| DAY | START | END | LOCATION | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | PANELISTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | 7:00 PM | 7:50 PM | Big Top | Opening Ceremonies | Welcome to ConFusion Through the Looking Glass! Please join our ConChair and our Guests of Honor, Kate Elliott, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl, Annalee Newitz, and James Breakwell, along with our Special Guests, courtesy of Subterranean Press, Gail Cross and Jim Butcher! Hear about all the exciting stuff you can expect from them, and us, this weekend! Dessert Reception to follow shortly after Opening Ceremonies conclude! | Amy Sexsmith, Annalee Newitz, James Breakwell, Jim Butcher, Kate Elliott, Gail Cross, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl |
| Friday | 9:00 PM | 9:50 PM | Big Top | Steven Universe Sing-Along | Come and sing along to your favorite songs from Steven Universe! Don’t worry if you can’t remember the words, we’ll have them on the big screen. | Amal El-Mohtar, Maggi Rohde |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM | 11:50 AM | Big Top | Black Gate Interview Jim Butcher | Brandon Crilly of Black Gate Magazine sits down for a 30 minute interview with SubPress Guest Jim Butcher. | Brandon Crilly, Jim Butcher |
| Saturday | 12:00 PM | 12:50 PM | Big Top | Guest of Honor Interview: Nisi Shawl | Join us for an interview of Guest of Honor Nisi Shawl, conducted by Jim Hines. | Jim C. Hines, Nisi Shawl |
| Saturday | 1:00 PM | 1:50 PM | Big Top | Guest of Honor Interview: Kate Elliott | Join us for an interview of Guest of Honor Kate Elliott, conducted by John Scalzi. | Kate Elliott, John Scalzi |
| Saturday | 2:00 PM | 2:50 PM | Big Top | Any Sufficiently Detailed Magic System is Indistinguishable From Science | The influence of tabletop roleplaying games is widely felt in fantasy. Many stories make a ‘science’ out of their magic that reflects the carefully-balanced rules of a tabletop sourcebook. What are the trade-offs between creating magic systems with strict rules and leaving magic as a mysterious and unknown force? How do we balance the sense of wonder and magic against the desire to give readers a stable hook from which to suspend their disbelief? What makes a well-defined magic system work in a story, and when are we showing the reader too much of the machinery behind the curtain? | Brandon Crilly, Charlie Jane Anders, David Anthony Durham, Kate Elliott, Shweta Adhyam, Jim Butcher |
| Saturday | 5:00 PM | 5:50 PM | Big Top | Concert: Tom Smith | Tom Smith | |
| Saturday | 6:00 PM | 6:50 PM | Big Top | Robots vs. Fairies Reading | Join us to listen to authors from the Robots vs. Fairies anthology from Saga Press read from their work! | Dominik Parisien, Jim C. Hines, John Scalzi, Max Gladstone, Navah Wolfe, Sarah Gailey, Delilah S. Dawson, Annalee Newitz |
| Saturday | 7:00 PM | 7:50 PM | Big Top | Masquerade | Come see – or show off – the best costumes of the night! Judges will scrutinize. Crowds will cheer. Audiences will swoon. Honors will be awarded. Luke Ski will entertain during the judging break! | Luke Ski |
| Saturday | 8:00 PM | 8:50 PM | Big Top | Concert: Luke Ski | Stick around after the Masquerade and enjoy a concert from our Comedy Guest of Honor, Luke Ski! | Luke Ski |
| Sunday | 3:00 PM | 3:50 PM | Big Top | Closing Ceremonies | Come say goodbye to our Guests of Honor and Special Guests, and learn what we might have in store for you for next year! | Amy Sexsmith, Annalee Newitz, Gail Cross, James Breakwell, Jim Butcher, Kate Elliott, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl |
| Sunday | 4:00 PM | 4:50 PM | Big Top | Feedback Session | Give the ConCom compliments, ask questions, provide concerns. Review the con experience with the all-volunteer concom and staff, and find out how to join in the fun of planning ConFusion for next year! | Amy Sexsmith & The ConCom |