Melissa Anelli

she/her/hers

CEO

Mischief Management

Participates in 8 items

Melissa is the CEO of Mischief Management, which produces LeakyCon, as well as other immersive and community building events for fans. She's a host of the PotterCast and also runs The Leaky Cauldron website. In 2008 she published the New York Times bestselling Harry, A History, a chronicle of the Potter phenomenon. Melissa lives in Brooklyn with her husband and dog. More at melissaanelli.com.

Sessions in which Melissa Anelli participates

Friday 11 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

12:45 PM

Welcome Ceremony

1 hour, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Special Event

Taekia Blackwell, Mischief Management (Participant)

Katie Bowers, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Brian Ross (Participant)

Lori Earl, This Star Won't Go Out (Participant)

Steph Anderson, Tonks and the Aurors (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

3:15 PM

Podcasting With Potter

1 hour, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Panel

Taekia Blackwell, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

Mike Schubert, Potterless (Participant)

John Noe, PotterCast (Participant)

Vanessa Zoltan, Not-Sorry productions and Harry Potter & the Sacred Text (Participant)

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Participant)

Ariana Nedelman, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (Participant)

Eric Scull, MuggleCast (Participant)

Micah Tannenbaum, MuggleCast (Participant)

Our friends and coworkers ask us, "Harry Potter? What's left to discuss?" Clearly, there's still plenty!

Saturday 12 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

10:15 AM

Spotlight: Wizarding World Actors

1 hour, 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Interview

Louis Cordice, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Dan Fogler, Fantastic Beasts (Participant)

Chris Rankin (Participant)

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Moderator)

John Noe, PotterCast (Moderator)

Stanislav Yanevski (Participant)

Luke Youngblood, Harry Potter films (Participant)

They each have their own perspective on what being part of the Wizarding World has meant. We'll gather them all together for a conversation about a...

2:00 PM

How Harry Potter Influenced Us

1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Claudia Gray, The "Constellation" Series (Participant)

Preeti Chhibber, Peter and Ned's Ultimate Travel Journal (Participant)

The "Harry Potter Generation" has grown up and some of its members are now adults creating stories of their own. We'll discuss how our lov...

3:15 PM

Name That Character (OR "The Ultimate PotterCast/MuggleCast Showdown")

1 hour, 3:15 PM EDT - 4:15 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Game

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Participant)

John Noe, PotterCast (Participant)

Eric Scull, MuggleCast (Participant)

Micah Tannenbaum, MuggleCast (Participant)

We've compiled a list of characters from Harry Potter to Augusta Longbottom. Now, our contestants will have to give their teammates clues about the...

4:30 PM

19 Years Later, Still The Most Trusted Name In Potter: A Cauldronside Fansite Chat with The-Leaky-Cauldron.org

1 hour, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Panel

Emma Pocock, The Leaky Cauldron (Participant)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

Sydney Dean (Participant)

Kim McChesney (Participant)

Amanda Kirk (Participant)

Lauren Osborne (Participant)

Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Where would the Harry Potter fandom be without the internet? Next year marks 20 years of The-Leaky-Cauldron.org, and the team is coming together to...

Sunday 13 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Spotlight: Dan Fogler

1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Interview

Dan Fogler, Fantastic Beasts (Participant)

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Moderator)

John Noe, PotterCast (Moderator)

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Moderator)

Our favorite No-Maj is back for his first LeakyCon appearance since the release of Crimes of Grindelwald. We'll ask him about making th...

4:30 PM

PotterCast: The 300th Episode

1 hour, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Podcast

Melissa Anelli, Mischief Management (Participant)

Frankie Franco III, PotterCast (Participant)

John Noe, PotterCast (Participant)

Sure, they conducted some interviews and played some games this weekend. But now the PotterCast hosts are together in person to record their landma...