Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Sessions

Thursday 9 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
What are You Reading?
50 minutes, 8:30 PM CDT - 9:20 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

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...

Friday 10 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Quick Quotes Quilting
50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Courtney Stratton (Participant)

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

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Workshop

Nakamura Lin (Participant)

Kristi Lin (Participant)

This program will be half presentation, half hands-on workshop. The presentation section will be a brief overview of the history of Harry Potter...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
So You Want to NaNoWriMo?
50 minutes, 2:00 PM CDT - 2:50 PM CDT

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Discussion

Krista Domin (Participant)

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...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Pottermore Sorted Me into the Wrong House!
50 minutes, 3:00 PM CDT - 3:50 PM CDT

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Discussion

Leigh Davis (Participant)

Did Pottermore sort you into the wrong house? Or maybe just the unexpected one? Let’s talk about i...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Potterprov
50 minutes, 4:00 PM CDT - 4:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Northwest Hall 4

Performance

Damian White (Participant)

PotterProv is a long form improv/sketch group based in Chicago that takes one suggestion and impro...

Saturday 11 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The Ethics of Severus Snape
50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

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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 ...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
HP: Phoenix Song & The Order of Virtues
50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

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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...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
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 ...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
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...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
This is Not a Perfect World
50 minutes, 6:00 PM CDT - 6:50 PM CDT

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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...