2016 Indiana Central Area Conference

On behalf of all the Indianapolis judges, we would like to welcome you to our city for a judge conference. This conference will focus on the skills required of L2 judges and will target newer and experienced L1 judges looking to improve those skills.

This event will be capped at 15 total persons including presenters, with preference given to those of nearer proximity.

Venue and start time
This conference will be held at

Good Games

111 S Meridian St
Indianapolis, Indiana 46225

(https://www.goodgames.com.au/stores/usa/indianapolis.html)

Check-in will be from 11am to Noon. Note that we will not take any meal breaks, but they do have snacks and drinks there if you get hungry (and it always helps the store).  Attendees can park for a fee in the street or in lots nearby for their rates.  Mall parking at Circle Center tends to be the best rate, but if you don’t shop there, you’ll want to leave before event parking rates kick in for the Big10 Championship at Lucas Oil over south of the convention center.

Attendance and foil support

As a thank you to the judge program, Wizards of the Coast allows us to offer attendees a selection of promotional foil cards, proportional to the number of seminars attended. Attendance is capped at 15 people. In the event that more than this many people apply, selections will be made prioritizing judges in the conference's target audience (especially experienced L1's hoping to advance to L2). Attendees whose applications are accepted will receive a selection of judge foils pending completion of a brief feedback survey on site. Unfortunately, we cannot extend foil support to judges who apply after 11:59pm Sunday, 30 October 2016, or judge candidates who have not yet certified, although members of these groups are still welcome to attend.  Judges certifying for L1 at the conference will not receive foils.

Agenda
11AM-noon: Check-in

We will be announcing the full conference schedule, including the topics of the workshops and seminars by 23 October.  Each session will contain three groups consisting of two workshops and/or a seminar.  Each attendee will see three sessions of material.

Presenters
If you are interested in presenting a workshop at this conference, we'd love to have you! Please e-mail ingsvin@gmail.com with your name, type of hands-on workshop, and proposed topic. Please submit all proposals by 9 October 2016.  Each presenter will present twice, and will attend one of the other sessions of his or her choice.