Nordic Mini-Conference Vilnius (Lithuania)

Welcome to the Nordic Judge mini-conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, that will be held on the 14th of October!
First of all, application window closes on 1st September, thus please take your time to register now!
You can still apply and participate in the conference, BUT you will not get any foils if you register past September 1st.

FOILS
Very important! You can only get foils for ONE mini-conference per year. So if you intend to attend multiple, please have this in mind.
Registration
To be eligible for the judge foils you need to:
1. Register before end date (1/9)
2. Hold a level of at least 1 before end date

3. Show up for the entire day

You can still participate if you're L0 or certify later, or apply later, but you won't be eligible to receive judge foils.

Judge testing
L1 Judge testing will be possible at the conference. If this is relevant to you, please indicate so on the application form.

Schedule

11:00 Meet and greet

11:45 State of the Region

12:15 Seminar – Alternative Rules Teaching (Domantas Zavadzkis)

13:00 Lunch (free)

14:00 Seminar – Staying Motivated and Up to Date 101 (Valdas Kalvis)

15:00 Workshop – Judging at Regular REL: Simulation (Gediminas Usevičius)

16:15 Closing Remarks

17:00 Rotisserie draft (provided there‘s enough willing participants; preliminary price - 14 Eur, each Ixalan pack you bring gives 3,5 Eur discount; prizes - 1 pack/player)

20:00 Dinner (Location TBA)

Presentations and workshops

Domantas Zavadzkis

Seminar: Alternative Rules Teaching

Teaching rules or interesting situations can be complex but, there are fun ways to teach these rules that branch off into great side events for actual tournaments, so let's discuss them together!

Valdas Kalvis

Seminar: Staying motivated and up to date 101

Being a judge in a distant region without too many opportunities to judge in a challenging environment isn’t easy. Keeping your motivation and knowledge intact is very important, as we need to provide the best experience possible to the players around us. What can we do to avoid losing our spark? How can we help others in similar situations?

Gediminas Usevičius

Workshop: Judging at Regular REL: Simulation
Regular REL is the place where you spend the most time and yet, people tend not to call judges and just 'fix' stuff for themselves, taking all those juicy Judge Calls from you. But not this time! During the simulation you will be taking judge calls and will be able to show your skills. Don't stress too much, it’s Regular REL, so DEVIATE AS HELL*.

*Conditions apply

Side events and other activities

Friday: there is an FNM with ~20 players at the venue (Standard), don't hesitate to come and play if you arrive a day early!

Saturday: Rotisserie draft and Judge dinner.