Saturday 11 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

50 minutes, 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Workshop

David Michaels (Participant)

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...

Sacrificing for Our Children: The Importance of Parents and Parental Figures in Harry Potter

50 minutes, 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Lecture

Margie Lee (Participant)

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....

Yoga Class

50 minutes, 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Rooftop

Workshop

Erin Sweeney (Participant)

This unique yoga class joins the worldwide obsession with Harry Potter to the world wide fascination with yoga! The Yoga Witch will teach...

Shipwrecked

50 minutes, 9:00 AM CDT - 9:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Discussion

Nancee Lee-Allen (Participant)

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...

Harry Potter Actors Signing

49 minutes, 9:00 AM CDT - 9:49 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Southwest Hall

Autograph Session

Louis Cordice (Participant)

Robbie Jarvis (Participant)

William Melling (Participant)

10:00 AM

Buffy and Harry Potter

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Lecture

Sarah Steelman (Participant)

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 ...

How to Start an HPA Chapter (HPA Chapters 101)

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Workshop

Sara Danver (Participant)

This program is for anyone interested in bringing the magic back to their own communities by starting an HPA chapter. This will include explaini...

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Every Single Harry Potter Novel!

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Lake Michigan

Discussion

John Granger (Participant)

John Granger, AKA "The Hogwarts Professor," has been dubbed the "Dean of Harry Potter Scholars" by TIME magazine because of his eight books ...

I Was a Teenage Writer

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Panel

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

John Green (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

The Real Deathly Hallows and Harry Potter's Origins

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Lecture

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

The Thirteen Hallows of Britain in Arthurian Legend, included an invisibility cloak and a surcoat, that, like the Sorting Hat, could identify th...

The Ethics of Severus Snape

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Discussion

Nancee Lee-Allen (Participant)

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 ...

Hogwarts Radio

50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5

Panel

10:30 AM

How Harry Got Its Style

1 hour 20 minutes, 10:30 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Grand Ballroom

Panel

Miraphora Mina (Participant)

Eduardo Lima, MinaLima (Participant)

Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima have led all elements of the graphic design for the Harry Potter films. They created the Marauder’s Map, ...

11:00 AM

You're a Jedi, Harry Potter

50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Nancee Lee-Allen (Participant)

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

50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Lecture

Danielle Ternes (Participant)

Rachel Ternes (Participant)

We will explore the parallels between events and characters in the Harry Potter books and the issues and participants of the Arab Spring ...

Leaky News Comics Panel

50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Panel

Josh Wittge (Participant)

Brad Ausrotas, Con of Thrones / LeakyCon (Participant)

Rosianna Halse Rojas (Participant)

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...

HP: Phoenix Song & The Order of Virtues

50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Discussion

David James Gras (Participant)

Harry Potter exemplifies courage as a major virtue throughout the seven book series. We shall explore the virtue of courage within Harry’s journ...

Tempest, Time Turners and Other T's

50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5

Lecture

Author Julie Cross talks about Tempest, the first installment in her newly released young adult time travel trilogy. In addition, she’ll ...

Julie Cross, Tessa Netting and Mark Oshiro Signing

1 hour, 11:00 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Southwest Hall

Autograph Session

Julie Cross (Participant)

Tessa Netting (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

12:00 PM

A Very StarKid Event II

3 hours, 12:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom

Performance

Julia Albain, Team StarKid (Participant)

Clark Baxtresser, Team StarKid (Participant)

Jaime Lyn Beatty (Participant)

Tyler Brunsman, Team StarKid (Participant)

Richard Campbell, Team StarKid (Participant)

Britney Coleman, Team StarKid (Participant)

Brant Cox, Team StarKid (Participant)

Elona Finlay, Team StarKid (Participant)

Arielle Goldman, Team StarKid (Participant)

Brian Holden, Team StarKid (Participant)

Jim Povolo, Team StarKid (Participant)

Joe Moses, Team StarKid (Participant)

Alle-Faye Monka, Team StarKid (Participant)

Lily Marks, Team StarKid (Participant)

Devin Lytle, Team StarKid (Participant)

Corey Lubowich, Team StarKid (Participant)

Lauren Lopez, Team StarKid (Participant)

AJ Holmes, Team StarKid (Participant)

Matt Lang, Team StarKid (Participant)

Nick Lang, Team StarKid (Participant)

Joey Richter, Team StarKid (Participant)

Brian Rosenthal, Team StarKid (Participant)

Dylan Saunders, Team StarKid (Participant)

Meredith Stepien, Team StarKid (Participant)

Sango Tajima, Team StarKid (Participant)

Joe Walker, Team StarKid (Participant)

It’s true: Team StarKid will debut their highly anticipated sequel to the parody musicals “A Very ...

Deathly Hallows, Part I

2 hours 30 minutes, 12:00 PM CDT - 2:30 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Screening

Come take a break from the crowds and experience the first half of Deathly Hallows with fellow Harry Potter fans. Feel free to exp...

Deathly Hallows, Part II

34 days 19 hours 50 minutes, Sat 11, 12:00 PM CDT - Sat 15, 07:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Screening

If the second half of Deathly Hallows is your favorite, come watch the movie with your Harry Potter friends. Feel free to express ...

1:00 PM

Ask Me Anything

50 minutes, 1:00 PM CDT - 1:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Panel

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

3:00 PM

Stronger than Yesterday: How the Life of Lily Evans Potter Shaped the Entire Harry Potter Series

50 minutes, 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Lecture

Rebecca Moore (Participant)

There are many interesting characters that create the wonderful world that is the Harry Potter universe. There is one character that is r...

The Debate

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:00 PM CDT - 4:30 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Grand Ballroom

Panel

Resolved: Slytherin should be kicked out of Hogwarts. Two teams of panelists will argue the case f...

"Sometimes I Think We Sort Too Soon"

50 minutes, 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Panel

Katy Herman (Participant)

Meg Herman (Participant)

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...

The Pantheon Among Hogwarts Professors

50 minutes, 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5

Lecture

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

All pantheons of ancient mythologies have similar archetypes. The Hogwarts teachers as they sit along their long table reflect these archetypes,...

3:30 PM

PotterCast

1 hour, 3:30 PM CDT - 4:30 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom

Panel

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

John Noe, PotterCast (Participant)

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Participant)

Right after StarKid? We must know someone who runs this conference. Join John and Melissa (and Fra...

4:00 PM

HP Trivia Game

50 minutes, 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Game

Amelia Durbin (Participant)

A Jeopardy-themed Harry Potter trivia game that incorporates the books, the movies, the various fan contributions to the community, and m...

Chicago HP Fandom

50 minutes, 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Meetup

Annette Willman (Participant)

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...

Mark Reads Fanfic

50 minutes, 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

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 ...

Hagrid & Our Love for Animals

50 minutes, 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5

Lecture

Lesley G Hathorn (Participant)

Mary-Louise Hathorn (Participant)

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 ...

5:00 PM

Is Azkaban Like the Can?

50 minutes, 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Lecture

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

The proposed presentation will explore how conditions at Azkaban relate to current prison circumstances in the United States. Appalling conditio...

Sorting Other Series

50 minutes, 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Discussion

Erin Wert (Participant)

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...

Potterverse Politics: Reading Harry Potter as an Allegory for Contemporary Socio-Political Issues

50 minutes, 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Discussion

Sara Rasmussen (Participant)

Mehera Nori (Participant)

Claire Johnson (Participant)

In this roundtable we will discuss how the Harry Potter series analogizes real-world political and social issues in order to present thes...

Divination 101

50 minutes, 5:00 PM CDT - 5:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 5

Lecture

Estelle Lupa (Participant)

“Divination 101” will be like attending the class at Hogwarts (minus Professor Trelawney). You will learn the history of Divination as well as t...

LeakyCon Lit Signing

2 hours, 5:00 PM CDT - 7:00 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Southwest Hall

Autograph Session

5:30 PM

Leaky Stars

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM CDT - 7:00 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom

Performance

Cheer on the finalists as they compete for the title of first-ever Leaky Stars winner! Because the...

6:00 PM

"A New Hope" for the "Boy Who Lived"

50 minutes, 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 1

Lecture

Emily Clayton (Participant)

Within the past forty years, two different sagas have captured the American consciousness and risen to such popularity that they can only be des...

Names and Symbols in the Hunger Games

50 minutes, 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 2

Lecture

Valerie Estelle Frankel (Participant)

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...

Sufficiently Advanced Technology: Fictional Magic Users in Technologically Advanced Societies

50 minutes, 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Lecture

Robin Whittle (Participant)

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

While many fantasy stories are set entirely on different worlds or in alternate universes, authors who write about wizards, witches, and magicia...

This is Not a Perfect World

50 minutes, 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Whittney Luna (Participant)

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

LeakyCon Lit Reception

2 hours, 7:00 PM CDT - 9:00 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Williford Room

Special Event

Holly Black (Participant)

Daniel Ehrenhaft (Participant)

John Green (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Megan Whalen Turner (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Have a LeakyCon Lit badge and are over 18 years old?You are invited to this private reception for Leaky...

9:00 PM

Esther Earl Rocking Charity Ball

5 hours, 9:00 PM CDT - 2:00 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - International Ballroom

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