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Michigan (2nd floor)

Programming

Bridgeport (3rd floor)

Programming

Gold Coast (3rd floor)

Programming

Streeterville (3rd floor)

Programming

Wrigleyville (3rd floor)

Programming

Columbus (3rd floor)

Writer's Room

Sheraton I - Salon (4th floor)

Salon

Sheraton II (4th floor)

Programming

Autograph Tables (4th floor)

Programming

Tour Spot (3rd floor)

Programming

Mayfair - Kids (2nd floor)

Kids

Sheraton III - Gaming (4th floor)

Gaming

2024-02-01 - Thursday

3:00 pm

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

All the GoHs

More Capable Than You

3:45 pm

4:00 pm

4:15 pm

4:30 pm

Puppet Time!

4:45 pm

5:00 pm

Bad Books, Good Reads

Writing When You Have No Spoons

Kids Room Open Hours Thrusday

5:15 pm

5:30 pm

5:45 pm

6:00 pm

6:15 pm

6:30 pm

Audiobooks/Podcasts: Reading for Your Ears

How to Hold an Interstellar Empire

Writing About the Multiverse

Convention Tour Thursday

6:45 pm

7:00 pm

7:15 pm

7:30 pm

7:45 pm

8:00 pm

Opening Ceremonies

8:15 pm

8:30 pm

8:45 pm

9:00 pm

9:15 pm

9:30 pm

9:45 pm

10:00 pm

10:15 pm

10:30 pm

10:45 pm

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Michigan (2nd floor)

Programming

Bridgeport (3rd floor)

Programming

Gold Coast (3rd floor)

Programming

Streeterville (3rd floor)

Programming

Wrigleyville (3rd floor)

Programming

Columbus (3rd floor)

Writer's Room

Sheraton I - Salon (4th floor)

Salon

Sheraton II (4th floor)

Programming

Autograph Tables (4th floor)

Programming

Tour Spot (3rd floor)

Programming

Mayfair - Kids (2nd floor)

Kids

Sheraton III - Gaming (4th floor)

Gaming

2024-02-02 - Friday

5:00 am

5:15 am

5:30 am

5:45 am

6:00 am

6:15 am

6:30 am

6:45 am

7:00 am

7:15 am

7:30 am

7:45 am

8:00 am

8:15 am

8:30 am

Early Morning Walking (Friday)

8:45 am

9:00 am

9:15 am

9:30 am

9:45 am

10:00 am

More Technology, More Problems

Hopeful Science Fiction and Fantasy

Stories that Cross Cultures

Learn to Write Calligraphy!

Promptapalooza

Puppet Time!

The Rise and Fall of the Social Media Empire

Kids Open Gaming

Terraforming Mars

10:15 am

10:30 am

10:45 am

11:00 am

11:15 am

11:30 am

Dust.. from... SPACE!!!

How to Moderate Panels

Star Wars Retrospective

LGBTQIA+ Gathering

Situational Character Building

Reading: Gerrib/Greenbright

Horror as Catharsis

Convention Tour Friday AM

11:45 am

12:00 pm

Pandemic - A New Challenge[0]

Learn to Play Magic the Gathering[0][1]

12:15 pm

12:30 pm

12:45 pm

1:00 pm

From Sketch to Finished Art Work with Ariela Housman

Reading: Detzner/Garfinkle/Huston

Queer Eye for Sci-Fi

The Dispossessed at 50

Stitch'n Bitch Friday

Professional Organizations for Writers

Susan Weiner concert

When SF Goes Literary

1:15 pm

1:30 pm

1:45 pm

2:00 pm

Formula D - A Thrilling Racing Game

2:15 pm

2:30 pm

Star Trek of Yesteryear

What Are...Runes?

The Forever War at 50

Hugo Awards Nominating

Sketchbook Tour: Dex Greenbright

Proactive vs. Reactive Characters

Tunesters Union concert

Interview with GoH K. Tempest Bradford

Kids Open Crafting

2:45 pm

3:00 pm

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

3:45 pm

4:00 pm

A Look at the Holocaust in Comics: Two Papers

Reading: Munro/Primlani

Applying SF Ideals to the Present

Diversify Your Bookshelf

Con Running and What It Has Taught Me

Opening Sentences

Clif Flynt concert

Interview with GOH Catherine Lundoff

Autographing: Bradford/Sjolander

Fluxx With the Head of Gaming[0]

4:15 pm

4:30 pm

4:45 pm

5:00 pm

5:15 pm

5:30 pm

Romancing the Genre

Using Board Games in the Classroom

The Current State of the MCU

What's Immortal With You?

Grants and Other Support for the Arts: A Primer

Fairy Tales as a Source of Story

Convention Tour Friday PM

5:45 pm

6:00 pm

6:15 pm

6:30 pm

6:45 pm

7:00 pm

Trivia for Chocolate

You Want to Podcast/YouTube But Mics/Webcams Scare You

Enduring Book Clubs

Too Much Pizza (or, Too Many Projects, No Time)

Writing While Neurodivergent

Adam Selzer Concert

Bedtime Story With Clif Flynt

Game with the GoH: Classic Traveller "Losing Air"

7:15 pm

7:30 pm

7:45 pm

8:00 pm

Euchre Tournament

Kids VHS Night!

8:15 pm

8:30 pm

1970s Probes

Improv 101

Making Magic Make Sense in Fiction

Random Fractions Concert

8:45 pm

9:00 pm

Party Crawl Friday

9:15 pm

9:30 pm

9:45 pm

10:00 pm

Friday Night Open Circle

10:15 pm

10:30 pm

10:45 pm

11:00 pm

11:15 pm

11:30 pm

11:45 pm

12:00 am

12:15 am

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Michigan (2nd floor)

Programming

Bridgeport (3rd floor)

Programming

Gold Coast (3rd floor)

Programming

Streeterville (3rd floor)

Programming

Wrigleyville (3rd floor)

Programming

Columbus (3rd floor)

Writer's Room

Sheraton I - Salon (4th floor)

Salon

Sheraton II (4th floor)

Programming

Autograph Tables (4th floor)

Programming

Tour Spot (3rd floor)

Programming

Mayfair - Kids (2nd floor)

Kids

Sheraton III - Gaming (4th floor)

Gaming

2024-02-03 - Saturday

5:00 am

5:15 am

5:30 am

5:45 am

6:00 am

6:15 am

6:30 am

6:45 am

7:00 am

7:15 am

7:30 am

7:45 am

8:00 am

8:15 am

8:30 am

Early Morning Walking (Saturday)

8:45 am

9:00 am

Open Lego Building

9:15 am

9:30 am

9:45 am

10:00 am

Judging a Book by Page 119

Chicago-SF Book Club: The Warrior's Apprentice

The Impact of Graphic Novels

Gaming and Technology

Stitch'n Bitch Saturday

Small Press Publishing - Like a Quest, Only More So!

SLF's Mini Deep Dish Reading

Resistance Requires Imagining a Better Future

Convention Tour Saturday AM

Wingspan - A Swift Card Game

10:15 am

10:30 am

10:45 am

11:00 am

11:15 am

11:30 am

Lucy's Tour of the Trojan Asteroids

Costuming on Minimum Wage

Social Activism and Fandom

Comic Book Adaptations

Phandemonium Book Club

Writing Horror and Dark Fantasy

GoH Readings: Bradford/Lundoff

The Princess Bride at 50

Autographing: Herkes/Guilfoyle/Davila

11:45 am

12:00 pm

Flamecraft[0]

Magic the Gathering - Casual Commander[0][1]

12:15 pm

12:30 pm

12:45 pm

1:00 pm

Growing Old in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Reading: Greene/Silver/Sjolander

Reaching the Next Generation Fan

How to Destroy an Interstellar Empire

How To Draw Anything

Worldbuilding for Authors

Songwriting From the Gut

Babylon 5: Past and Future

Autographing: Jeffries/Peck/Davidson/Forgie

Snow Goons!

1:15 pm

1:30 pm

1:45 pm

2:00 pm

Terraforming Mars[0]

2:15 pm

2:30 pm

Real Steam for Writers

Reading: Herkes/Jorgensen/Tan

When You Reach for the Stars and Miss...

The World Has Changed

Meet the Candidates

One Page Plot Method

Court and Country concert

Sixty Years of Doctor Who and What's Next

Autographing: Silver/Greene/Tolios

Art Show Docent Tour with Ariela Housman

Balloon Beasts!

2:45 pm

3:00 pm

Game with the GoH: Original Dungeons & Dragons[0]

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

3:45 pm

4:00 pm

Where's My Flying Car?

Reading: Arktos/Duke/Tolios

The Many Hats of a Creative

Will Fan-Run Cons Endure?

DIY Custom Action Figure Workshop

Self-Editing for Writers

Cathy McManamon concert

Autographing: Horton/Lundoff/Holland

Balloon Parade!

Casting Shadows[0][1]

4:15 pm

4:30 pm

4:45 pm

5:00 pm

Artist Showdown

5:15 pm

5:30 pm

Bruce Schneier Talks about Democracy & AI

Reading: Collier/Holland/Peck

New Trek: Just Released and Still to Come

The Bible as Fantasy Novel

Wait, Didn't They Have Green Eyes?

Slime from Space!

5:45 pm

6:00 pm

6:15 pm

6:30 pm

6:45 pm

7:00 pm

Martial Arts in SF and Fantasy

Wait, You Read/Watch THAT?

Space Horrors

Frankenstuffies

Self Promotion for Writers

Art Auction

Fluxx With the Head of Gaming

7:15 pm

7:30 pm

Kid's Dance Party

7:45 pm

8:00 pm

8:15 pm

8:30 pm

Sexy Words with Cecilia and Catherine

Well Intended, But Not Well Received

The Microphone Misfitz Concert

8:45 pm

9:00 pm

Party Crawl Saturday

9:15 pm

9:30 pm

9:45 pm

10:00 pm

Saturday Night Open Circle

10:15 pm

10:30 pm

10:45 pm

11:00 pm

11:15 pm

11:30 pm

11:45 pm

12:00 am

12:15 am

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4:15 am

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4:45 am

Michigan (2nd floor)

Programming

Bridgeport (3rd floor)

Programming

Gold Coast (3rd floor)

Programming

Streeterville (3rd floor)

Programming

Wrigleyville (3rd floor)

Programming

Columbus (3rd floor)

Writer's Room

Sheraton I - Salon (4th floor)

Salon

Sheraton II (4th floor)

Programming

Autograph Tables (4th floor)

Programming

Tour Spot (3rd floor)

Programming

Mayfair - Kids (2nd floor)

Kids

Sheraton III - Gaming (4th floor)

Gaming

2024-02-04 - Sunday

5:00 am

5:15 am

5:30 am

5:45 am

6:00 am

6:15 am

6:30 am

6:45 am

7:00 am

7:15 am

7:30 am

7:45 am

8:00 am

8:15 am

8:30 am

Early Morning Walking (Sunday)

8:45 am

9:00 am

Kids Room Open Hours Sunday

9:15 am

9:30 am

9:45 am

10:00 am

Reading: Clumpner/Flynt/Thomasson

Jurassic Park 30 Years Later

Libraries of the Future

Hero's Journey vs. Heroine's Journey

Random Panel Topic

10:15 am

10:30 am

10:45 am

11:00 am

Disney Villainous

11:15 am

11:30 am

Webb Watches the Sky

Chicago Scavenger Hunt

SFF Romance

The Old School Gaming Renaissance & Its Bad Reputation

Learn to Write Calligraphy!

Writing Older Characters for Younger Readers

Just Jam! Session

AO3 Round Table[0]

11:45 am

12:00 pm

12:15 pm

12:30 pm

Phandemonium Board Meeting & Election

12:45 pm

1:00 pm

Labor Rights Movements in Fact and Fiction

The Role of the Heavens in Mythology

1:15 pm

1:30 pm

1:45 pm

2:00 pm

2:15 pm

2:30 pm

Closing Ceremonies & Feedback Session

2:45 pm

3:00 pm

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

3:45 pm

4:00 pm

4:15 pm

4:30 pm

4:45 pm

5:00 pm

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