9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Morning Meditation Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Vedic Meditation is a relaxing, natural mental practice, which delivers benefits to the body and mind. The technique is fun, easy to pick up and...
- Workshop
- Sacrificing for Our Children: The Importance of Parents and Parental Figures in Harry Potter Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- The Harry Potter series begins with the death of James and Lily Potter and ends with the death of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks Lupin....
- Lecture
- Yoga Class Hilton Chicago - Rooftop
- 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- This unique yoga class joins the worldwide obsession with Harry Potter to the world wide fascination with yoga! The Yoga Witch will teach...
- Workshop
- Shipwrecked Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3
- 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- For many fans the Deathly Hallows Epilogue sunk their ship, whether they chose to admit it or not. SS OBHWF (One Big Happy Weasley Family...
- Discussion
- Harry Potter Actors Signing Hilton Chicago - Southwest Hall
- 9:00 AM CDT - 9:49 AM CDT | 49 minutes
- Autograph Session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Buffy and Harry Potter Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- If there’s anything I love as much as Harry Potter, it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Last year at LeakyCon myself and my partner in ...
- Lecture
- How to Start an HPA Chapter (HPA Chapters 101) Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- This program is for anyone interested in bringing the magic back to their own communities by starting an HPA chapter. This will include explaini...
- Workshop
- Ten Things You Didn't Know About Every Single Harry Potter Novel! Hilton Chicago - Lake Michigan
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- John Granger, AKA "The Hogwarts Professor," has been dubbed the "Dean of Harry Potter Scholars" by TIME magazine because of his eight books ...
- Discussion
- I Was a Teenage Writer Hilton Chicago - Williford Room
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Real Deathly Hallows and Harry Potter's Origins Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- The Thirteen Hallows of Britain in Arthurian Legend, included an invisibility cloak and a surcoat, that, like the Sorting Hat, could identify th...
- Lecture
- The Ethics of Severus Snape Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Snape lived and died dedicated to Lily Evans and the promise he made to Dumbledore. He protected Lily’s son at all cost while despising Harry’s ...
- Discussion
- Hogwarts Radio Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5
- 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Panel
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- How Harry Got Its Style Hilton Chicago - Grand Ballroom
- 10:30 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima have led all elements of the graphic design for the Harry Potter films. They created the Marauder’s Map, ...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- You're a Jedi, Harry Potter Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- This roundtable will take an in-depth look at the heroic journeys of Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker from insignificant orphan to savior of thei...
- Parallels Between HP and the Arab Spring Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- We will explore the parallels between events and characters in the Harry Potter books and the issues and participants of the Arab Spring ...
- Lecture
- Leaky News Comics Panel Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Everyone at LeakyNews is a giant geek. Most of us are giant geeks about comics. We really just wanted a room where we could hang out with you an...
- Panel
- HP: Phoenix Song & The Order of Virtues Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Harry Potter exemplifies courage as a major virtue throughout the seven book series. We shall explore the virtue of courage within Harry’s journ...
- Discussion
- Tempest, Time Turners and Other T's Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- Author Julie Cross talks about Tempest, the first installment in her newly released young adult time travel trilogy. In addition, she’ll ...
- Lecture
- Julie Cross, Tessa Netting and Mark Oshiro Signing Hilton Chicago - Southwest Hall
- 11:00 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Autograph Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- A Very StarKid Event II Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom
- 12:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT | 3 hours
- It’s true: Team StarKid will debut their highly anticipated sequel to the parody musicals “A Very ...
- Performance
- Deathly Hallows, Part I Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 12:00 PM CDT - 2:30 PM CDT | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Come take a break from the crowds and experience the first half of Deathly Hallows with fellow Harry Potter fans. Feel free to exp...
- Screening
- Deathly Hallows, Part II Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- Sat 11, 12:00 PM CDT - Sat 15, 07:50 AM CDT | 34 days 19 hours 50 minutes
- If the second half of Deathly Hallows is your favorite, come watch the movie with your Harry Potter friends. Feel free to express ...
- Screening
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Ask Me Anything Hilton Chicago - Williford Room
- 1:00 PM CDT - 1:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Stronger than Yesterday: How the Life of Lily Evans Potter Shaped the Entire Harry Potter Series Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- There are many interesting characters that create the wonderful world that is the Harry Potter universe. There is one character that is r...
- Lecture
- The Debate Hilton Chicago - Grand Ballroom
- 3:00 PM CDT - 4:30 PM CDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Resolved: Slytherin should be kicked out of Hogwarts. Two teams of panelists will argue the case f...
- Panel
- "Sometimes I Think We Sort Too Soon" Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3
- 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Is the Sorting Hat always right? Does it consider who someone is at the age of eleven or does it predict who they will become? In this group dis...
- Panel
- The Pantheon Among Hogwarts Professors Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5
- 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- All pantheons of ancient mythologies have similar archetypes. The Hogwarts teachers as they sit along their long table reflect these archetypes,...
- Lecture
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- PotterCast Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom
- 3:30 PM CDT - 4:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Right after StarKid? We must know someone who runs this conference. Join John and Melissa (and Fra...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- HP Trivia Game Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- A Jeopardy-themed Harry Potter trivia game that incorporates the books, the movies, the various fan contributions to the community, and m...
- Game
- Chicago HP Fandom Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Have you ever wished that a Harry Potter con would never end? Wish you could be surrounded by people who love Harry Potter as much...
- Meetup
- Mark Reads Fanfic Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- The Mark Reads Harry Potter series, started in 2010, has now been read by millions of people. Since then, series writer Mark Oshiro has started ...
- Panel
- Hagrid & Our Love for Animals Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5
- 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- We have a great amount of empathy toward people who have a great love of animals, as Hagrid does. However, we also have an evolutionary fear of ...
- Lecture
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Is Azkaban Like the Can? Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- The proposed presentation will explore how conditions at Azkaban relate to current prison circumstances in the United States. Appalling conditio...
- Lecture
- Sorting Other Series Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- As tried and true Potter fans, we know our sorting inside and out. Or do we? Come to this session for some applied learning of house traits as w...
- Discussion
- Potterverse Politics: Reading Harry Potter as an Allegory for Contemporary Socio-Political Issues Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- In this roundtable we will discuss how the Harry Potter series analogizes real-world political and social issues in order to present thes...
- Discussion
- Divination 101 Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5
- 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- “Divination 101” will be like attending the class at Hogwarts (minus Professor Trelawney). You will learn the history of Divination as well as t...
- Lecture
- LeakyCon Lit Signing Hilton Chicago - Southwest Hall
- 5:00 PM CDT - 7:00 PM CDT | 2 hours
- Autograph Session
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Leaky Stars Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom
- 5:30 PM CDT - 7:00 PM CDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cheer on the finalists as they compete for the title of first-ever Leaky Stars winner! Because the...
- Performance
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- "A New Hope" for the "Boy Who Lived" Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1
- 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Within the past forty years, two different sagas have captured the American consciousness and risen to such popularity that they can only be des...
- Lecture
- Names and Symbols in the Hunger Games Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2
- 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow’s roses and Peeta’s bread? As with series like Harry Potter...
- Lecture
- Sufficiently Advanced Technology: Fictional Magic Users in Technologically Advanced Societies Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3
- 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- While many fantasy stories are set entirely on different worlds or in alternate universes, authors who write about wizards, witches, and magicia...
- Lecture
- This is Not a Perfect World Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- In the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling introduces the reader to the wonderful magical realm of Hogwarts that is inhabited by various ma...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- LeakyCon Lit Reception Hilton Chicago - Williford Room
- 7:00 PM CDT - 9:00 PM CDT | 2 hours
- Have a LeakyCon Lit badge and are over 18 years old?You are invited to this private reception for Leaky...
- Special Event
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- Esther Earl Rocking Charity Ball Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom
- 9:00 PM CDT - 2:00 AM CDT | 5 hours
- Special Event