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Build, Measure, Learn Your Way to Success!
Your local Open-Source, Cooperative, Accelerator
will discuss the tools available to aid you in starting
or managing your own company. Listen to the story
of a product created right here in Phoenix at Ideas
Squared. Learn about the light manufacturing
capabilities at your disposal. Have an idea for a
product? Attend the Ideas Squared “Build, Measure,
Learn Your Way to Success!” talk to learn how you
can prototype and test your product. We will focus
on how Ideas Squared is implementing the Build,
Measure, Learn model into its business and the
businesses of other local entrepreneurs. Use this
time to gather information for your future or existing
business. Panelists: Hana Kossak, Nate Kossak
When: Sun, 12:00-1:00PM (Room 126C)
Business: The FERENGI Way What is best in life?
To cheat your enemy, have them driven penniless
before you and to hear the lamentations of their
accountants! Join our panel of treksperts as we
discuss the most important rules to life. The Rules
of Acquisition. Panelists: Geno Figueroa, Nicholas
Grover, Zebariah Young
When: Sun, 3:00-4:00PM (Room 128)
A Caffeinated Myth: Orson Welles’ “The War
of the Worlds” You’ve heard the stories about the
fateful night when Orson Welles sent the United
States into a radio-fueled panic that Martians had
invaded New Jersey. Learn the little-known truth
about that fateful night! Panelists: Emmett Plant
When: Fri, 10:30-11:30AM (Room 126C)
Caitlin Glass Best known for the role of Winry
Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist, Caitlin has been
working in the anime industry since 2004. Come
join her this afternoon to talk about voice acting,
directing and anything else you can think of. Panelists:
Caitlin Glass
When: Fri, 1:30-2:30PM (Room 224)
Caitlin Glass If you missed her on Friday, she’s
back today. This is the last chance to catch her
alone and aske her about Winry (FMA) or Cammy
(SFIV) or Ouran or whatever. The floor is open.
Panelists: Caitlin Glass
When: Sat, 4:30-5:30PM (Room 221)
A Captain Is Nothing Without His Crew Uhura,
Data, Harry Kim, Jadzia Dax, Hoshi Sato... These
are just a few names of some of Starfleet’s finest.
Join our panel of Treksperts as we discuss the
most indispensable and reliable of Starfleet Crew
members. Panelists: Angela Manone, Arthur Trout,
Mark Restucci
When: Fri, 12:00-1:00PM (Room 128)
Captains Cantina: The Zocalo at Babylon 5
presented by Ash Avenue Comics The Babylon
5 universe to Phoenix Comicon with specialty alien
drinks, costume competitions, music and more! You
never know who you’ll see at the Zocalo! Panelists:
Garrett Wang
When: Fri, 9:00-2:00AM (Room Renaissance Pueblo)
Celebrity Nerd Poets Just how does one become
a “Celebrity Nerd Poet”? Come on out and ask the
Celebrity Nerd Poetry slam judges that very question.
They’ll talk about their writing, the history of
nerd poetry, the local poetry community, and poetry
slam Panelists: Bob Nelson
When: Fri, 6:00-7:00PM (Room 104B)
CGI and the Latest in Animation & Visual
Effects Technology Explore the latest in CGI,
animation, and visual effects technology. Learn how
they are used today and will be used in the future,
how they have changed the way we experience the
world around us, and how you can start a career in
this exciting field. Panelists: Anie Miles, Fon Davis,
Patrick Traylor
When: Fri, 7:30-8:30PM (Room 129A)
PROGRAMMING DESCRIPTIONS
Charles Darwin and Unnatural Selection
Discussion with Jess Smart Smiley Darwin’s involvement
in Steampunk, carnivorous plants, and a race
of humanlike creatures unknown to the rest of the
world, as recorded in her forthcoming book, “Jack
Tinn and the Aquanauts”. Panelists: Jess Smiley
When: Fri, 12:00-1:00PM (Room 125A)
Cherie Priest Spotlight Join author guest Cherie
Priest for a talk and Q & A about her Clockwork
Century Steampunk series as well as news about
other upcoming works such as Maplecroft (Lizzie
Borden meets Cthulhu) and her Young Adult novel
Princess X. Panelists: Cherie Priest
When: Fri, 12:00-1:00PM (Room 104B)
Choices Made: Telltale’s The Walking Dead
Video Game Have you played Telltale’s The Walking
Dead video game? What choice did you make
and why? How did that impact the game? Talk with
other fan of the video game about the choices
made and why. Would you make the same choice in
real life? Panelists: Robert Graham, Russ Kauffman
When: Sun, 3:00-4:00PM (Room 131C)
Choose Your Own MS Paint Adventures Have
you ever wanted to see what would happen if you
could make your own adventure? Maybe make a
few of your favorite characters interact and see
the outcome? Well now you can with the Choose
Your Own MS Paint Adventures panel! Panelists:
Alexzandria Rossi, Annie Matthews, Cassandra
Sieg, Mariana Pastor, Rowan Mehler, Sarah Pelham,
Sharay Kennedy, Snow Alexander
When: Sat, 7:30-8:30PM (Room 125A)
Chuunibyou (8th Grader’s Syndrome) Vanish
into the embrace of the dark flames! The wicked eye
is the strongest! PERSONA! Any of these sound like
something that you’d say? Do you curse because
you actually said that? You’ll fit right in. Chuunibyou!
Panelists: Key Runners
When: Sat, 3:00-4:00PM (Room 223)
Citizen Science You don’t have to be a genius with
a Ph.D. to do science! With CosmoQuest, you can
help map rocky worlds and explore objects throughout
the solar system. CosmoQuest’s Ray Sanders
will discuss how you can join the CosmoQuest
citizen science community. Panelists: Ray Sanders
When: Thu, 4:30-5:30PM (Room 127C)
Clara Oswald: The New Companion Now that
we’ve had an extensive look at the Doctor’s newest
companion in action, it’s time to discuss what we
think about her and her adventures with the Doctor.
Audience participation encouraged. Panelists:
Michael Mahoney, Mikey Yates, Paul Tamayo, Tina
Worley
When: Fri, 6:00-7:00PM (Room 126AB)
Classic Who Vs. The Reboot With a series that’s
been around for 50 years, there’s a lot of history
to draw from. But how much do you draw from
the past, and where do you break with tradition
in order to make your own history. Join us for a
roundtable discussion as we look at how much from
the Classic Series has been carried over to today,
and where has the Reboot broken ties in the hopes
of rewriting history. Panelists: Andi Mueller, Chris
Swanson, Jeff Jones, Tina Worley
When: Sat, 3:00-4:00PM (Room 122)
Claudia Christian Meet Claudia Christian,
actress writer singer songwriter director producer
voice over artist chef. Panelists: Claudia Christian
When: Fri, 12:00-1:00PM (Room 121)
Coloring with Copics Taught by Copic certified
artist Samantha Gorel, you will learn how to color
with copic markers, watch a live demonstration and
even have a chance to take home some markers
with you! Panelists: Artist Avengers
When: Fri, 10:30-11:30AM (Room 124B)
Comic Book Live Heroes and Villains from all your
favorite comics come to life in this hilarious comedy
show. Completely improvised by some of the funniest
geeks in the world, Comic Book Live will show
you a side of comic book characters you’ve never
seen before! Panelists: Chris Gore
When: Fri, 7:30-8:30PM (Room 122)
Comic Book Movies Amazing Spiderman 2, The
Wolverine, The Man of Steel and Iron Man 3 are
just a few of the many Comic Book movies coming
in the next year. Come take part of a fan lead
discussion of our favorite movies.
When: Thu, 6:30-7:30PM (Room 125B)
Comic Book Trivia Knowledge is power. In the
comic book world, it’s everything. Answer comic
book trival questions to earn points. Points will add
up as you answer questions & comic book prizes
will be awarded to those with the best scores! Panelists:
Jeff Pina
When: Thu, 8:00-9:00PM (Room 125B)
Comic Book Video Games Take part in a fan
lead discussion about two great things that go
great together, Comic Books and Video Games.
From the original Nintendo to the console and
computer games of today, come talk about your
favorite!
When: Thu, 5:00-6:00PM (Room 125A)
Comic Creator Connection Comic Creator
Connection is an event that puts writers and artists
together to see whether they can find their creative
counterparts. Writers and artists can sit down and
meet each other in a neutral environment, with the
hopes of finding the perfect partner to produce tge
next best selling book, comic, manga, or animation.
Panelists: Crystal Ferguson, Joshua Ferguson
When: Fri, 6:00-7:00PM (Room West102A)
When: Sat, 6:00-7:00PM (Room West102A)
Comic Creator Rights Holding onto the rights of
your creative creations is as important as creating
them in the first place. Find out the difference
between a copyright, patent and trademark and
ways to protect your creator rights. Panelists: Colleen
Doran
When: Sun, 10:30-11:30AM (Room 125B)
Comic Geeks, A Web Series Comic Geeks is a
web series produced in St. Louis. The story follows
three friends at various stages of comic geekery:
Dan, the die-hard weekly shopper, Jeff, the indieonly
cartoonist, and Brian, who struggles with reading
comics and acting like an adult. Together, the
three try to figure out what makes a comic geek,
and how to be an adult doing it. Panelists: Phoenix
Comicon Staff
When: Fri, 10:30-11:30AM (Room 228A)
Comic Stores vs. Card Stores Which is the
better environment?? Comic book stores are about
heroes and villains, while card store are about
strategy and cunning. Both have their own fair
share of bravery! But which is better! Come and
give your two cents.
When: Sat, 6:00-7:00PM (Room 125B)
Comics in the Classroom “Comics in the Classroom:
Using Sequential Art to Strengthen Literacy
and Language Development” - presented by the
League of Extraordinary Academics Panelists: Erik
Francis, Jeff Barbanell
When: Sat, 1:30-2:30PM (Room West105C)
Comics to Cosplay Meet the comic book creators
and the cosplayers who bring their creations to life.
Find out what it takes to turn comic book character
into living breathing representations. Panelists:
Alfred Trujillo, Alina Andrei, Cara Nicole (AZ Powergirl),
Mark Lewis, Wayne Gardiner
When: Sun, 1:30-2:30PM (Room 125A)
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