Author: Laura Hamel

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Laura Hamel

Laura Hamel is a game convention organizer and professional software engineer. Having held roles of Con Chair, Events Coordinator, Ops Coordinator, and Technology Chair, Laura is a key organizer of U-Con Gaming Convention, a Michigan based con with annual attendance of 1100, which is going virtual in November 2020. She created the event and registration management software behind U-Con and has released it as open source software under the name GameConSuite. Laura loves tabletop roleplaying and board games. Find her on U-Con’s Facebook page or the U-Con website.

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Taking Your Convention Virtual

Posted by Laura Hamel | Jul 20, 2020 | General |

In March, I was organizing what Angela Murray...

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