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Thursday
, July 4
2201
3:30pm •
Reading - Philip Andrew Bennett Low
Atrium 2
2:00pm •
Arrow
3:30pm •
Introduction to Miniature Gaming
5:00pm •
Geek Child Playdates
7:00pm •
Friends of Bill W
8:30pm •
New Gaming Consoles
10:00pm •
Masquerade 101
Atrium 3
2:00pm •
Gluten-Free at and Around CON
3:30pm •
The Audio Adventures of Dr Who
5:00pm •
The Rise of Women at Cons
7:00pm •
Quick and Easy Victorian Costumes
8:30pm •
Stealing From the Best: How SFF Writers Beg, Borrow, and Steal Ideas
10:00pm •
What Makes a 'Good Bad' Movie?
11:30pm •
Diversity in Steampunk
Atrium 4
2:00pm •
Sheldon, Aspergers and You
3:30pm •
CONvergence 101
5:00pm •
Modern British Genre Films
7:00pm •
The WHOvian Conundrum
8:30pm •
Apocalyptic Fiction Free-for-All
10:00pm •
Queers Dig Time Lords
11:30pm •
Douglas Adams
Atrium 6
2:00pm •
Movie Sweding and You
3:30pm •
Warehouse 13 Fan Panel
5:00pm •
Superman Pastiche
7:00pm •
There's More to British Comedy Than Python
8:30pm •
Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog
11:30pm •
Prometheus Debunked
Atrium 7
2:00pm •
Where Do I Start? Wherever You Want!
3:30pm •
The World of London Falling
5:00pm •
Shiny New Anime
7:00pm •
Leathercraft 101
7:00pm •
Saturday Morning Cartoon Fever
10:00pm •
Uplifting the Geek Cocktail
11:30pm •
Why is the Villain Always British?
Autograph Table
5:00pm •
Signing - MP Johnson
Bloomington
2:00pm •
Big Bang Theory
3:30pm •
Books Everyone Else Loves But I Hate
5:00pm •
Evolutionary Psychology
8:30pm •
The War on Science
10:00pm •
Worldbusters!
11:30pm •
Poe's Potables
Edina
2:00pm •
Watching Cable Without Cable
3:30pm •
Downton Abbey
5:00pm •
Plot and Structure: Why They're Important
10:00pm •
Skepticism 101
11:30pm •
Comedy Writing: Scripts
Garden Court - Northwest
9:00pm •
Matrix Tag
Garden Court - Southwest
5:00pm •
N00b Gala: A Chance to Meet and Geek
Plaza 2
2:00pm •
What's With All the Crumpets?
3:30pm •
Your Planet is What You Eat
5:00pm •
British Slang 101
7:00pm •
Harry Potter
8:30pm •
How to Talk to the Naked Lady in the Elevator
10:00pm •
Post-Apocalyptic Survival
11:30pm •
Erotic Fantasy Writing
Plaza 3
3:30pm •
Spin Me Right Round, Baby
6:30pm •
Flick and Swish
8:00pm •
Noisy Demonstrations
9:30pm •
After Dark: Cakes! Escaped and roaming the halls!
Sofitel Lyon
3:30pm •
Reading - Emma Newman
5:00pm •
Reading - Sean E. Williams
Sofitel Bordeaux
2:00pm •
Gender-Crossing Cosplay
3:30pm •
Geek Life Live Podcast
5:00pm •
Transylvania Television Fan Panel
7:00pm •
Best Books I've Read Last Year
8:30pm •
Fringe Retrospective
Sofitel Dijon
3:30pm •
GPS Writing Contest Winners
5:00pm •
100 Science Fiction Books To Read Before You Die
7:00pm •
Fan Crafts
Friday
, July 5
2201
9:30am •
Reading - Rob Callahan
11:00am •
Reading - Melinda Snodgrass
12:30pm •
Reading - Dana Baird
2:00pm •
Reading - Charlie Jane Anders
3:30pm •
Reading - Adam Whitlatch
5:00pm •
Reading - Aimee Kuzenski
7:00pm •
Reading - Kelly McCullough
Atrium 2
9:30am •
Exercise the Geek
11:00am •
Plays by Ear: Writing For Audio Drama
12:30pm •
Gaming in the 'Verse
2:00pm •
Introduction to Board Games
3:30pm •
How to Get Your Book into the Library
5:00pm •
Alan Moore's Influence on the Comics Industry
7:00pm •
Friends of Bill W
8:30pm •
LGBT Gaming
10:00pm •
Breaking Kayfabe: Science Fiction and Professional Wrestling
Atrium 3
9:30am •
Audiobooks
11:00am •
Gaming With Kids (11 & under)
12:30pm •
ASL 101
2:00pm •
War of the Worlds 75th Anniversary
3:30pm •
Everyone's a Gamer Now
5:00pm •
What Makes a Video Game Good?
7:00pm •
Art Show Meetup
8:30pm •
Costuming on a Budget
10:00pm •
Speed Dating
11:30pm •
Friday Late Night Music Circle
Atrium 4
9:30am •
Philosophy of the Golden Compass
11:00am •
Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Started Writing
12:30pm •
Science Fiction on the Screen
2:00pm •
Heroines in Young Adult Literature
3:30pm •
It's a CONspiracy!
5:00pm •
John Steed and Emma Peel Assemble: The Avengers
7:00pm •
Creating a Monster: How to Write Villains
8:30pm •
They Came From Fandom!
10:00pm •
Writing a Book in Someone Else's Universe
11:30pm •
Sex, Sexuality, and Kink in Literature
Atrium 6
9:30am •
Science Fiction as a Hopeful Future vs. a Cautionary Tale
11:00am •
Victorian vs. Steampunk in Costuming
12:30pm •
The World of Riffing with Bill and Kevin
2:00pm •
I Go Around, Around, Around, Around, Around…
3:30pm •
SF Squeecast Live!
5:00pm •
Geek Relationship Advice
7:00pm •
You're Making That Up!
8:30pm •
2013 Midwest Sci-Fi Short Film Festival
11:30pm •
Rocky Horror Picture Show Live!
Atrium 7
9:30am •
Kilts & Kilt Making
11:00am •
British Invasion of Comics
12:30pm •
Rapiers for Writers
2:00pm •
Judging a Book by Its Cover
3:30pm •
Screenwriting Structure for Novelists
5:00pm •
Drugs: What They Don't Tell You
7:00pm •
The Non-Doctor Who British Media Panel
8:30pm •
DC Nation
10:00pm •
Penises of the Animal Kingdom
11:30pm •
British Cuisine 101
Autograph Table
11:00am •
Signing - Roy C Booth/Scott Pearson
12:30pm •
Signing - Queers Dig Time Lords/Geek Girl
2:00pm •
Signing - Joseph Scrimshaw
2:00pm •
Signing - Joseph Scrimshaw/Monica Valentinelli
3:30pm •
Signing #1 - Caitlin Blackwood
5:00pm •
Signing - Scotty Roberts/William Alexander
7:00pm •
Signing - Paul Cornell/Sean E Williams
Bloomington
9:30am •
Doctor Who Primer
11:00am •
Time Travel in Film
12:30pm •
Doctor Who Season Seven Round-Up
2:00pm •
Caitlin Blackwood & The Doctor
3:30pm •
Social Media Marketing for Creatives
5:00pm •
Sherlock Holmes: Hotter Than Ever
7:00pm •
Science and Rationality vs. Religion and Superstition
8:30pm •
Films That Get the Science Right
10:00pm •
Just a Minute
11:30pm •
The Movie Year in Review
Edina
9:30am •
Once Upon A Time Fan Panel
11:00am •
Young Adult Books That Are Too Good To Miss
12:30pm •
Marvel Universe Phase 2
2:00pm •
The 'Camp' Factor in British TV & Movies
3:30pm •
An Unexpected Panel: The Obligatory Hobbit Panel
5:00pm •
Geek's Guide to Visiting London
11:30pm •
Minnesota Drinking Game
Garden Court - Southwest
9:30am •
Assassin's Guild Boffer Practice
12:30pm •
Geek Physique YogaQuest
2:00pm •
Akido Kids Class
3:30pm •
Akido Demo with the Shuharikan Dojo
5:00pm •
Geek Slink Belly Dance
7:00pm •
Haidon Gumdo Real Sword Training Demo
Plaza 2
9:30am •
Kids Ask a Scientist: Explain It To Me Like I'm Five
11:00am •
Geeky Booze and Homebrew
12:30pm •
Gerry Anderson Retrospective
2:00pm •
Star Wars Goes Disney
3:30pm •
Doctor Who's 50th
5:00pm •
Comedy on the Internet
7:00pm •
Grosser than Fiction
8:30pm •
How to Talk to Girls at Con
10:00pm •
Dark Knight Trilogy Retrospective
11:30pm •
Ian Fleming
Plaza 3
9:30am •
Young Ones Craft and Play
11:00am •
Creature Committees
12:30pm •
Bones
2:00pm •
Hands-On Astronomy
3:30pm •
The Science and Art of Bioluminescence
7:00pm •
Geek Art Workshop
8:30pm •
QuadraVixen!
10:30pm •
After Dark: Art is Skin-deep
Sofitel Lyon
9:30am •
Reading - Jason Wittman
11:00am •
Reading - Peter Hautman
12:30pm •
Playing RPGs Online
2:00pm •
Renaissance Festival Podcast Live
3:30pm •
Bye, Bye Rapture
5:00pm •
Faking It: Psychoacoustics and Sound Design for Audio
7:00pm •
Reading - Scott Lynch/Elizabeth Bear
Sofitel Bordeaux
9:30am •
CONvergence Events Open Meeting
11:00am •
Successful and Unsuccessful Alternative History
12:30pm •
Kubrick's 'The Shining' In Depth
2:00pm •
Creating & Maintaining Extended RPG Campaigns
3:30pm •
Keeping Promises to the Audience
5:00pm •
Games Review Panel
7:00pm •
Comic Book Villains: The Worst of the Worst
8:30pm •
Creating a Character - Crowd-Source Creation
Sofitel Dijon
9:30am •
Arduino and the Makers
11:00am •
Monty Python
12:30pm •
Local Bookstores
2:00pm •
Local Book Clubs
3:30pm •
From Phlox to Pulaski, an Evaluation of Star Trek Doctors
5:00pm •
British Women Fantasy Writers
7:00pm •
Minn-Spec Meeting
8:30pm •
Misfits TV Show Fan Panel
Saturday
, July 6
2201
9:30am •
Reading - Tyler Tork
11:00am •
Reading - Michael Merriam
12:30pm •
Poetry Writing and Marketing Workshop
3:30pm •
Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading
5:00pm •
Reading - MP Johnson
Atrium 2
9:30am •
Acting Without Pants: Voice Acting and the Home Studio
11:00am •
Best RPGs You've Never Heard Of
12:30pm •
Introduction to Roleplaying Games
2:00pm •
Beyond SF 101
3:30pm •
Meet GPS
5:00pm •
Roleplaying Outside Your Comfort Zone
7:00pm •
Friends of Bill W
8:30pm •
Tomorrow People Made Me Gay
10:00pm •
What Makes It Horrific?
11:30pm •
Being Human
Atrium 3
9:30am •
Fiber Arts in Fandom
11:00am •
Contemporary Sword & Sorcery: Leaving the Battlefields for the Back Alleys
12:30pm •
Before Page One - World Building Your Story
12:30pm •
Star Wars: Clone Wars
2:00pm •
The Physics of the Tardis
3:30pm •
One on One with Melinda Snodgrass
5:00pm •
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
7:00pm •
Secrets of Short Fiction
8:30pm •
One on One with Charlie Jane Anders
10:00pm •
Cosplay with a Twist
11:30pm •
Saturday Late Night Music Circle
Atrium 4
9:30am •
What Do You Think Of The New Companion
11:00am •
E-Readers: Better Than Paper or Not?
2:00pm •
Raptor Center
5:00pm •
Making it in Hollywood
Atrium 6
11:00am •
The Worst of Bond
12:30pm •
The Art of John Picacio
2:00pm •
Power Point Karaoke
3:30pm •
Third Martian from the Left
5:00pm •
Young Adult Fiction: How Dark is Too Dark?
7:00pm •
Arthurian Legend in Popular Culture
8:30pm •
Grimm
10:00pm •
Guilty Pleasure Film
11:30pm •
Killer B's Improv Movie Show
Atrium 7
11:00am •
Comics and Archives in Higher Education
12:30pm •
Fang & Talon: Minnesota's Own Fantasy Comedy Webseries
2:00pm •
War of the Worlds 75th Anniv Contest Winners
3:30pm •
Pyr Books Presents
5:00pm •
Geeks Without God LIVE
7:00pm •
Owning Your Sexuality
8:30pm •
London in Fact and Fiction
10:00pm •
Generative Arts
11:30pm •
Vampire Literature From Dracula to Edward Cullen
Autograph Table
11:00am •
Signing - Aimee Kuzenski/Emma Newman
12:30pm •
Signing - Sharon Stiteler
2:00pm •
Signing - John Picacio
3:30pm •
Signing - Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy
5:00pm •
Signing - Kathy Sullivan/Kelly McCullough/Emma Bull
7:00pm •
Signing - Peter Hautman/Rob Callahan
Bloomington
9:30am •
Elementary vs. Sherlock
11:00am •
Inspector Spacetime
12:30pm •
Kickstart Me Up!
2:00pm •
Climate Change and Superstorms
3:30pm •
Skyfall and Bond at 50
5:00pm •
What Would a Woman Doctor be Like?
7:00pm •
Mega Panel
8:30pm •
The Real World vs. the Internet
10:00pm •
The British Anti-Science Invasion
11:30pm •
Behind the Blinds, the Real 50 Shades: A Beginner's Guide to Kink
Edina
9:30am •
Raising a Geeky Kid
11:00am •
Science Resources for Children
12:30pm •
Fight the Trolls
2:00pm •
One on One with Caitlin Blackwood
3:30pm •
Into Darkness: the Obligatory Star Trek Panel
5:00pm •
British Jokes & Stereotypes
11:30pm •
Walking Dead Fan Panel
Garden Court - Northwest
8:30pm •
Matrix Tag Continued
Garden Court - Southwest
9:30am •
13th Annual IKV WarHammer Invitational Bat'leth Tournament
12:30pm •
Geek Chi, Tai Chi for Geeks
2:00pm •
Bellydance 101
3:30pm •
The 8th Annual Assassins Guild Boffing Association Tournament
7:00pm •
Oasis Caravan
Outdoors
12:30pm •
Paul Cornell's Advanced Cricket for Americans
Plaza 1
5:00pm •
My Monster
Plaza 2
9:30am •
Mythic Britain
11:00am •
Making Your Dialogue Sound Realistic
12:30pm •
Measure of a Man
2:00pm •
Game of Thrones
3:30pm •
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 36 Years of Shadow Casting
5:00pm •
Modern Fairy Tales
7:00pm •
Obsessed: The Doctor Who Special
8:30pm •
Drinking With Geeks
10:00pm •
Science of Sex Toys
11:30pm •
The Pun-el
Plaza 3
9:30am •
Magnets! How do they work?
11:00am •
Pipecleaner Dragonmaking
12:30pm •
Sock Puppets!
2:00pm •
Dr. Who Regenerating Puppets
3:30pm •
'Iron Pen' Drabble Contest
5:00pm •
Mad Hatter's Tea Party
7:00pm •
Cooking with an Overlord
8:30pm •
Leather Bag of Dice Holding +2
9:30pm •
Leather Sculpted Rose
11:30pm •
After Dark: The Science of Lubrication
Sofitel Lyon
9:30am •
Reading - William Alexander
11:00am •
Podcasting 101
12:30pm •
So You Wanna Make an Audio Drama?
2:00pm •
Podfic - Fanfic for Your Ears
3:30pm •
Omega Podcast
5:00pm •
Reading - Shira Lipkin
7:00pm •
Reading - Monica Valentinelli
Sofitel Bordeaux
9:30am •
Back In My Day...
11:00am •
One on One with John Picacio
12:30pm •
Interactive Fiction & Game Design
2:00pm •
Writing For Different Formats
3:30pm •
Smart Art
5:00pm •
Until It Hertz: Approaches and Styles of Audio Drama Recording
7:00pm •
Adventure Time Fan Panel
8:30pm •
Civility in Fandom
Sofitel Dijon
9:30am •
Supernatural
11:00am •
Hitchcock's Legacy
12:30pm •
The Gods of Geekdom
2:00pm •
Hammer Films - Classic
3:30pm •
Are We Ready for Robots? Ask Siri
5:00pm •
SF Writing Groups: The 2013 Scene
7:00pm •
Hammer Films - Rebirth
Sunday
, July 7
2201
11:00am •
Reading - Jason D Wittman
12:30pm •
Reading - Anna Waltz
12:30pm •
Reading - Anna Waltz
2:00pm •
Open Mic Poetry Reading
3:30pm •
Reading - Adam Stemple
Atrium 2
9:30am •
BBC Radio Programs: Drama Across the Wireless
11:00am •
So You Want to be a Game Designer?
12:30pm •
Masquerade Results
2:00pm •
I'm Getting Too Old to Find Time to Game
3:30pm •
Free to Play?
Atrium 3
9:30am •
Kids Intro to Classic SF&F
11:00am •
Teen Intro to Classic SF & F
12:30pm •
One on One with James Moran
2:00pm •
HIV: What's Happening?
3:30pm •
One on One with Lou Anders
Atrium 4
11:00am •
GPS Charity Auction
2:00pm •
One on One with Bill Corbett
3:30pm •
Neil Gaiman's Doctor Who Episodes
Atrium 6
11:00am •
Movie Sweding Festival
12:30pm •
Cover Reveal: The Making of Book Cover Art
2:00pm •
Art: Impossible
Atrium 7
11:00am •
Stigma of Mental Illness
12:30pm •
British vs American Urban Fantasy
2:00pm •
Blake's 7
3:30pm •
The Science Behind British Sci-Fi
Autograph Table
11:00am •
Signing - Dana Baird/Michael Merriam/Tim Lieder
12:30pm •
Signing #2 - Caitlin Blackwood
2:00pm •
Signing - Melinda Snodgrass
3:30pm •
Signing - Mark Stegbauer
Bloomington
9:30am •
Wreck-It Ralph
11:00am •
The Future of Art & Artists in Science Fiction / Fantasy
12:30pm •
Science and Religion: Friends or Foes?
2:00pm •
Doctor Who: The Wilderness Years
5:00pm •
Big Bang Theory vs. Community
Edina
9:30am •
Fine Art in Genre
11:00am •
One on One with Kevin Murphy
12:30pm •
Atheist Authors
2:00pm •
Ask a Scientist
3:30pm •
Disney Princesses
Garden Court - Northwest
3:30pm •
IKV RakeHell Performance
Garden Court - Southwest
2:00pm •
A Crack in Time Tea Party
Plaza 2
9:30am •
Hungover With Geeks
11:00am •
How to Write an Interesting Hero
12:30pm •
British Tourism - Where to go in the UK
2:00pm •
Geek Cooking
3:30pm •
Lesser Known British Comedy
Plaza 3
9:30am •
Crayon's Corner
11:00am •
Red Ribbon Society Steampunk Craft Hour
12:30pm •
Catapults!
2:00pm •
Downton Abbey Inspired Earrings
3:30pm •
Police Box Needlepoint
Sofitel Lyon
11:00am •
Reading - Joel Arnold
12:30pm •
First Issue Comic Book Review - Live with Mark Stegbauer
2:00pm •
Too Big to Fail: What to do About Super-sized Conventions
Sofitel Bordeaux
9:30am •
Neil Gaiman's Sandman
11:00am •
Superheroes In Prose
12:30pm •
State of the Comics: The Comics Fan Point of View
2:00pm •
Use of Magic in Books
3:30pm •
One on One with Paul Cornell
Sofitel Dijon
11:00am •
The Obama Era Space Program: Second Term
12:30pm •
Mary Shelley's Monster
2:00pm •
H. G. Wells
3:30pm •
Canines In Fact, Folklore, Fiction, and Film
7:30pm •
A Party for Readers and Viewers
CONvergence 2013
Jul 4
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7, 2013
Thursday
, July 4
Friday
, July 5
Saturday
, July 6
Sunday
, July 7
Bloomington, MN
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