I think my biggest disappointment was probably Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams. I've read quite a few of his papers and expect he must be one of the most knowledgeable people in the area of sports betting efficiency. However his talk didn't really offer any exciting new ideas or even frame existing ideas in cool ways. Even for a beginner, his talk would have been a bit dull given he was just reading his slides.
Now this is to say nothing about his contributions to the industry in general though. We clearly wouldn't be talking on this forum at all if it weren't for him.
Although similar in content, I think Dominic Cortis presented much better and was more interesting.
Overall I think going to the conference was worth it though. Even though I didn't massively learn anything new, it was quite inspiring nonetheless. I have to caveat that with the fact that I didn't have to travel far though! Haha. Don't think I'd go if it was in Scotland!
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Y, I actually arranged to meet him as I wanted to say a personal thanks for giving us all the opportunity. Been meaning to do that for ages!xitian wrote:Now this is to say nothing about his contributions to the industry in general though. We clearly wouldn't be talking on this forum at all if it weren't for him.
Putting aside personal and commercial issues, I think Matchbook came out of the whole experience pretty well. I had a good chat with them and they have done the community some good, so credit to them for finally making it happen.
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Am I correct in thinking the cost of attending was £400? That seems a lot to me if it is true.
Peter - you mentioned on another thread about listening to something about tax and said you would update the forum about it?
Peter - you mentioned on another thread about listening to something about tax and said you would update the forum about it?
Yep. http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/matchbook ... 8392945796andyfuller wrote:Am I correct in thinking the cost of attending was £400?
Had no idea it was that much! That wouldn't have been value for me as I knew everybody already anyhow. But I guess it would have been different from another perspective. But that shows you they got a good result as there was a pretty good turnout.