upton
Presenters - Michael Hitchens / Django Upton
Chair - Tony Lloyd

16:30 - Open Discussion
Chairs - Tony Lloyd / Ben Kemp

17:00 - Day 1 Closes.

19:30 - Dinner: Hot Roks, Char Grill. Level 2, Broadway Shopping Centre

Sunday 13th September
(Please note that there will be a 10 minute break between each session)

09:00 - Breakfast Coffee and Croissants

10:00 - Session 5 - Convention Co-operation.

                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- Timing of Cons.
- Umbrella Organisation. Do we need one Why?/Not?
- Cons on the same weekend.
- Communication between Cons.
- What Conventions should own and pay for.

Writer/Presenter - (Unca) Wes Nicholson
Chair - Ben Kemp

11:10 - Session 6 - An Organisational Help Document

                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- Timeline for Convention Organising
- Con Organisers Supplier List, incl. Sponsors/retailers

Writers - Django Upton / Morgan Jaffit
Presenter - Django Upton
Chair - Ben Kemp

12:10 - Lunch

13:00 - Session 7 - Legalities of Cons.

                MS Word 97 Version

              RTF Version

- Property Ownership,
- Taxes,
- Convention names,
- Registering,
- Liability/insurance.
- Games recognition by Gov't as a legitimate hobby/art-form.

Writer/Presenter - Benjamin (Ben) Kemp
Chair - Tony Lloyd

14:10 - Session 8 - How To Sell Your Convention.

                Word 97 Version

                RTF Version

- PR both INternal and EXternal.
- Marketing - what works? what doesn't?
- Advertising, Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?

Writers - Andrew Sinclair / Mark Schrader
Presenter - Craig Thomler
Chair - Ben Kemp

15:20 - Session 9 - Open Forum Panel
"Organising a Con - Come Pick Our Brains."
Panel Members - Grant Chapman, Jo Shafer, Michael Hitchens, Dennis Ashelford,                                  Garry Fay.
Chairs - Ben Kemp / Tony Lloyd

16:30 - Closing Address
Writer/Presenter - Craig Walker

17:00 - After Conference Dinner/Drinks:
The Off Broadway Hotel, Bay Street, Broadway.

Main | Registration & Fees

ConOrg and ConOrg 98 are copyright Genre Manipulations, 1998.
For problems or questions regarding this web, contact [Genre Manipulations].