I had many interesting conversations, which have left me with boosted enthusiasm for getting back to making further progress on both Sancho, and on the exploration of some new directions (which I will probably follow independently of Sancho to begin with, though they may re-integrate further down the road).
During the conference a 'grudge match' (honestly - there's no grudge!) between Sancho and TurboTurtle was held (I don't have a link for any of the games, as we did it in a fairly ad-hoc fashion, playing games people present suggested), which I think Sancho won (though I don't recall any exact score - it was more a demo-match session). The following day, a human vs silicon competition (just a couple of games) was also held (Sancho vs attendee-victim), which Sancho won 2:0, though it should have lost the first game, as its opponent had a fairly short forced win at one point (in Breakthrough).
On the final day a brief award ceremony took place, where I received the GGP International Championship cup following last year's win (traditionally this takes place at the AAAI conferences), on behalf of Andrew and myself.
The cup in new hands:
Professor Genesereth (the handsome guy without much hair standing next to the other handsom guy without much hair!):
