I-CON 32: Full Schedule

10:00am EDT

Costumes in Game of Thrones

The Game of Thrones TV adaptation inherently includes a visual element which was absent from the novels, presenting an entirely new level of worldbuilding to fill in: hidden insights and clues about cultures and characters within the story that were worked into them by lead Costume designer, Michele Clapton. Based on an exhaustive database of every public statement ever made in the past six years by Clapton and her design team about their work. What local materials are available to each kingdom for their costumes? How do fashions trick down from queens to prostitutes? How does fashion display faction allegiance?

Saturday March 18, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
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Fandom Media

11:00am EDT

Hogwarts Open House

A survey course of the Hogwarts experience. Just enough to give you an idea of if you would survive as a Hogwarts student or if you’re better off being a muggle. An interactive experience, audience participation required.

Saturday March 18, 2017 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
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Fandom Media

12:00pm EDT

Women in the Anime Industry

Moderators

Tiffany Grant

Guest

Kristen Nelson

guest

Saturday March 18, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
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Anime

1:00pm EDT

Gender and Sexuality in Game of Thrones

An examination from the position of academic medieval scholarship; comparing and contrasting social patterns of gender and sexuality in real Medieval Europe, in modern society, and in Westeros. Were there homosexuals in Medieval Europe? What were the social patterns of gender, for both men and women? How did they define their sexual/gender identities? Westeros resembles each in certain respects, but is different from either. Beyond the Faith of the Seven, what are the cultural patterns of the Ironborn, the Dornish, and the Dothraki? Were there Trans people in the Middle Ages and in the world of Westeros?

Programming Participants

The Dragon Demands

Game of Thrones Wiki

Saturday March 18, 2017 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
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Fandom

Company 18 and Up

3:00pm EDT

Creating a Persona

Considerations and best practices for creating an alter ego.

Moderators

Gary Shaw

Touro Law School

rofessor Shaw has been a member of the Touro Law Center faculty for thirty-two years. Professor Shaw served as Vice Dean of the Law Center from 2000-2008. From 1995-1997, he served as Internet Coordinator of the Law Center, in which position he played a major role in the creation... Read More →

Guest

David Carlos

I am the CTO of B&L Management, a 40-year-old residential construction and property management company that has built and managed thousands of apartments in Manhattan. Prior to joining B&L, I was the co-founder and CTO of Myhomepayge, an online communication platform for residential... Read More →

Izaac Falken

Saturday March 18, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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Literature Media Performances Sci-Tech

4:00pm EDT

Reading - Sarah Beth Durst

Author Reading

Guest

Sarah Beth Durst

Sarah Beth Durst is the author of eleven fantasy novels for adults, teens, and kids, including DRINK SLAY LOVE, the basis for the upcoming TV movie of the same name, airing on Lifetime in 2017. Her latest book for adults, THE QUEEN OF BLOOD, came out in September 2016 from Harper... Read More →

Saturday March 18, 2017 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
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Literature, Reading

5:00pm EDT

Why Do We Hate…

Fill in the blank - Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, etc.

Moderators

Brett Scudder

Guest

David Carlos

Izaac Falken

Matthew Newhall

Long Island Linux User Group

Professional sysadmin Rockefeller University, Scifi author, open source advocate (LILUG, Linux as comp sci), inventor, originator of the civilization gene and legal distribution, dad of geeks! Let's make society psychopath proof together. Peaceful near anarchy is natural in a world... Read More →

Saturday March 18, 2017 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
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Sci-Tech

6:00pm EDT

Anatomy of a kill

A lesson in forensics

Guest

Drew Henriksen

Saturday March 18, 2017 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
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Literature Sci-Tech

7:00pm EDT

Reading - Roland Allnach

Author's Reading

Saturday March 18, 2017 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
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Literature, Reading

8:00pm EDT

Hentai, a History: The Origin Story (18+)

Ever wondered why the modern world has such a wealth of 2D smut for you to ...appreciate artistically? All the answers, inside!

18+

Programming Participants

Meiwaku

Talk to me about:AnimeHentaiMusicOur glorious communist future, Comrade!Japanese CultureArtTechnology

Saturday March 18, 2017 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
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Anime

Company 18 and Up

9:00pm EDT

My Immortal fanfic reading (18+)

A dramatic reading of the infamous Harry Potter fanfic.

Programming Participants

Jacqui Albin

Saturday March 18, 2017 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
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Fandom

Company 18 and Up

10:00am EDT

Medieval Economics and Game of Thrones

“Aragorn became king, then ruled wisely and well” said Tolkien. “What does that even mean? What were Aragorn’s tax policies?”, says Martin. George R.R. Martin set out to make the world of Westeros grounded in gritty realism, which frequently means economic realism – the realpolitik of dealing with the realm’s debt crisis and haggling with foreign banks. How does currency work in Westeros? How do economic cycles in a world with decade-long seasons reflect patterns that real Medieval Europe went through across centuries? And why it is absurd for the TV-Lannisters to be broke “because our gold mines ran dry”.

Sunday March 19, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
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Fandom

11:00am EDT

Ransomware Economy

According to Trend Micro Enterprise businesses spent $209 Million getting their files un-encrypted by ransomware firms in the first half of 2016. Discuss how to get enterprises to not contribute to this economy.

Moderators

David Carlos

Guest

Thomas Carroll

Izaac Falken

Brett Scudder

Sunday March 19, 2017 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
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Sci-Tech

12:00pm EDT

The World of Ice and Fire

Since “A Game of Thrones” was first published in 1996, fans were tantalized by hints about the wider history of Westeros, and brief mentions of the lands beyond it. Nearly 20 years later, these questions were finally answered with a massive sourcebook, The World of Ice and Fire (2014) – presented as an in-universe history textbook, Martin himself estimates that every chapter could sustain a full book narrative unto itself. The World book came out while I-CON was on break since 2012, so now we gather to explain how it was made and examine its revelations, and their impact on the franchise.

Sunday March 19, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
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Fandom Media

1:00pm EDT

Roy Mauritsen and David O. Miller

Scifi/Fantasy Art discussion with Artist Guests Roy Mauritsen and David O. Miller

Come meet this years artist guests and join with them as they discuss their work and careers. Join us for a discussion about anything and everything related to art, from techniques, to self promotion, to making a career in the Scifi/Fantasy field, and much more!

Guest

Roy Mauritsen

guest, Perseid Press and Padwolf Publishing

In a career spanning over two decades as a professional graphic designer, Roy Mauritsen is also an award-winning digital fantasy artist of the Chess Pieces series and author of the Shards of the Glass Slipper series. Presently, Mr. Mauritsen is an art director overseeing both Perseid... Read More →

David O. Miller

TSR, GDW, White Wolf Publishing

Science Fiction and Fantasy illustrator David O. Miller has created art for many RPG game companies such as TSR, GDW, White Wolf Publishing, Steve Jackson Games, West End Games and Wizards of the Coast, as well as other genre publishing companies including Baen Books, DoubleDay Science... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
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3:00pm EDT

Reading - David Gerrold

Author Reading

Guest

David Gerrold

Author

David Gerrold has been sitting alone in a room and talking to himself for more than fifty years. If he hears anything good, he types it up. When he has enough words, he sends it to an editor. Occasionally some editor somewhere is so desperate for something to publish, he sends David... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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Literature, Reading

4:00pm EDT

The Future of the Game of Thrones franchise

What comes after the main novels and their TV series adaptation? The Tales of Dunk and Egg prequel novellas series and its history, and the more recent Dance of the Dragons prequel novellas. Information from The World of Ice and Fire and its forthcoming sequel, Fire and Blood. Graphic novel adaptations, past and future. The pleasant surprise of the GoT Telltale video game series and the new potential it tapped. Blood of Dragons. What could future live-action spinoffs (which HBO is positive towards) be based on? Game of Thrones was only the beginning. Because Rhaenyra has an army.

Sunday March 19, 2017 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
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Fandom

5:00pm EDT

Reading - Keith R.A. DeCandido

Author Reading

Guest

Keith R.A. DeCandido

Keith R.A. DeCandido attended his first I-Con as a college student in 1988, where he got to meet Harlan Ellison for the first time. Over the years, he has attended the show as a fan, as press, as security, as a musical guest, and most commonly as an author guest. Keith's recent and... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
HSEC A124

Literature, Reading