Friday 11 October, 2019

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

8:30 AM

Box Office Open

9 hours 30 minutes, 8:30 AM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Attendee Check In

Event Hours

Friday - 8:30 AM to 6:00 PMSaturday - 8:30 AM to 6:00 PMSunday - 8:30 ...

9:00 AM

Marketplace Open to Marauder Passholders

1 hour, 9:00 AM EDT - 10:00 AM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Marketplace (Commonwealth Complex CDE)

Event Hours

Friday - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM (Marauder Preview) Friday - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

10:00 AM

Marketplace Open

8 hours, 10:00 AM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Marketplace (Commonwealth Complex CDE)

Event Hours

Friday - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM (Marauder Preview) Friday - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

10:15 AM

Spotlight: Stanislav Yanevski

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

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Interview

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Moderator)

Stanislav Yanevski (Participant)

What was it like to learn to fly? Become a Triwizard Champion? Dance at the Yule Ball? Find out during our conversation with Viktor Krum himself, S...

Writing Antagonists

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Julia Rittenberg, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Claudia Gray, The "Constellation" Series (Participant)

What does it take to write a baddie that readers love to hate? How about a complex, flawed antagonist that'll spark debate for years to come (*coug...

Always and Forever: A Look at the Series’ Most Quotable Quote

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Lecture

Summer Barbeau (Participant)

The call and return phrase “After all this time?” “Always.” has worked its way onto every kind of Harry Potter merch, from t-shirts to frien...

Are the Unforgivable Curses Unforgivable?

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom

Panel

Anna Snyder (Participant)

Ryan Bennett, Trico Group (Participant)

Ryan Snyder (Participant)

Julie Bennett (Participant)

Are the Unforgivable Curses really unforgivable? Mad-Eye Moody says that using an Unforgivable Curse on a fellow human being is punishable by a lif...

How Do You LeakyCon?

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Meetup

Brian Acunis (Participant)

Lexi Whittemore (Participant)

Ally Haley (Participant)

Bethany McQuiston (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...

Cursed Child Fan Meetup

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Meetup

Jacqueline Wolpoe (Participant)

Fans of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, join us as we chat about why we love the latest story in the saga of Harry Potter and his family....

You CAN Choose Your Own House

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

Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom

Panel

Jessi Dickinson (Participant)

Sam Harris (Participant)

With the rise of Pottermore, some fans view Pottermore’s sorting quiz as an unimpeachable authority on which house you belong in…but what if it did...

11:30 AM

Blessing Hermione: A Conversation with the Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Team

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Podcast

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

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

Join Vanessa Zoltan and Ariana Nedelman at a live performance of Women of Harry Potter. Vanessa and Ariana will take turns blessing Hermione Grange...

From Fan Creator to Published Author

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Melissa Lawson (Moderator)

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Claudia Gray, The "Constellation" Series (Participant)

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

Fan spaces have long provided budding creatives with opportunities to practice, whether that be through fanfiction, fanart, blogging, or YouTube vi...

Science in Harry Potter

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Panel

Andrew Shtulman (Participant)

Emily Greenwald (Participant)

Kathleen Schoolcraft, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Participant)

Dr. Logan Park, Southern Illinois University, Forestry Department (Participant)

Emi Hayashi, DVM, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Participant)

What happens if a dementor eats chocolate? Are there “wizard genes”? Could we develop a pensieve-like technology in the muggle world? How do we as ...

"Oh, don't start acting as though you understand Quidditch:" Snitches, Sports, and Symbolism in the Series

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom

Lecture

Caitlin Harper (Participant)

The infamous 150-point Snitch catch and seemingly complicated rules have caused many readers over the years to dread any scenes involving Quidd...

Gryffindor Meetup

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Meetup

Megan Markle, Mischief Management (Participant)

Ally Haley (Participant)

Magical Laws and How to Found Them

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Panel

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

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

Robin Whittle (Participant)

Are the Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law truly immutable? Do magical beings actually have different limitations to their magic or are those taugh...

Ridiculous Harry Potter Fan Theories That Ended Up Being True

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom

Roundtable

Margaux Herrera, Mischief Management (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

We talk a lot about all of the fan theories that were wrong...but what about the ones that were right? Ren Hen’s soul splitting theory haunts us to...

12:45 PM

Stanislav Yanevski Photograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:15 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1

Photograph Session

Stanislav Yanevski (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

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)

Rape Culture in the Wizarding World

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Jennifer Dorsey, Uplift: Online Communities Against Sexual Violence (Participant)

Christine Chapman, Uplift: Online Communities Against Sexual Violence (Participant)

Love is not a potion and your least-favorite DADA professor does not deserve to be sexually assaulted, but you wouldn't know it from the books . Jo...

Harry Potter in the Age of Activism: Why S.P.E.W. Failed and Dumbledore’s Army Thrived

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom

Lecture

Kaitlyn Gore, Florida State University (Participant)

Michaela Shenberger, Florida State University (Participant)

More recently in the Muggle world, activism and social movements have played a major role in our everyday lives. When examining the wizarding world...

Hufflepuff Meetup

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Meetup

Lizzie Keiper (Participant)

Slytherin Meetup

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Meetup

Brian Acunis (Participant)

Emily Hahn (Participant)

Slytherins, unite! Come share your ambitious tales with your housemates, discuss your favorite Slytherins in the wizarding world, and discover new ...

#WizardTeam Live: Snakes in a Historian and Other Nightmare Fuel

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

Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom

Podcast

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

#WizardTeam is a weekly Harry Potter podcast for true Potterheads. Each week Bayana Davis and Robyn Jordan do a close reread of the books ch...

1:30 PM

Stanislav Yanevski Autograph – Friday A

15 minutes, 1:30 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1

Autograph Session

Stanislav Yanevski (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

2:00 PM

Spotlight: Louis Cordice

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

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Interview

Louis Cordice, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Leah Cornish, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Imagine being a massive Harry Potter fan and then suddenly finding yourself in the Slug Club. We'll ask Louis Cordice about taking on t...

Short Stories and Anthologies

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Margaux Herrera, Mischief Management (Moderator)

Mason Deaver, I Wish You All The Best (Participant)

Claudia Gray, The "Constellation" Series (Participant)

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

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

What does a story need to be satisfying in fewer pages? How is having a piece in an anthology different from publishing a novel? In this session, w...

Fandom Fatigue: What Is It and How Do We Deal With It?

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Roundtable

Brian Acunis (Participant)

Rhianna Horner (Participant)

Let’s discuss fandom fatigue! Do you have a fandom that you loved and aren’t really into it anymore and don’t know why? This round table is for you...

For Better or Worse: The Place of Harry Potter in Current Political Discussions

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom

Lecture

Cathy Leogrande, Le Moyne College (Participant)

This presentation will engage participants in conversation around the place of Harry Potter references and J. K. Rowling herself in the poli...

Inside the Age Line: Fans Over 30

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Meetup

Mardie Baldo (Participant)

Were you old enough to be a Hogwarts professor when Harry Potter came out? Are you more of a StarADULT than a StarKID? If you don't need Fre...

Harry Potter and the Gendered Dynamics of the Wizarding (WHAT? A GENDERED WORD?) World

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Panel

Sam Harris (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

From the Hogwarts house dormitories, magical occupations, and the representations of women of color in the series, gender permeates the magical wor...

The Vastly Misunderstood Plight of Marietta Edgecombe

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

Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom

Panel

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (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...

2:45 PM

Chris Rankin Photograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 2:45 PM EDT - 3:15 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1

Photograph Session

Chris Rankin (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

3:15 PM

Louis Cordice Photograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 3:15 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Photograph Area 1

Photograph Session

Louis Cordice, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

Chris Rankin Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 3:15 PM EDT - 3:45 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1

Autograph Session

Chris Rankin (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

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!

LGBTQIA+ Meetup

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Meetup

Brian Acunis (Participant)

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Jacquelyn Melillo (Participant)

Madison Ironfield (Participant)

Alejandro Asin (Participant)

Jennifer Levine (Participant)

Are you part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Are you an ally to the queer community? If so, this meetup is a great place for you to hang out, meet other...

30 Panels in 60 Minutes

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Panel

Elisabeth Joffe (Participant)

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Hannah Hosking (Participant)

Alex Shade, The Oven Theatre Company (Participant)

Hannah Nesbat (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Fantastic Artists and Where to Find Them

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom

Panel

Sydney Dean (Participant)

Ana McKay (Participant)

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Riley Wackernagel, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

Artists tend to stick behind their booths in conventions, but this panel will be about leaving the Marketplace and making a space for artists to ta...

The Order of the Planners

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Workshop

Jackie Garrecht (Participant)

Archer Chattin (Participant)

This workshop is for functional, decorative, and memory planners to talk, share, swap washi, show off stickers, and bond over our shared love of in...

Ravenclaw Meetup

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Meetup

Lexi Whittemore (Participant)

Wait and See: Gatekeeping in the Wizarding World and Beyond

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

Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom

Panel

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Abby Ritter, Mischief Management (Participant)

At a time where most media has broadly recognized that representation matters, new Harry Potter properties seem to be lagging behind, leavin...

3:30 PM

Jackson Bird Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2

Autograph Session

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

Mark Oshiro Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 3:30 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 3

Autograph Session

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

4:00 PM

Louis Cordice Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 1

Autograph Session

Louis Cordice, Harry Potter films (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

Mason Deaver Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2

Autograph Session

Mason Deaver, I Wish You All The Best (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

Preeti Chhibber Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 3

Autograph Session

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

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

4:30 PM

Kacen Callender Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 2

Autograph Session

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

Claudia Gray Autograph – Friday A

30 minutes, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Autograph Area 3

Autograph Session

Claudia Gray, The "Constellation" Series (Participant)

Please arrive to your designated session at least 15 minutes before the end of the session. Those who arrive later will be accommodated if possible...

Fantastic Scores and Who Conducts Them

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Brian Acunis (Participant)

Jordan Edwards, Mischief Management (Participant)

Catherine Hall (Participant)

The music and orchestrations of the Wizarding World films have become an iconic part of the Harry Potter fandom. John Williams, Patrick Doyl...

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Panel

Brigid Kawewehi (Participant)

Archer Chattin (Participant)

Jackie Garrecht (Participant)

Kim Le (Participant)

Michael Grella (Participant)

The books came first, but not for everyone. How have the differences between the books, movies, and even Cursed Child colored fan opinion an...

Writing in the World of Potter

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Waterfront Ballroom

Interview

Josh Wittge (Participant)

Matt London (Participant)

Matt London is the original writer for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. We'll ask him our questions about how he got involved with the game, ...

A Gryffindor's Guide to Surviving Burnout

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Panel

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Participant)

Kylie Madden, Mischief Management (Participant)

Charlotte Lawrence (Participant)

Tricia Hobbs (Participant)

Are people constantly telling you to pick your battles? Have you pushed yourself to exhaustion to prove a point? Do you find yourself yelling, “I W...

Wizards in Space Open Mic

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

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Open Mic

Olivia Dolphin, Wizards in Space Literary Magazine (Participant)

It's time for YOU to take the stage. The Wizards in Space Open Mic is a time for attendees to share their original works, songs, monologs,...

6:00 PM

LeakyCon Trivia

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:00 PM EDT - 7:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Special Event

Josh Wittge (Moderator)

7:00 PM

Wizard Rock Concert

3 hours, 7:00 PM EDT - 10:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - MainStage (Commonwealth Complex AB)

Special Event

Lauren Fairweather (Participant)

Tonks and the Aurors (Participant)

Draco and the Malfoys (Participant)

Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Whether you're a long-time fan or a new listener of music about the Wizarding World, come rock out at our annual Wizard Rock Concert, featuring:

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