Jean-Sébastien Caron · aka ogop · Québec
About
I’m Jean-Sébastien Caron, aka ogop. I founded the Stream-o-Thon and I’m Vice-President of Innovation JDL, the non-profit behind LAN JDL. I organize social-impact gaming events and I put AI to work for volunteer teams.
Social-impact gaming event organizer
Background
My path
The spark
I realize how strong streamer communities are.
LAN JDL
I join the team behind LAN JDL, a gaming gathering founded in 2016.
The Stream-o-Thon and the non-profit
In the middle of the pandemic, I found the Stream-o-Thon and start LAN JDL’s shift to a non-profit, Innovation JDL, and a more professional organization.
Holding on
A DDoS attack hits the fundraiser: we switch platforms mid-event, and the fundraising goes on.
AI for the team
I build a Claude-driven video editing engine and AI routines for partner prospecting and grant monitoring.
Betting on impact
A new partnership model, focused on social impact, for LAN JDL 2027.
Alongside Since 2010
Vice-President, Montréal Combustion
A combustion, heating and commercial HVAC services company in Greater Montréal. I bring that business experience to JDL. In turn, what I’ve learned at LAN JDL lets me innovate and develop techniques that aren’t native to Montréal Combustion’s industry.
LAN JDL was born in 2016 when a group of video game fans got together. When I joined the team in 2019, it was already a great community.
In 2020, the pandemic forced the event online. That’s when I founded the Stream-o-Thon and started the shift to a non-profit, Innovation JDL, with a charter, governance and more professional management.
Today, as Vice-President, I work on everything that keeps the event alive: strategy and governance, partnerships, volunteer teams, broadcasting, reporting and digital tools.
Skills
What I can do
Event organizing
Example LAN JDL, a gaming weekend planned in five phases, from pre-event to wrap-up.
Pre-event, set-up, live operations, tear-down and post-event: logistics, ticketing, security, canteen and contingency planning.
Live fundraising
Example The Stream-o-Thon, which I founded in 2020: streamers go live for young people’s mental health.
Live charity campaigns on Twitch and content-creator mobilization, for the Fondation des Gardiens virtuels. In 2024, a DDoS attack hit the campaign: we switched platforms mid-event, and the fundraising went on.
- Twitch
- Tiltify
- Discord
Social-impact partnerships
Example The 2027 partnership plan: a single partner status and an impact report after the event.
Strategy, prospecting, pitch and renewals. For 2027: no more sponsorship tiers, five impact areas (volunteers, social integration, participants, streamers, the Foundation) and contributions in cash, in kind, in skills or in job opportunities.
Volunteer leadership
Example About ten volunteer teams at LAN JDL and, for many, a first real work experience.
Recruiting, onboarding, shift scheduling, recognition and mentoring: tech and network, broadcast control, welcome and ticketing, security, canteen, communications, hosting, partnerships and finance.
Applied AI for non-profits
Example A Claude-driven video editing engine and prospecting routines, always reviewed by a person.
Choosing where AI truly helps a volunteer team, supervising agents and training people on the tools. My rule: AI prepares, a human checks and decides.
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- RAG
- Système agentique
- MCP
- Whisper
Web development
Example The lanjdl.ca website, which volunteers update without coding, and the LAN JDL online store.
Fast, accessible static sites, automatically validated content, browser tests and continuous integration; a custom Shopify theme.
- Astro
- TypeScript
- Playwright
- Cloudflare
- Shopify (Liquid)
- Remotion
Live broadcasting
Example The MeetUp zone control room: a Twitch broadcast station ready to be run by people with no experience.
OBS, PTZ cameras, setup scripts and a printable operator sheet.
Data and accountability
Example The 2026 streamer report and the event report for partners, with method and limits spelled out.
Audience and donation metrics, a transparent method, estimates flagged, and no unvalidated comparison between two editions.
- TwitchTracker
- API Twitch
- Tiltify
- Excel
- Python
Approach
How I work
AI prepares, people decide
AI tools save the team time. Nothing is made up, nothing is sent or published without a human review.
Prove the impact
Figure-based, documented reports after every edition, with a transparent method and clearly stated limits.
Respect people
Dignity and privacy for people in social-integration programs, healthy digital habits, respect for copyright.
Bring people together
Getting volunteers, content creators, partners and organizations to work together for one cause.
Why the Stream-o-Thon, in my own words
In 2017, seeing the bonds between streamers and the people who watch them, I realized how strong these communities are. Behind the usernames, there are people who need to feel welcomed and supported.
The Stream-o-Thon was born from that conviction: bring creators together, champion inclusion and turn that closeness into concrete support.
When the suicide prevention association introduced us to the Fondation des Gardiens virtuels, we finally found a foundation that met the need we were seeing in our communities.
Values
KindnessMutual aidInclusionTransparency
EthicsHealthydigitalhabits
“All members, volunteers and participants must act with respect, kindness and mutual aid. We value inclusion and diversity at our events.” (translated)
Code of conduct, Innovation JDL charter
At LAN JDL
In pictures
A project, a question?