Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
Sessions
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- What are You Reading? Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 8:30 PM CDT - 9:20 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- It’s been five years since Deathly Hallows. What have you been reading to fill the Rowling void in your life? Share your favorite books with...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Quick Quotes Quilting Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT | 50 minutes
- In this workshop, fans will be welcome to contribute to a community quilt documenting the amazing history and love of the Harry Potter ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- HP Fanfiction Workshop Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 1:00 PM CDT - 1:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- This program will be half presentation, half hands-on workshop. The presentation section will be a brief overview of the history of Harry Potter...
- Workshop
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- So You Want to NaNoWriMo? Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 2:00 PM CDT - 2:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- NaNoWriMo, it National Novel Writing Month. 50,000 words in 30 days? It sounds impossible, but it isn't! NaNoWriMo is a fun and eye-opening challen...
- Discussion
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Pottermore Sorted Me into the Wrong House! Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- Did Pottermore sort you into the wrong house? Or maybe just the unexpected one? Let’s talk about i...
- Discussion
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Potterprov Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4
- 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT | 50 minutes
- PotterProv is a long form improv/sketch group based in Chicago that takes one suggestion and impro...
- Performance
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- 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
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- 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
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- 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
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- 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
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- 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...