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12:00am EST

Screening: Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (eps 2-4) Plaza ITim Souder • Robert Zygala

9:00am EST

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE IN THE TERRACE ROOM: 9am to 1pm Crystal Ballroom Promenade (Gaming) Workshop: Exotic Modular & Building Block Toys [Family Friendly] The GalleryPhillip Thorne Screening: Wolf Children [Family Friendly] Plaza IKristyn Souder • Tim Souder

10:00am EST

Found Objects and Unconventional Materials The GalleryHeidi Hooper • Carl Paolino • Sarah Sanders Sunday Meeting for Worship Plaza VDotty Kurtz Filk Theme Circle: Classic Filk Plaza VI Fifty Years of Pern Crystal Ballroom ThreeElektra Hammond • Victoria Janssen • Hildy Silverman • Phillip Thorne Science Fiction and The Men In Black Plaza IIIMartin Berman-Gorvine • Michael D'Ambrosio • Kevin Patterson • Mark Singer • Michael A. Ventrella Writing Like The Dickens Plaza IITy Drago • Leigh Grossman • Richard Stout • Joan Wendland Readings: Sunday 10am Executive Suite 623Brenda W. Clough • April Grey • Glenn McDorman The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Current Technology Trends Crystal Ballroom TwoJohn Ashmead • Earl Bennett • Bob Hranek • Charlie Robertson • John Skylar What Your Body Language Says About You Plaza IVTobias Cabral • Phil Giunta • Mary Spila

11:00am EST

Should You Watch: Symphogear? Plaza IBen Jorritsma Autographs: Sunday 11am Autograph TableKen Altabef • April Grey Workshop: Victorian Hat Stand ($15) or Pincushion ($10) [Family Friendly] The GalleryLisa Ashton • Carol Salemi Open Filk Plaza VI The Chromatics: Concert #3 Grand Ballroom ADr. Padi Boyd • John Meyer • Michelle Orhan • Scott Rohrbach • Alan P. Smale • Karen Smale Fairy Tales for the Modern Age Plaza IIPhilippa Ballantine • Karen Heuler • Kim Kindya • Linda J. Lee • Eric Parmer • Mary Spila Space Age Fashion: Dressing For The Future! Plaza IIIByron Connell • Jazz Hiestand • Tom Purdom • Susan Shwartz • Muriel Stockdale The Creative Influence of Moorcock Plaza IVGil Cnaan • Savan Gupta • Tauney Kennedy • Mark Singer • F. M. Yates You're Always Learning How to Write Better Crystal Ballroom ThreeMarilyn 'Mattie' Brahen • D.L. Carter • Sally Wiener Grotta • Joshua Palmatier • Alyce Wilson Writing A Film-Friendly Novel Plaza VElizabeth Crowens • Michael D'Ambrosio • Barna William Donovan • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Carl Paolino • Richard Stout Readings: Sunday 11am Executive Suite 623Steven Burst • Dina Leacock The Future of Synthetic Biology and Public Biohacking Crystal Ballroom TwoMuriel Hykes • Anna Kashina • John Skylar • Ronald C. Taylor Game: Post-Apocalyptic Blues: Escapee Blues [11am to 3pm] Executive Suite 923Julie Ann Dawson

12:00pm EST

Concert: Dr. Seti Plaza VI Diversity in Anime and Manga [90 min] Plaza ILauren Bellamy • Lyndsey Bellamy Submitting Art to Magazines Plaza IVTess Kissinger • Robert Walters Autographs: Sunday Noon Autograph TableDina Leacock • Tom Purdom Workshop: Fabric Manipulation The GalleryDiane Kovalcin Gardner Dozois’s “The Peacemaker” Plaza IIIBrandon Budda • Glenn McDorman How to Channel Your Compulsive World-Building Habit into Something Constructive Crystal Ballroom ThreeVikki Ciaffone • Brenda W. Clough • Russell J. Handelman • Mike McPhail • John Monahan Science Fiction as Social Education Plaza IIPhil Giunta • Anastasia Klimchynskaya • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • Rebecca Robare • Michael A. Ventrella • Simone Zelitch Babylon 5 Plaza VKen Altabef • Tony Finan • Elektra Hammond • Lawrence Kramer • Tim Souder • Mark Wolverton What Your Action Figures Are Trying To Tell You Crystal Ballroom TwoJonathan Alexandratos Readings: Sunday Noon Executive Suite 623Stephanie Burke • Robert C. Roman • Miriam Seidel

1:00pm EST

1:30pm - Screening: Izetta: The Last Witch Plaza IRobert Zygala Demo: Digital Art Improv with N.E. Lilly Crystal Ballroom TwoNathan Lilly Autographs: Sunday 1pm Autograph TableDr. Valerie J. Mikles Workshop: Make & Take Foam Sabers / Therapy Swords [Family Friendly] The GalleryPhillip Thorne Retail Skills for the Introvert Plaza VJazz Hiestand Filk Theme Circle: Media-Inspired Songs Plaza VI The Impact of Learning to Write via Fanfiction Plaza IIIKaralyn Morris • Shannon O’Shea • Eric Parmer The Myth of the Mad Scientist Plaza IIAaron • John Ashmead • Anna Kashina • Tee Morris • Alan P. Smale • Jim Stratton When Less Is More Crystal Ballroom ThreeDanielle Ackley-McPhail • Steven Burst • Vikki Ciaffone • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Bernie Mojzes Screening: Starship Farragut Animated Episodes Grand Ballroom A Readings: Sunday 1pm Executive Suite 623Karen Heuler • Nick Martell • Hildy Silverman How Do Radios Really Work? Plaza IVEarl Bennett • Bruce Dykes • Charlie Robertson

2:00pm EST

Roundtable: A Farewell to Adventure Time Plaza IVPhillip Thorne Screening: Izetta: The Last Witch Plaza ITim Souder • Robert Zygala Autographs: Sunday 2pm Autograph TableTess Kissinger • Robert Walters Philcon 2018 Songwriting Contest Performances Plaza VI At Loose Ends Crystal Ballroom ThreeGil Cnaan • Carl Fink • Leigh Grossman • Elektra Hammond • Tom Purdom Cyberpunk 2.0 Plaza IITobias Cabral • Bruce Dykes • Nathan Lilly • Aaron Rosenberg Jungian Archetypes in SF & F Plaza IIILinda J. Lee • Shannon O’Shea • Rebecca Robare • Miriam Seidel The Planet of the Apes Plaza VKen Altabef • Barna William Donovan • Kim Kindya Readings: Sunday 2pm Executive Suite 623Marilyn 'Mattie' Brahen • Charlie Robertson War Games in the Immune System Crystal Ballroom TwoJohn Skylar

3:00pm EST

Philcon Feedback Session Crystal Ballroom ThreeTodd Dashoff • Terry Steiner Sisk Graybill • Lynati • Kristyn Souder Dead Cheesesteak Filk Circle and Gripe Session Plaza VI