9:00–9:30am: Akathist: Glory to God for All Things (St. Mary's) 9:30–9:40am: Welcome (Fr. David Subu)
9:45–11:00am EST: Session One Moderator: Cindy Collins Smith
Eve Tushnet: Beyond Kicking Butt: Countercultural Representations of Strength and Victory
Mat. Sarah Begley: Shadows and Mirrors in Time and Space
11:00am–11:30am: Breakout Sessions
12:00pm–2:00pm: Break/Lunch
12:30pm–5:00pm: Gaming (Demonstration Games)
Zachary Porcu: Tales of the Round Table
Alexi Sargeant: Back Again from the Broken Land
5:00–7:00pm: Break
6:00pm–7:00pm EST: Clergy Keynote Fr. David Subu: One More Blasphemy Remains: Memory, Prescience, Possession and Abomination in Frank Herbert’s Dune Saga Moderator: Cindy Collins Smith 8:00pm–8:30pm: Breakout Sessions
8:00pm–11:00pm: Gaming
Peter Fendrich: War, Rumors of War, and the Threat of War.... and mischief... (a The Expanse adventure) [3-5 players]
Zac Porcu: Tales of the Round Table [3-4 players]
Dn. Thomas (Robert) Weaver: The Tower (GURPS 3rd Ed) [3-7 players]
Saturday, Nov. 6
8:30am–9:30am — Divine Liturgy (St. Mary's) 9:30am–9:40am — Welcome (Fr. David Subu) 9:45am–11:00am EST: Lay Keynote Frederica Mathewes-Green: Exploring Virtuous Decisions in Fiction Moderator: Cindy Collins Smith 11:00am–11:30am: Breakout Sessions
11:30am–12:30pm: Break/Lunch
12:30pm–1:30pm EST: Session Two
Erin Lazzari: Glory in His Shame: Zuko on the Road to Honor
Rae Grabowski: What's the Point of Back Again? Neverwhere's Dislocation against The Hobbit's Contentment
Joy Clarkson: Breaking the Spell: Fairy Stories in the Secular Age
Cindy Collins Smith: Respondent
1:30pm–2:00pm: Breakout Sessions
2:00-2:30pm: Break
2:30pm–3:30pm EST: Session Three Moderator: Cindy Collins Smith
Anne M. Carpenter, Ph.D & Lyle Enright, Ph.D: Action and Mimesis in This Is How You Lose the Time War
Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell & Rev. Paul Schneider: Hopepunk Theology: Weaponizing Optimism in Resistance to a Grimdark World
3:30pm–4:00pm: Breakout Sessions
4:00pm–5:00pm: Break
5:00pm–6:00pm: Great Vespers (St. Mary's) 6:00pm–10:00pm: Gaming
Zac Porcu: Tales of the Round Table [3-4 players]
Peter Fendrich: The Lost Oasis - Playtest Session for the Tales of Xadia [3-5 players]
D’Arcy Kenworthy: Palanquin [3-5 players]
Stan Shinn: Firefly: A Shot (and a Beer) In The Dark [3-5 players]
