ANIME STREAMING ROOM – Open 24 hours TABLETOP GAMING – Open 24 hours AUTOGRAPHS & PHOTO OPS Sponsored by DC Anime Club Sponsored by (Autographs are at the guest’s table; Photo Ops are next to the right of Main Events 1) (Conference Theater) (Regency Ballroom C & D)
DAY START END SHOW/MOVIE Dungeons and Dragons Adventurer’s League (2 hour campaigns; Karan Ashley 3:00pm 4:30pm Kiki’s Delivery Service 7 tables) 12:00 pm 2:00 pm Autographs 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Autographs 4:30pm 5:30pm Michiko x Hatchin Friday: 7pm to 11pm FRIDAY 5:30pm 6:30pm Sirius the Jaegar 4:30 pm 5:00 pm Photo Op 6:30pm 7:30pm Princess Jellyfish Saturday: 2pm to 6pm, 7pm to 11pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Autographs FRIDAY 7:30pm 7:45pm Ultraman R/B Sunday: until 3pm 11:00 am 12:00 pm Autographs 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Photo Op 7:45pm 9:00pm Ronin Warriors SATURDAY 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Autographs 9:00pm 11:30pm Afro Samurai – The Series Dungeons and Dragons Beginner’s Campaigns (1-2 hour 11:30pm 1:00am JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Autographs 1:00 am 2:00 am Mischievous Kiss – Love in Tokyo campaigns; 7 tables) 11:00 am 12:00 pm Autographs 2:00 am 3:00 am GTO Live Action Friday: 7pm to 11pm SUNDAY 12:00 pm 12:30 pm Photo Op 3:00 am 4:00 am Switch Girl Saturday: 2pm to 6pm, 7pm to 11pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Autographs 4:00 am 5:00 am Liar Game Sunday: until 3pm 5:00 am 6:00 am IRYU Team Medical Dragon
6:00 am 7:00 am Future Diary: Another World The Dora Milaje 7:00 am 8:00 am Last Cinderella Alter Arms (2-hour demo sessions; 1 table) 12:00 pm 1:30 pm Autographs 8:00 am 9:00 am One Room – Season 2 Saturday: 1pm to 3pm, 3:30pm to 5:30pm 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Autographs FRIDAY 9:00 am 10:00 am Lupin Ranger vs. Pato Ranger Sunday: 11am to 1pm 3:30 pm 4:00 pm Photo Op 10:00 am 11:30 am Free Pocket Schedule 4:30 pm 6:00 pm Autographs 11:30 am 12:00 pm Mod Psycho 100 – Live Action *********************************************************************************** 11:00 am 12:00 pm Autographs 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Super Dragonball Heroes 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Q & A Panel (Main Events 2) SATURDAY SATURDAY 1:00 pm 2:30 pm Megaman Upon a Star Atlantis Games and Comics Board Game and 1:30 pm 2:30 pm Photo Op 2:30 pm 3:00 pm Power Puff Girls Z July 27 – July 29, 2018 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Autographs 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers Trading Game Demos 11:00 am 12:00 pm Autographs 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Megalobox (At their booth in the Marketplace) Hyatt Crystal City – Arlington, VA SUNDAY 12:30 pm 1:00 pm Photo Op 5:00 pm 6:00 pm FLCL: Progressive 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Autographs 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Voltron Legendary Defender Season 6 MTG Commander League 7:00 pm 8:00 pm Samurai Champloo Friday: Noon to 7pm Kevin Grevioux 8:00 pm 9:00 pm Baki Saturday: 10am to 7pm Registration Friday 9am to 7pm 12:00 pm 2:00 pm Autographs 9:00 pm 10:00 pm Blade (Anime) (Independence Foyer) Saturday 9am to 7pm 10:00 pm 11:45 pm Hentai Karaoke FRIDAY 3:00 pm 3:30 pm Photo Op Sunday 9am to 2pm 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Autographs 11:45 pm 12: 45 am Chains of Lust Peasant Buffet and Happy Salmon/Funky Chicken Block
12:45 am 1:35 am Fuzzy Lips Saturday: 2pm to 3pm 11:00 am 1:00 pm Autographs 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Autographs 1:35 am 2:40 am G-Spot Express Sunday: 2pm to 3pm SATURDAY Open 24 hours 2:40 am 3:45 am Kite Arcade Games 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Photo Op 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Autographs 3:45 am 4:45 am Like Mother, Like Daughter (Ballroom Level Atrium) Friday Noon to Sunday 3pm 4:45 am 5:45 am Paid & Laid Twistocity 11:00 am 11:30 am Autographs 5:45 am 6:45 am Secret Desires Saturday: Noon to 1:30pm SUNDAY 11:30 am 12:00 pm Photo Op 6:45 am 7:15 am No Dropping Out Marketplace/Artist Alley Friday Noon to 7pm 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Autographs SUNDAY Sunday: Noon to 1:30pm 7:15 am 8:45 am Hero (Independence Center) Saturday 10am to 7pm 8:45 am 9:15 am Kamen Rider Build Sunday 10am to 2pm 9:15 am 11:15 am Karate Girl 11:15 am 1:00 pm Full Metal Alchemist Live Action Movie Maid Café Friday 4pm to 8pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Gundam Build (Cinnabar Restaurant) Saturday 4pm to 8pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Mei and the Kitten Bus (Last Seating 7:15pm) CONSOLE GAMING – Open 24 hours Sponsored by AIM HIT GO Cosplay Contest Pre-Judging Saturday 1:00pm to 3:30pm (Washington A & B) (Photo Op Area)
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition - Friday @ 4pm Tekken 7 – Saturday @ 1pm Dragon Ball Fighter Z – Saturday @ 5pm
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FRIDAY, JULY 27 FRIDAY, JULY 27 SATURDAY, JULY 28 SUNDAY, JULY 29 START END EVENT LOCATION START END EVENT LOCATION START END EVENT LOCATION START END EVENT LOCATION Defining Justice: A Panel on Media, The Power of Inclusivity – Giving a Not a “Nonexistent Community”: 10:00 am 11:00 am Being a Superhero IRL! Panel 1 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Panel 1 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Panel 2 Policy, and Saving the World Face to the Masses Quirktastic’s Blueprint on Finding 10:00 am 11:00 am We are GAYMERS! Be Proud! Panel 2 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Panel 1 Trash or Lit: Is this Anime Good for 8:00 pm 9:00 pm Blerds Gotta Eat Good Too, Right? Panel 1 Your Community & Turning Them YOU Are the Hero! Art Therapy 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Panel 2 10:00 am 11:00 am Panel 3 You? 8:00 pm 9:00 pm Hypnosis for Health Panel 4 into Customers and Comics A Young Nerd’s Guide to Cosplay 8:30 pm 9:30 pm Resin Casting for Cosplay Workshop 1 2:30 pm 3:30 pm A Conversation with V. Lakshman Panel 2 10:00 am 11:00 am K Pop Recommendations Workshop 1 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Panel 3 and Conventions! 8:30 pm 10:00 pm Wreck the System Performance Main Events 1 From Idea to Execution: A Crash Tabletop Game 10:00 am 11:00 am Worldbuilding Without IRL Racism 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Being Black in Lolita and J-Fashion Panel 1 8:30 pm 10:00 pm Cosplay vs. Cultural Appropriation Panel 2 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Course on Indy Projects with Panel 3 Room Drawing Diversity with Middnite Weird Enough Productions Cinnabar 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Workshop 1 Exploring Gay and Lesbian Comic Designs 9:00 pm 10:00 pm Panel 3 Tstunning Spidey: Pose & 10:00 am 1:00 pm Blerdcon Sunday Brunch Creators 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Workshop 2 Restaurant Ethics and Videogames: An 9:30 pm 11:00 pm I’m Black and I Hack Workshop 1 Acrobatics Masterclass 11:00 am 12:00 pm Creating Transmedia Properties Panel 2 1:00 pm 2:30 pm Overview of Ethical Considerations Panel 3 Sexuality in Cosplay: ‘Nuff Said 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Designing Functional Cosplay Panel 4 Anime Sunday Worship and Implications of Videogames 10:00 pm 11:00 pm Panel 1 Staying True in the Cosplay 11:00 am 12:00 pm Panel 3 (18+) 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Panel 1 Experience From Black Panther to Black After These Messages: Crazy Video Universe Character Designs and 1:15 pm 2:45 pm Panel 4 10:00 pm 11:00 pm Panel 2 Bourgeoisie Game Commercials 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Pokemon GO & Draw Workshop 1 11:00 am 12:00 pm Development with Sticker Workshop 1 1:30 pm 2:30 pm Filmmaking for Teens Panel 2 Fight for Your Life: Warrior 10:00 pm 11:00 pm Straight Outta Tokyo Panel 3 3:00 pm 5:00 pm Main Events 2 Adventures 1:30 pm 2:30 pm Opening Ceremonies Main Events 2 10:00 pm 1:00 am The Turn Up Main Events 1 Wisdom 11:15 am 12:45 pm Quiet/Introverted Nerd Panel 1 Gamifying Blackness – A 3:30 pm 4:30 pm Heroes of Diversity Panel 2 Nerd Fitness: Keeping Your Geek Midori Murder Mystery Events 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Workshop 1 Discussion on African-American Presents: Murder at the S.A.V.E. 4:00 pm 5:00 pm FanFiction 204: “Mary-Sue Who?” Panel 4 as Healthy as Possible 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Panel 1 10:00 pm 1:00 am Main Events 2 Portrayals in Contemporary Playing Tabletop Games Online Tabletop Game 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Introduction to Cosplay Lights Panel 3 Peace Convention (An Interactive 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Videogames “Blerd”er Mystery) with Roll 20 Room How to Broadcast Safely as a 12:00 pm 1:30 pm Panel 2 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Cosplay Color Theory Workshop 1 11:00 pm 12:00 am Dynamic Cosplay Workshop 1 4:15 pm 5:15 pm Gaming World Panel 3 Marginalized Streamer Wakanda is Closer than You Think: Wakanda Sometimes: Bad Black 4:30 pm 5:30 pm Dragon Ball Ascended Panel 2 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Animating for American Television Panel 1 2:30 pm 3:30 pm Main Events 2 11:00 pm 12:00 am Panel 1 The Science of Black Panther Panther Fanfiction 4:30 pm 6:00 pm Let’s Make an Anime Panel 1 Creating Your First Video Game 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Workshop 1 2:30 pm 4:00 pm Makeup Magic and Body Paint Panel 3 Minority Report: History of Black 4:45 pm 5:45 pm The Flashbang Experience Panel Workshop 1 from Conception to Completion 11:00 pm 12:00 am Panel 2 2:45 pm 3:45 pm DC TV and Movies Panel 2 Sci-Fi 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Bachata Dancing for Geeks Workshop 2 Yume Kawaii, Yami Kawaii and Comics, Movies, and TV: Fan Made Marketing for Black Women of Color in Sci-Fi 1:00 pm 2:00 pm YOUR Mental Health with DC Panel 4 11:00 pm 12:00 am Panel 3 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Panel 4 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Representing the Pink Capes and Panel 1 Panther Movie Television KawaiiStyle Cowls Community 5:30 pm 5:40 pm Cosplay Catwalk Check In Main Events 1 1:00 pm 2:30 pm Nerd Slam Panel 3 Defining YOUR Kawaii Style with LARP 101: A Beginner’s Guide to 1:45 pm 2:45 pm VS Panel Panel 2 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Panel 4 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Panel 2 DC KawaiiStyle SATURDAY, JULY 28 Larping From Faith to Emma Frost and Real Talk: Fandom, Race, and START END EVENT LOCATION 5:30 pm 7:00 pm The Future of Afrofuturism Panel 3 Everything in Between: Body 3:00 pm 4:30 pm Workshop 1 Nerdtino for Noobs: The History of 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Panel 1 Constructions of Black Heroes 10:00 am 11:00 am Panel 1 6:00 pm 7:00 pm The Short Project Plan for Film Workshop 1 Confidence and Positivity in Latinx, 2018 Ed. Gals vs. Guys: A K-Pop Dance Pretty Brown and Nerdy Presents: Cosplay! 3:00 pm 5:00 pm Workshop 2 Do It for the Culture: Intro to Afro 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Main Events 2 Workshop 10:00 am 11:00 am Panel 2 Black by Popular Demand LIVE 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Closing Ceremonies Main Events 2 Kawaii with DC KawaiiStyle 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Black Heroes Matter Main Events 2 Real Talk on Streaming as a Hobby 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Feedback Panel Main Events 2 Jesse J. Holland – “Who is the Black 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Panel 4 FanFiction 101: “I Suck at 10:00 am 11:00 am Panel 4 or Career 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Panel 1 Panther?” Summaries” 6:00 pm 8:00 pm Cosplay Catwalk Main Events 1 Anime and Hip Hop: An Unlikely Modern Directors Who are Not 10:15 am 11:15 am Panel 3 6:30 pm 7:30 pm Cast and Crew of “Life on Echo” Panel 2 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Panel 2 Connection Miyazaki The Renaissance: From Harlem to “You’re the Coolest Mom Ever” – 7:00 pm 8:00 pm Panel 1 4:00 pm 5:00 pm What’s in Your Armor? Panel 3 Saturday Morning 10:15 am 11:15 am How Being a Nerd Made Me a Workshop 1 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Kids and Cosplay Panel 4 Meet the 501st: Finding Your Face Better Parent Getting Bigger and Better – 7:00 pm 8:00 pm in a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Star Workshop 1 4:30 pm 5:30 pm Patterning and Armor Making for Workshop 1 11:00 am 12:00 pm LGBT + Social Media Sensation! Panel 1 Wars) 11:00 am 12:00 pm Cosplay and Disabilities Panel 2 Large Bodies Blerds, Marks, and Fans (or all the Room Key Pretty Brown and Nerdy Presents: 11:00 am 12:00 pm Don’t Quit Your Day Job…Yet Panel 4 7:15 pm 8:45 pm Panel 3 Panel 1 Potomac 2 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Main Events 2 above) Who Love Pro Wrestling Nerd Confessional 11:30 am 12:30 pm World of Lolita Fashion Workshop 1 Spoken Nerd – When Poetry Meets Panel 2 Potomac 6 7:30 pm 9:00 pm Panel 2 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Diversity in Cosplay Panel 1 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Q & A with the Dora Milaje Main Events 2 Geek Culture Panel 3 Potomac 1 Cosplay in the Eyes of a Black 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Getting Paid to Draw Panel 1 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Panel 3 Sartorial and Geek: Fandom and Panel 4 Potomac 3 Woman Make Up and Cosplay: The Final 8:00 pm 9:00 pm Panel 1 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Panel 2 Style Become Intertwined Workshop 1 Potomac 4 The Color Fandom: Conflicts in Touches to Your Cosplay 5:00 pm 6:00 pm Panel 4 8:00 pm 9:00 pm Cosplay Your Way Panel 4 Workshop 2 Potomac 5 Black Panther 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Salsa Dancing for Geeks Workshop 2 8:15 pm 9:45 pm Cosplay Hair and Makeup Prep Workshop 1 Main Events 1 Regency Ballroom A & B 5:15 pm 6:45 pm Dark Matter Lit: Kemetic Yoga Workshop 2 Diversifying Your Table: How Not Tabletop Game 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Mega Ran and Edo Bushido Main Events 2 Regency Ballroom E & F Invisible Audiences: Make Stories to Be *THAT* GM Room 8:30 pm 10:00 pm Main Events 1 5:15 pm 7:15 pm Panel 2 Performance for the Black Demographic 12:00 pm 1:30 pm Appreciation or Appropriation v2 Panel 4 Finding Your Voice in the Blerd How to Stream Your Tabletop Tabletop Game Behind PMI 9:00 pm 10:00 pm Panel 4 5:30 pm 6:30 pm 12:00 pm 2:30 pm Blerdcon BBQ Community Sessions Room Garage 9:00 pm 10:30 pm Haven’t I Seen This Before? Panel 2 Black Women and Gaming: Villains and Vinyl: From Dr. Doom Have We Really Made It?... A Look 5:30 pm 7:00 pm Workshop 1 9:00 pm 10:30 pm Panel 3 Problems and Solutions 12:30 pm 1:30 pm to Dr. Dre – A History of Hip Hop Workshop 1 at Blerd Culture 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Cosplay Foamsmithing 101 Panel 1 and Comics 9:15 pm 10:15 pm Marvel TV and Movies Panel 1 DIY Cosplay: You Really CAN Do Intro to Cosplay Marketing: Grow 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Panel 3 10:00 pm 11:00 pm Tiara on a Tuesday Workshop 1 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Panel 3 Yourself! Beyond a Hobbyist Fatal Fanatix Presents: The Anime 10:00 pm 12:00 am Panel 4 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Women Creating Webseries Panel 4 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Q & A with Douriean Fletcher Main Events 2 Music Challenge! 6:00 pm 8:00 pm Blerdcon Comedy Show Main Events 1 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Cosplay on a Budget Panel 1 Midori Murder Mystery Events 7:00 pm 8:00 pm Representation in Animation Panel 1 1:00 pm 3:30 pm Cosplay Contest Pre-Judging Photo Ops Area Presents: Murder at the S.A.V.E. Designing with Susu J: A Guide to 1:30 pm 2:30 pm Blerd in the Classroom Panel 2 10:00 pm 1:00 am Main Events 2 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Workshop 1 Peace Convention (An Interactive Original Costume Design The Women of Mobile Suit 1:30 pm 2:30 pm Panel 4 “Blerd”er Mystery) 7:00 pm 8:30 pm J.S. Joust Workshop 2 Gundam 10:00 pm 2:00 am The Turn Out Main Events 1 7:15 pm 8:45 pm 3D Prop Design 101 Panel 3 “You Good, Yo?” An Intersectional Men of Cosplay: What’s a Dance 10:30 pm 11:30 pm Panel 1 Pretty Brown and Nerdy’s Otaku 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Look at Anime, Self-Care and Workshop 1 Belt? (18+) 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Main Events 2 Turn Up Community Creating and Maintaining Inclusive 10:30 pm 11:30 pm Panel 2 On Being Pretty Brown and Nerdy Nerd Spaces 2:00 pm 3:00 pm | Building a Brand and Nerdy Main Events 2 Polyamory, Swinging, and Ethical 11:30 pm 12:30 am Panel 1 Creative Living Non-Monogamy (18+)