Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
Sessions
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- How Do You LeakyCon? Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Pumpkin Pie & The Good Ship: Revisiting Shipping Wars in the Harry Potter Fandom Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- The ship wars of the early 2000s were no joke. We’ll run through the tumultuous history of shipping in the Harry Potter fandom, and debate our favo...
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Mutual Respect and Kinship: Race and Harry Potter Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT | 1 hour
- During the backlash against "History of Magic in North America," J.K. Rowling explained away racism in the Wizarding World, saying that “there was ...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Making of an Audiobook Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Ever wonder how an audiobook gets made? How narrators or chosen? Come hear author Mackenzi Lee and actor Christian Coulson discuss the process o...
- Panel
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Coming to Terms with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Did you want to love Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? Did you respond so negatively to something about that play – the plot, the characte...
- Lecture
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Coming Out of My Cupboard and I’m Doing Just Fine: Harry Potter and the LGBTQ+ Community Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and love to talk about Harry Potter? Are you interested in helping two counseling psycho...
- Workshop
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Wandr: Dating and Marriage in Wizarding Society Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT | 1 hour
- It's a nice idea to imagine all the witches and wizards finding true love during their Hogwarts years, but not everyone stays with their Hogwarts s...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Books vs. Movies Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- The treatment of the Harry Potter story in the books and movies is still the subject of debate. Are there canon contradictions between the t...
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Harry, Bacon, and Gamp: Food Production and Distribution in the Wizarding World Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Food (particularly bacon) is a prominent feature demonstrating the wonder and delights of the wizarding world. But given what we know about Gamp's ...
- Lecture
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Coming Out of My Cupboard and I’m Doing Just Fine: Harry Potter and the LGBTQ+ Community Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and love to talk about Harry Potter? Are you interested in helping two counseling psycho...
- Workshop
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- YA as Resistance Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Protest literature has been central to America since before the beginning, but how does YA fiction fit into that puzzle? Writers for this generatio...
- Panel
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Snape Celebration! Talk and Trivia Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Want to celebrate the bravest git who ever lived? Come for a talk and audience discussion with the author of Snape: A Definitive Reading. St...
- Lecture
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- The Crimes of Grindelwald Trailer Analysis Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT | 1 hour
- Did you see that new Crimes of Grindelwald trailer? From Dumbledore looking into the Mirror of Erised to Jacob meeting N...
- Discussion
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- The Vastly Misunderstood Plight of Marietta Edgecombe Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- In Order of the Phoenix, we see Marietta Edgecombe make her choice to report the D.A., and ultimately pay the price. Was her punishment just...
- Discussion
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- New Century, Who Dis? Do We Really Need the Statute of Secrecy Anymore? Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Junior Members of the Wizengamot gather to debate the merit of keeping or abolishing the centuries old Statute of Secrecy Law and work to determine...
- Discussion
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Unintended Disservice of The Marauders Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT | 1 hour
- In the books, the Marauders are a near constant presence, looking after Harry and influencing his actions and opinions; but in the films, they have...
- Lecture
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- How to Be the Next Newt Scamander: A Guide to Helping the Magical Creatures in the Muggle World Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT | 1 hour
- In this interactive lecture, Tylor Starr, creator of the Harry Potter-inspired animal rights group, the Protego Foundation, guides LeakyCon ...
- Lecture
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Harry Potter and the Transmediality of Artistic Expression Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Snape, Snape, Severus Snape, DUMBLEDORE! Harry Potter fans have created their own unique musical and artistic responses to the series, with ...
- Lecture