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Sessions

Friday 29 September, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Filmmaking 101
50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

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Panel

Jack Snyder (Moderator)

Wyatt Weed, Pirate Pictures (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Are Conventions Still Necessary?
50 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

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Matthew R.R. Morrese, Canticles Productions LLC (Moderator)

Rhiannon Gonzalez (Participant)

Cathy Hird, - None - (Participant)

Linda Wyatt, MillenniCon (Participant)

SF conventions were created as a safe place to meet others that shared a love of science fiction and fantasy. With the internet, people can now eas...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
The Changing Face of Cons
50 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

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Panel

Linda Wyatt, MillenniCon (Moderator)

Jim Yelton, Geek Universe with Jim Yelton/Midnight Entertainment (Participant)

M. R. Sellars, I'm so disorganized... You have no idea. Srsly... (Participant)

Michael Z. Williamson, SharpPointyThings.com (Participant)

Mr Thomas Stratman, Self (Participant)

Twenty years ago, it was pretty much about Authors and Artists. Now it's Media, Anime, Costuming, and Gaming. How have conventions grown, and where...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Game of Thrones: The Beginning of the End
50 minutes, 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM

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Panel

Van Allen Plexico (Moderator)

Donald Price (Participant)

David VonAllmen (Participant)

8:00 PM
8:00 PM

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Panel

Tom Stockman, We Are Movie Geeks.com (Moderator)

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Participant)

Claire Ashgrove (Participant)

Ethan Nahté, LIVE 'N' LOUD (Participant)

9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Lucifer: Just for the Hell of It
50 minutes, 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM

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Panel

Ms Judi Cook, None (Moderator)

Rhiannon Gonzalez (Participant)

Mr Thomas Stratman, Self (Participant)

Angela Williams (Participant)

Saturday 30 September, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Moms in Fandom
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

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Panel

Christine Amsden (Participant)

Susan Baugh (Moderator)

Angela Williams (Participant)

Anna Mulch, Fort Kickass (Participant)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM

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Panel

Tex Thompson, WORD - Writers Organizations 'Round Dallas (Moderator)

Michael McFadden, Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) (Participant)

Steve Norris, SPECTRE (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
The History of Pulp
50 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

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Panel

Van Allen Plexico (Moderator)

Rich Horton, 1959 (Participant)

Bill Schaab (Participant)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Why Cons Die and What We Can Do to Stop It
50 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

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Panel

Jan DiMasi, self employed (Moderator)

Linda Wyatt, MillenniCon (Participant)

Steve Norris, SPECTRE (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The History of St. Louis Comic Book Fandom
50 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

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Panel

Michael McFadden, Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) (Moderator)

Prof Daniel Yezbick, St Louis Community College at Wildwood (Participant)

Dr. Mike Phoenix, St. Louis Public Schools (Participant)

Brock J. Hanke, Self-employed (Participant)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Dads in Fandom
50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

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Panel

Michael Benjamin D, Hazelwood High School Robohawks (Moderator)

Richard White, Nightwolf Graphics (Participant)

Jimmy D. Gillentine (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM

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Panel

Tex Thompson, WORD - Writers Organizations 'Round Dallas (Moderator)

Guy Anthony De Marco (Participant)

Elizabeth Donald, The Literary Underworld (Participant)

Deborah Millitello, SFWA (Participant)

5:00 PM
5:00 PM

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Panel

Ethan Weber (Moderator)

This panel includes Ethan Weber's story on how he is building his first game, "EvL", into a Kickstarter success. Understand the big picture for wha...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
The Golden Age of Horror Comics
50 minutes, 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM

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Panel

Wyatt Weed, Pirate Pictures (Participant)

Prof Daniel Yezbick, St Louis Community College at Wildwood (Participant)

Michael McFadden, Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) (Moderator)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Comparative Mythology
50 minutes, 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM

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Panel

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Moderator)

Michael Benjamin D, Hazelwood High School Robohawks (Participant)

Lloyd Kropp, Retired from University (Participant)

Walt Boyes, The Grantville Gazette & Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press (Participant)

Kasey Mackenzie (Participant)

Sunday 1 October, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Art Demo with Rachael Mayo
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Gateway Center - Illini A

Reading / Signing / Art Demo

Rachael Mayo, n/a (Moderator)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Writing is My Superpower
50 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

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Panel

Tex Thompson, WORD - Writers Organizations 'Round Dallas (Moderator)

Lettie Prell (Participant)

MS Donna J. W. Munro (Participant)

Glen Cook, Bavarian Illuminati (Participant)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

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Panel

Jennifer Picker (Moderator)

12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Meet the Star Wars Costuming Groups!
30 minutes, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

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Panel

Rich Heffernan, 501st Legion (Moderator)

1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Making Friends in Fandom
50 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

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Panel

Mx. Setsu Uzume, PodCastle (Participant)

Susan Baugh (Moderator)

Cindi Gille-Rowley (Participant)

The Tom Meserole (Participant)

Steve Lopata, Commemorative Air Force (Participant)