Sessions
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Mark Does Stuff Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:40 AM EDT | 40 minutes
- Join series creator Mark Oshiro as he talks about the massive, Hugo-nominated Mark Reads and Mark Watches world, how Harry Potter changed the entir...
- Discussion
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- What Snape Deserved Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:40 AM EDT | 40 minutes
- Snape deserved something more than what he was shown to have. He did not have a pet or a family. Even with Charity Burbage's claim of friendship an...
- Discussion
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Snape: Not The Hero We Deserve Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- Snape has largely been considered a heroic character within the Potter fandom, with apologists going so far as to suggest that he did nothing wrong...
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Engaging in Positive Fandom: A Discussion Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:39 PM EDT | 39 minutes
- These days, fandom can be really exciting. Creators get instant feedback, fans can interact with the people they admire, and both interactions can ...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- LeakyNews Does Comics Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:45 PM EDT | 45 minutes
- Join the LeakyNews managing editors as they try to talk about everything going on in comics right now. The editors want to dissect the Marvel Cinem...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- How Does Your Hogwarts House Define You? Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- Are students at Hogwarts sorted based on who they are or who they could be? Do we sort too soon? Is the Sorting Hat ever wrong? Join in on a discus...
- Discussion
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- What Would Dumbledore Do Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- For years, fans have had the chance to attend workshops with the HPA's creator Andrew Slack: diving deep into creativity and past the muggle mindse...
- Workshop
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Make a Video with Tessa Netting Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:40 AM EDT | 40 minutes
- Collaboration
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Dumbledore's Army Meeting Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:40 AM EDT | 40 minutes
- Workshop
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- The Dumbledore Debate Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 12:00 PM EDT - 1:20 PM EDT | 1 hour 20 minutes
- In what was considered a controversial move by many, JK Rowling “outed” Albus Dumbledore as a gay man in October of 2007 during her reading of Harr...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- In Defense of Fan Fiction Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- Fanfiction is a very polarizing topic. It seems that someone will either love or hate it and it can be difficult to express what the appeal of fanf...
- Discussion
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- In the Writing Zone Orange County Convention Center - W105
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- This will be a sort of lightning-round writing workshop overviewing tactics for getting “in the zone.”Discussion will include easy places to find i...
- Discussion