
Melissa Anelli is the CEO of Mischief Management and Co-Founder of BroadwayCon. A lifelong theatregoer, her love of the musical RENT led to her discovery of fandom and all of its life-changing potential. In 2000 she fell in love with Harry Potter, and after a few years as a NYC reporter and running the Harry Potter website The Leaky Cauldron, she wrote the NYT-bestselling book, "Harry, A History: The true story of a boy wizard, his fans, and life inside the Harry Potter phenomenon." In 2009, she and the wizards from The Leaky Cauldron ran their first convention, LeakyCon, setting them directly on the path to invent BroadwayCon. Melissa lives in Brooklyn and is grateful to still be helping to create safe spaces for geeks to fully enjoy the things they love.
Sessions in which Melissa Anelli participates
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5:00 PM
- LeakyCon 2017 Opening Ceremony MainStage (Citywest Suite 2-3)
- 5:00 PM IST - 5:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Special Event
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Harry Potter's Influence Brittas Suite (Citywest Hotel Leisure Centre)
- 12:00 PM IST - 12:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Stuff You Want to Yell Back at PotterCast Citywest Suite 1
- 2:00 PM IST - 2:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Dumbledore's Army MainStage (Citywest Suite 2-3)
- 3:00 PM IST - 3:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- PotterCast Movie Commentary: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Citywest Suite 1
- 5:00 PM IST - 7:20 PM IST | 2 hours 20 minutes
- Special Event
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- PotterMORE: The Post-DH Revelations Citywest Suite 1
- 12:00 PM IST - 12:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- From Hogsmeade to Houston Street: Building the World of Fantastic Beasts MainStage (Citywest Suite 2-3)
- 2:00 PM IST - 2:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The State of the Fandom Brittas Suite (Citywest Hotel Leisure Centre)
- 4:00 PM IST - 4:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Talk
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Live PotterCast MainStage (Citywest Suite 2-3)
- 12:00 PM IST - 12:50 PM IST | 50 minutes
- Podcast
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Potter Puppet Pals Q&A Marketplace (Convention Centre 1)
- 4:30 PM IST - 4:55 PM IST | 25 minutes
- Q&A Session