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CONvergence 2016

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Harmony Through Superior Science Fiction DoubleTree Atrium 4

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What Am I Doing in This Handbasket? DoubleTree Plaza 2 Breaking into YouTube DoubleTree Atrium 3 Kids These Days... DoubleTree Plaza 1

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All-New, All-Different Comics? DoubleTree Atrium 4 Game Design: The Ultimate Fan Fiction? DoubleTree Plaza 1 Twin Connection: Myth, Science and Confirmation Bias DoubleTree Atrium 3 Frankensteining Patterns Crowne Plaza U

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Cosplay 101 DoubleTree Plaza 1 Creative Process Across Disciplines DoubleTree Bloomington I Had to Stop Watching/Reading When... DoubleTree Atrium 6

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Physics of the TARDIS DoubleTree Atrium 4 That Would Make a Great Movie DoubleTree Bloomington Writerly Career Cycles: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here? DoubleTree Plaza 3

8:30pm CDT

Let There Be...What? DoubleTree Bloomington Space Aces DoubleTree Atrium 2

10:00pm CDT

Gratuitous Rape in TV DoubleTree Edina The Ins and Outs of Kindle Porn DoubleTree Atrium 2 Unusual Transportation DoubleTree Plaza 1

11:30pm CDT

Late Night Music Circle DoubleTree Plaza 1 Achieving Sci-Fi Utopia DoubleTree Edina Representation in Headcanons DoubleTree Atrium 4 Spoilers - A Love/Hate Relationship DoubleTree Atrium 6

8:00am CDT

Space Lounge: Complimentary Continental Just Morning One-Hour Rave DoubleTree Veranda 8

9:30am CDT

Casual Gaming DoubleTree Atrium 6

11:00am CDT

Science Smorgasbord 1.0 DoubleTree Plaza 2 Our Favorite Board Games DoubleTree Bloomington Star Wars: The Force Awakens DoubleTree Atrium 6

12:00pm CDT

Steam Century Scavenger Hunt Ballot Pickup - Friday DoubleTree 2200 Lobby

12:30pm CDT

Science Smorgasbord 2.0 DoubleTree Plaza 2 Star Wars Databank Brawl DoubleTree Bloomington What's with the Airships? DoubleTree Atrium 2

2:00pm CDT

Journalism and Fandom DoubleTree Atrium 3 Moving Pictures, Moving Minds DoubleTree Plaza 1

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Iron Pen DoubleTree Plaza 2 Kids Cartoons vs Imperialism DoubleTree Atrium 4 Soundtracks in Movies and TV DoubleTree Plaza 1

5:00pm CDT

Slash DoubleTree 2202 Table G Libertarianism in Science Fiction DoubleTree Atrium 2 Why Are We Still Whitewashing? DoubleTree Edina

7:00pm CDT

Exploring Neurodiversity: The New Frontier DoubleTree Plaza 3 Positive Disability DoubleTree Atrium 3 Rise of Dark Fantasy DoubleTree Plaza 1 Campaign Convergence: Presidential Debate DoubleTree Bloomington Judging a Book by Its Cover DoubleTree Atrium 6

8:00pm CDT

Steam Century Scavenger Hunt DoubleTree 2200 Lobby

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Science and Art of Bioluminescence DoubleTree Plaza 2 Trivia DoubleTree 2202 Table D Cosplay Remix DoubleTree Atrium 2 Hell Hath No Fury: Ways to Motivate, Impede, and Change Female Characters DoubleTree Bloomington Tech in the Classroom DoubleTree Atrium 3 Why Diversity Needs to be Deeper than Marketing DoubleTree Edina

10:00pm CDT

Healthy Relationships in the Geek Community DoubleTree Atrium 4

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Homoeroticism or Misogyny? DoubleTree Atrium 3 Slash Panel DoubleTree Edina

9:30am CDT

Play With Rockets (Safely) DoubleTree Plaza 2 Are Any Myths Sacred? DoubleTree Atrium 7 Building Worlds for Fiction DoubleTree Plaza 1 Why YA? DoubleTree Atrium 6 Reading - Briana Lawrence and Jessica Walsh DoubleTree 2201

11:00am CDT

Comedy Writing: How to Be Funnier Crowne Plaza U It Takes a Village Moving at 80% the Speed of Light DoubleTree Atrium 3 Moving at the Speed of Plot DoubleTree Plaza 1 Token for Your Thoughts DoubleTree Atrium 6 Why We Need Representation in Superheroes DoubleTree Edina

12:30pm CDT

Gaming with Kids DoubleTree Atrium 4

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Space Lounge: Classic Video Game Tournament DoubleTree Veranda 8

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Books by Non-American Authors DoubleTree Atrium 3 Non-Network Original Content DoubleTree Atrium 2 Why Afrofuturism? DoubleTree Atrium 7

3:30pm CDT

Art-Go-Round DoubleTree Plaza 2 Diversity in Writing DoubleTree Atrium 6 Your Online Persona DoubleTree Atrium 7

5:00pm CDT

Building Collaborative Works DoubleTree Atrium 4 Small Businesses in the Geek Community Crowne Plaza U Superficially Strong Female Characters DoubleTree Edina

7:00pm CDT

Face Value: The Truth Is Trickier Than You Thought DoubleTree Plaza 1 Obsessed Podcast: Harry Potter DoubleTree Bloomington Original Movie Scores DoubleTree Atrium 3

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Lovecraft in Other Media DoubleTree Atrium 2 Sexual Quandaries DoubleTree Bloomington Toxic Masculinity as Villain DoubleTree Edina Uphill Both Ways DoubleTree Plaza 3

11:30pm CDT

Time Travel Is for Lovers DoubleTree Atrium 3

9:30am CDT

Explorations of a Godless Community or What is Sunday Assembly? DoubleTree Plaza 1 Kingkiller Chronicle DoubleTree Bloomington

11:00am CDT

Aging and Fandom DoubleTree Bloomington Lovecraft Was Wrong! DoubleTree Plaza 1 More Than Just Stats: Creating Characters for RPGs DoubleTree Plaza 3

12:30pm CDT

Could You Write That for Me? DoubleTree Bloomington Panels Are Dead: Long Live Panels! DoubleTree Atrium 3 Riverboats in Genre Crowne Plaza U Super Biology! 101 DoubleTree Atrium 7 Art: Impossible DoubleTree Atrium 6

2:00pm CDT

Tea Time in the TARDIS DoubleTree Garden Court - Southwest Deadpool Movie DoubleTree Edina Disabilities as Character Development DoubleTree Plaza 3 Submarines: They Don’t Have to Be Black DoubleTree Atrium 3 Traveling Cosplay DoubleTree Atrium 2

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Table-top Catapults DoubleTree Plaza 2 Culture and Race in Cosplay DoubleTree Atrium 7 Daily Life in Fantasy Settings DoubleTree Bloomington Self-Publishing vs. Traditional: Pros and Cons DoubleTree Atrium 4 The Man Is Out to Get You . . . Again DoubleTree Plaza 3 Why Steven Universe Is the Best Thing Since the Concept of Bestness DoubleTree Main Stage