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The live programming on StaarCast will begin on Friday, October 2^nd at 2 pm, streamed from the Esalen Room at the Doubletree by Hilton – Palm Beach Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The first session is scheduled for 2 pm. Attendees may enter the room 15 minutes before the event. The second session is scheduled for 3:15 pm. The headliner for Friday is Christiana Gaudet. Her presentation starts at 4:30 pm. Regular sessions are scheduled to run for 45 minutes. Headliner presentations are scheduled for 90 minutes.

Saturday begins with a regular session at 9 am. Entry will be permitted after 8:45 am. At 10:15 am, join Mitchell Osborn for a 45-minute discussion of numerology. Then, at 11:30 am, examine the classic fairy tale “The Wizard of Oz” through a tarot lens with Brenda Elizabeth. Sessions start at 2 pm after lunch. Bex explores the current world of tarot and discusses the future of the practice at 3:15 pm. Saturday’s headliner, Pamela Chen, begins her session live at 4:30 pm. Saturday closes with the Bardic Circle at 7 pm. All StaarCast members in good standing may attend the Bardic Circle virtually, even if they don’t have a ticket for the virtual conference. Virtual attendees and presenters are encouraged to submit videos for consideration for inclusion in the program.

Sunday’s livestreamed program starts with a regular session at 9 am. Then join Aerik Arkadian for a deep dive into runic divination at 10:15 am. Lunch follows the session at 11:30 am. After lunch, regular sessions are scheduled at 2 pm and 3:15 pm. Sunday’s headliner will be Karen Rontowski, presenting her unique style of tarot and comedy. Finally, the closing ceremony begins at 7:30 pm.

These are just a few of the events scheduled for the virtual conference. Virtual events will be scheduled throughout the day and night during the live conference event.

Our busy web volunteers are entering the scheduled presentations for the StaarCon 6 Virtual Conference. The StaarCon 6 Virtual Calendar will now reflect the scheduled events in the warm-up to the conference, the conference events, and the AfterGlow events after the live conference ends.

This year, our video crew will have more cameras and better presentation options to improve the virtual conference experience. The recordings will be made locally to reduce sound issues in the presentation recordings and to ensure a better recording if internet problems arise. Our technical staff will have greater control over the scene, improving liaison between the virtual and in-person conference environments. The virtual participants will have greater inclusion in the live conference event.

This year, members of the StaarCast Community website will have the opportunity to purchase the virtual sessions à la carte through pay-per-view pricing if they don’t have access through a premium membership or a conference ticket. We are pleased to provide this much-requested feature.

This week, the team focused on the StaarCon website, so there were no changes to the visible frontend of StaarCast Community.

The attendees from past StaarCon events were imported into their new home on StaarCast. They join the already imported presenters from past events. Attendees from past events will receive an invitation to accept a free membership to StaarCast when it opens.

Space was reserved for the intensive StaarCon 6 Live Stream Event in October. The main stage will be streamed live from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, but that isn’t all! The Virtual StaarCon 6 event on StaarCast will feature virtual presentations from many of our presenters and artists. Every live event ticket holder will receive an invitation to join StaarCast to view the virtual event presentations.

This past week, the team has added some color and style to the coming StaarCast Community website. This is the first week the StaarCast blog opens, and this article will be the first post!

All past ticket holders will soon receive an invitation to create a password to enter the site. This will be emailed to the email address attached to your ticket. If you no longer have access to that address, please reach out to admin@staarcast.com and let us know. Please include the year you attended and the email address you used to register for the conference. Past ticket holders will be able to view recordings for the year or years they attended, as well as the public events for all StaarCon conferences. They will also be able to host and attend meetings in the Lounge and in the Meeting Hall.

Beta testers, in addition to the privileges of prior attendees, will be able to schedule and record meetings for later viewing. After the test period, beta testers will be offered a Creator Monthly membership. The Creator Monthly membership will allow you to present premium meetings and videos in our pay-per-view content center.

Select StaarCon videos from past years will be offered in the pay-per-view content center, providing past presenters a revenue-sharing opportunity. A video must be of good quality to be considered for participation. Presenters from prior years who are interested in adding their past presentations to the pay-per-view center should contact John Gaudet at jgaudet@staarcon.com.