8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Madame Brunhilde and the Yoga Witch Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Function Lawn
- 8:00 AM EDT - 8:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Madam Brunehilde and the Yoga Witch is about joining the worldwide obsession with Harry Potter to the worldwide fascination with yoga and meditatio...
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Publishing, Librarianship, and the Book Industry in the Wizarding World Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- It should not be surprising that books which have engaged millions of readers actually include books as major plot devices, libraries and bookstore...
- Lecture
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 4
- 9:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT | 3 hours
- Screening
- HP Tattoo Sharing and Discussion Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Do you have a Harry Potter themed tattoo? Are you interested in getting a HP tattoo, or are you just curious about what other people have done? The...
- That’s How We Do it in Gryffindor, Bitches: Sorting in the Harry Potter Fandom Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- In this presentation, Heather explores how fans sort themselves and others into Hogwarts houses, what membership to a house communicates to other f...
- Lecture
- The Warlock’s Hairy Heart Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- "The Warlock's Hairy Heart" is a 45-minute, gothic operetta based on the story of the same name found within J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter com...
- Performance
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Room of Requirement Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Java Sea
- 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 AM EDT | 14 hours
- If you find yourself pacing and in need of a place to relax, or perhaps a refuge from the craziness of the week, search no longer. The Room of Requ...
- Event Hours
- Family Track Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 2
- 10:00 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 5 hours
- All children registered for the family track must be in Banda Sea 2 during these scheduled times; all other times they are free to accompany their ...
- Event Hours
- Warlock's Hairy Heart Cast Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 1
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
- Live Hogwarts Radio Podcast Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 2
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Hogwarts Radio is a Harry Potter podcast dedicated to discussing EVERYTHING that has to do with the series. We have been around since 2008 and are ...
- Watching the Harry Potter Films with Your Ears: The Magic of Film Music Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:20 AM EDT | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Get ready to discover how ‘Hedwig’s Flight’ wings its way through all the Harry Potter films. In little group discussions we will look at various a...
- Parenting Styles of Teachers at Hogwarts Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- In this discussion, we will explore how the parenting styles of the teachers shaped the behavior of the students. Although parents and teachers ma...
- Lecture
- A Very StarKid Event Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Join a huge cast of performers from Team StarKid for some singing, dancing, and going back to Hogwarts. The people behind the YouTube sensations “A...
- Performance
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Wizard Rock Meet and Greet Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 1
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
- The History of the Harry Potter Fandom Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 2
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Join author Erin Pyne on a journey through the fandom over the last fourteen years. Discover aspects of the fandom you never even knew existed and...
- Teach Like a Hogwarts Professor Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Hogwarts Professors know how to hold a group of students captive, get them to turn in homework, test mastery, and adequately prepare every student ...
- Workshop
- Muggle-Made Magic: The Real Science of Invisibility Cloaks and Everlasting Fire Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- This lecture will discuss Muggle achievements in replicating magic, focusing on the development of real-life Invisibility Cloaks and Everlasting Fi...
- Lecture
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Writing in Circles: Harry Potter and the Magic of Ring Composition Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 8-12
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Put on a pair of Harry's round glasses and experience the Hogwarts Saga as you never have before. We know that the magic of Harry Potter is the rem...
- Lecture
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Live performance painting of Harry Potter themed artwork/Portrait of HP character(s) Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 2
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Jean Alexander is going to demonstrate the art of live painting for you. Live painting is a blend of visual arts (in this case, painting), and the ...
- Gallery
- This Star Won’t Go Out: The Legacy of Esther Earl Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Join Wayne and Lori Earl as they celebrate the impact their daughter, Esther Earl, had on her friends, family and the Harry Potter fan community. H...
- HP Speed Meeting Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Are you by yourself at LeakyCon? Just want to meet new friends? Try Speed Meeting! Meet 10 possible friends in less than an hour! Each round lasts ...
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 4
- 12:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 3 hours
- Screening
- Frak's Fun-Sized Fan Art Factory Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 3
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Bardic Circle Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 2
- 12:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 2 hours 50 minutes
- “Ah, music! A magic far beyond all we do here!" Have you got a song that just isn’t “main stage wizard rock”? A filk? Perhaps your own rendition of...
- StarKid Photo Booth Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- We will be bringing groups of fans onstage for photos with the StarKid crew: our LeakyCon photographer will take this picture in high quality and i...
- Photograph Session
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- The Wizarding World in (My Own) Contemporary, Canadian, Published Poetry! Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Christine Lowther will be doing a poetry reading from her new book, The Half-Blood Poems, published by Zossima Press in July. Poetry is mean...
- Filker Meetup Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Do you like to filk? Do you like listening to filk and just wanted to meet some filkers? Here is your perfect opportunity. Go to the Filker meetup ...
- Bring Hogwarts to You! Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Have you ever wanted to have a Hogwarts inspired event? In the classroom or at camp? Didn't know how to do it? Come to this proposal where you will...
- International Quidditch Association (IQA) Demo Match and Scrimmages Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Function Lawn
- 1:00 PM EDT - 3:30 PM EDT | 2 hours 30 minutes
- The IQA will be holding an exhibition match between two IQA teams, followed by scrimmages where players can teach attendees how to play. This matc...
- Luna, Percy and the Kids Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 1:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Join us for this special presentation and Q&A with some of the newest and some of the most beloved actors in the Harry Potter films. Maj...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Fanfic Meetup Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 2
- 2:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Creativity doesn’t always have to be completely of your own imagination! Come and gather with others just like you who enjoy a good, non-canon fan ...
- Hogwarts: The Summer Session or Creating Your Own Magical School Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- For The Hogwarts School of Unitarian Principles, a team of experienced school teachers and religious educators created a setting like that in the b...
- Workshop
- Creating a Hogwarts Vacation Bible School Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Through this round table discussion, Barnhart will share her ideas on how to connect Harry Potter to a child’s spirituality, the logistics of how t...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Fanvid Showcase (III) Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 4
- 3:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
- Screening
- Where’s Harry? Hogwarts’ Place in American Higher Education Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This session will focus on a discussion of the content and reaction to the variety of college courses that use Rowling’s novels and related resourc...
- Lumos and Avada Kedavra: The Magical Power of Language Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.” Hermione Granger wisely points this out as an oddly mature second year. She is teaching o...
- Lecture
- Photobooth: Evanna Lynch, Chris Rankin, Helena Bow, Arthur Bowen, Benedict Clarke, Ellie Darcey-Alden, Will Dunn, Rohan Gotobed and Ryan Turner Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Come to our mainstage to get your picture taken with these Potter film stars; our LeakyCon photographer will take a high-resolution image th...
- Photograph Session
- Harry Potter and the Metaphysical Center: A 'Theory of Everything' to Tie Together the Artistry and Meaning Driving Potter-Mania Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 8-12
- 3:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Just like Mad-Eye Moody's magical trunk, no single 'hidden key' opens up or literary lens reveals every aspect and depth of Joanne Rowling's Harry ...
- Lecture
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Wizard Rock Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Java Sea
- 4:00 PM EDT - 6:30 PM EDT | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Performance
- Just Keep Swimming: A Motivational Talk for New Authors Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This is a motivational talk for new authors, designed to help writers beat the “I suck” mentality. Writing is a lonely process. But we know how it ...
- Team StarKid's A Very Potter Sequel Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 4
- 4:00 PM EDT - 7:00 PM EDT | 3 hours
- Rejoin the StarKid cast as they travel back in time, go back to Hogwarts, and try to find life and love at school. The triumphant sequel to the fir...
- Screening
- Filking: How to Create Outstanding Harry Potter Filks Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This workshop will be a hands-on experience devoted to writing, recording and sharing your own music about Harry Potter. The emphasis will be on r...
- Transmedia Storytelling and the Potterverse: Fandom Legitimized At Last! Loews Royal Pacific Resort - South China Sea
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This session explores the work of Henry Jenkins on the creative power of fans and the value of their addition to many aspects of popular culture. T...
- ... Now what? Life in the Potter fandom post “Deathly Hallows - Part 2” Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 4:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- The release of 'Deathly Hallows - Part 2' has left a big question on everyone's minds: Without a new book or film on the horizon, where does the fa...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Harry Potter Actors Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 1
- 5:00 PM EDT - 6:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Please note that you will need the ticket provided for this event with your registration packetEvanna LynchChris...
- Autograph Session
- Behind the Scenes with the PotterCast Acting Troupe Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Banda Sea 1
- 5:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Join members of the PotterCast Acting Troupe for a fun filled session that gives LeakyCon attendees a peak behind the scenes at the making of Albus...
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- The Esther Earl Rocking Charity Ball Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Pacifica Ballroom 6-7
- 8:00 PM EDT - 1:00 AM EDT | 5 hours
- Put on your costumes, your dresses, your suits, your fancy shoes, or whatever you want: it’s time to dance your face off to the stylings of DJ Paul...