2013 Conference of the Society of Indexers at Wyboston Lakes, photos and information. This was created by our committee chair

1. FRIDAY 12 TH TO SUNDAY 14 TH
JULY 2013

2. WEST ANGLIA GROUP
welcomes you to

3. WYBOSTON LAKES
EXECUTIVE CENTRE
 near St Neots
 exclusive use of
purpose-built, executive
conference centre
 accommodation, catering
and conference in one
building
 spacious bar
 free wi-fi throughout
 en suite rooms with iron,
hair dryer, laptop safes

4. EN SUITE EXECUTIVE
ROOMS

5. PLENARY SESSIONS
Indexing
image
collections
Marketing in
the digital age
(Robin Croft)
Publishing
partnerships

6. DESIGN YOUR OWN
CONFERENCE

7. PARALLEL SESSIONS
CONFERENCE
DESIGN YOUR OWN
Business skills, including
• Marketing for indexers
• Law for freelancers
• Writing a good CV
Indexing skills, including
• Database indexing
• Indexing legal materials
• CUP* workflow
• Student activities
2-hour SI workshops, including
• Children’s books
• Writing index entrie s
• [NEW] Personal names
* Cambridge University Press

8. SOCIETY & BEYOND
GET TO KNOW THE
Publishing Technology Group panel
‘Society Matters’ reports
Annual General Meeting
Prize presentations
Meet the Executive Board and training course
tutors
International reports (from other indexing
societies)

9. PRIZE PRESENTATIONS
AT THE GALA DINNER

10. REFRESH YOURSELF
Back care workshop
Eye health for homeworkers workshop
350 acres of countryside, including lakes and
nature reserve
Free use of onsite leisure facilities
• State-of-the-art health and fitness club and
wet area
• 80 hole par 70 golf course with 14 bay driving
area
Optional excursion to RSPB HQ (in Sandy)

11. REFRESH YOURSELF

12. REFRESH YOURSELF

13. REFRESH YOURSELF

14. TRAVEL TO ST NEOTS
Rail  3 miles from St Neots Station
 40 mins to Kings Cross/St Pancras (easy access to
Heathrow/Gatwick/Eurostar)
 3 hours from Newcastle
Coach/Bus  X5 luxury coach links to Oxford, Milton Keynes & Cambridge
Road  Free parking
 Close to A1; quick link to M1 (Jn 13)
 20 miles from Cambridge
 Wyboston Lakes Executive Centre: MK44 3AR
International  Stansted and Luton (45 mins by car)
 Rail links to Heathrow, Gatwick, Eurostar

15. PLACES TO VISIT
St Neots (historic market town) (2.5 miles)
Cambridge (20 miles)
Bletchley Park (30 miles)
Follow John Bunyan’s trail in Bedford (11 miles)
RSPB HQ Reserve (8.5 miles)
Hatfield House (35 miles)
Hemingford Grey (home of Lucy Boston’s Green Knowe
books and her quilting collection) (19.5 miles)
Cath Kidston’s factory shop (in walking distance)

16. 350 ACRES: GO HOME RECHARGED