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10:30 am

ED140 - CU Comics Studies Panel :: ROOM 507 - Page 23 Lit Con

Friday May 31, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:45 am
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ED41 - Educator's Day-Keynote with William Kist :: DPCCP 3 Central City (Audience Participation)
William Kist
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:20 am
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ED42 - Comics in the Classroom: Finding Resources & Changing Perceptions :: ROOM 709 - Education
Tim Smyth
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:20 am
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ED43 - "By the Dawn's Early Fright": Teaching History with Horror Film :: ROOM 705 - Education
Brad L. Duren
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:20 am
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11:00 am

ED44 - Drawing Superheroes and Creating iMovies :: ROOM 711 - Education
Jason Chesser, Craig Harvey
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 11:00 am to 11:50 am
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ED45 - Gender and Leadership in Pop Culture: From Sci-Fi to Superheroes :: ROOM 707 - Education
Jennifer Clark, Karin De Angelis, Christopher Kelley, Amanda Metcalfe, Elizabeth Phillips, Peter Reiley
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 11:00 am to 11:50 am
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11:30 am

ED46 - Welcome to Fandom: The Educator’s Guide to Navigating Comics (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Peter Bagge, Betsy Bird, Sterg Botzakis, Geoff Gerber, Amanda Jacobs Foust, Tom Racine
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
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ED47 - Geeking Up High School & College Classroom: Fandom as Pedagogy :: ROOM 709 - Education
Katherine Anderson Howell, Tanya Cook, Kaela Joseph, Sasha San Andres, Robley Welliver
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
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ED48 - Bringing Classic Literature to Life: Using Manga to Engage Reluctant Readers :: ROOM 705 - Education
Caroline Danks, Kaitlyn Roach, Jessica Salazar, Brook Williams
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
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12:00 pm

ED49 - Fire, Ice, and Physics: Teaching science with Game of Thrones :: ROOM 711 - Education
Rebecca Thompson
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
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12:30 pm

ED53 - Capes and Blights: Teaching History with Graphic Novels (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Ryan Dunlavey, Andy Mangels, Fred Van Lente, Jill Gerber, Candice Mack, Tom Racine, Tim Smyth
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
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What the Yellow Kid and early comics can tell us about fake news :: ROOM 502 - Comics
Kile Clabaugh, Keith Patterson, Crystal Payne, Michelle Pearson
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
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1:00 pm

ED54 - Stay Geeky: keeping teens reading in a world full of devices and other diversions (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Ellen Kulick, Debbie Menzel, Jason Monroe, Kristen Monroe
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm
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1:30 pm

ED55 - Pop Culture Hulk Smash Gender Binary: Non-Binary Texts in Classrooms :: ROOM 709 - Education
Jonathan Alexandratos, Ayla Sullivan, K. Woodzick
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
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ED56 - Geek Out: Creatively Engaging in Teen Fandom (APL) :: ROOM 705 - Education
Catherine Boddie, Bridget Kiely, Lauren Reed
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
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2:00 pm

ED58 - Ditch the Research Paper - Go Visual :: ROOM 711 - Education
Paige Dersham
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
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ED59 - Promoting Women in STEM Through Pop Culture Representation :: ROOM 707 - Education
Holly D'Oench, Tanaya Mankad, Marti Moore, Ginny Quaney, Janelle Shane, Patricia Zorino, Shannon Haen
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
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2:30 pm

ED60 - Reel History: Navigating Historical TV and Film Narratives in the Classroom :: ROOM 504 - Reel Heroes
Stefan Huddleston, Allison McDonald, Kateri Pacetti, Roy Jo Sartin
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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ED61 - Black Panther: The Science of Wakanda :: ROOM 709 - Education
Charles Musiba, EllaMaria Ray, KaChun Yu
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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ED62 - The True Cost of Being a Super Hero :: ROOM 705 - Education
Mackenzie Carman, Lorena Escamilla, Jazmin Garcia, Ben Grieving, Vincent Neal, Alexus Richmond
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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ED63 - 99 Problems But a Comic Ain’t One: Comics as Therapy (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Christina Blanch, Jill Gerber, Amanda Jacobs Foust, Candice Mack, Tim Smyth
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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3:00 pm

ED64 - Dumbledore: What Happened? ... Teaching. Teaching Happened :: ROOM 711 - Education
Cara Bandalos
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm
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ED65 - Immigrants & Comic Books: The Life of Immigrant Children and Comic Books (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Daniyom Bekele, Armando Peniche-Rosales, Yvonne Sadenghzadeh
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm
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3:30 pm

ED66 - Spectra the Laser Superhero: Spectra's Energetic Escape :: ROOM 709 - Education
Rebecca Thompson
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
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ED67 - The Cutting Room Floor: Comics as Storyboarding (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Matthew Holm, Sterg Botzakis, Geoff Gerber, William Kist, Jessica Ruskin
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
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4:00 pm

ED68 - Using Historic Comics to Inspire Student Writers :: ROOM 707 - Education
Kile Clabaugh, Michelle Pearson, Cynthia Stout
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
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ED69 - From Cosplay to Creative Writing: Bringing Your Passions into the Classroom :: ROOM 711 - Education
Paige Dersham, Jenna Lincoln
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
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4:30 pm

ED71 - Math, Making & LEGOs :: ROOM 709 - Education
Abbigayle Roberts
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
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5:00 pm

ED72 - Cross Curricular Connections with Comics :: ROOM 711 - Education
Aksheeta Dodani, Maya Elowe, Celia Gaitonde, Anna Royal, Olivia Ruzic, Brooke Wellington
Friday May 31, 2019 :: 5:00 pm to 5:50 pm
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10:30 am

ED73 - Become a Bi-literacy Comic Book Club Captain :: ROOM 709 - Education
Nic Behrens, Maria Henao, Manuel Medina, Ana Valdés-Behrens, Evelyn Perez Blanco
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:20 am
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11:00 am

ED05 - Picture This: Innovative Ideas for Using Graphic Novels in Classrooms and Libraries :: ROOM 711 - Education
Sterg Botzakis, Karen Gavigan, Carla Meyer, Jenna Spiering
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 11:00 am to 11:50 am
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ED75 - Persistently Peanuts: Why are we still Reading it Today? :: ROOM 707 - Education
Brian Fies, Sarah Breaux, Jessica Ruskin
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 11:00 am to 11:50 am
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11:30 am

ED76 - Using Pop Culture to Introduce Academic Concepts the College Student :: ROOM 709 - Education
Erica Hoffmeister, Leah Rogin-Roper
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
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12:00 pm

ED120 - The Best of 2018: The Excellence in Graphic Literature Award (PCC) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Tara Bannon Williamson, Karen Gavigan, Amanda Jacobs Foust, Jessica Ruskin, Tim Smyth
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
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ED78 - Addressing Social and Emotional Learning Using Graphic Novels :: ROOM 711 - Education
Stacy Bailey, Simon Cropp, Jeraldine Kraver
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
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12:30 pm

ED14 - How Comics Present Transgender Characters :: ROOM 502 - Comics
Gwen DeMarco, Marty Phillips
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
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ED79 - Making Panels Personal: The Graphic Memoir in the Classroom (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Peter Bagge, Brian Fies, Betsy Bird, Sterg Botzakis, Jill Gerber
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
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ED80 - Fact or Fiction?: The science behind your favorite movies, TV shows, and games :: ROOM 705 - Education
Josh Barrios, Heidi Febinger, Anne Gibson
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
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1:00 pm

ED83 - Building Resiliency Through Fanfiction (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Hope Hartkopp, Melody Honnen, Sara Satkowiak, Brittany Tuttle
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm
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1:30 pm

ED84 - Represent! Why Representation in Popular Culture Matters :: ROOM 705 - Education
Stefan Huddleston, Allison McDonald, Kateri Pacetti, Roy Jo Sartin
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
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ED86 - The Graphic Novel Survival Guide: Tips, Strategies and Tools for Building Your Graphic Novel Classroom (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Matthew Holm, Hannah Means-Shannon, Sterg Botzakis, Karen Gavigan
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
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2:00 pm

ED87 - Teens and LGBTQIA+ Representation in Pop Culture: A Discussion by Teens :: ROOM 711 - Education
Emma Baas, Anne Stone, Treasure Struempf
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
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ED88 - What Steven Universe Taught Me About Life (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Tara Bannon Williamson, Alvaro Saucedo
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
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2:30 pm

ED89 - History is Stranger than Fiction :: ROOM 705 - Education
Harper Bovberg
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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ED90 - The Case for Comics: Tackling Tough Conversations about Comics in the Classroom (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Christina Blanch, Brigid Alverson, Karen Gavigan, William Kist, Tim Smyth
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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3:00 pm

ED91 - Teaching in the Gutter: Integrating Comics and Primary Sources :: ROOM 711 - Education
Kile Clabaugh, Keith Patterson, Crystal Payne, Michelle Pearson
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm
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3:30 pm

ED93 - Comics with Heart: Supporting Social-Emotional Learning with Graphic Novels (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Christina Blanch, Brian Fies, Brigid Alverson, Sarah Breaux, Jill Gerber, Candice Mack
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
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ED94 - How to Put the Media in Media Literacy :: ROOM 705 - Education
Rasheed Cheek, Tim Smyth, Tony Weaver Jr.
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
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4:00 pm

ED17 - "Will the REAL Captain Marvel please stand up?” :: ROOM 711 - Education
Christopher Bell, Dustin Dunaway, Patricia Krmpotich, Shannon Sindorf, Peter Stevens, Rick Stevens
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
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ED95 - Pop Culture in the Gifted Classroom :: ROOM 707 - Education
Teresa Brown
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 4:00 pm to 4:50 pm
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4:30 pm

ED96 - Comics and Coping: Using Pop Culture to Process Trauma :: ROOM 705 - Education
Kaitlyn Baker, Julia Hogan, Mike Pies, Dasia Ryan, Jeremy Ryan , Lauren Skuba
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
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ED97 - Graphic Nonfiction: An Introduction (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Brian Fies, Nathan Hale, Fred Van Lente, Betsy Bird, Candice Mack
Saturday June 1, 2019 :: 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
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10:30 am

ED98 - Re-creation of the Western Novel for a Weird World :: ROOM 709 - Education
Daniel Scott Westby
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:20 am
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ED99 - The Underground ANSi Art Scene: When Hackers and Graffiti Artists Met :: ROOM 705 - Education
Christian R. Vozar
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 10:30 am to 11:20 am
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11:00 am

ED100 - Bringing Curriculum to Life through Animation :: ROOM 707 - Education
Jessica Ruskin
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 11:00 am to 11:50 am
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ED101 - Hear Our Spectrum of Voices! Autism Myth Busting and Advocacy Using Pop-Culture :: ROOM 711 - Education
Antonio Hector, Becca Lory Hector, Jonathan Murphy
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 11:00 am to 11:50 am
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11:30 am

ED102 - Remakes and Representation: From She-Ra and Spiderman to Lord of the Flies :: ROOM 705 - Education
Janet Damon, C.J. Hacket, Jesus Hermosa Tovar, Javiera Paz Ihrig Reyes, Daniel Rojas
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
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ED103 - Ad Infinitum: Using Comics to Teach 21st Century Media Literacy (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Hannah Means-Shannon, Brigid Alverson, Geoff Gerber
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 11:30 am to 12:20 pm
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12:00 pm

ED104 - Comics Across the Curriculum :: ROOM 711 - Education
Brian Fies, Nathan Hale, Jessica Ruskin
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
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ED105 - Fantastic Beasts and What Their Origins Are (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Megan Albee, Melody Honnen, Seane O'Grady, Emily Peros-McBreen
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
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Make Literature Dystopian Again :: ROOM 603 - Authors
Andrea Studzinski, Calvin Studzinski
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
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12:30 pm

ED107 - Cross-Generational Comics (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Peter Bagge, Hannah Means-Shannon, Brigid Alverson, Sarah Breaux
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 12:30 pm to 1:20 pm
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1:00 pm

ED108 - Exploring the Nature of Humanity Through Science Fiction :: ROOM 711 - Education
Bonnie Dress
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm
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ED109 - Miss Understood: Marvel Villainesses (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Tara Bannon Williamson, Sara Century, Seane O'Grady, Monica Washenberger
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm
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1:30 pm

ED110 - Teaching Philosophy through Popular Culture :: ROOM 709 - Education
Derrick Belanger, Bryan Hall, Janet Rumfelt, Trait Szabo
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
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ED112 - Inclusive Comics 101: Or, Comics for the Rest of Us (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Christina Blanch, Dylan Edwards, Andy Mangels, Yves Navant, Jill Gerber
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
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2:00 pm

ED114 - When Your Heroes Become Heroines: Exploring Gender with Doctor Who, Captain Marvel, &Thor (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Jose Marie Hernandez, Debbie Menzel, Jason Monroe, Kristen Monroe
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm
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2:30 pm

ED115 - Genre Fiction - The Cure for I-Hate-to-Write-itis :: ROOM 705 - Education
Jenna Lincoln
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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ED159 - STEAM-Powered Graphic Novels (PCC) :: DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
Hannah Means-Shannon, Sterg Botzakis, Geoff Gerber, Jill Gerber, Candice Mack
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm
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3:00 pm

ED117 - Death Becomes You: Funerary Rights of Fictional Worlds (DPL) :: ROOM 707 - Education
Tara Bannon Williamson, Chip Colwell, Hana Zittel
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm
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3:30 pm

ED118 - Food Science: It's Chemistry, Not Home-Economics! :: ROOM 709 - Education
Bonnie Dress
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
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4:30 pm

ED119 - How to Tell Stories That Use the Voice of the People, Not a Person :: ROOM 705 - Education
Rasheed Cheek, Hannah Lee, Tony Weaver Jr.
Sunday June 2, 2019 :: 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
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Art Demo & Workshop
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Page23 Literary Conference
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3D Printing
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Asteroids
Audience Participation
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Autism Spectrum
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Venue Locations

aLAB - 8bit Stage
aLAB - All Age Stage
AUTHOR BOOTH - Tattered Cover A
AUTHOR BOOTH - Tattered Cover B
AUTHOR BOOTH 1
AUTHOR BOOTH 2
AUTHOR BOOTH 3
AUTHOR BOOTH 4
AUTHOR BOOTH 5
AUTHOR BOOTH 6
AUTHOR BOOTH 7
Captain Colorado Stage @ Main Events
Celebrity Summit
DPCCP 1 Happy Harbor (Comics)
DPCCP 2 Metropolis (Main Events)
DPCCP 3 Central City (Audience Participation)
DPCCP 4 Keystone City (Authors)
DPCCP 5 Gotham City (STEM)
DPCCP 6 Coast City (General)
Epic Photo Booth A
Epic Photo Booth B
Epic Photo Booth C
Night Lynx Stage @ Main Events
ROOM 501 - Cosplay
ROOM 502 - Comics
ROOM 503 - Art Workshop
ROOM 504 - Reel Heroes
ROOM 505/506 - Reel Heroes
ROOM 507 - Page 23 Lit Con
ROOM 601 - Authors
ROOM 603 - Authors
ROOM 605 - Authors
ROOM 607 - Authors
ROOM 704/706 - SciFi/Fantasy TV/Film
ROOM 705 - Education
ROOM 707 - Education
ROOM 708/710 - Gaming/Tech
ROOM 709 - Education
ROOM 711 - Education