9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Community Building Boston Park Plaza - Terrace Mezzanine
- 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Wizard rock is a unique community that is characterized by its friendships, its lack of competition, its skills sharing among bands, and its focus ...
- How to Start Your Own HPA Chapter Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor
- 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- HP Alliance Chapters take the exciting work of the HP Alliance into local schools and communities. Come learn about how you can join or start an HP...
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Fair Fortune Musical Boston Park Plaza - The Plaza Ballroom
- 9:30 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT | 30 minutes
- This is a live performance of Lena's Wrock Opera: Fair Fortune. Performed by five wrock bands: Lena of The Butterbeer Experience, Jason from Minist...
- Costume Making 101 Boston Park Plaza - Stanbro Mezzanine
- 9:30 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDT | 1 hour
- For beginners, this class shows how you can make your own costumes, find patterns and fabrics, sew and stitch, alterations, and more! Sewing is fun...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- PotterCast Boston Park Plaza - The Plaza Ballroom
- 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 2 hours
- Merchandise Sales Boston Park Plaza - Terrace Mezzanine
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Your favorite Wizard Rock bands will be selling merchandise including CDs, T-shirts, and more. Be sure to stop by and get the latest music from you...
- What Would Dumbledore Do? Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- In the lead up to the Half-Blood Prince film which will likely end with Harry swearing to stay loyal to the spirit of Albus Dumbledore,...
- Dissecting the Distortion: What Mature Readers Bring to the (Library) Table Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- As readers, we have traveled through the Harry Potter series via the point of view of an eleven (+) year old. Given that anyone who has been (or wh...
- Harry Potter: Tales of Morality to Inspire the Young and Old Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Building upon the work of John Granger (Finding God in Harry Potter) and Russell Dalton (Faith Journey Through Fantasy Lands), I will show how the ...
- Still Conjuring Her Self: Further Thoughts on Hermione's Self-Determination in Harry Potter Boston Park Plaza - Gloucester, 4th Floor
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT | 1 hour
- In most classic children's literature, a female protagonist, though the center of the story, does not exhibit agency; rather, power "arrives in the...
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Costume Making 201 Boston Park Plaza - Stanbro Mezzanine
- 10:30 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDT | 1 hour
- Wizard Rock Roundtable Boston Park Plaza - Arlington Mezzanine
- 10:30 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCEDJoin some of your favorite Harry Potter bands to discuss how they started and what keeps them rocking. This info...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Lena's Song Writing Workshop Boston Park Plaza - Terrace Mezzanine
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Join Lena Gabrielle of the band The Butterbeer Experience for an interactive workshop on the basics of writing (and loving) your wizard rock anthem...
- HP Alliance, HPA U and the New Media Alliance Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- The HP Alliance is about to unveil some major new projects that are bound to inspire and touch many many people. Come here for one of the first tim...
- Unique Inventions of the Wizarding World Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- There are many references throughout the canon of unusually brilliant wizarding inventions like time-turners, sneakoscopes and spell-checking ...
- Being an Adult Fan of a Children's Book Series Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Jennifer and Shelly are interested in discussing how adults cope with the skepticism of being a Harry Potter fan. Are you affected? Or are you obli...
- The Impact of Fathers in Harry Potter Boston Park Plaza - Gloucester, 4th Floor
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Much has been discussed and written about the importance of mothers and mother figures in the Harry Potter books. But what about the fathers? J.K. ...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Lunch Break
- 12:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT | 2 hours
- Keynote: Michael Goldenberg Boston Park Plaza - Imperial Ballroom
- 12:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT | 2 hours
- We welcome screenwriter Michael Goldenberg, who wrote the 2007 adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! This is a first-of-its-kind...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- The Eyes of Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter's Corrected and Transforming Vision Boston Park Plaza - Whittier, 4th Floor
- 1:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Joanne Rowling told a reporter in 2007 that the "key" to her seven book series, the lines she waited 17 years to write, were Dumbledore's farewell ...
- Scavenger Hunt Check Out Boston Park Plaza - The Pub Hub
- 1:00 PM EDT - 2:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Wizard Rock in the Afternoon Boston Park Plaza - Imperial Ballroom
- 2:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT | 4 hours
- Looking for a little afternoon delight? Join us in the castle for a line up of rockers sure to get you dancing in the aisles. The Remus Lupins, The...
- The HPA and Equal Rights for race, gender, sexuality and class Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This will be an hour and a half long brainstorming session on how the HP Alliance can do more to work for equal rights and awareness on issues of r...
- Career Advice: Re-Imagining the School Story Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What kind of school story does Rowling write? In considering the Harry Potter series within this genre, we need to move beyond conventional represe...
- Hearing the Music in Harry Potter Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:30 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- This presentation provides analysis and discussion of when music and song appear in the books and how the theme is treated by J.K. Rowling, especia...
- How to Deal with Death Eaters After the War Boston Park Plaza - White Hill, 4th Floor
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Organized in a formal discussion, this program will follow the style of certain Model United Nations conferences. Everyone who participates will be...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Snape Rehabilitation Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor
- 2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Snapeaholics Anonymous. Are you Snape-addicted? Do you know someone who is? Dr. Cynthia Cynycal is here to help!Dr. Cynycal is a clinical p...
- How young is too young for Harry's readers? Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor
- 2:30 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling is notable among children's literature in several regards. One aspect of the series that is both creative a...
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Umbridge and Civil Liberties Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor
- 3:30 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT | 30 minutes
- This little workshop will look at the history of Umbridge-like tactics by those in power to spy on and torture those who dissent. We will discuss h...
- Literary Value in the HP Series Boston Park Plaza - Stuart, 4th Floor
- 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Harry Potter had a vital role in prompting youth, as well as every age group to pick up a book and read! POpular literature changed overnight with ...
- Comedy in Harry Potter Boston Park Plaza - Thoreau, 4th Floor
- 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Mad muggles and witty wizards populate the Potterverse. From The Adventures o Marting Miggs to Zonko's Joke Shop, the wizarding world likes a laugh...
- HP and UK Law Boston Park Plaza - Whittier, 4th Floor
- 3:30 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Murder, Mayhem, Torture, Malfeasance, Negligence, Child Abuse, Wills & Estates! These topics and more are found within the Potterverse. Do we h...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The HP Alliance and Media Reform Boston Park Plaza - Franklin, 4th Floor
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT | 30 minutes
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Dinner Break
- 5:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT | 3 hours
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- The Rocking Charity Ball Boston Park Plaza - The Castle
- 8:00 PM EDT - 12:00 AM EDT | 4 hours
- THE NIGHT IS SURE TO BE FULL OF MAGIC and once again the historic castle is our backdrop. Come dance the night away with our DJ and your friends. W...