Road to Nationals 2026 Seminar Series
| Organizer: | Conference Team |
|---|---|
| Judge manager: | Christian Gienger |
| Event type: | Judge Conference |
| REL: | N/A |
| Format: | Other |
| Event date(s): | Dec. 27, 2025-Dec. 28, 2025 |
| Location: | Discord, Online |
| Venue: | Judges of Rathe Discord |
| Applications accepted through: |
Dec. 28, 2025
(Anywhere on Earth)
Applications closed 11 days ago |
Event Information
Road to Nationals 2026 Online Conference Series
The conference team is proud to present additional online conferences that are aimed to provide newer judges a chance to learn key skills that will assist you in running your local events and also a second presentation that is aimed at more experienced judges, but shouldn't need too much experience to learn something from it.
Event Details
Each Organised Play region has a set of presentations on Saturday evening in their time zone with the other presentations 8 hours away in either direction. The schedule is:
(All local times are December 27th)
| Time (UTC) | Region | Local Time | Presenter | Seminar Title |
| 10:00 (27th) | Asia-Pacific | 18:00 SGT | Sebastian Bednarski | Judging my first comp REL event |
| 11:00 (27th) | Asia-Pacific | 19:00 SGT | Red Itärinne | Don't be intimidated! Gaining Confidence with the rules |
| 18:00 (27th) | Europe | 19:00 CET | Veeti Kainulainen | Judging my first comp REL event |
| 19:00 (27th) | Europe | 20:00 CET | Émilien WILD | Level two and you |
| 02:00 (28th) | Americas | 21:00 EST | Madeline Abernathy | Judging my first comp REL event |
| 03:00 (28th) | Americas | 22:00 EST | Elaine Cao | Introduction to the Cheating DQ |
UTC is a +0 timezone, and times are posted in 24-hour format. It is recommended to check which time it is where you live using a converter, or checking the discord annoucement which will have time codes to display in your local timezone: https://www.timeanddate.com/
Each event will have ~50-minute presentations and will take place on Discord with a 5-10 minute break before the next seminar.
The conference has presenter/moderator support only. Applying as an attendee on JudgeHub is not mandatory but is encouraged.
Judges interested in presenting at this conference should fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/HgYahXAuqnHBCweJA
Deadline for applications is December 12th, with presenters and the schedule being announced on December 14th.
Please reach out to anyone of the conference team if you have any questions!