Nordic Mini-conference Tampere

Welcome to the Nordic Judges mini-conference in Tampere, Finland, on the 16th of December!

Please note that the application period closes on November 4th at 23:59 (Saturday)!

Registration

To be eligible for the judge foils you need to:

1. Submit the application by the application deadline (November 4th; late admission is possible, but WITHOUT foil support)

2. Be certified as Level 1 or higher by application deadline

3. Participate during the whole presentation part of the conference day

4. Notice that if you participate in another Mini-Conference in our region earlier this autumn, you MIGHT not be eligible to receive the foils at this event (depending on availability)

You are welcome to participate if you are not a certified judge or certify after the deadline, but you won't be eligible to receive judge foils.

Presentations

The day will include 3-4 seminars and workshops oriented mainly around Regular Rules Enforcement Level and the Judging at Regular (JAR) document.

If you are interested in hosting a seminar or a workshop, please mention this, as well as the topic (if you have one ready) in your application.

Seminars and workshops may be given in either Finnish or English.

Possible topics for a seminar, for instance:

What should new judges know about judging (at events)?

JAR and Regular REL judging

The road to judging at Competitive REL

How to write Reviews

Casting a spell

Tournament shortcuts

Your favourite topic!

Judge testing

L1 Judge testing will be possible at the conference. If you are interested in taking the L1 test during the conference day, please indicate so in your application.

Schedule

10:30 The conference starts with a meet and greet. (This should give enough time for people taking the train the same morning to get to the venue.)

The official part of the conference will be over by 16.00.

The schedule will be published once we have selected all the presenters.

But wait! There’s more!

Side events and other activities

Friday: There are two LGSs that organize FNM, in case you want to arrive early (starting times 16.30/17.00)

Saturday: Starting soon after the presentation part, there will be an Iconic Masters-draft organized for the conference participants for a discount price (more information later, courtesy of our LGSs). Other option for the afternoon, and also as post-draft activity, is free gaming, so bring your decks along. There will also be a Judge Dinner organized for those who wish to stay, more details on that later.

Sunday:  Notice that there should be will be a double PPTQ in Tampere the following day, Sunday 17th of December, so you can also consider that when doing your travel preparations. If you are interested in judging any of those, you can mention so in your application and we can put you in contact with the TO.

Additional information

There will be a questionnaire to be filled in with information on lunch options, special dietary needs, mobility issues, etc. once the sign-up period has ended. Should you have any questions related to the event, do include those in your application.