Drinks Reception for contestants and under 18 guests
SATURDAY REGISTRATION
Contestants with gold wristbands only
Contestants with gold wristbands only: Essay finalists who have been given a gold wristband on Friday should wear their wristband again on Saturday. These candidates should enter via the “Great Room Entrance” on Park Lane, opposite Hyde Park, between 9am and 9.30am. The first session is due to start promptly at 9.45am in the Great Room.
Contestants with no wristbands
Essay finalists who didn’t register on Friday, and who therefore were not yet issued with a wristband, should enter via the “Ballroom Entrance” on Park Lane, opposite Hyde Park, between 8.30am and 9.15am in order to register in time to attend the first session in the Great Room.
Hotel staff and John Locke representatives will be on hand to direct you to the registration table.
Parents & Guardians
Parents and guardians: To avoid congestion in the busy registration process, we would be grateful if you would say goodbye to your son or daughter as soon as they have entered the hotel, rather than accompanying them to the event space.
Dress Code
We suggest that you wear ‘business casual’ on Saturday day-time. If you are joining us for the Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony in the evening, the dress code for that is ‘black tie’.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
George Morrison, Eton College
Sreyaa Sunjay, King Edwards VI Camp Hill School for Girls
- 14:30 Johnny Yi, BASIS International School “What’s the Difference between a Psychiatric Illness and a Character Flaw?” 14:20 - 14:30
Max Collison, Winchester College “Why was economic growth once so rare and now so common?” 14:20 - 14:30
Olivia Kang, Davidson Academy “Should We Trust Our Moral Intuition?” 14:20 - 14:30
PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY Dr Stephen Davies History Fellow John Locke Institute
14:45 - 15:15
Doria Chen, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
Kenneth Cukier Deputy Executive Editor, The Economist
Prof Alexander Bird
Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge 14:45 - 15:15
Audrey Kuk, St Hilda’s School “What is the Optimal Global Population?” 14:20 - 14:30 Jiankai Zhao, Raffles Institution, Singapore “Should Taxpayers Fund the Media?” 14:20 - 14:30
Jiankai Zhao, Raffles Institution, Singapore “Should Taxpayers Fund the Media?”
THEOLOGY Dr Jamie Whyte Academic Director, John Locke Institute “The Problem of Minor Irritations” 14:45 - 15:15
EVENT FOR JUNIORS ONLY
Dr Jamie Whyte & Ihsan Iftikar, The Greenwich Country Day School “How to Win Next Year!”
16:00 - 16:30
REGISTRATION
AWARDS CEREMONY & GALA DINNER
For those with a ticket for the Awards Dinner, registrations for the evening event begin at 5.30pm in the Ballroom Foyer. You should enter via the “Ballroom Entrance” on Park Lane, opposite Hyde Park. Please make sure you have your mobile phone with you so we can scan the unique QR code you have been issued. This will serve as your entry ticket for admission to the Gala Dinner. Essay Finalists who have been given a gold wristband on Friday or Saturday morning should wear their wristband again and are invited to go directly to the Great Room, using the “Great Room Entrance” on Park Lane, opposite Hyde Park.
Doors to the Great Room will open at 6.30pm and dinner will be served at 7.15pm.
DRESS CODE
The dress code for this evening is ‘black tie’.
AFTER PARTY
When the Awards Ceremony concludes around 10.15pm, you are invited to join us in the Ballroom for some live music.
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GALA DINNER
We are running three identical Oxbridge Admissions Briefings: 9:30am, 11am, 12:30am.
Please pick one session to attend as all of the sessions are exactly the same, so you need not attend multiple sessions.
Please note that we cannot promise that the session you pick will not have already reached maximum capacity, thus, in this case, you may be asked to come back for a later session.
Oxford and Cambridge Admissions Briefing 9:30 - 10:30
Oxford and Cambridge Admissions Briefing 11am -12 0’clock
Oxford and Cambridge Admissions Briefing 12:30-13:30 SUNDAY
