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Friday
, May 25
9:00am EDT
Educators Workshop
LIMITED
 Annapolis 4
12:00pm EDT
Cosmic Encounter World Champion Jack Reda’s Home Brews
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
Cosmic Encounter®: Quick Start / Alien Combos / Play Designers
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
2:00pm EDT
The Good of Gaming: Using video games to expose STEAM fields to the next generation! with TAG Labs
FILLING
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
3:00pm EDT
Streaming 101 : Mixing it up
 Baltimore 2
Costuming/Cosplay 101
 Annapolis 4
War of the Worlds, 2018
 Woodrow Wilson A
DC Stunt Coalition
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
Future War: Other Worlds or Other Worldly?
 Woodrow Wilson B
Earth Rise: 50 years
 Woodrow Wilson D
The Westerner's Guide to Mobile Suit Gundam, the "Star Trek of Japan"
 Woodrow Wilson C
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (1 - 3)
 Baltimore 1
3:30pm EDT
Movies: Science Fiction Shorts
 Annapolis 3
Drawing Characters with S.T.E.A.M. with C. Edward Sellner of Visionary Comics
LIMITED
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
4:00pm EDT
Slime Station
Exhibit Hall - Booth C20 (MOSF Education)
Exploring the Wired: The Ideas Behind Serial Experiments Lain
 Baltimore 2
Hand Sewing 101
 Annapolis 4
Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction
Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project)
Edgar Rice Burroughs, His Worlds and His Influences
 Woodrow Wilson D
How Science Fiction Inspired Exploration Achievements
 Woodrow Wilson B
4:30pm EDT
Draw Dr. Who Characters with Keir Lyes
LIMITED
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
Steins;Gate 0 (1-3)
 Baltimore 1
Movie: Centralia, Pennsylvania's Lost Town
 Annapolis 3
5:00pm EDT
Giant Robots: Crushing your Misconceptions
 Woodrow Wilson C
Simulating Near-Future Conflicts
 Woodrow Wilson B
Cheesy Line-Reading Contest
 Annapolis 4
Movie: A Year in Space
 Woodrow Wilson A
YA Science Fiction Writing Workshop
FILLING
 Baltimore 3
5:30pm EDT
Comic Covers Design 101 with Dan Nokes
LIMITED
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
6:00pm EDT
Fantasy Flight Games Presents: Cosmic Encounter®
 Annapolis 4
Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction
Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project)
Frankenstein’s Monster: 200 Years Later
 Woodrow Wilson D
Dance Workshop- Hip Hop
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
Will Asteroid Mining Solve our Resource Shortages?
 Woodrow Wilson B
6:30pm EDT
Movie: Malice: Emergence
 Annapolis 3
7:00pm EDT
Legacy Launch Party!
 Woodrow Wilson D
Pop Parliament
 Woodrow Wilson A
8:15pm EDT
Doctor Whose Line Is it Anyway?!
 Woodrow Wilson A
8:30pm EDT
Gaming After Dark
 Baltimore 3
Ogre Battles in Washington, DC
 Baltimore 3
9:00pm EDT
Movie: Flora
 Annapolis 3
10:00pm EDT
Super Art Fight
 Woodrow Wilson D
Late Night Karaoke
 Annapolis 4
10:30pm EDT
Space Party & Dance
 Woodrow Wilson A
Saturday
, May 26
12:00am EDT
Movie: Ghostbusters Quote-Along
 Baltimore 3
Movie: Planet of the Apes
 Annapolis 3
9:00am EDT
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop A
LIMITED
 Baltimore 3
Video Game Programming and Development: It's More than Syntax
 Annapolis 4
Unsettling "The Eternal Feminine" and Other Gender Myths
 Woodrow Wilson D
Creating Other Worlds for Science Fiction Films
 Woodrow Wilson B
Outlaw Star (1 - 10)
 Baltimore 1
10:00am EDT
Robot Dance School
Exhibit Hall - Booth C20 (MOSF Education)
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop B
LIMITED
 Baltimore 3
TV: Scienstars
 Annapolis 3
Greg Nicotero on The Walking Dead and 2001: A Space Odyssey
 Woodrow Wilson A
Sci-Fi Languages, Dialects, and Slang
 Woodrow Wilson D
The 7 Dwarves (OK, TRAPPISTS)
 Annapolis 4
Cosmic Encounter®: Quick Start / Alien Combos / Play Designers
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
11:00am EDT
Ghost in the Matrix
 Baltimore 2
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop C
LIMITED
 Baltimore 3
In Saturn's Rings with NASA! A Journey for IMAX theaters
 Annapolis 3
Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction
Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project)
Other Worlds According to Greg Bear
 Woodrow Wilson A
Blerdcon presents: Blerd is the Word
 Woodrow Wilson B
Humans, Cyborgs, Androids: Companions in the Exploration of Other Worlds
 Annapolis 4
Female Embodiment in the Post-Apocalyptic Survival Narrative
 Woodrow Wilson D
A Brief History of Anime
 Woodrow Wilson C
11:30am EDT
Pokemon Go & Draw
FULL
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
12:00pm EDT
A Puppet Without a Ghost: the Evolution of Cyberpunk Anime
 Baltimore 2
Ghostbusters Tech in the Real World
 Baltimore 3
Greg Bear Autograph Signing
 Annapolis Prefunction
The Future According to David Brin
 Woodrow Wilson A
Dance Workshop- Fusion Dancing
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
SPAAACE! And Why It's Awesome!
 Woodrow Wilson B
Touch the Sun
 Annapolis 4
Minecrafting
FULL
Exhibit Hall - Booth C20 (MOSF Education)
Movie: Black Wake
 Annapolis 3
1:00pm EDT
Cloud Age Symphony: Steampunk and Anime
 Baltimore 2
The Present and Future of 3D Printing: Cosplay, Manufacturing, and More
 Woodrow Wilson C
Costuming Cosmetics
 Baltimore 3
Cosmic Encounter® Alien Secrets
 Annapolis 4
World-Building for Writers
 Woodrow Wilson A
Faith and Reason: Can Science Fiction Encompass Both?
 Woodrow Wilson D
Heroes, Villains, and Healing
 Woodrow Wilson B
The Science of Frankenstein
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
The History and Art of Anime Styles with Pauil Kohberger
FILLING
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
Sci-Fi Dough Ornaments
Exhibit Hall - Booth C20 (MOSF Education)
2:00pm EDT
Minecraft Stop Motion Animation
FULL
Exhibit Hall - Booth C20 (MOSF Education)
Everything You Wanted to Know About Worbla Armor Fabrication But Were Afraid to Ask
 Baltimore 2
The Future Looks a Lot Like...the Past?
 Woodrow Wilson C
Movement Analysis for Character Development
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
Exoplanets as Seen Through Video Games
 Baltimore 3
Morgan Gendel Autograph Signing
 Annapolis Prefunction
Law of Star Wars
 Woodrow Wilson B
Comparative Alien Anatomy
 Annapolis 4
Think Outside the Can
 Woodrow Wilson A
The 50th Anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey
 Annapolis 3
Afrofuturism Returns: Black Superhuman and Otherhuman Identities
 Woodrow Wilson D
Aldnoah Zero (1-5)
 Baltimore 1
Cosmic Encounter®: Play in TableTop Simulator with Cosmic Encounter Designer Bill Eberle
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
2:30pm EDT
Finding My Identity in Cosplay with Kurenai Kiba
LIMITED
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
3:00pm EDT
A Science Fiction Fan's Guide to Anime
 Woodrow Wilson C
Giant Robots and Space Pirates: How Science Fiction helped Bring Anime to America
 Baltimore 2
Costuming/Cosplay 201
 Baltimore 3
Creating a Sci-Fi Comic
 Woodrow Wilson B
The Circus Siren Pod Presents: Alien Mermaid Meet, Greet, and Swim!
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
Cyborfication and Memetic Warfare
 Annapolis 4
Cosmic Encounter®: Into The Future
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
2001 Book Signing: Rob Godwin and Adam Johnson
 Annapolis 3
4:00pm EDT
A Very Special Recording of The Cosplay Cast -- Cosplay and STEM
 Woodrow Wilson C
Interview with a “Vampyre”... A Conversation with the Creators of Nightmares
 Annapolis 4
A World Where Apes Evolved from Men?
 Baltimore 3
DC Stunt Coalition
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
Returning to the Moon
 Woodrow Wilson D
Be Your Own Superhero with C. Edward Sellner of Visionary Comics
FULL
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
Active Raid (1-5)
 Baltimore 1
Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey
 Annapolis 3
5:00pm EDT
Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction
Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project)
Zombae: The Evolution of Zombies in Popular Culture
 Annapolis 4
Geek Rock with Miss Nerdstiles
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
5:30pm EDT
Costume Fashion Show Tech Rehearsal
 Woodrow Wilson A
Hit Confirm: a Brief History of Character Design for Video Games with Tyrone Barnes
FILLING
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
EV Cocktail Hour, open to all!
 Woodrow Wilson B
6:00pm EDT
Space Brothers (1-5)
 Baltimore 1
6:30pm EDT
Escape Velocity Keynote, Film Awards, and Fashion Show/Costume Competition Awards
 Woodrow Wilson A
8:00pm EDT
Ergo Proxy (1-5)
 Baltimore 1
8:30pm EDT
Cosplay Pitfalls: When Things in Cosplay Don’t Go Your Way
 Baltimore 2
Sci-fi Anime Worth Watching
 Woodrow Wilson C
Gaming After Dark
 Baltimore 3
9:00pm EDT
Cosplay Dance Off
 Woodrow Wilson A
The National Security Decision-Making Game (Science Fiction Edition)
 Woodrow Wilson D
9:30pm EDT
Re-telling of stories of the Rising Sun: Japanese Space Operas
 Baltimore 2
Tables in Space! An Overview and History of Science Fiction Tabletop RPGs
 Woodrow Wilson C
10:00pm EDT
Code Geass:Lelouch of the Rebellion (S1 1-5)
 Baltimore 1
10:30pm EDT
Cards against Anime : SYFY!
 Woodrow Wilson C
Late Night Karaoke
 Annapolis 3
Super Art Fight
 Annapolis 4
10:45pm EDT
Space Dance
 Woodrow Wilson A
11:30pm EDT
Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show Doors Open
 Woodrow Wilson B
Sunday
, May 27
12:00am EDT
Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show
 Woodrow Wilson B
9:00am EDT
Science Fiction and Fantasy Characters as Dramatis Personae
 Woodrow Wilson D
Be Your Own Intelligence Analyst in the Era of Fake News
 Annapolis 4
Envisioning Sustainable Futures in Science Fiction Film
 Woodrow Wilson B
NASA's Saturn Mission: Exploring Saturn and its Moons
 Woodrow Wilson A
The National Science Foundation’s Night of the Living Limb- How Bioengineering Can Solve the Zombie Apocalypse Problem
 Baltimore 3
Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory (1-5)
 Baltimore 1
10:00am EDT
Cosplay for Everyone
 Woodrow Wilson B
Artist Alley Stage Fright: Running Your First Table
 Annapolis 4
How Not To Build a Renegade Computer: HAL 2018
 Baltimore 3
In Saturn's Rings, a film for IMAX theaters: The Kubrick, Science & Tech
 Woodrow Wilson A
Do You Believe in Magic?: The Narrative Construction of Magical Worlds, Creatures, and Characters
 Woodrow Wilson D
Science Fiction Writing Workshop for Teens
LIMITED
 Annapolis 3
Cosmic Encounter®: The Days of Future Past
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
Cosmic Encounter®: Quick Start / Alien Combos / Play Designers
Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)
11:00am EDT
Harry Potter vs. Spike Spiegel: Comparing Mythic Tropes in Japanese Anime vs. the West
 Woodrow Wilson C
The Toxic Jungle: The Shadow of the Atomic Bomb over Sci-fi Anime
 Baltimore 2
Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction
Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project)
The Futurism of Walt Disney
 Annapolis 4
What the U.S. Navy Taught Me About Starfleet
 Baltimore 3
The Hunt for Groot: Astrobiology at NASA
 Woodrow Wilson B
Butterfly Kisses Screening and Q&A
 Woodrow Wilson A
Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans (Season 2:26-32)
 Baltimore 1
11:30am EDT
Intro to Game Design Theory (So You Want To Make Games?) with Jake Heagy
FULL
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
12:00pm EDT
Rebuilding History: Gundam Style
 Baltimore 2
Seminal Sketch SciFi
 Woodrow Wilson C
Color Theory for Costuming and Cosplay
 Woodrow Wilson B
Artificial Bodies in Contemporary Media
 Annapolis 4
Electromagnetic Rail Guns, Fact and Fiction, History and Potential
 Baltimore 3
6 Blind Men, or How Will we Know Life on Other Planets?
 Woodrow Wilson D
Winners, Escape Velocity Film Festival
 Annapolis 3
1:00pm EDT
A Very Special Episode of the Cosplay Cast -- Anime Cosplay vs. Western Cosplay
 Woodrow Wilson C
A Wrinkle in Time Open Forum
 Woodrow Wilson B
No Man's Sky - Every Developer's Dream and Nightmare
 Baltimore 3
Disability in Science Fiction
 Woodrow Wilson D
Desperately Seeking 21st Century Sci-Fi
 Annapolis 4
Fight of the Century: Sports in Science Fiction with Nick Allen & Troy-Jeffrey Allen
LIMITED
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
2:00pm EDT
Board Games... in SPAAAAAACE!!!
 Woodrow Wilson B
Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction
Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project)
Why Are They Spiritual Machines? AI and Religion
 Woodrow Wilson D
Changing The World Through (Fan-)Fiction
 Annapolis 4
DC Stunt Coalition
Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage)
Starship Troopers: What’s All the Fuss?
 Baltimore 3
2:30pm EDT
World Development in Fantasy & Sci-Fi Story Telling with Tyrone Selby
FILLING
Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)
3:00pm EDT
How Did They Make That?!
 Woodrow Wilson B
A Brave New World - For Video Games
 Baltimore 3
Transtemporal and Transdimensional Worlds
 Woodrow Wilson D
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