Saturday 10 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT+00:00) London

8:00 AM

Autograph Lottery Drawing and Photo Booth Ticket Session

50 minutes, 8:00 AM BST - 8:50 AM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Empire

Autograph Session

LeakyCon 2013 Signing ProceduresHey everyone: this is very important info that applies to every LeakyCon guest! The ONLY way to assure a ...

9:00 AM

Marginalization in Harry Potter

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Discussion

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Krista Domin (Participant)

This roundtable discussion will talk about the marginalized populations within the Wizarding World. The focuses will be on disability, race, gender...

Jo, Joss and More: Where Are We in the Transmedia Revolution?

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Cambria

Presentation

Cathy Leogrande, Le Moyne College (Participant)

Joanne Rowling and Joss Whedon have much in common. Both born in the mid sixties, they experienced success in the late nineties with stories that c...

10:00 AM

Heteronormativity in Canon vs. Slash in Fanfic

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Discussion

Krista Domin (Participant)

Harry Potter canon is fairly heteronormative, yet the fans have taken this world and thrown it into slash fanfiction. This roundtable will discuss ...

Vendor Room Open (Saturday)

10 hours, 10:00 AM BST - 8:00 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Balmoral

Event Hours

Rocker Autographs

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Empire

Autograph Session

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

The Blibbering Humdingers (Participant)

Harry and the Potters (Participant)

RiddleTM (Participant)

Matt Maggiacomo (Participant)

Potter Movie Mega Panel!

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Grand Ballroom

Special Event

Scarlett Byrne, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Benedict Clarke (Participant)

Ellie Darcey-Alden (Participant)

Rohan Gotobed (Participant)

Robbie Jarvis (Participant)

Evanna Lynch (Participant)

Chris Rankin (Participant)

Ryan Turner (Participant)

It's time to bring our Harry Potter actors together to share their film experiences and what it has meant to their lives now that the films are far...

The Student Authors

49 minutes, 10:00 AM BST - 10:49 AM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford

Panel

Charlotte Morris (Moderator)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Abigail Gibbs (Participant)

Both Samantha Shannon and Abigail Gibbs are Oxford students, and now—published authors. What’s that like? We’re wondering as well. What was it like...

11:00 AM

Below Stairs: The Life of a Servant

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Discussion

Lauraine Woods (Participant)

In Downton Abbey and the world of Harry Potter, we are introduced to servants who deal with their limited choices and restricted freedoms in very d...

Mark Reads Fanfic

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Cambria

Presentation

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 two...

Free Crafting

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Denbigh

Crafts

The room will be open for free crafting. Whether you need to finish your craft from the last workshop or just want to express yourself with a new p...

Harry Potter Cast Autographs

1 hour 50 minutes, 11:00 AM BST - 12:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Empire

Autograph Session

Scarlett Byrne, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Benedict Clarke (Participant)

Ellie Darcey-Alden (Participant)

Rohan Gotobed (Participant)

Robbie Jarvis (Participant)

Evanna Lynch (Participant)

Chris Rankin (Participant)

Ryan Turner (Participant)

Please note that you must attend a lottery draw for a wristband to attend this signing! This is because LeakyCon aims to remain one of ...

Who Has it Worse?

1 hour 20 minutes, 11:00 AM BST - 12:20 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Grand Ballroom

Discussion

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Dawn O'Porter (Participant)

TV presenter and author Dawn O’Porter has written the ultimate novel for teenage girls. Best-selling author James Dawson has written the ultimate p...

Wandlore: A Complex and Mysterious Magic

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ulster

Presentation

Greg Laslo, Hungarian Wand Shop (Participant)

The magic wand. No other symbol identifies a wizard more clearly than the instrument that channels his or her most powerful magic. We will look to ...

12:00 PM

S.P.E.W. vs. Dumbledore's Army: How We Respond to Injustice

50 minutes, 12:00 PM BST - 12:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Lecture

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Hermione may have been the brains behind both S.P.E.W. and the D.A., but their methods are vastly different. We will examine how the Harry Potter s...

Translations panel - Is Magic a Universal Language?

50 minutes, 12:00 PM BST - 12:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Cambria

Panel

Corentin Faniel (Participant)

Patricia Reinders (Participant)

Ever wondered if Harry Potter is the same in Dutch, French, German or another language? Are the books exactly the same, or are there small changes?...

Make-your-own Wand Holster Workshop

50 minutes, 12:00 PM BST - 12:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Denbigh

Crafts

Kylie Robinson (Participant)

IMPROV-IMENTIA!

50 minutes, 12:00 PM BST - 12:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ulster

Workshop

Amy Snow (Participant)

Come along and join in this improv workshop where we use our favouite places and characters as inspiration. You may find you become anyone... anywh...

12:30 PM

LeakyCon Lit Signing!

1 hour 20 minutes, 12:30 PM BST - 1:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Essex

Autograph Session

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Abigail Gibbs (Participant)

Dawn O'Porter (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Elizabeth Wein (Participant)

Matt Whyman (Participant)

1:00 PM

Medicine, Magic and Law: Muggle History and the Potter Universe

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Lecture

Nicole Salomone (Participant)

Potions, charms, wands, herbology… familiar ideas to all of us. But, these ideas are not simply flights of fictional fancy – many of them are based...

Make it IRL

1 hour 50 minutes, 1:00 PM BST - 2:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Cambria

Workshop

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Paul DeGeorge, Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Matt Maggiacomo (Participant)

Get off Tumblr and level up. Learn how to use your magic powers to make IRL gifs happen in your hometown through this interactive workshop. Recomme...

Free Crafting

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Denbigh

Crafts

The room will be open for free crafting. Whether you need to finish your craft from the last workshop or just want to express yourself with a new p...

Hank Green Autograph Session

1 hour 50 minutes, 1:00 PM BST - 2:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Empire

Autograph Session

Hank Green (Participant)

Please note that you must attend a lottery draw for a wristband to attend this signing! This is because LeakyCon aims to remain one of the v...

Hogwarts House Badges

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ulster

Crafts

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Lauren is going to teach you how to make some super cute felt badges to help and show your house pride as a Harry Potter fan! These pins would look...

2:00 PM

Wizard Rockers Converge and Converse *time change*

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Panel

Ellie Murray (Moderator)

Alex Carpenter (Participant)

Matt Maggiacomo (Participant)

Siriusly Hazza P (Participant)

Solitary Snape (Participant)

Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Amy Snow (Participant)

RiddleTM (Participant)

After eleven years of Wizard Rock, the American and European musicians have finally come together for a large event in the UK, the birthplace of Ha...

Who Needs School?

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford

Panel

Rosianna Halse Rojas (Moderator)

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Abigail Gibbs (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Elizabeth Wein (Participant)

Matt Whyman (Participant)

Writers come from varied backgrounds—some are academics, some are dropouts, and some are in-between. Find out how these authors handled their varie...

Alchemy: A Rose by Any Other Name

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ulster

Lecture

Leslie Barnhart (Participant)

Alchemy has gotten a bad reputation over the millennia, but this archaic science is a large part of the internal logic and integrity J.K. Rowling c...

3:00 PM

Free Crafting

2 hours, 3:00 PM BST - 5:00 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Denbigh

Crafts

The room will be open for free crafting. Whether you need to finish your craft from the last workshop or just want to express yourself with a new p...

A Very StarKid Event - London Edition

1 hour 50 minutes, 3:00 PM BST - 4:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Grand Ballroom

Performance

Clark Baxtresser, Team StarKid (Participant)

Jaime Lyn Beatty (Participant)

Lauren Lopez, Team StarKid (Participant)

Brian Holden, Team StarKid (Participant)

Joey Richter, Team StarKid (Participant)

Dylan Saunders, Team StarKid (Participant)

Meredith Stepien, Team StarKid (Participant)

Joe Walker, Team StarKid (Participant)

A Very StarKid Event - London edition will feature performances from the entire Very Potter Musical catalog. We are so excited to welcome these inc...

4:00 PM

Cosplay Competition

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Special Event

Rebecca Hurst (Participant)

Do you have a killer costume and cosplay routine? Come on over and show us what you've got! Each contestant or group will have three minutes to act...

5:00 PM

MuggleNet Alohomora! Podcast

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Cambria

Podcast

Caleb Graves (Participant)

Kat Miller (Participant)

Rosie Morris (Participant)

Alohomora! was crafted to fill the void left in the aftermath of the final Harry Potter movie release. Led by the rotating voices of the w...

5:30 PM

A Marauder's Play *Time Change*

50 minutes, 5:30 PM BST - 6:20 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Ampthill

Performance

Carina Bergemann (Participant)

Hendrik Christoffers (Participant)

Svenja Döbler (Participant)

Katrin Günther (Participant)

Anni Pierlings (Participant)

Nicola Rath (Participant)

Larissa Rausch (Participant)

Daniela Wadenpohl (Participant)

A play set in the Marauders' era that finally deals with most of the questions we always wanted answers to:- How did Lilly end up with someone ...

6:00 PM

HP London Photo Quest Awards

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

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Cambria

Special Event

Izzy Martin (Participant)

Daisy Swaffer (Participant)

Explore London and follow Harry’s footsteps, visiting locations across the city made famous by the books and the films, using muggle technology to ...

8:00 PM

Esther Earl Rocking Charity Ball

3 hours 50 minutes, 8:00 PM BST - 11:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Grand Ballroom

Special Event

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