Thursday Birch A Birch B Botanic A FlexibleProgram.

LakeMichigan A(Gaming)

Lake Michigan B Ravinia A Ravinia B River B

(Anime)Writers' Room Thursday

2:30 pm Writi ngSprints

2:30 pm3:30 pm

AllThe

GoHs

TheEmpire Strikes

Back - 40 Years On

3:30 pm

4:00 pmThe Lost

World

Defi ning Genre

4:00 pm

5:00 pm Detecti vesin theWild

Kaff eeklatsch - Jonathan

Brazee

Space Access via

theCaribbean

Liking Problemati c

ThingsYu Yu

Hakusho #13-16

5:00 pm5:30 pm

Askan

Editor!

5:30 pm6:00 pm

20,000 Leagues

Under theSea

6:00 pm6:30 pm

Approachingthe Caribbean

and MarineSe� ngs

in Gaming

Sketchbook Tour - Shelly

Loke-Gayares 90s Superhero

ComicsO Captain,My Captain

6:30 pm6:45 pm

Flameof Recca

#9-12

6:45 pm7:00 pm 7:00 pm7:15 pm 7:15 pm7:45 pm The Deadly

Inventi onaka Fabulous

World ofJules Verne

7:45 pm8:00 pm

Opening Ceremonies

8:00 pm

8:30 pm

Gamingopen from

8-11pm

A CertainScienti fi cRailgun#9-12

8:30 pm

9:00 pm Close-upMagic

PerformanceMysterious

Island

Fan Guest of Honor Birthday

Celebrati on9:00 pm

10:00 pm 10:00 pm10:15 pm Ghost in

the Shell: Stand Alone

Complex #13-16

10:15 pm10:45 pm

MST3K:The Robot

vs. The Aztec Mummy

10:45 pm

11:30 pm 11:30 pm

12:00 am Knights of Sidonia:

The Batt le for Planet

9 #1-4

12:00 am

12:15 pm 12:15 am

Thursday Birch A Birch B Botanic A FlexibleProgram.

LakeMichigan A

LakeMichigan B Ravinia A Ravinia B River B Writers'

Room Thursday

Sunday Birch A Birch B Botanic A Elm(Kids)

FlexibleProgram.

LakeMichigan A

(Gaming)Ravinia A Ravinia B River A River B River C

(Café)Writers' Room Sunday

9:00 am

Pathfi nder/Starfi nder

Society10am -

2pm

Gaming closes at

3pm

9:00 am

10:00 am

StarshipBridge

Simulator

Couples in

Fandom

Religionand Ethics

in an Age of Arti fi cal

Intelligence

SpectacularPipe

Cleaner Creati ons

Kaff ee-klatsch - Henry Spencer

SocialMedia

Pi� alls for Aspiring Creati ves

Random Panel Topic Blinkie

Land Open

10am - 1pm

Marti an Sucessor Nadesico #11-15

10:00 am

11:00 am 11:00 am

11:30 am

Don't Remake

That!

Toast & Jam

Developing Character

forRole-

Playing

11:30 am

Noon PhandemoniumBoard Meeti ng

Balloon Twisti ng

Workshop

Kaff ee-klatsch - Tobias Buckell

LocalWriti ng

Resources

The Jungles of Old Venus

Anime Requests Noon

1:00 pm WorldBuildingfor RPG

and Video Games

1:00 pm

1:30 pm Tropical Paradise Tropes

LEGO® Closing

Craziness

Tabletop Gaming Over the

Years

Villainous Vacati ons

1:30 pm

2:00 pm 2:00 pm

3:00 pmClosing

Ceremonies/Feedback Session

3:00 pm

4:30 pm 4:30 pm

Sunday Birch A Birch B Botanic A Elm FlexibleProgram.

LakeMichigan A Ravinia A Ravinia B River A River B River C Writers'

Room SundayHOTEL MAP

- Program participants should check in with Programming Ops to get your schedule and packets!- Volunteer and earn your membership fee back! Earn crash space in the gopher hole! Stop by GOPHERS to sign up!

Tobias BuckellAuthor Guest of Honor

TrunlgesArtist Guest of Honor

Lillian SamsFan Guest of Honor

February 13th - 16th, 2020

POCKET PROGRAMOpening Ceremonies - Botanic AThursday, 8:00pm - 9:00pm Starship Bridge Simulator - River Ballroom BFriday, 3pm - 10pmSaturday, 10am - 10pmSunday, 10:00am - 2:00pmSketchbook Tour - Trungles - Ravinia A Friday, 4:00pm - 4:45pmIndie Author Speed Dating - River C Friday, 5:30pm - 7:00pmSolder-Workshop Special Edition - River A Friday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Blinkie Build Race! - River A Friday, 7:00pm - 8:00pmFused Glass Workshop - River A Friday, 7:00pm - 8:30pmSaturday, 4:00pm - 5:30pmKlingon Pop Warrior Concert - Botanic AFriday, 7:30pm - 8:30pmSpaceTime Theater - Botanic AFriday, 8:30pm - 10:00pmIn Conversation:Tobias Buckell & Brandon O'Brien - Ravinia B Saturday, 10:00am - 11:30am The Life of a Barfleet Captain - Birch B Saturday, 11:30am - 1:00pmKids Learn-to-Solder - River A Saturday, 1:00pm - 3:00pmStarlight Radio Dreams - River C Saturday, 6:00pm - 7:00pmArt Auction - Ravinia ASaturday, 7:30pm - 9:30pmClosing Ceremonies/Feedback Session - Botanic A Sunday, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Anime - River B & Birch BThursday, 5:00pm - 2:00amFriday, 10:00am - 6:00pmSaturday, 10:00am - 3:00pm

7:00pm – 2:30amSunday, 10:00am - 1:00pmArt Show - Ravinia CViewing/Bidding:Thursday, 5:00pm - 8:00pmFriday, 11:00am - 9:00pmSaturday, 10:00am - 6:00pmBuyer Pickup:Open Saturday a� er aucti on byappointment ONLYSunday, 10:00am - 2:00pmPrint Shop: Open during allviewing/bidding hours & during buyer pickup on Sunday.Arti sts Only: (setup & teardown)Thursday, 2:00pm - 5:00pmFriday, 9:00am - 11:00amSunday, 2:00pm - 4:00pmBlinkie Land - River AFriday, 6:00pm - 8:00pmSaturday, 10:00am - 7:00pmSunday, 10:00am - 1:00pmCafé- River CFriday & Saturday, 9:30am - 6:00pmSunday, 9:30am - 2:00pmConSuite - Lake Michigan BThursday, 3:00pm - 12:00amFriday & Saturday, 9:00am - 1:00amSunday, 9:00am - 3:00pmDealers Room - Ravinia D/E/FThursday, 5:00pm - 8:00pmFriday, 12:00pm - 7:00pmSaturday, 10:00am - 6:00pmSunday, 11:00am - 3:00pmFilms - River B & Birch BThursday, 4:00pm - 8:00pmFriday, 6:00pm - 12:15amSaturday, 3:00pm - 12:15amSunday, 3:00pm - 11:15pmGaming - Lake Michigan AThursday, 8:00pm - 11:00pmFriday, 9:00am to Sunday, 3:00pm

Starship Bridge Simulator(Birch A)Friday, 3pm - 10pmSaturday, 10am - 10pmSunday, 10:00am - 2:00pmGophers - Coat Closet by Ravinia BThursday, 9:00am - 12:00amFriday & Saturday,9:00am - 1:00amSunday 9am ti l load out is done!Green Room - MapleThursday, 3:00pm - 8:00pmFriday, 8:00am - 8:00pmSaturday, 8:00am - 7:00pmSunday, 9:00am - 2:00pm(so� close at noon)Info Desk -Coat Closet by Ravinia BThursday, 1:00pm - 6:00pmFriday & Saturday,9:30am - 6:00pmSunday, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Ops - OakThursday, 9:00am toSunday, 6:00pmProgramming Ops -Outside MapleThursday, 2:30pm - 10:15pmFriday & Saturday,9:30am - 10:15 pmSunday, 9:30am - 3:15pmRegistration -Coat Closet by Ravinia FA� er hours registrati on will be in Ops for 30 minutes a� er Registrati on closes.Thursday, 2:30pm - 9:00pmFriday, 9:30am - 9:30pmSaturday, 9:30am - 7:00pmSunday, 9:30am - 5:00pmTeen Lounge -3rd Floor SuiteFriday, 5:00pm - 2:00amSaturday, 10:30am - 2:00amSunday, 10:30am - 2:00pm

FOR UPDATES ON PROGRAMMINGPLEASE VISIT: GUIDE.CAPRICON.ORG

Autograph Tables:Friday:2:30pm - 3:15pm: Buckell / Akers / Erlick 4:00pm - 4:45pm: Brazee / Masterson / Townsend Saturday:10:00am - 10:45pm: Murphy / Munro / Gephardt 11:30am - 12:15pm: Detzner / Burke 1:00pm - 1:45pm: Litherland / Haeger / Moritz 2:30pm - 3:15pm: Hausladen / Sjolander / Huston 4:00pm - 4:45pm: Babendererde / Taylor / Vazquez

SPECIAL EVENTSDEPARTMENT HOURS

Convention Tours - RegistrationThursday, 5:00pm - 6:30pm & 6:30pm - 8:00pmFriday, 11:30am - 1:00pm & 5:30pm - 7:00pmSaturday, 11:30am - 1:00pmParty Crawl - Hotel LobbyFriday, 9:00pm - 10:30pmSaturday, 9:00pm - 10:30pm

Early MorningWalking - LobbyFriday, 8:30am - 9:30amSaturday, 8:30am - 9:30am

Friday Birch B Botanic A Botanic B-C

Botanic B-T

Elm(Kids)

FlexibleProgramming

Food Programming

(1509)

Lake MIchigan A (Gaming)

Ravinia A Ravinia B River A River B River C Willow AWriters' Room (1601)

Friday

9:00 am

Gaming open at 9am

Pathfinder/Starfinder

Society: 9am - 11pm

9:00 am10:00 am

Tropics and Empire

Nonfiction for Fiction

Writers

Consent - It's For

EveryoneLEGO®

ManiaThe Great

Telescope of Birr Castle

Adventures in

PatreoningHeavy Metal

L-Gaim #9-12

Reading: WA Thomasson &

David Kivi Neil Peart: Analogue Kid to

Digital Man

10:00 am

10:30 am 10:30 am

10:45 am Reading:Mark Huston &

Natalie Silk

10:45 am

11:00 am 11:00 am

11:30 am

Understanding Asexuality Sportsball! Safety at

PartiesGaming Galore

Kaffeeklatsch - Bill Higgins What Are

Runes?

Just Deserts

Reading:BrendanDetzner What's a

Sensitivity Reader, and Why Do You Need One?

Promptapalooza

11:30 am

11:45 am

Chocolate! Full Metal Panic?#13-16

11:45 am

Noon Noon

12:15 pmReading:

RJ Howell &Tracy Towsend

12:15 pm

1:00 pm Regulation and Climate

Change

Lordy Lordy, Capricon is

40!PortraitCircle

World Building: Fantasy Outside

European Culture

Making Work

Fanfiction asLegitimate

Fiction

Story Structures

& Plot

1:00 pm

1:30 pm

SamuraiSeven

#13-16

1:30 pm

2:30 pmReading

Patrick Oconnor, John O'Neill & David Taylor II

Real Tropical Killers

What to do with Old T-Shirts

Under the Sea

Kaffeeklatsch - Melanie Silver Beers from

the TropicsPronouns and

SF/F

The Jewish People

Behind the Comics

You Love

Clif Flynt Concert and

Reading Adult Nerds Making Friends

Character Building

2:30 pm

3:00 pm 3:00 pm

3:15 pm

Witch Hunter Robin

#13-16

Amy McNally Concert

3:15 pm

3:30 pm 3:30 pm

4:00 pmTropical

Writers You Should Know

Travelling for Fandom

Fostering Your Own Creativity

KookieKlatch - "Chinese Holiday"

Stitch and Bitch

Sketchbook Tour -

Trungles Leaving Your

Gaming Group

Bill Roper Concert

Weird Hobbies for Immortals

World Building

101

4:00 pm

4:45 pm Drum Circle with Debbie

Gates

4:45 pm

5:00 pm Psycho-Pass #14-15

5:00 pm

5:30 pmNetworking

for Introverts Intuitive Watercolor Workshop

Suspense, Tension,

Conflict, and Plot Twists

Earl Grey, Hot: Picard

is BackIndie Author Speed Dating

Queerness in SFF and SFF

FandomFlash Fiction

5:30 pm

6:00 pm Blinkie Land - Open

6-8:30pm

Solder-Workshop

Special Edition6-8pm

Blinkie Build Race!

7-8pm

Fused Glass Workshop 7-8:30pm

At Midnight I'll Take Your

Soul

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

Songwriting on Demand: Yes You Can!

So You Want to Make a Valentine?

Sketchbook Tour -

Alessandra Kelley

Trivia for Chocolate

Damn It, Janet(s), We Love

You

Renaissance Rounds

Sing-Along

7:00 pm

7:30 pm

Klingon Pop Warrior Concert Cronos

7:30 pm

7:45pm 7:45 pm

8:00 pm EuchreTournament

8:00 pm

8:30 pm Lessons I Learned as a First-Time

Novelist

SpaceTime Theater

From Reusable

Rockets to Solar-System Spaceships

TV Year in Review Drum Circle

8:30 pm

9:15 pm Juan of the Dead

9:15 pm

10:00 pm

Open Filk(until 2am)

10:00 pm

10:45 pmThis Night I'll Possess Your

Corpse10:45 pm

12:15am 12:15 am

Friday Birch B Botanic A Botanic B-C

Botanic B-T

Elm(Kids)

FlexibleProgramming

Food Programming

(1509)

Lake MIchigan A (Gaming)

Ravinia A Ravinia B River A River B River C(Café) Willow A

Writers' Room (1601)

Friday

Saturday Birch B Botanic A Botanic B-C

Botanic B-T

Elm(Kids)

FlexibleProgram.

Food Programming

(1509)

Lake MIchigan A (Gaming)

Ravinia A Ravinia B River A River B River C(Café) Willow A Willow B

Writers' Room(1601)

Saturday

8:30 am Becoming a Pro

Gaming open 24 hours

Pathfinder/Starfinder Society:

9am - 11pm

RoboTechRPG -

1:30pm - 5pm

10:00 am

This is a Sting!

Judging a Book by Page 119

Kids Light Sabers

andJet Packs

Sketchbook Tour -Ariela

Housman Coffee!!!

A Spectrum Beyond:

Photography in Infrared

&Ultraviolet

InConveration:

TobiasBuckell

andBrandon O'Brien

BlinkieLandopen

10am - 7pm

Kids Learn-to-Solder

1-2pm

Fused Glass Workshop4-5:30pm

RoundVernianVifam#13-16

Reading:Steven Silver & Neil Litherland Storytelling

throughComics

Surveillance & Future of

Privacy

10:00 am

10:30 am 10:30 am

10:45 amReading:

Donna Munro & Chris Gerrib

10:45 am

11:30 am

The Lifeof a

Barfleet Captain

Evolutionof SFF

Rubber Stamping Workshop

MathmagicArt

Pick aPublicist's

Brain Tarot: Art and History

Relationship Basics

Reading:Dexter Fabi

andLori Kircheimer ISFiC Board

Meeting

The Future Climate of

Chicago and the Midwest

BusinessMath for Self Pub

andSmall Press

11:30 am

11:45 am

MyHero

Academia #1-4

11:45 amNoon Noon

12:15 pm

Reading:John Everson

&Richard

Garfinkle

12:15 pm

1:00 pmLowering

Your Carbon

Footprint

Gateways: Otherworld

Theater's Reading Series

ChickenSoup

for theFannish

Soul

Sketchbook Tour -

SkribblesFantastic Flora and

How to Feast Upon It!

African Diaspora

Speculative Fiction

Becoming a Better

Roleplayer

The Courtesan and the Cabin Boy Concert Meet the

Candidates

Reading:Jan Gephardt & Dorothy Winsor Idea vs.

Story

1:00 pm

1:30 pmAttack

on Titan #14-16

1:30 pm

1:45 pmDaniel

Gunderson Concert

Reading:Kristine Smith & Lance Erlick

1:45 pm

2:30 pm TheHistory

ofDiversity in

Comics

Pirates are Not Just in the Carib-

bean

Dangersof

SpaceTravel

Franken-stuffies

STEMSurprises

Reusing Existing

Mythologies in SF/F

It's Not Hoarding if it's Books!

Jen Midkiff Concert Phandemonium

Book Club -The Trove

SFWA and YouWritingin theFirst

Person

2:30 pm3:00 pm

Silent Running

3:00 pm

3:15 pm Mike Nixon Concert 3:15 pm

4:00 pm Chicago in 2022

Worldcon Bid:

Update!

The Cosmos - Where are

we now?

Renais-sance/Fancy/ExoticHair

Braids

RPG For Kids -

Adventure Maximus

Stitch and Bitch

Yo-ho-ho and a Bottle of...

RandomFractions Concert

Chicago-SF Book Club

Discussion -The

Windup Girl

Folklore of the Tropics

Put YourProse on

a Diet

4:00 pm

4:45 pmSF/F Short Filmsfrom

AllAround

the World

Moonshine Concert 4:45 pm

5:30 pmCostuming

on aBudget

and from Your Closet

Lightsaber Making &

Saber Legion Fighting

Demonstration

How Notto Kill

Yourselfover a

Deadline

Do I Really Need to Buy it

Again?

Goal,Motivation& Conflict

5:30 pm

6:00 pm

ArtistShowdown

StarlightRadio

Dreams

6:00 pm

6:30 pm Hello, Rain 6:30 pm

7:00 pm Attack on Titan #17-18

Court and Country Concert

Creatinga

Tropical World

Movie and Munchies

Enthiran

Memorialfor

Alan Voeks

WritingQueer

Sex

Fantastic Beasts and Whether to

Eat Them

7:00 pm

7:30 pm

Art Auction

7:30 pm

8:00 pm

Claymore #9-12

Thieving Magpies

"Stealing Off to the Tropics"

Tour

8:00 pm

8:30 pm Tech Talk with the

2DKit Folks

A Funny Thing Happened on

the Way to the Publisher

So Bad it's Good

8:30 pm

9:30 pm

Open Filk

9:30 pm9:45 pm Psycho

Pass#16-18 Krrish 3

9:45 pm

10:00 pm 10:00 pm

11:00 pmLupin III

11:00 pm11:15 pm 11:15 pm12:45 am

Death Note

#13-16

12:45 am1:00 am 1:00 am1:30 am 1:30 am2:00 am 2:00 am

Saturday Birch B Botanic A Botanic B-C

Botanic B-T

Elm(Kids)

FlexibleProgram.

Food Programming

(1509)

Lake MIchigan A (Gaming)

Ravinia A Ravinia B River A River B River C(Café) Willow A Willow B

Writers' Room(1601)

Saturday

*For Teen Lounge Programming, please see Page 63 of the program book* *Please see back of this program for information on Special Events*

Convention Tours:(meet at Registration)

Thursday: 5:00 pm & 6:30 pmFriday: 11:30 am & 5:30 pm

Saturday: 11:30 am