2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:5

(5) To assist the General Superintendent in presiding over the district conference, and to assist the representative appointed by the General Superintendent when the General Superintendent is unable to be present. If neither the General Superintendent nor a representative appointed by the General Superintendent is present, it is the duty of the district superintendent to preside or to take responsibility for the same (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:350:3; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1120).