Every year, a few days before Conference, my brain goes into complete meltdown as I try to juggle all the competing demands on my time. There are usually at least 37 things going on in each time slot that I want to go to. Actually, that’s 34 things that I want to do and 3 that I have to do. No wonder I look at Hermione Grainger’s Time Tuner in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabahn so jealously.

I shall try over the next few days to give you a flavour of what’s on offer in Glasgow this year. There’s so much, in the debating hall, in the training rooms, bars and on the fringe. And all it takes is meeting a long lost friend by chance in a corridor to put you off course because you end up talking to them for ages.

Sorting out our timetables has been made much easier in recent years with the smartphone App. It was supposed to have been ready yesterday, but according to Neil Monnery, there’s been a problem at Apple’s end and it won’t be ready until Monday. That company really hasn’t had a good week, has it? Next thing they’ll be announcing that Ed Miliband is their new CEO.

Anyway, let’s have a quick look at the training on offer. This is always an important part of Conference, but even more so in the run-up to a General Election. For a start, campaign teams need to know the legalities because the last thing we need is for an election agent to end up in jail. This year there are courses on election law and the new defamation law designed to keep us out of trouble.

There are courses for every conceivable aspect of the campaign from leaflets to social media to fundraising to membership. It’s worth your local party sitting down and splitting people up between all the sessions or if there aren’t enough of you, teaming up with others to pool the notes.