Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Sessions

Friday 10 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 - Divination Room (A115/117)

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
Pumpkin Pie & The Good Ship: Revisiting Shipping Wars in the Harry Potter Fandom
1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Margaux Herrera, Mischief Management (Participant)

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

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...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Mutual Respect and Kinship: Race and Harry Potter
1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Claudia Morales (Participant)

During the backlash against "History of Magic in North America," J.K. Rowling explained away racism in the Wizarding World, saying that “there was ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Making of an Audiobook
1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Christian Coulson (Participant)

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Gwendolyn Boniface, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Ever wonder how an audiobook gets made? How narrators or chosen? Come hear author Mackenzi Lee and actor Christian Coulson discuss the process o...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
Coming to Terms with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Lecture

Lorrie Kim (Participant)

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...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Coming Out of My Cupboard and I’m Doing Just Fine: Harry Potter and the LGBTQ+ Community
1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Workshop

Kathy Kavanaugh, Hogwarts Therapist (Participant)

Jennie Martin, Oklahoma State University - Counseling Psychology (Participant)

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...

Saturday 11 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Wandr: Dating and Marriage in Wizarding Society
1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Gwendolyn Boniface, Mischief Management (Participant)

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...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Books vs. Movies
1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Eric Scull, MuggleCast (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Moderator)

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...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Harry, Bacon, and Gamp: Food Production and Distribution in the Wizarding World
1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Lecture

Robin Whittle (Participant)

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Food (particularly bacon) is a prominent feature demonstrating the wonder and delights of the wizarding world. But given what we know about Gamp's ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Coming Out of My Cupboard and I’m Doing Just Fine: Harry Potter and the LGBTQ+ Community
1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Workshop

Kathy Kavanaugh, Hogwarts Therapist (Participant)

Jennie Martin, Oklahoma State University - Counseling Psychology (Participant)

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...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
YA as Resistance
1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Moderator)

Nic Stone (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Mindy McGinnis (Participant)

Julie Murphy (Participant)

Protest literature has been central to America since before the beginning, but how does YA fiction fit into that puzzle? Writers for this generatio...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Snape Celebration! Talk and Trivia
1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Lecture

Lorrie Kim (Participant)

Iris Kim (Participant)

Lily Dominus (Participant)

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...

Sunday 12 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
The Crimes of Grindelwald Trailer Analysis
1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Discussion

Jason Concepcion (Participant)

Mallory Rubin, Binge Mode (Participant)

Did you see that new Crimes of Grindelwald trailer? From Dumbledore looking into the Mirror of Erised to Jacob meeting N...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
The Vastly Misunderstood Plight of Marietta Edgecombe
1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Discussion

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Erin Wert (Participant)

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...
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
New Century, Who Dis? Do We Really Need the Statute of Secrecy Anymore?
1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Discussion

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Alice Pearce (Participant)

Marigrace Angelo (Participant)

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...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Unintended Disservice of The Marauders
1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Lecture

Summer Barbeau (Participant)

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...
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
How to Be the Next Newt Scamander: A Guide to Helping the Magical Creatures in the Muggle World
1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Lecture

Tylor Starr, Protego Foundation (Participant)

In this interactive lecture, Tylor Starr, creator of the Harry Potter-inspired animal rights group, the Protego Foundation, guides LeakyCon ...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Harry Potter and the Transmediality of Artistic Expression
1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Lecture

Caitlin Boyle (Participant)

Snape, Snape, Severus Snape, DUMBLEDORE! Harry Potter fans have created their own unique musical and artistic responses to the series, with ...