Spring PNW Conference - at LDXP Tacoma

Organizer: PNW Judge team
Judge manager: Stephan Classen
Event type: Judge Conference
REL: N/A
Format: No Format
Event date(s): March 26, 2026
Location: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Venue: Greater Tacoma Convention Center
1500 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402
Applications accepted through: March 22, 2026

Event Information

Welcome to the first conference of 2026 for the PNW region! We welcome all judge foundry members, judge candidates, staff and interested judge community members!  

This event will be hosted on the Thursday before LDXP Tacoma

Date: March 26th, 4-8pm.  
We are requesting 2 speakers (and some volunteers to be a scenario for mock draft) to present.  There is no expectation of a screen for presenting, so presenters or workshop hosts should expect to lead discussions and speak to our group. 

Expected schedule: 2 talks (no screen) for 1.5 to 2 hours, then a mock draft with real boosters and mock judge calls
Dinner if people want to join afterwards

Please come expecting to learn, engage with fellow judges, and have a great time, with a mock (chaos) draft! 

 

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Stephan Classen
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Staff
Brook Gardner-Durbin
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Attendee
Adam Blaylock
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Staff
Beaux Bruggman
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Attendee
Sam Philliber
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Southeast Presenter
Ally Rose
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Attendee
Matt Schafer
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Attendee
John Towery
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Staff
Ian Waters
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Attendee
Michael Young
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Attendee
Quinn Knobbe
Level 1 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Attendee
Cherese Moss
Level 1 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Attendee
Zoie Hancock
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Staff
Lauren Stanton
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Attendee