Thursday 9 August, 2012

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

3:00 PM

Tumblr Meet-Up

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

5:00 PM

First-Time LeakyCon Attendees Meet-Up

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Is this your first time at a conference? Are you here alone? Come to this gathering of other ickle firsties. Get some tips and tricks on what to do...

8:30 PM

Inside the Age Line Meet-Up

50 minutes, 8:30 PM CDT - 9:20 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Friday 10 August, 2012

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

9:00 AM

IQA: A History

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Logan Anbinder (Participant)

Austin Booher (Participant)

So much more than the sport from Harry Potter, Muggle Quidditch has grown from a simple game played on a lazy afternoon at Middlebury Colleg...

11:00 AM

42 Wallaby Way Writing Workshop

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Workshop

Erin Sweeney (Participant)

Laura Waterstone (Participant)

This sequel to last year's self esteem workshop called Just Keep Swimming is for writers. We will work in groups to provide constructive feedback o...

2:00 PM

About the HPA

50 minutes, 2:00 PM CDT - 2:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Andrew Slack (Participant)

Taekia Blackwell, Mischief Management (Participant)

Sara Danver (Participant)

This panel will offer a snapshot look at this magical nonprofit organization, its current successes, and insight into the next stages in its develo...

3:00 PM

Co-Training (HPA Chapters 102)

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Workshop

Sara Danver (Participant)

Taekia Blackwell, Mischief Management (Participant)

50% Meet-up, 50% intensive training, this program will allow current chapter organizers to work on...

4:00 PM

Accio Books

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Panel

Andrew Slack (Participant)

Taekia Blackwell, Mischief Management (Participant)

This program will serve as the kick-off to the 2012 Accio Books campaign and offer a unique look a...

5:00 PM

Minorities in Harry Potter

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Lecture

Krista Domin (Participant)

This will be a roundtable discussion on minorities in Harry Potter. It will be focused on disabili...

9:00 PM

Harry Potter Travel

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Discussion

There are so many ways to experience Harry Potter in the real world – from fan trips to the Wizard...

Saturday 11 August, 2012

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

9:00 AM

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...

10:00 AM

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...

11:00 AM

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...

3:00 PM

"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...

6:00 PM

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...

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 3

Sessions

Thursday 9 August, 2012

Friday 10 August, 2012

Saturday 11 August, 2012