The Race Track Industry Program has announced that the Racing Officials Accreditation Program (ROAP) has approved attendance at the Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming to count toward continuing education (CE) hours for accredited stewards, judges and racing officials.

Eight hours of CE credit may be earned by attending the regulatory track panels at the symposium as well as the model rules session of the RCI meeting. The regulation-based topics, offered Wednesday afternoon and Thursday at the conference include:

The Control Room: Monitoring the Heartbeat of the Gambling Day at the Races – a look at Racing Victoria’s (Australia) control room illustrating how cutting-edge technology creates a level playing field for tracks of all sizes around the country in both the areas of wagering and officiating. All aspects of the day are carefully scrutinized including wagering world-wide, expected performance issues, and expanding the knowledge base to assist stewards in decision making and enforcement of the rules.

Behind Closed Doors – What Really Happens in the Steward’s Stand During a Day of Racing? – the Racing Officials Accreditation program creates a true-to-life steward’s stand on the conference stage showing the processes used and issues dealt with on a daily basis by the stewards. The scenarios will show how decisions are made, rules are enforced and stewards deal with the unexpected. A mock race day steward’s stand shows it is not always smooth sailing.

Current Issues and Points of Emphasis in Racing – a look into the areas of most interest for stewards today

The RCI Model Rules is a working session held at the Omni Resort Thursday afternoon after the conclusion of the panel presentations.

Registration for the eight-hour CE program may be completed on the ROAP website. The cost is $110.

The full 16-hours of CE credit may be earned by attending the entire symposium, which includes sessions of great interest to racing officials such as three sessions providing a comprehensive look at declining field size using studies that were done on the global marketplace to tackle the issues and metrics associated with field size, where it is growing, where it’s declining, the effect on the bottom line and most importantly how to change the trend. Attendance at the Model Rules working session is also required.

Registration for full Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming, which earns the 16-hours of CE credit may be completed on the conference website (ua-rtip.org/symposium).

The cost is $550 before November 14 and $650 after November 14 or at the door.

(RTIP)