McCormick Place - S103BC
Sessions
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Confidence through Cosplay McCormick Place - S103BC
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Join a group of cosplayers with a range of experiences where we discuss body positivity, how to start out cosplaying, getting past anxiety and f...
- Panel
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- Pin Trading for Everyone! McCormick Place - S103BC
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- A short intro panel to pin trading and how it works. Each attendee will get a free pin! After the info portion of the panel, everyone is invited...
- Panel
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Say Hi Intrepid Heroes! (Dimension 20 Meet Up) McCormick Place - S103BC
- 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour
- Hello one and all and welcome to a Dimension 20 fan meet up! I am your humble moderator and with me, as always, is YOU, an Intrepid Hero! Come s...
- Meetup
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Wandlore - Ancient and Mysterious McCormick Place - S103BC
- 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour
- Join us as we delve into the properties and mysteries surrounding wands and their importance in the wizarding world. Be part of the discussion t...
- Panel
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- The Elephant (Café) in the Room: Studying Harry Potter at Home and Abroad McCormick Place - S103BC
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- In this panel, students and faculty from DePaul University discuss the opportunities, experiences, and issues with studying J.K. Rowling’s seven...
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Separating the Art From the Artist McCormick Place - S103BC
- 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour
- You love a book, a show, a movie, a podcast, but the creators have been abusive, bigoted, and insulting. You have separated the art from the art...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Looking Back on the Potter Panic Twenty Years Later McCormick Place - S103BC
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- From 1999, the year after the first Harry Potter book was publish in America, through 2002 Harry Potter was #1 on the American Library Associati...
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Frantic Fanfic - Let's Make Mayhem Together McCormick Place - S103BC
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- No experience necessary for this online group writing game! ...
- Panel
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- The Appeal of Enemies to Lovers Pairings and Their Tropes McCormick Place - S103BC
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- When it comes to shipping, nearly every fandom has at least one: an enemies to lovers pairing. What is it about the enemies to lovers dynamic th...
- Panel
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Starkid Singalong McCormick Place - S103BC
- 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour
- Sick of summer and this waiting around? Stop by this singalong to belt out some of your favorite Team StarKid songs from shows like: Starship, T...
- Singalong
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Magic for the Marginalized and Mistreated McCormick Place - S103BC
- 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour
- Author Philip Pullman, in his 1996 Carnegie Medal acceptance speech, said: “There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; t...
- Panel
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Bibliotherapy McCormick Place - S103BC
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Madame Pomfrey can fix almost any physical ailment, but sadly there is no magic cure for mental health issues, even in the wizarding world. Perh...
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- The Protego Foundation Presents: How to be an Activist, Fandom-style! – With Ellie Darcey-Alden McCormick Place - S103BC
- 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour
- This panel delves into the nitty and gritty of what it takes to bring a fandom non-profit to life! Since 2015, The Protego Foundation has been a...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Written in the Stars: Astronomy and Harry Potter McCormick Place - S103BC
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Astronomy is the only course taught both in the muggle world and at Hogwarts. Come explore the significance of astronomy in the wizarding world ...
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Pottered Parents McCormick Place - S103BC
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- As the Harry Potter generation begins to raise kids of our own, how are we going to introduce our children to the books we grew up loving so muc...
- Panel
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
- The Next Great Adventure: Harry Potter and Death Positivity McCormick Place - S103BC
- 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour
- “The last enemy that shall be defeated is death”—or is it? What can the Tale of the Three Brothers teach us about the nature of existential grie...
- Panel
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Nerdy Fiber Arts: A Look Beyond Traditional Fan Art McCormick Place - S103BC
- 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour
- When crafting and nerdiness combine, great works of art come into the work! But considering the medium and materials, our fiber fan art can diff...
- Panel
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- The Fics are Going to Isengard McCormick Place - S103BC
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Lord of the rings is a big part of fandom as a whole and what better way to celebrate it then through fanfiction itself. We will be reading alou...
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Wolfstar: A Recollection McCormick Place - S103BC
- 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour
- Delve into the almost 25 years of history shipping Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, starting with early speculation and continuing to the recent Ti...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- My Problematic Fave: Acknowledging When Fandom Isn't Perfect McCormick Place - S103BC
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- We all have a problematic fave. Join us as we come together to discuss critical fandom, apply it to our own favorite fandoms, and share your own...
- Panel