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 (Conference Theater) right of Main Events 1) (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 Sunday: Noon to 1:30pm Marketplace/Artist Alley Friday Noon to 7pm 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Autographs SUNDAY (Independence Center) Saturday 10am to 7pm 7:15 am 8:45 am Hero 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 For full panel descriptions visit blerdcon.com 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.