Come listen to disabled authors, actors, and artists talk about managing their creative lives and their daily lives. Participants: Stephanie Cranford (mod), Camryn Carey, J.R. Dawson, Christine Galey, Tania Richter
Kitchens are often cluttered with various devices. Which do you use constantly? Which gather dust? How can you find more uses for what you have or find more multi-faceted tools to replace many items at once? Participants: Alisha Srock (mod), Scott Grandt, K.N. Hamann, Tom Hyer, Erin Wilaby
The golem is a well-known figure from Jewish folklore. How has this concept and metaphor influenced science fiction and artificial intelligence (androids, cyborgs, etc.) stories throughout history and today? Participants: Jen Rogachevsky (mod), J.R. Dawson, Andrea Herman, Joe, Naomi Kritzer
A discussion on what history can teach us about the combat systems of role playing games. How accurate are they? Are the weapons appropriate for the setting? What do RPGs get right and wrong? Participants: Paul David Bates (mod), Eddie, Daniel Jay-Dixon, Kenneth Justiniano, Jamie Riedesel
A panel to discuss the prevalence of book bans and book challenges and how they affect librarianship today. Bring us your questions and concerns so we can offer suggestions and commiserate together. This will primarily be a Q&A panel. Participants: Crystal Kelleher (mod), Princess Sam Irish Lass, Josiah John Mannion, Morgan Strickland, Kellee Lee Wolf
Ok, maybe not "everything", but join our panelists as they tell you some surprising things about the world of publishing. Participants: Lee Harris (mod), Jay Gallentine, Jenny Goloboy, Laura Szatz, Madeleine Vasaly
AMC+'s adaptations of Anne Rice's novels into the Immortal Universe have gotten a lot of buzz. We'll explore the following series: Interview with the Vampire/The Vampire Lestat, The Mayfair Witches, and Talamasca: The Secret Order. Participants: Mordecai Mika (mod), skazka 9000, Brian Forrest, T'Yanna L Singleton, Jody Wurl
A mostly non-serious panel in which panelists will argue if and how gay sex would have fixed something. Would it fix a love triangle, a terrible movie ending, or maybe even the economy? **mature content** Participants: Henry Kaldhusdal (mod), Sean Eberle, Kendrick Edmund Hogue, Kiki Joy Latham, AJ Pete
Thursday July 2, 2026 11:30pm - Friday July 3, 2026 12:30am CDT Hyatt 1, Lakeshore A
