Annual Conference 2008 – "So you think its all over!?"

Was held

on

Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th March 2008

Directions to the Abbey Hotel

Members can now download presentations from the conference

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Outline of Conference Activities

Day One

Registration and Coffee	9:30	Warwick Suite
Opening	10:15	The Success of the "Vulcan to the Sky" appeal by Dr Robert Pleming CEO
Introduction	10:30	Clive Mollett – Chairman of the LC
	10:45	An update from The Gambling Commission Nick Tofiluk Director of Operations
Workshops	11:00	Workshop 1 – Starting a Lottery from Scratch
Lunch	12:00	"Knock Knock - Who’s there?" The pitfalls and potential of Door-to-Door recruitment Mick Aldridge - Chief Executive of Public Fundraising Regulatory Association
	12.30	Bramblings Restaurant
	14:00	Driving Raffle Success through Direct Marketing – a case study by a community charity Michael Dent from WRVS and Neil Henderson from Brightsource
	14:30	Promoting Lotteries on the Web. The how and the why Sue Fidler – IT consultant
Workshops	15:00	Workshop 2 – Ideas or Gambling Commision
Tea	16:00	Warwick Suite
	16:15	Developing the benefits of belonging Clive Mollett – Chairman of the LC
AGM	16:30	Members Only – Westminster Room
Wednesday Evening	19:00	Drinks Reception in the Warwick Bar – courtesy of Rank Group – Gaming Division
	19:30	Dinner in the Henley and Arden Suite

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Day Two

Registration and Coffee for day delegates	9:00	Warwick Suite
	9:15	Maximising Lottery Income A member case study of an award winning Lottery Louise Askew from Help the Aged and Alison Ogden from Talking Numbers
Workshops 3	9:45	Ideas or Gambling Commission
	10:45	It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it Amanda Kearsley - Lawmatix
Workshops 4 and Coffee	11:15	Finishing off starting a lottery from scratch
	12:00	Convergence and Innovation Susanna Fitzgerald QC
Dragon’s Den	12:30	Presentations from Workshops 10 mins each + 5 mins questions from "friendly Dragon's"
"Question Time"	13:30	Your best ever opportunity to understand what lies ahead for your Society and Business Panel chaired by Clive Mollett. To include Susanna FitzGerald QC Warwick Hawkins - DCMS Cliff Young – National Compliance Manager for Lotteries at the GC Amanda Kearsley - Lawmatix
	13:55	Closing remarks Chairman of the LC
Lunch And Close	14:00	Bramblings Restaurant

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Workshops

This year we operated four workshops, which ran in parallel.

Workshops 1 and 4 were made up of four teams of delegates who were be invited to design a certain type of lottery from scratch. Each team was given a lottery format and various challenges to address.

On day one the teams brainstormed ideas and came up with a format. On day two the teams met again to polish up the ideas, using new things learnt over the course of the conference, and put together a brief presentation.

In the "Dragon’s Den" session the teams presented their solutions and were quizzed by "friendly dragons".

These workshops were intended to enable people (who would not normally work side by side) to share experiences and ideas in a fun and practical way.

Workshops 3 and 4 were devoted to problem and ideas sharing in one session and the traditional "meet the Gambling Commission" in the other. If you went to "ideas" on day one you went to the Gambling Commission session on day two.