About the Event

Welcome to in-person conferences. This conference is a single-track, in-person conference with a cap of 60 attendees.  There is a breakfast option for those who want to come 30min early.

This conference will be held in-person at Critical Hit Gaming Lounge. There will not be a hybrid option.  Looking to focus mainly on brushing up on comp rel, new CR updates and general event judge staff skills for new judges and a refresher for others.

Application Deadline

Applications for attendees will close Friday, April 21 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.  Any Questions I can be reached on Discord too JudgeRemy#5941

Eligibility and Foil Support

Foil support is available for presenters and all Judge Academy certified judge (Level 1, 2, or 3) attendees.

Due to the in-person focused nature of this conference, please only apply if you are able and willing to travel to the conference location.

As an in-person conference, packs will contain the cards as per this post: Judge Academy announcement

Foils will be distributed at the end of the conference day.

Event Safety Guidelines

In accordance with Ontario’s indoor organized gathering requirements, masks (covering nose and mouth) are mandatory in order to attend.

Proof of vaccination is currently required so please follow the proof of vaccination requirements as per the Ontario Proof of Vaccination guidelines here: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/proof-covid-19-vaccination

Due to the changing nature of this situation, we will update these requirements as needed as we get closer to the event.

Location

This conference will be held at Critical Hit Gaming Lounge. This is a LGS that also serves food and we are planning a lunch break at approximately 1 PM.

There is plenty of parking at the location at no cost.

There is no venue fee for this conference.

Schedule

All times below are in Eastern Time

10:00 AM — Breakfast (optional)

10:30 AM — Welcome and opening remarks

11:00 AM — Presentation 1: David Lecker – The roots of investigating infractions

12:00 PM — Break

12:05 PM — Presentation 2: Alex Frank – Miscalls and how to handle them

1:05 PM — Lunch Break with Trivia (optional)

2:00 PM — Presentation 3: Michael Hill – Everything EventLink

3:00 PM — Break

3:05 PM — Presentation 4: Graham Schofield – Competitive Mock Tournament

4:05 PM — Closing remarks and foil distribution

4:30 PM — End of Conference

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