Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Sessions

Friday 10 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Civil Rights and Segregation in Harry Potter
1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Janae Phillips, Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Our Favorite Headcanons
1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Discussion

Josh Wittge (Participant)

Headcanons are our beliefs about what happened between the gaps in the Harry Potter story that can't be proved or disproved. (They're t...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
30 Panels in 60 Minutes: Harry Potter Edition
1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Elisabeth Joffe (Participant)

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
APWBD: Albus Plot Device Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Lecture

Katy Herman (Participant)

Calling Albus Dumbledore a plot device seems like sacrilege, but analyzing how his character functions actually reveals another level to JKR’s skil...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
From Page to Screen: A Conversation with Julie Murphy
1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Aliza Weinberger (Moderator)

Julie Murphy (Participant)

For years, your characters live only in your head. One day, they're standing right in front of you, embodied by actors and backed by an entire t...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Margaux Herrera, Mischief Management (Moderator)

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

When you get us talking about the Marauders, we're usually unable to stop. We don't know yet exactly what we'll be talking about, but we know we're...

Saturday 11 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
How Do You LeakyCon?
1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Hannah Sugarman (Participant)

Brian Acunis (Participant)

Bethany McQuiston (Participant)

Lexi Whittemore (Participant)

Is this your first LeakyCon? Do you want to make sure you're getting the most out of your weekend? Come listen to a panel of veteran LeakyCon atten...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
It’s Just Wizards Chess: How the Chess Match in Sorcerer’s Stone (Almost) Foretold the End of the Series
1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Lecture

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

A once popular fandom theory, the chess match in Sorcerer’s Stone was thought to be a blueprint for the endgame of Deathly Hallows. W...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Deferred Acceptance: The Experience of Starting the Series as an Adult
1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Lecture

Mike Schubert, Potterless (Participant)

Mike Schubert was just a bit late to his train from Platform 9 ¾, as he didn’t start the series until age 24. He documented his thoughts publicly t...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Living Among Muggles
1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Lizzie Keiper (Moderator)

Charlotte Lawrence (Participant)

A discussion on the lives of witches and wizards residing in muggle villages and cities. Do they take on non-magical jobs? How do they keep the Sta...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Harry Potter is My Job
1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Elsa Ruck, The Lovegoods (Participant)

Sierra Fox (Moderator)

Matt Maggiacomo (Participant)

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Jordan Edwards, Mischief Management (Participant)

Hear from fans who turned their passion for all things Potter into a career. Learn about their work life, how they integrate The Boy Who Liv...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Millennial Magic in Times of War and Peace
1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Alice Pearce (Participant)

Marigrace Angelo (Participant)

The intersection of Harry Potter and young adulthood. Many fans of the Harry Potter series grew up with the characters and are now de...

Sunday 12 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Found Families
1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Mindy McGinnis (Moderator)

Robin Benway (Participant)

Peng Shepherd (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Young adult literature, by definition, demonstrates a growing distance from—or even absence of—parental guidance while equally important relationsh...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Obscurials: Before, During... After?
1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Roundtable

Dag Currier (Participant)

A round table discussion focusing on what we know and what we theorise concerning Obscurials. How traumatic does an experience need to be for an Ob...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Our Favorite Beasts and Where To Find Them (OC)
1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Gwendolyn Smith, Mischief Management (Participant)

Alexander Wong, Mischief Management (Participant)

From Norbert to Fluffy, Errol to Crookshanks, the original Harry Potter series gave us plenty of animals to fawn over.... and that's before ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Is JK Rowling’s Social Media Presence Helping or Hurting the Fandom?
1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Elisabeth Joffe (Participant)

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

Since the door closed on jkrowling.com, Jo has taken to Twitter to update fans on the latest news from the Wizarding World. From the casting of Fan...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Canon Is Like An Onion. It Has Layers.
1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Roundtable

Dag Currier (Participant)

A roundtable discussion of what it means for something to be Canon in the wizarding world, and how experiencing only certain portions of it (solely...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Parental Figures in Harry Potter
1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Megan Watt (Moderator)

Melissa Lawson (Participant)

Lizzie Keiper (Participant)

Though he lost his parents early on, The Boy Who Lived didn't go through his life without guidance. We'll be taking a deeper look into the parental...