DAY	TIME START	TIME END	TITLE	LOCATION	DESCRIPTION	PANELISTS	TRACK
Friday	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Timeline	Ballroom C	Timeline: is a card game played using cards. Each card depicts an invention or event on both sides, with the year in which that invention was created on only one side. Players take turns placing a card from their hand in a row on the table. After placing the card, the player reveals the date on it. If the card was placed correctly with the date in chronological order with all other cards on the table, the card stays in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card from the deck. TABLE: Rarity	SKA	GAMING
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Teens and Jessi (Zerwas) Drummer  Present "How to Get Involved at Con"	Boardroom	Getting involved at con can be hard if you don't know where to start or why to get involved. Want some help? We have the answers.	Jessi (Zerwas) Drummer	TEENFUSION
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	If You Liked 'The Martian'...	Interlochen	Hard science fiction is serious business. Hard science fiction done well can be big business, as exhibited by Andy Weir's mega-hit The Martian. What other hard science fictions stories are out there in The Martian's shadow? And what about their science is so engaging?	Karen Burnham, Martin L. Shoemaker, Matthew Alan Thyer, Bob Trembley, Andrew Zimmerman Jones	LITERATURE
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Worldbuilding 101: From Rocks to Civilizations to Gods	Isle Royale	Genre fiction, in all its many forms, relies on the author's ability to invest their reader in a world other than their own. What are the key tenets of building a world that will hold up under scrutiny? How do you begin that construction process?	Gregory A. Wilson (M), Michael R. Underwood, Elise Kova, Susan Dennard, Max Gladstone, Jeffrey Alan Love	LITERATURE
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Haven't We Been Here Before?	Keweenaw	Many of horror's early tales originate in New England, the cultural center of early America. This is a trend that has continued throughout the years, with Stephen King and others. Why is New England such an attractive setting for the horrific? What are some other touchstone milieus in America and beyond?	Michael Cieslak, Suzanne Church, Lesley Conner, Joe Hill, Mallory O'Meara	LITERATURE
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Dressing Your Fictional World	Leelanau	They say 'clothes make the man,' but they also make the man's physical and social world. Help our panel of writers and costumers build and dress a fictional world, and learn how you can use costume details to enhance the depth and verisimilitude of your work.	Annalee Flower Horne (M), Sarah Gailey, Gail Carriger	COSTUMING
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	The Expanse	Manitou	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Adam Rakunas (M), Kate Elliott (M)	MEDIA
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Moderating Panels	Petoskey	Moderators are the hardest role to pin down, but possibly the the most important. What are the benefits of stepping up as a moderator? What are the responsibilities? How do you handle panelists going off track, or worse? How do you manage the dreaded "more of a comment than a question" from the audience?	Justin Landon (M), Mark Oshiro, Janet Harriett, Gillian Redfearn	FANDOM
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	So This Is Your First ConFusion	St. Clair	Welcome to your first Confusion! To keep your actual confusion to a minimum, let us tell you what we're about and what we have to offer you this weekend!	Cylithria Dubois, Amy Zrnich, Anna Carey	CONFUSION
Friday	5:00 PM	6:00 PM	Timeline	Ballroom C	Timeline: is a card game played using cards. Each card depicts an invention or event on both sides, with the year in which that invention was created on only one side. Players take turns placing a card from their hand in a row on the table. After placing the card, the player reveals the date on it. If the card was placed correctly with the date in chronological order with all other cards on the table, the card stays in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card from the deck. TABLE: Rarity	SKA	GAMING
Friday	5:00 PM	9:00 PM	Netherstorm: Lair of the Draugr	Ballroom C	Life is peaceful at the guest house in the city-state of Wavecrest, but when the wall in a warehouse at the docks collapses into unknown   tunnels, the party's host needs them to investigate the strange noises coming forth from the darkness. 6 PLAYERS. Twilight Sparkle	Thunderhead	GAMING
Friday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Welcome to ConFusion!	KidFusion Rm 515	Kids welcome tour of ConFusion		KIDFUSION
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Learn To Draw Cartoons with Bill Messner Loebs	Ballroom A&B	Take a lesson on drawing cartoons from Bill at the Mural of ConFusion!	Bill Messner-Loebs	ART
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Rolling Your Role	Boardroom	How to roll a character for a role playing game and the basics of D&D		TEENFUSION
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Reading: Michael Cieslak, Lesley Conner, Diana Rowland	Isle Royale	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Michael Cieslak, Lesley Conner, Diana Rowland	LITERATURE
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	I Believe I Can Fly	Keweenaw	Those lyrics, popularized by R. Kelly in the film Space Jam, highlight something each and every one of us dreams of—being able to soar in the heavens. Greek myth, superhero stories, and many genre books tap into this fantasy. What about the concept of flight is so appealing? How are today's books reimagining the trope and where else can we go with it?	Elizabeth Shack (M), David John Baker, Mary G. Thompson, Matthew Alan Thyer, Ken Schrader	LITERATURE
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	The Alternator of History	Leelanau	Alternate history manifests in several forms, but most often as "what if" narratives or time travel gone terribly wrong. How do alternate histories differ in form and style from their fantasy or science fictional parents? Why do so few alternate histories seem to engage with non-Western outcomes? Furthermore, are we less interested in alternate history as the past becomes more knowable all the time?	Andrea Johnson (M), Sarah Gailey, Arthur D. Hlavaty, Kevin J. Maroney	LITERATURE
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Gravity Falls	Manitou	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Daniel Dugan (M), Mur Lafferty (M)	MEDIA
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Costuming From Video Games and Anime	Saugatuck	From anime to comic books to CGI and video games, animated worlds are full of iconic, stylish characters. But it often takes a little work to translate their costumes into the real world. Come learn how to examine your source material to choose the right fabric, colors, and construction techniques to bring your favorite animated characters to life.	Cassy S., Suzette Mariotti	COSTUMING
Friday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Dragon's Den	St. Clair	The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association Board wants to hear how you will help Friendship is ConFusion and future ConFusions keep making fans and friends! Small grants available for particularly promising ideas!	Allison Anderson, Anna Carey, John Davis, Brian Decker, Cylithria Duboius, Eric Guy, David Klecha	CONFUSION
Friday	6:00 PM	7:00 PM	Potion Explosion	Ballroom C	Dear students, it's time for the final exams of the Potions class! The rules are always the same: Take an ingredient marble from the dispenser and watch the others fall. If you connect marbles of the same color, they explode and you can take them, too! Complete your potions using the marbles you collect, and drink them to unleash their magical power. Remember, though, that to win the Student of the Year award, being quick won't be enough: you'll also need to brew the most valuable potions in Potion Explosion! 4 PLAYERS. TABLE: Pinkie Pie	Steve B	GAMING
Friday	6:00 PM	9:00 PM	Battlestar Galactica	Ballroom C	Battlestar Galactica:  is an exciting game of mistrust, intrigue, and the struggle for survival. It puts players in the role of one of ten of their favorite characters from the show. Each playable character has their own abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to have any hope of survival. However, one or more players in every game secretly side with the Cylons. Players must attempt to expose the traitor while fuel shortages, food contaminations, and political unrest threatens to tear the fleet apart. 6 PLAYERS. TABLE: Apple Bloom	Nikki C	GAMING
Friday	6:00 PM	8:00 PM	Beaded Badges	KidFusion Rm 515	Make a My Little Pony themed beaded lanyard for your badge		KIDFUSION
Friday	6:15 PM		Digimon Adv Tri: Reunion	Kensington	It's been six years since that summer adventure when Taichi Kamiya and the rest of the DigiDestined crossed over to the Digital World. And nearly three years have passed since the final battle between Kari Kamiya's group and MaloMyotismon. As the peaceful days passed by, at some point the gate to the Digital World closed. Not even the DigiDestined know what caused this, and time alone continues to pass.		FILM
Friday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Opening Ceremonies	Ballroom A&B	Welcome to Friendship is ConFusion! Meet our GOHs and SubPress special guests, and hear what the ConCom has in store for you this weekend!	Anna Carey, Karen Burnham, Gail Carriger, Jeffrey Alan Love, Mallory O'Meara, Mark Oshiro, James S.A. Corey, Joe Hill, Gillian Redfearn	CONFUSION
Friday	7:00 PM		Dungeons & Dragons	Boardroom	(Teens) Play D&D in the Teen Room. Previous experience is not required.		TEENFUSION
Friday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Starting Out In Webcomics	Manitou	A crash course on what you need to know to create comics on the web. There will be hard truths, and lessons shared based on success and failure.	Matt Pearson, Pablo Defendini, BluRaven C. Houvener	COMICS
Friday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Defying Gravity	Petoskey	Too often we see new writers compared to Neil Gaiman or Margaret Atwood for purposes of marketing. Standing in the shadow of greatness can be overwhelming. Even more so if that shadow is cast by a relative or mentor. How does a writer escape the orbit of those who've come before and is it even worth worrying about?	Anthony W. Eichenlaub (M), Amy Sundberg, Jason Sizemore, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka, Ken Schrader	LITERATURE
Friday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Sorting Hat Chats in Fandom and Writing	Saugatuck	Gryffindor! Ravenclaw! Hufflepuff! Slytherin! What does your Hogwarts House does say about you? How can you translate that into better understanding characters in TV shows, books, movies, and your own writing? This brilliant Harry Potter fanon sorting system may surprise you with insights into how you see the world, and how you operate within it. Join us to learn how to use Sorting Hat Chats for fun and profit! Or, at least, for fun.	Navah Wolfe (M), DongWon Song, Annalee Flower Horne, Amal El-Mohtar	LITERATURE
Friday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Self-Publishing for Fun & Profit	St. Clair	Self-publishing has undergone massive changes in the past ten years. Authors and audiences have more opportunities to create and find the stories they want, niche genres and subgenres are finding new life, and voices that have been ignored by traditional publishing are taking successful advantage of the direct-to-consumer approach. Where might self-publishing go in the next ten years?	Michael R. Underwood, Courtney Schafer, Elise Kova, Dira Lewis	LITERATURE
Friday	7:00 PM	8:00 PM	Captain Sonar	Ballroom C	Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer. 8 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	Bryan S	GAMING
Friday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Dessert Reception	ConSuite	A meet and greet between ConFusion attendees and our GoHs and SubPress special guests. Mix, mingle, and enjoy some sweet treats. This is a very popular event, so plan your time accordingly!	Karen Burnham, Gail Carriger, Jeffrey Alan Love, Mallory O'Meara, Mark Oshiro, James S.A. Corey, Joe Hill, Gillian Redfearn	CONFUSION
Friday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Eating the Future	Keweenaw	Juicy nuggets of forward facing cuisine. Find out what your children will be eating on their way to Mars, create menu's for offworld diners or cash in on the next food craze.	Julie Lesnik (M), Ferrett Steinmetz, Sarah Lynn	SCIENCE
Friday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Fans and Music: Sharing Our Favorites	Marquette	What performers and bands do you think other fans should know about? What genres do you like, both fannishly (filk, nerdcore, FuMP, wizard rock) or generally (rock, folk, country)? Hear what our panelists like, and share your favorites.	Mark Bernstein, Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Tom Smith, Phil Cooper, Susan Urban	MUSIC
Friday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	All things Onder and The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG)	Petoskey	A discussion of the shared worlds - Hellmaw and Stormtalons-  from this new publishing company.	Suzanne Church (M), Gregory A. Wilson, Elizabeth Shack	LITERATURE
Friday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Reading: Kate Elliott, Elise Kova	Saugatuck	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Kate Elliott, Elise Kova	LITERATURE
Friday	8:00 PM		The Boy and the Beast	Kensington	When a young orphaned boy, Kyuuta, living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast, Kumatetsu, looking for an apprentice. As Kyuuta adjusts to his new home he finds himself torn between two worlds—two worlds that are far less separate than either the Boy or the Beast realizes.		FILM
Friday	8:00 PM	9:00 PM	Captain Sonar	Ballroom C	Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer. 8 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	Bryan S	GAMING
Friday	8:00 PM	9:00 PM	Attraction	Ballroom C	Players must flick their "shooter" magnet into the playing area to attract and collect other magnets. Of course, it's not quite that easy since the magnets repel as easily as they attract! Strategies unfold and develop in reaction to the patterns on the table. 10 PLAYERS. TABLE: Twilight Sparkle	SKA	GAMING
Friday	9:00 PM	9:50 PM	The Nerdaissance	Ballroom A&B	In the comedic fanfiction system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The audience who enjoys and laughs and the Nerdiassance, who write and perform for them. These are their stories. 18+. ID will be required.	Ericka Kahler, Joe Harvey, Adam Clifford, Mary Brandt, Molly Zigler, Mary Ann Mead	FANDOM
Friday	9:00 PM		Friends of Bill W	Club Lounge			CONFUSION
Friday	9:00 PM	9:50 PM	Erotica: More Than Sex?	Keweenaw	Panelists discuss character, plot, and yes, sex scenes in erotica. What makes a sex scene hot? How do you use sex to drive the plot? When do the erotic elements cross into objectification? How do authors approach sex and erotica in het and queer romance?	Bernadette Bosky (M), Delilah S. Dawson, Ferrett Steinmetz, Sara Dobie Bauer	LITERATURE
Friday	9:00 PM	9:50 PM	Theme Circle: Awful Puns	Marquette	Share your worst!	Tom Smith	MUSIC
Friday	9:00 PM	10:00 PM	Captain Sonar	Ballroom C	Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer. 8 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	Bryan S	GAMING
Friday	10:00 PM	10:50 PM	Open Music Circle	Marquette	A place to share music, stories, poems, and more.		MUSIC
Friday	10:00 PM		Erased (18+)	Kensington	Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being able to prevent deaths and casualties by being sent back in time before an incident occurs, repeating time until it is prevented. One day, he gets falsely accused of murder and the phenomenon occurs but this time, he gets back 18 years in the past which is during his middle school period. With the mind of a 29 years old adult and the body of a child, he needs to find out what he must change to revoke this accusation and get back in the present. 18+ only. ID will be required.		FILM
Friday	10:00 PM	11:00 PM	Captain Sonar	Ballroom C	Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer. 8 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	Bryan S	GAMING
Friday	11:00 PM		Pizza and PJs Party for Adults!	ConSuite	Grown-ups love a good pajama party, too! Wear your PJs and come enjoy some pizza!  You must be an adult (18+) or accompanied by adult.		CONFUSION
Saturday	3:00 AM		Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (18+)	Kensington	Fear, survival, instinct. Thrown into a foreign land with nothing but hazy memories and the knowledge of their name, they can feel only these three emotions resonating deep within their souls. A group of strangers is given no other choice than to accept the only paying job in this game-like world—the role of a soldier in the Reserve Army—and eliminate anything that threatens the peace in their new world, Grimgar. When all of the stronger candidates join together, those left behind must create a party together to survive and it's now up to this ragtag group of unlikely fighters to survive together in a world where life and death are separated only by a fine line. 18+ only. ID will be required.		FILM
Saturday	7:30 AM		Digimon Adv Tri: Determination & Confession	Kensington	The DigiDestined inaugurate their newest members, Meiko Mochizuki and Meicoomon, with a trip to a nearby hot spring. Meanwhile, Joe is becoming more distant, struggling to balance his duty as a DigiDestined and the competitive world of academics. As the damage caused by Alphamon is slowly repaired, another infected Digimon, Ogremon, suddenly appears, and although they only have good intentions, the decisions the DigiDestined make now will have unforeseen consequences.		FILM
Saturday	8:00 AM	8:50 AM	The Third annual Frosty Fun Run/Walk/Crawl/Roll/Gasp/Flail	Outside	One mile of chilly awesomeness! (And, probably, frozen goose poop.) Run, walk, crawl, or roll--it doesn't matter how you make it around the (slightly more than) one mile mostly-sidewalk course, you'll still get a cool badge ribbon! (Sign up at OPs)		LITERATURE
Saturday	8:00 AM	8:50 AM	Geek Parent Meet Up	ConSuite	Meet other parents in the fandom community. Talk about the triumphs and hazards of geeky parenting. We'll provide the caffeine.		CONFUSION
Saturday	9:00 AM	9:50 AM	Geodesic Designs	Boardroom	Learn about geodesic structures and make a geodesic dome.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Reading: Dyrk Ashton, Emmy Jackson, Ferrett Steinmetz	Ballroom A&B	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Dyrk Ashton, Emmy Jackson, Ferrett Steinmetz	LITERATURE
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	How to Make Your Own Flower Crown	Boardroom	Tired of buying flower crowns at the mall? Tired of simple flower crowns? Well then this panel is the one for you. This panel will teach you to make your own flower crowns and how to personalize them to your own liking so that you can really stand out from the crowd.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 PM	What Should I Write Next?	Charlevoix	The first book or series is all wrapped up, maybe even under contract. What comes next? Maybe a palate-cleansing change of genre, or building on strength and staying close to where you started? What about a pseudonymous guilty pleasure? Experts weigh in!	Dave Robison (M), John Chu, Jackie Morgan, Ty Franck (James SA Corey), Marissa Lingen,	LITERATURE
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Kaffeeklatsch with Media GOH Mallory O'Meara	Club Lounge	Join our Media Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.	Mallory O'Meara	CONFUSION
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Whose Cartoon Is It Anyway?	Interlochen	A cartoonist face-off — the audience gives the panel of cartoonists a situation to draw. Cartoonist #1 draws half of it - Cartoonist #2 finishes it and adds a punch line!	Dave Stein (M), Lar deSouza, Matt Feazell, Bill Messner-Loebs, Ben Rodriguez, Diana Harlan Stein, Emily Zelasko, Jeffrey Alan Love	ART
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Board Gaming for Families	Isle Royale	Board games are a great family activity, but how do you manage competitiveness when you all have to live under the same roof?	Mur Lafferty (M), Eric Guy, Suzette Mariotti	FANDOM
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Only 80s Kids Remember	Keweenaw	Gen X nostalgia is all the rage, from the Transformers and GI Joe films, to the Voltron and Ghostbusters reboots, to Netflix's Stranger Things. Come claim your birthright as a child of the 80s, and talk about what these looks-back get right and wrong.	Vanessa Ricci-Thode, Jen Talley, Joe Hill, Daniel Abraham	FANDOM
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Social Media Tips & Tricks for Authors	Leelanau	Social media is fraught with peril. It can bleed your time, suck your soul, and maybe ruin your career. Or, it can be tremendously uplifting. How do you leverage social media for positivity and minimize its destructive tendencies? What platforms and applications make it easier?	James L. Sutter (M), Sarah Gailey, Cherie Priest, Jim C. Hines, Mishell Baker, Jason Sizemore	LITERATURE
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	From Fanfic to Profic	Manitou	Many of science fiction and fantasy's authors have come out of fandom. What's the transition like? Why do so many talented writers stay in fanfic? What does writer with professional aspirations get out of fic?	Matthew Alan Thyer, Dira Lewis, Geoff Gander, Angela Carina Barry	FANDOM
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Legend of Zelda	Petoskey	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Elise Kova (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Interstellar Colonies: A Hubristic Fantasy?	Saugatuck	Novels like Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Aurora suggests that extrasolar colonies are unlikely to succeed, even if we can overcome the challenge of "getting there." Is this pessimism justified by the science? Is it worth trying anyway? Or do we need to accept the Solar System as our one and only home?	Patrick S. Tomlinson (M), Karen Burnham, David John Baker, Janet Harriett, Ken Schrader, Bob Trembley	LITERATURE
Saturday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	So This Is Your First ConFusion	St. Clair	Welcome to your first ConFusion! To keep your actual confusion to a minimum, let us tell you what we're about and what we have to offer you this weekend!	Cylithria Dubois, Jessi (Zerwas) Drummer, Anna Carey	CONFUSION
Saturday	10:00 AM	2:00 PM	Netherstorm: Lair of the Draugr	Ballroom C	Life is peaceful at the guest house in the city-state of Wavecrest, but when the wall in a warehouse at the docks collapses into unknown   tunnels, the party's host needs them to investigate the strange noises coming forth from the darkness. 6 PLAYERS. TABLE: Twilight Sparkle	Thunderhead	GAMING
Saturday	10:00 AM	12:00 PM	Scyth	Ballroom C	Scythe is a Worker Placement/Economic Engine board game set in an alternate-history 1920s period. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. In Scythe, each player represents a character from one of five factions of Eastern Europa who are attempting to earn their fortune and claim their faction's stake in the land around the mysterious Factory. Players conquer territory, enlist new recruits, reap resources, gain villagers, build structures, and activate monstrous mechs. 5 PLAYERS.  TABLE: Apple Bloom	Bryan B	GAMING
Saturday	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	Round the Jolly Old Bend	Ballroom C	You've got a shipment that everyone wants, make it to La Motte safely! All you've gotta do is avoid the Vilanova's, Montaigne's navy, the Buccaneers, and Captain Reis and crew! Simple! 12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Rarity	Luke Zondervan	GAMING
Saturday	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	Dead Borders	Ballroom C	A group of tenement residence investigate the gruesome and strange death of one of their neighbors.  If the door is locked then how could he have been murdered....  12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Pinkie Pie	Mike Caldwell	GAMING
Saturday	10:00 AM	2:00 PM	The Sinister Secret of Whiterock	Ballroom C	Just outside the city of Cilimar lies a hidden ruin, once home to a clan of gnomes, now the lair of twisted aberrations that shun the daylight!  The heroes are called to explore the ruins. 12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Applejack	Cristopher Frank	GAMING
Saturday	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Yoga Wake Up	KidFusion Rm 515	Learn some yoga poses to get your day started		KIDFUSION
Saturday	10:30 AM		My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic	Kensington	After learning that her friends, as well as herself, are the magical Elements of Harmony, studious unicorn Twilight Sparkle is sent by her mentor, Princess Celestia, to Ponyville to study the magic of friendship with help from her friends.		FILM
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Reading: Joe Hill and John Scalzi	Ballroom A&B	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Joe Hill, John Scalzi	LITERATURE
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Trivia for Chocolate for Teens	Boardroom	Know a lot about Science Fiction? How about anime? Confident in your knowledge? Want to earn chocolate for knowing things? Then come visit us as we test how much you know and our ability to throw.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Steven Universe	Charlevoix	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Jim C. Hines (M), Amal El-Mohtar (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Kaffeeklatsch with Fan GOH Mark Oshiro	Club Lounge	Join our Fan Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.	Mark Oshiro	CONFUSION
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Screenwriting in Genre	Interlochen	What does it take to be a screenwriter in SFF? How is screenwriting different from prose fiction?	Sam Morgan (M), Mallory O'Meara, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck (James SA Corey), Dyrk Ashton	LITERATURE
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	The Nostalgia of Failure	Isle Royale	Steampunk and other historically-focused fantasies often engage with fundamentally flawed technology. Whether it's airships or clockwork machinery, there's a certain mystique around pre-industrial age invention. Why the fascination with the patently impossible? And is there a reason once-popular subgenres built on these ideas have fallen out of favor?	Emmy Jackson, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Sarah E. Gibbons, Cameron McClure, Gail Carriger	LITERATURE
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	The Faces of Fandom	Keweenaw	It's easy to think fandom is an unchanging monolith, but fandom has always had many faces, and it grows and changes all the time, and different fandoms have their own distinct cultures. How do fandoms differ (SFF, media, fanfic, music, sports, etc) and what traits do they share (participatory vs. consumer fandom)?	Mari Brighe (M), Joel Zakem, Mark Oshiro, Bernadette Bosky, Arthur D. Hlavaty, Julie Winningham	FANDOM
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Romance 101	Leelanau	If all you know about romance is Fabio in ripped shirts and heaving bosoms, this is the panel for you! Come learn about the difference between romance and. romantic elements, the top tricks and tropes, and where the romance has always been in your favorite genre corner.	Jackie Morgan (M), J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka	LITERATURE
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Using Biology Dangerously to Inspire Laughter and Thought	Manitou	Scientifically blowing your mind 3 times in 50 minutes! Panelists are limited to 10 minute discussions based on three topics that are tied to lighthearted videos on Biology. Come learn, have fun, ask questions and be inspired.	Julie Lesnik, Daniel Dugan	SCIENCE
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Celtic Guitar Workshop	Marquette	February Sky offers tips on Celtic guitar styles.	Susan Urban, Phil Cooper	MUSIC
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Elementary Deduction: Sherlocking your way to success!	Petoskey	Inductive reasoning doesn't take a massive intellect - it's elementary, my dear. Learn how to amaze your friends and befuddle your enemies with tips and tricks from Aegis Consulting.	Stephanie Oz, Dan Merrill, Jen Maher, Dan McKay	SCIENCE
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	What's What in YA?	Saugatuck	What are the popular trends and reads in YA and YA genre fiction right now?	Merrie Haskell (M), Mary G. Thompson, Susan Dennard, Elly Blake	LITERATURE
Saturday	11:00 AM	1:00 PM	Terra Mystic	Ballroom C	In the land of Terra Mystica dwell 14 different peoples in seven landscapes, and each group is bound to its own home environment, so to develop and grow, they must terraform neighboring landscapes into their home environments in competition with the other groups. 5 PLAYERS. TABLE: Fluttershy	Nikki C	GAMING
Saturday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Kookieklatch Storytime	KidFusion Rm 515	Come up and be read to by whichever guests happen to show up. If you have a favorite book that you would like to have read, feel free to bring it.		KIDFUSION
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Worldbuilding 495	Ballroom A&B	Genre fiction, in all its many forms, relies on the author's ability to invest its reader in a world other than their own. What are some of the advanced methods of adding a sense of the real to invented worlds? How do authors get themselves out of tricky spots when deep into a series?	Marissa Lingen (M), John Chu, Dave Robison, Mary G. Thompson	LITERATURE
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Plotters Rule! (Or So They Tell Me)	Charlevoix	Meticulous plotting for the win! Writing from a detailed outline is the best, most effective writing strategy. Well... at least for some writers. What are the strengths and weaknesses, and what might be some alternatives, other than just making it up as you go along?	Christian Klaver (M), Wesley Chu, Elly Blake, Cylithria Dubois	LITERATURE
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Kaffeeklatsch with Art GOH Jeffrey Alan Love	Club Lounge	Join our Art Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.	Jeffrey Alan Love	CONFUSION
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Citizen Science: Ornithologist	Isle Royale	Dissect owl pellets to discover what our local Strigiformes have been digesting.	Sarah Lynn (M), Daniel Dugan, Maria Dugan	SCIENCE
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	It Takes an Intergalactic Village	Keweenaw	Finding and surrounding your life with positive influences that will help your kids become productive, insightful, and best of all nerd-class citizens.	Karen Burnham, Matthew Alan Thyer, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, Andrew Zimmerman Jones	FANDOM
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Reading: J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, Sara Dobie Bauer, Dira Lewis	Leelanau	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, Sara Dobie Bauer, Dira Lewis	LITERATURE
Saturday	12:00 PM	1:50 PM	Solar Observations	Outside	Observe the Sun with Bob Trembley's telescope! You'll be able to see sunspots, prominences, and other surface features with 2 solar-safe telescopes, as well as discuss many other features of our nearest star with Bob.	Bob Trembley (M)	SCIENCE
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	The Dynasty of Deep Space Nine	Petoskey	Deep Space Nine: Great Trek, or the Greatest Trek? The newest incarnation of  Star Trek will launch in 2017, but, really, what's the point when Deep Space Nine has already happened? Our panelists will discuss what made DS9 not just great Trek, but the greatest Trek ever.	Adam Rakunas (M), Navah Wolfe, Kate Elliott, Andrew Drummer, Scott H. Andrews	MEDIA
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Those Who Don't Remember History Are Doomed To Wear Unitards	Saugatuck	Nothing dates a science fictional future faster than costumes that are just present trends taken to extremes. The costumes with the most staying power are those that draw from--and exist in conversation with--fashion's long and storied history. Costumers and costume history buffs discuss how to use our past to design the fashions of the future.	Annalee Flower Horne (M), Sarah Gailey, Doreen (ANN LONG) White, Suzette Mariotti	COSTUMING
Saturday	12:00 PM	3:00 PM	Iron Artist	Sweet Apple Acres (Lobby)	Drawing/sculpture isn't usually a performance art, but Iron Artists show how they work while creating  a piece of art (or craft) on the assigned topic.	John Benson, Lar deSouza, Katherine Erickson, Matt Feazell, Michael Kucharski, Bill Messner-Loebs, Crystal Mielcarek, Ken Redington, Ben Rodriguez, Diana Harlan Stein, Emily Zelasko	CONFUSION
Saturday	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	Captain Sonar	Ballroom C	Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer. 8 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	Bryan S	GAMING
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Introduction to Black Butler	Interlochen	Find out what's new in Black Butler!  Get a fun intro from the Grim Reaper point-of-view.  From the Red Reaper to Book of the Atlantic, we will help the newcomer understand the show and those who are fans see it from inside London's Shinigami Dispatch.	Angela Carina Barry, Star Stramel-Shinigami Kami	MEDIA
Saturday	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	Afternoon Break	KidFusion Rm 515	KidFusion is closed for one hour in the afternoon.		KIDFUSION
Saturday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Return to Jupiter: NASA's Juno Mission	Manitou	Last summer, a new spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. Juno's mission is to orbit the giant planet, studying its powerful magnetic field, its intense radiation belts, and the intricate interplay of particles and energies surging through nearby space. Bill Higgins reviews Juno's role in gathering more clues to the formation and evolution of Jupiter.	Bill Higgins	SCIENCE
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Art Demo: It Starts With The Dragon	Ballroom A&B	Artist Clifford Van Meter gives a live story drawing with help from the audience!	Clifford VanMeter	ART
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	We Still Love Harry Potter	Boardroom	As a fan of the Harry Potter universe it expected that you will love some things more than others. Come join us in our discussion of the magics of the wizarding world and what we miss about Harry Potter.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Gail Carriger Q&A	Charlevoix	Come ask author and Pro Guest of Honor Gail Carriger all your burning questions!	Gail Carriger	CONFUSION
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Reading: Amal El-Mohtar, Cherie Priest, Kristine Smith	Interlochen	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Amal El-Mohtar, Cherie Priest, Kristine Smith	LITERATURE
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	The Changing Faces of Comics	Isle Royale	Many classic characters have gotten new looks, from less-exploitative costumes to new, diverse legacy faces: a teenage black girl genius wears the Iron Man armor, and a biracial Hawai'an actor will bring new life to Aquaman on screen. Will these new faces truly change the direction of comics, or will comics creators and publishers continue to go back to their old ways?	Annalee Flower Horne (M), Marshall Ryan Maresca, Pablo Defendini, DongWon Song, BluRaven C. Houvener, Jen Talley	COMICS
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	TV Tropes	Keweenaw	Not just a website where you can lose an hour in a blink, TV Tropes is now foundational to discussions of modern pop culture. Let's talk about the biggest tropes and the games, shows and movies that are using them best or creating new ones.	Sam Morgan (M), Mari Brighe, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, James L. Sutter, Max Gladstone, Jeanne Szarama	MEDIA
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Mr. Robot	Leelanau	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Dan Moren (M), Jason Sizemore (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic	Manitou	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	John Klima (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Andrea Dale Concert	Marquette	Native Michigan fan Andrea Dale will sing songs of fantasy, Godzilla and science fiction.  Per Chris Conway, UK filker and professional musician: "There's a wide variety of goodies in Andrea's kitchen...Thoughtful songs, magical, heartfelt, funny...as well as Andrea's lovely voice and guitar. What I like about Andrea's voice is that it is a voice of character..."	Andrea Dale	MUSIC
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	I'm not biased! (Yes, you are)	Petoskey	Nothing happens in a vacuum, nor is anything read in one. Every reader brings their own biases and preconceptions to a story. Should we take these biases into account when reading something written in a time different from our own? When reading contemporary fiction, is it necessary to set biases aside to explore outside our comfort zone?	Gillian Redfearn (M), Anna Carey, Justin Landon, Yanni Kuznia, John Chu	LITERATURE
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Everything I Need To Know About Storytelling, I Learned From Daffy Duck	Saugatuck	We take a look at the classic "Duck Amuck" and how it demonstrates story structure, characterization, and some of the classic tropes of horror. Yes, horror.	Janet Harriett (M), Mallory O'Meara, Scott H. Andrews, Mur Lafferty	LITERATURE
Saturday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Fan GOH Induction	St. Clair	The Fan Guest of Honour Introduction and Induction is a traditional ConFusion event, wherein any attending Fan GoHs of years past welcome the new Fan GoH to the club.	Mark Oshiro	CONFUSION
Saturday	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	Captain Sonar	Ballroom C	Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer.  8 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	Bryan S	GAMING
Saturday	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	Food Play: Learn to Make a Snack Plate!	KidFusion Rm 515	Cylithria DuBois and KidFusion will create a fun snack plate, and deliver it to the hardworking people at Ops!		KIDFUSION
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Behind the Scenes of a Book Cover	Ballroom A&B	Jeffrey Alan Love will paint a live demonstration of what goes into making a book cover, from the moment the artist gets the concept through to the final product. The completed painting will be raffled off to support our charity!	Jeffrey Alan Love	ART
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Anime: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	Boardroom	An Open Discussion on the parts of anime that you as a fan enjoy, the ones you find to be meh, and the ones that are just downright wrong.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Here's What We Do to Your Babies	Interlochen	No one really knows how the game is played. The art of the trade. How the sausage gets made. We just assume that it happens. And by it, we mean publishing a book. Come learn what happens in the room where it... uh.... happens. Who touches your manuscript and why? Why does it take so long to publish a book?	Richard Shealy (M), DongWon Song, Sam Morgan, Lee Harris, Yanni Kuznia, Navah Wolfe	LITERATURE
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Eye Contact is Not Consent	Isle Royale	Consent is now a word we hear all the time in the fannish landscape. What is consent? What behaviors and interactions does consent encompass? Is consent only about sex and/or touching, or does it extend to verbal interactions as well? What role does it play in fannish interaction? What our are responsibilities as convention staff and convention attendees to understand and enforce consent?	Rhiannon Kelley (M), Mari Brighe, Cassy S., Jeanne Szarama	FANDOM
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	What Could Possibly Go Wrong?	Keweenaw	Last ConFusion, our panelists tackled driverless cars and their implications. But, with technology moving as fast it is, this ConFusion we'll tackle it all. What technologies are on the horizon and what kinds of stories can we tell in their wake?	Janet Harriett (M), David John Baker, Cameron McClure, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Max Gladstone, Michael J. DeLuca	LITERATURE
Saturday	2:00 PM	3:50 PM	Hands on Science Demo for Kidfusion	KidFusion Rm 515	Staff from the University of Detroit Mercy share some awesome hands-on science.	Matthew Mio, Kendra Evans, Mark Benvenuto, Grace Nguyen, Justin Pothoof	KIDFUSION
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	You Got Your Romance in my Science Fiction!	Leelanau	Love stories have always been a part of science fiction and fantasy. So why do so many science fiction fans and creators spend so much effort vilifying romance? Who are the great romantic couples in SF&F?	Diana Rowland (M), Gail Carriger, Karen Burham, Seleste de Laney/Julie Patricka, Ken Schrader, Kate Elliott,	LITERATURE
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Music Circles 101	Marquette	Learn why we skip the parties in favor of sitting in a circle. Once there, how does it work? We'll give you the basics to help you get started in music circles.	Mark Bernstein, Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Andrea Dale	MUSIC
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Page 189	Petoskey	Listen to a short excerpt from page 189 of works unknown to you, then vote on whether you would read the book before learning what it is and who wrote it.	Sarah Lynn (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Using Physics Dangerously to Inspire Laughter and Thought	Saugatuck	Scientifically blowing your mind 3 times in 50 minutes! Panelists are limited to 10 minute discussions based on three topics that are tied to lighthearted videos about Physics. Come learn, have fun, ask questions and be inspired.	Andrew Zimmerman Jones, Tobias Buckell, Daniel Dugan	SCIENCE
Saturday	2:00 PM	2:50 PM	Mark Oshiro Reading	St. Clair	Our Fan Guest of Honor reads from his current work.	Mark Oshiro	CONFUSION
Saturday	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	Tokaido	Ballroom C	Each player is a traveler crossing the "East sea road", one of the most magnificent roads of Japan. While traveling, you will meet people, taste fine meals, collect beautiful items, discover great panoramas, and visit temples and wild places but at the end of the day, when everyone has arrived at the end of the road you'll have to be the most initiated traveler - which means that you'll have to be the one who discovered the most interesting and varied things. 5 PLAYERS. TABLE: Starlight Glimmer	Steve B	GAMING
Saturday	2:00 PM	5:00 PM	Glargnazaps Pan-Galactic Gameshow!	Ballroom C	Glargnazaps Pan-Galactic Gameshow- run through a maze of trap, fun, excitement, drugs, death, booze, more death, weirdness, death, and yet more death for the Grand Prize! (Beware of death) 16+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Rarity	Luke Zondervan	GAMING
Saturday	2:00 PM	5:00 PM	Dead Borders	Ballroom C	A group of tenement residence investigate the gruesome and strange death of one of their neighbors.  If the door is locked then how could he have been murdered....   12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Pinkie Pie	Mike Caldwell	GAMING
Saturday	2:00 PM	6:00 PM	Legends Are Made, Not Born	Ballroom C	For the past few years an ogre that laris in a cave in the wilderness has demanded tribute of ale and supplies.  But recently he has changed his demands to gold, and villagers!  The villagers have no heroes to protect them - so someone must rise to the challenge.   12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Applejack	Cristopher Frank	GAMING
Saturday	2:00 PM	3:50 PM	Hands on Science Demo for Kidfusion	KidFusion Rm 515	Staff from the University of Detroit Mercy share some awesome hands-on science.	Matthew Mio, Kendra Evans, Mark Benvenuto, Grace Nguyen, Justin Pothoof	KIDFUSION
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Mallory O'Meara Q&A	Ballroom A&B	Come ask our Media Guest of Honor all your burning questions!	Mallory O'Meara	CONFUSION
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Friendship is Cookies!	Boardroom	Come decorate sugar cookies with the theme of the convention. Make new friends and experience the true magic of friendship (and cookies). Eat the love.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	The Expanse: Q&A with James S.A. Corey	Charlevoix	Join James SA Corey (pseudonym for the authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) to discuss their book series The Expanse, now a series on SyFy.	Ty Franck (James SA Corey), Daniel Abraham	LITERATURE
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Luke Cage	Interlochen	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Emmy Jackson (M), Christian Klaver (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	How to Make Babies with Science	Isle Royale	We will discussing current availability of genetic modification to create GMOs, designer babies and the advance of Grey Goo that will devour the planet.	Daniel Dugan (M), Jason Sanford, Julie Lesnik	SCIENCE
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:30 PM	Romancing the YA Novel	Keweenaw	Our panelists talk the trends and realities of romance in YA fiction. What readers wish authors would avoid, and where readers with they would go.	Mary G. Thompson (M), Delilah S. Dawson, Stacey Filak, James L. Sutter, Merrie Haskell	LITERATURE
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	How To Author Your Persona	Leelanau	How do you develop who you are as an author for your fans while keeping your private life semi-private?	Diana Rowland (M), J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, Pablo Defendini, Ferrett Steinmetz, Scott H. Andrews, Gillian Redfearn	LITERATURE
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Subterranean Press Chat Session	Manitou	Come join production manager Geralyn Lance and learn more about what makes Michigan-based Subterranean Press  so special to the SFF field and to Confusion. Ever want to know what goes into producing a limited edition or selecting art for a dust jacket? Geralyn's got you covered. Want to know about this year's special guests sponsored by SubPress at Confusion? Ditto. She'll also be previewing what books SubPress has coming in 2017 and giving away a few special books to lucky audience members. Don't miss this chance to get the inside scoop on a unique publisher.	Geralyn Lance, Kyle Brandon	LITERATURE
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Peggi Warner-Lalonde Concert	Marquette	Toronto filker Peggi joins us with a beautiful voice, bringing some of her favorite songs.	Peggi Warner-Lalonde	MUSIC
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Reading: Matthew Alan Thyer, Ken Schrader, Martin L. Shoemaker	Petoskey	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Matthew Alan Thyer, Ken Schrader, Martin L. Shoemaker	LITERATURE
Saturday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Knot Your Typical Confusion Science Panel	Saugatuck	Learn a variety of basic knots and how to use them for innocent and not-so-innocent purposes, from the experts from Aegis Consulting	Sal Sanfratello, Karilyn Warsinski, Morgan Stutler, Jen Nagle, Todd Nagle	SCIENCE
Saturday	3:00 PM	5:00 PM	Orleans	Ballroom C	During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France. 4 PLAYERS. TABLE: Fluttershy	Nikki C	GAMING
Saturday	3:00 PM	5:00 PM	Alien Frontiers	Ballroom C	Alien Frontiers is a game of resource management and planetary development for two to four players. Do you have what it takes to be a deep space colonist? An alien frontier awaits the brave and daring! This new planet will be harsh, but if you have the skills to manage your resources, build a fleet, research alien life, and settle colonies, the world can be yours.  4 PLAYERS. TABLE: Zecora	Jason M	GAMING
Saturday	3:30 PM		Spaceballs	Kensington	In a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called "Perri-Air." In desperation, Spaceball's leader President Skroob (Mel Brooks) orders the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) to kidnap Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) of oxygen-rich Druidia and hold her hostage in exchange for air. But help arrives for the Princess in the form of renegade space pilot Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog partner, Barf (John Candy).		FILM
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Fans & Health	Ballroom A&B	Fans sometimes think they need to run a marathon (or run period) or completely change their eating habits to be "healthy." Not so. Learn from a couple of fans, with completely different health challenges, how each of us have gotten healthier	Andrea Dale (M), Tom Smith, Bernadette Bosky, Cylithria Dubois, Elizabeth Shack	FANDOM
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Orphan Black	Interlochen	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show. Moderator(s) will help guide!	Gillian Redfearn (M), Amy Sundberg (M)	MEDIA
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Geeking up Your Personal Style	Leelanau	From steampunk styles to Disneybounding, there are a lot of ways to let our favorite worlds and characters influence our personal style. Our panelists will talk about how to bring a little cosplay into our daily closet by picking up significant details into subtle and distinctive personal styles.	Doreen (ANN LONG) White (M), Delilah S. Dawson, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, Suzette Mariotti	COSTUMING
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Drum and Rhythm Jam	Marquette	Bring your drums, shakers, jingles, voices - anything that makes music - and join in a freeform, creative, collaborative music jam.  If you don't have an instrument, we will have some to share.  If  you've never been to a drum jam, we'll go over some basics.  All ages and abilities are welcome.	Cathy McManamon, Jason Neerenberg	MUSIC
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Art Mural	Mural of ConFusion	Contribute your drawing abilities and skills to the art mural with a group of your peers.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	All Your Data Are Belong To Us	Petoskey	What is "the internet of things?" How smart do we really want our devices to be? What will society look like when whole systems of objects talk to each other to shape our lives? And who controls the data our things collect?	Daniel Dugan (M), Pablo Defendini, Andrea Phillips, Cassy S., Elise Kova	SCIENCE
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Autograph Session (4 PM)	St. Clair	Come meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.)	Matthew Alan Thyer, Dyrk Ashton, Angela Carina Barry, Mishell Baker, Brandon Black, Elly Blake, Gail Carriger, Suzanne Church, Michael Cieslak, Lesley Conner, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka, Kate Elliott, Amal El-Mohtar, Janet Harriett, Christian Klaver, Mur Lafferty, Jeffrey Alan Love, Mark Oshiro, Dustin Patrick, Cherie Priest, Adam Rakunas, Jason Sanford, Martin L. Shoemaker, Michael R. Underwood, Brigitte Winter	CONFUSION
Saturday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	The Spiral Arm Stories	Manitou	Clifford VanMeter will unveil his new collection of shorts, The Spiral Arm Stories. Four complete works that stand alone, but add to the events of Vengeance is a Wheel, Cliff's debut full-length novel published last year.	Clifford VanMeter	LITERATURE
Saturday	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Splendor	Ballroom C	Splendor is a game of chip-collecting and card development. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. If you're wealthy enough, you might even receive a visit from a noble at some point, which of course will further increase your prestige. 4 PLAYERS. TABLE: Starlight Glimmer	Steve B	GAMING
Saturday	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Open Games and Building for Kids	KidFusion Rm 515	Come and enjoy some games and lego building with friends.		KIDFUSION
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Tom Smith Concert	Ballroom A&B	Tom brings his usual mix of humor, wit, and energy. Not to be missed!	Tom Smith	MUSIC
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Vendor University	Isle Royale	A crash course on the ins-and-outs of becoming a vendor at a convention. Panelists will provide useful  information about working with convention staff, how to interact with customers and complaints, and how to work around the unexpected, as well as discussing the real financial risks and rewards, licensing, and the legality of fan art.	Doreen (ANN LONG) White (M), Michael Kucharski, Katherine Erickson,  Jason Sizemore	ART
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	What Should I Write First?	Leelanau	Two schools of thought exist when it comes to debut writers. Some believe that a debut writer should build a brand around a long series, hoping to grow a committed audience over time. Others prefer to build a brand around the author, using standalones and short series to diversify. Is there a right way to do it? What are the pros and cons of each approach?	Lee Harris (M), Steve Buchheit, Cameron McClure, Brigid Collins	LITERATURE
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Pimp Your Mars Rover	Manitou	What would a vehicle need to traverse the unforgiving surface of Mars? A perfect panel for those interested in engineering the next buggy.	Karen Burnham (M), Martin L. Shoemaker, Courtney Schafer, Bill Higgins	SCIENCE
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	A Panel Particularly Pertaining to Peculiar Particles	Petoskey	Speculation about multiple Higgs' Bosons, 750 gigaelectronvolt photon pairs and why it all matters.	Andrew Zimmerman Jones (M), Richard Herrell, David John Baker, Bill Higgins	SCIENCE
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Disnerd Game Show	Saugatuck	Prove that you are the ultimate Disnerd! Test your knowledge of all things Disney in this game show that spans from classic to modern Disney!	Sarah Lynn (M)	FANDOM
Saturday	5:00 PM	5:50 PM	Autograph Session (5 PM)	St. Clair	Come meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.)	Sarah Dobie Bauer, Tobias Buckell, Wesley Chu, James S.A. Corey, J.C. Daniels/Shiloh Walker, Delilah S. Dawson, Max Gladstone, Joe Hill, Jim C. Hines, Emmy Jackson, Elise Kova, Merrie Haskell, Mallory O'Meara, Andrea Phillips, Diana Rowland, John Scalzi, Kristine Smith, Ferrett Steinmetz, James L. Sutter, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, Mary G. Thompson, Patrick S. Tomlinson,	CONFUSION
Saturday	5:00 PM		Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Kensington	Crusading nobleman Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) escapes from prison in Jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) has confiscated his family estate and is abusing the citizenry. Robin enlists his blind attendant, Blinkin (Mark Blankfield), his friend Will Scarlett O'Hara (Matthew Porretta) and Little John (Eric Allan Kramer) to help regain his home. Robin also hopes to woo the beautiful Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck), but her chastity belt may prove a challenge.		FILM
Saturday	5:00 PM	7:00 PM	Codenames	Ballroom C	In Codenames, two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Spymasters give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. Their teammates try to guess words of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team. And everyone wants to avoid the assassin. 12 PLAYERS. TABLE: Scootaloo	SKA	GAMING
Saturday	5:00 PM	7:00 PM	Evening Break	KidFusion Rm 515	KidFusion is closed for two hours in the evening.		KIDFUSION
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 AM	Teen Iron Artist	Boardroom	An art competition for teens, judged by teens		TEENFUSION
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Dying is Easy. Comedy is Hard	Interlochen	LOL has become a typographical reflex. It is a rare reality. The same is true of "comedic" fiction. Sure it'll make you smile, but does it make you pee yourself? Which genre stories accomplish this? What makes them unique?	Mur Lafferty (M), Sara Dobie Bauer, Steve Buchheit, Elizabeth Shack	LITERATURE
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Reading: Adam Rakunas, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Clifford VanMeter	Isle Royale	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Adam Rakunas, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Clifford VanMeter	LITERATURE
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Reading: Suzanne Church, Sarah Gailey	Keewenaw	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Suzanne Church, Sarah Gailey	LITERATURE
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Queer Eye for Sci Fi	Leelanau	Queerness in science fiction has always been part of the genre. Join panelists as they discuss the history of queerness within the genre, their experiences within the community, and the future of queer science fiction.	Mark Oshiro, Mari Brighe	FANDOM
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Alternative Comics and Art	Manitou	Artwork created for the mainstream follows dominant trends and is marketed for popularity, but there are many alternative artists and creators doing spectacular things. Find out the difference between popular and underground art, why it's important and where to find it.	Emily Zelasko (M), Crystal Mielcarek, Pablo Defendi, Ben Rodriguez, Michael Kucharski	ART
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Karen Burnham Q&A	Saugatuck	Come ask Science Guest of Honor Karen Burnham all your burning questions about her work!	Karen Burnham	CONFUSION
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	Masquerade Muster	Marquette	Mandatory for all competitive entries in the Masquerade. Assemble to muster for the parade, be viewed by the judges, and have optional workmanship judging done. Competitors may enter as Novice, Journeyman, Master or Junior levels. Please be on time. Exhibition entries may attend the Muster or just join the parade, ending at the Masquerade. Pre-Registration for the Masquerade is STRONGLY encouraged. Sign up at OPS.		CONFUSION
Saturday	6:00 PM	6:50 PM	The Science and Art of Swordfighting	St. Clair	Aegis Consulting experts invite writers and enthusiasts to ask them pretty much anything they want about fighting and Western European martial arts. They will do our best to answer thoroughly and factually!	Sal Sanfratello, Karilyn Warsinski, Morgan Stutler, Jen Nagle, Todd Nagle	SCIENCE
Saturday	6:00 PM	10:00 PM	Netherstorm: Library of Laomis	Ballroom C	The Sidhe city of Laomis was said to be cursed by the gods and has been lost since ancient times.  Now, the League of Boot and Trail claims to have found the lost city's library, but they've lost contact with their researchers.  What wonders will the party discover as they attempt a rescue? 6 PLAYERS. TABLE: Twilight Sparkle	Thunderhead	GAMING
Saturday	6:00 PM	9:00 PM	The Bet	Ballroom C	One night of drinking and bad decisions means you've got a contract to fulfill. To bad you made it Asmodeus! 12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Rarity	Luke Zondervan	GAMING
Saturday	6:00 PM	9:00 PM	Bury Your Dead, Arizona	Ballroom C	A group of strangers awake on a train with little more than the cloths on their back.  Each is hard up, but a gentlemen on the train has a scheme that could net them a fortune, or so they think... 12+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Pinkie Pie	Mike Caldwell	GAMING
Saturday	6:45 PM		Young Frankenstein	Kensington	Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor's fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).		FILM
Saturday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Masquerade	Ballroom A&B	Come see - or show off - the best costumes of the night! Judges will scrutinize. Crowds will cheer. Audiences will swoon. Honors will be awarded.		CONFUSION
Saturday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	The Writing Journey	Boardroom	Both Susan Dennard and Kate Elliott started writing as teens. They'll talk about their experiences and how they turned writing into a career, and they especially want to hear your questions about writing, publishing, and art.	Kate Elliott, Susan Dennard	TEENFUSION
Saturday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Pitch an Agent at ConFusion!	Club Lounge	Bring your pitch to ConFusion! Sam Morgan, agent with JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. will be taking 10 minute pitches. Bring yourself and your pitch. Slots are limited to 10 minutes. Please be on time for your slot! You must sign up in advance at Ops.	Sam Morgan	LITERATURE
Saturday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	What's Your Favorite Apocalypse?	Manitou	A discussion on scientific advances that might tip the world towards an apocalypse.	Kristine Smith (M), Andrew Zimmerman Jones, Julie Lesnik, Anthony W. Eichenlaub, Nichole E. Castle	SCIENCE
Saturday	7:00 PM	7:50 PM	Reading: Mishell Baker, Janet Harriett, Jim C. Hines	Saugatuck	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Mishell Baker, Janet Harriett, Jim C. Hines	LITERATURE
Saturday	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	Onward to Venus	Ballroom C	Onward to Venus is based on the Doctor Grordbort graphic novels from writer/artist Greg Broadmore, with those books being a parody of sorts of the British Empire in the late 19th century, but instead of the race for Africa, we now have the exploitation of the Solar System, which is populated by various natives who resent the Earthling settlers. 5 PLAYERS. TABLE: Starlight Glimmer	Jason M	GAMING
Saturday	7:00 PM	12:00 AM	KidFusion Pizza and Pajama Party!	KidFusion Rm 515	THIS IS A PAID EVENT. Come ready to party in your pajamas! We will have Pizza, pop, popcorn along with movies, games and crafts. Register for this event at Registration by 12:00 PM Saturday. (5 HOURS)		KIDFUSION
Saturday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Bill Messner-Loebs reads Jonny Quest!	Saugatuck	Bill reads his Jonny Quest comic book story "Reputation" -- with all the glorious artwork!	Bill Messner-Loebs	ART
Saturday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Defense Against The Dark Arts: Defending From Harassment Online	Manitou	Online harassment is a serious threat. Come learn practical strategies for how to defend yourself and others from harassment and abuse. We'll cover mental health first aid, digital and physical security, and practical help you can offer to friends who are experiencing harassment, with a focus on how to avoid escalating the situation.	Annalee Flower Horne	FANDOM
Saturday	8:00 PM		Teen Movies, Munchies, and More!	Boardroom	Come hang with us for the evening. We have games, movies, pizza, and fun! You must sign up at TeenFusion by 12:00 PM Saturday.		TEENFUSION
Saturday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Friendship and Flirting in Fandom	St. Clair	If you find navigating or initiating social interactions of the platonic or romantic kind draining, challenging, or downright baffling, you're not alone in SF&F fandom by a long shot. While making great connections comes more naturally for some than others, anyone can learn tricks to help read social cues, overcome anxiety, and leave a great impression on people you meet - be it someone you're a fan of or a fellow fan.	Mishell Baker (M), Mark Oshiro, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka,	FANDOM
Saturday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	February Sky Concert	Marquette	Partners Susan Urban and Phil Cooper, full time touring musicians from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, bring the ribald, the wacky, and the overall wonderful.	Susan Urban, Phil Cooper	MUSIC
Saturday	8:00 PM	8:50 PM	Reading: Max Gladstone, Mur Lafferty, Andrea Phillips	Ballroom A&B	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Max Gladstone, Mur Lafferty, Andrea Phillips	LITERATURE
Saturday	8:00 PM	12:00 AM	A Vacation to Remember	Ballroom C	A group of outdoor enthusiasts finally get some time away from the big city to enjoy some pristine Canadian wilderness, only this vacation will not be like the others.  This trip may claim their very lives. 16+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Applejack	Cristopher Frank	GAMING
Saturday	8:30 PM		The Producers	Kensington	Down and out producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), who was once the toast of Broadway, trades sexual favors with old ladies for cash contributions. Max's new accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), offhandedly muses that if Max found investors for a new production that turned into a flop, he could legally keep all the extra money. The duo begins to put together the worst play possible, titled "Springtime for Hitler", with a terrible director and a hippie-freak star.		FILM
Saturday	9:00 PM	9:50 PM	Mallory O'Meara Presents Previews!	Manitou	Join our Media Guest of Honor for a sneak peek at some of the horror, sci-fi and fantasy films she has coming up from Dark Dunes Productions.	Mallory O'Meara	MEDIA
Saturday	9:00 PM		Friends of Bill W	Club Lounge			CONFUSION
Saturday	9:00 PM	9:50 PM	The Shallow End	Marquette	A low-key performance circle for those who are inexperienced or shy. Everyone is welcome, and everyone is encouraged (but not required) to sing, recite, play, or tell stories as the spirit moves them.		MUSIC
Saturday	9:00 PM	12:00 AM	Glargnazaps Pan-Galactic Gameshow!	Ballroom C	Glargnazaps Pan-Galactic Gameshow- run through a maze of trap, fun, excitement, drugs, death, booze, more death, weirdness, death, and yet more death for the Grand Prize! (Beware of death) 16+ PLAYERS. TABLE: Rarity	Luke Zondervan	GAMING
Saturday	10:00 PM	10:50 PM	Mark Reads After Dark	Ballroom A&B	Mark Oshiro reads from erotic sci-fi savant and national treasure Chuck Tingle, and other examples of hilarious adult literature. 18+. ID will be required.	Mark Oshiro	FANDOM
Saturday	10:00 PM	10:50 PM	Open Music Circle	Marquette	A place to share music, stories, poems, and more.		MUSIC
Saturday	10:00 PM		Blazing Saddles (18+)	Kensington	In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the people of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new leader. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population. 18+ only. ID will be required.		FILM
Saturday	11:30 PM		History of the World, Part 1 (18+)	Kensington	Human history is traced through a series of vignettes, beginning with cavemen awestruck by their own magnificence. Then Moses (Mel Brooks) receives the tablets containing the "15" commandments, and Emperor Nero (Dom DeLuise) presides over a madcap Rome with his wife, Nympho (Madeline Kahn). Jumping ahead, the Spanish Inquisition softens repression with song and dance, and a few centuries later Madame Defarge (Cloris Leachman) is fomenting revolution in France. 18+ only. ID will be required.		FILM
Sunday	1:00 AM		Konosuba (18+)	Kensington	Kazuma Sato is a shut-in die-hard fan of games, anime, and manga. A traffic accident brings his disappointingly brief life to an end, or it should have, but he wakes up and sees a beautiful girl who introduces herself as a goddess. She asks him if he'd like to go to another world but he can only bring one thing with him. Kazumi chooses to bring the goddess. With that, he is transported to another world and his great adventure subjugating the demon king begins, but first the hard work of finding food, clothing, and shelter begins. Kazuma wants to live in peace, but the goddess raises one problem after another, and then the demon king's army has its eyes set on him. 18+ only. ID will be required.		FILM
Sunday	5:00 AM		The Asterisk War	Kensington	In a dystopian future where a meteor crash has destroyed numerous cities an at it's impact an element called mana was discovered. It allowed human technology to make rapid strides giving rise to a new species of super-powered humans, the Star Pulse Generation (Genestella). The Festas (Star Warrior Festivals) host battles between Genestella at a city of six academies called "Rikka," also commonly known as "Asterisk." This story follows scholarship student Ayato Amagiri as he transfers to Seidokan Academy in order to fulfill his own wish of finding out about the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of his sister		FILM
Sunday	9:00 AM	9:50 AM	Puzzlemania	Boardroom	Making crafts with leftover puzzle pieces and putting together puzzles		TEENFUSION
Sunday	9:30 AM		Twin Star Exorcists	Kensington	Rokuro Enmado is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friends dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the "Twin Star Exorcists", and are destined to marry and have a child known as the Miko, which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits, or Kegare, from the world and ending the war that has lasted over a millennium.		FILM
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Japanese Candy Taste-Testing	Boardroom	Do you want to branch out from the same candy in every store? Do you want to try Japanese Candy without having to buy it yourself in case you don't like it? Well that's what this panel is for. Try a bunch of Japanese candy and maybe find your new favorite.		TEENFUSION
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Pitch an Agent at ConFusion!	Charlevoix	Bring your pitch to ConFusion! Sam Morgan, agent with JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. will be taking 10 minute pitches. Bring yourself and your pitch. Slots are limited to 10 minutes. Please be on time for your slot! You must sign up in advance at Ops.	Sam Morgan	LITERATURE
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Kaffeeklatsch with Pro GOH Gail Carriger	Club Lounge	Join our Pro Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.	Gail Carriger	CONFUSION
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Pantsers Rule! (Or So They Tell Me)	Interlochen	No plan! No safety net! Writing by the seat of your pants is the best, most effective writing strategy. Well... at least for some writers. What are the strengths and weaknesses, and what might be some alternatives, other than outlining?	Diana Rowland (M), Michael Ceislak, Andrea Phillips, John Klima, Courtney Schafer	LITERATURE
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Citizen Scientist: Biomechanical Engineer	Isle Royale	The current state of the art in cybernetic body parts, plus a look into the future.	Daniel Dugan (M), Martin L. Shoemaker, Matthew Alan Thyer	SCIENCE
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Blurring the Lines	Keweenaw	Genre is sometimes described as little more than arbitrary marketing categories, but readers and writers often define themselves by their preferred genre. What makes a genre distinct, and what happens when those distinctions are imported into another genre? Is it just a crossover, or an illustration that the distinctions are arbitrary?	Brandon Black (M), Jackie Morgan, Cherie Priest, Jason Sanford, Kristine Smith, Jason Sizemore	LITERATURE
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Fantasy & SF All-Stars	Leelanau	Panelists draft players for their team from across the science fiction and fantasy multiverse, right before your eyes, to confront an existential threat! Who will they choose, who will they ignore, and who will end up with the best team? The audience decides the winner!	Dan Moren (M), Stacey Filak, Adam Rakunas, Andrea Johnson, Navah Wolfe	LITERATURE
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Reading: John Chu, Annalee Flower Horne, Marissa Lingen	Manitou	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	John Chu, Annalee Flower Horne, Marissa Lingen	LITERATURE
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	The Riddle of Challenge Art	Saugatuck	A growing trend in the arts online is 30 Art Challenges like #Drawlloween & #Inktober, here's a look at a few themes, the results, and a discussion of why they're a great way to flex your artistic muscles, regardless of skill level.	Ben Rodriguez (M), Katherine Erickson, Pablo Defendini, Brigitte Winter, Dustin Patrick	ART
Sunday	10:00	10:50 AM	Kid/TeenFusion Reading: Mary G. Thompson	Petoskey	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Mary G. Thompson	TEENFUSION
Sunday	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	Pillars of the Earth	Ballroom C	At the beginning of the 13th century, construction of the greatest and most beautiful cathedral in England begins. Players are builders who try to contribute the most to this cathedral's construction and, in so doing, score the most victory points. Gameplay roughly consists of using workers to produce raw materials, and then using craftsmen to convert the materials into victory points. Workers may also be used to produce gold, the currency of the game. Players are also given three master builders each turn, each of which can do a variety of tasks, including recruiting more workers, buying or selling goods, or just obtaining victory points. Getting early choices with a master builder costs gold, as does purchasing better craftsmen. Players must strike a balance between earning gold to fund their purchases and earning victory points. 4 PLAYERS. TABLE: Fluttershy	Nikki C	GAMING
Sunday	10:00 AM	1:00 PM	The Castles of Burgundy	Ballroom C	The game is set in the Burgundy region of High Medieval France. Each player takes on the role of an aristocrat, originally controlling a small princedom. While playing they aim to build settlements and powerful castles, practice trade along the river, exploit silver mines, and use the knowledge of travelers. 4 PLAYERS. TABLE: Apple Bloom	Bryan B	GAMING
Sunday	10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Teen & Kid Reading: Mary G. Thompson	KidFusion Rm 515	Join author Mary G. Thompson for a reading of her work!		KIDFUSION
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Reading: Brandon Black, Michael J. DeLuca, Michael R. Underwood	Ballroom A&B	Authors read from current or forthcoming works	Brandon Black, Michael J. DeLuca, Michael R. Underwood	LITERATURE
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Playdough-rama	Boardroom	Beat your enemies to death with self-created playdough creatures.		TEENFUSION
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Kaffeeklatsch with Science GOH Karen Burnham	Club Lounge	Join our Science Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.	Karen Burnham	CONFUSION
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Long Tail of the Tall Tale	Interlochen	Tall tales, like their fairy tale cousins, are reinvented in every culture around the world. Handed down through generations, they provide context for how humans relate to each other and to stories. How have these oral traditions influenced today's fiction? Is there such a thing as a modern tall tale?	Dyrk Ashton (M), Sarah E. Gibbons,  John Chu, Bernadette Bosky, Diana Rowland	LITERATURE
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 PM	Writing is Fundamental	Isle Royale	Some of the fundamentals of prose storytelling have evolved over time, and some vary wildly between genres. What has changed since the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres came to be as we know them, and how have genres like mystery, romance, and YA diverged?	Andrea Phillips (M), Wesley Chu, Jackie Morgan, Emmy Jackson, DongWon Song	LITERATURE
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Nerd Culture Cultivation	Keweenaw	Raising humans that you WANT to have conversations with.	Rhiannon Kelley, Anna Carey, Jen Talley, Stacey Filak, Andrea Dale	FANDOM
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Before You Share Your Story	Manitou	Do you friends go the other way when they see you with a freshly-printed story in your hands? They might not tell you your story stinks, but they know what's fun to read and what's not. This panel will help you present your friends, beta readers and editors with a well-polished story that's easy and fun to read using human and computer techniques for identifying awkward phrases in your writing	Clif Flynt	LITERATURE
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Philosophy in Anime	Petoskey	We will pose philosophical questions to audience members and invite them to discuss the matters in small groups. We will ask a representative from each group to share the findings of that group. You will not be required to speak if you do not wish to do so. There are no right answers, but thinking about philosophical questions can be both enjoyable and enlightening. No experience is required.	Richard Herrell (M), Cassy S.	MEDIA
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	How the **** Do I Make This???: Stump the Costume Experts	Saugatuck	A lively and popular discussion returns! Come ask a panel of experienced costumers your toughest questions about how to build oddball, unique, or just plain difficult things, from articulated wings to suits that light up when you talk.	Suzette Mariotti (M), David M. Stein, Andrea Johnson, Doreen (ANN LONG) White, Suzette Mariotti	COSTUMING
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Making Monsters	St. Clair	Come hear our panelists talk about the ins and outs of creating monsters in media and literature.  What goes into crafting a compelling monster? What is the monster's role in stories?  What's scarier: to see the monster, or just the idea it?	Nichole E. Castle (M), Mallory O'Meara, Lesley Conner, Michael Cieslak, Angela Carina Barry, Jeffrey Alan Love	MEDIA
Sunday	11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Kookieklatch Storytime	KidFusion Rm 515	Come up and be read to by whichever guests happen to show up. If you have a favorite book that you would like to have read, feel free to bring it.	Bob Trembley	KIDFUSION
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Jeffrey Alan Love Reading	Ballroom A&B	Our Art Guest of Honor reads from his new book "Notes from the Shadowed City" which he both wrote and illustrated.	Jeffrey Alan Love	CONFUSION
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Origami & Kirigami	Boardroom	Learn the fine art of Japanese paper folding and cutting.		TEENFUSION
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Literary Friendships are Magic	Isle Royale	Friendship is confusion? No! Friendship is magic. Are there friendships in science fiction and fantasy that have changed your life? What makes a compelling fictional friendship for you?	Mark Oshiro (M), Dave Robison, Susan Dennard, Amy Sundberg, Kate Elliott	LITERATURE
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Rail Guns, Power Armor and Killer Robots	Keweenaw	How close are we to the military technology heralded in SciFi books? Experts will talk about what is on the horizon.	Kristine Smith (M), Tobias Buckell, Kameron Hurley, Karen Burnham	SCIENCE
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	What the F Did I Just Watch?!	Leelanau	The web can be a strange place. Let's discuss the weirdest internet fads and memes we've seen (100 layers challenges, don't hug me i'm scared, weird commercials, etc.)	Daniel Dugan (M), Sarah Lynn, Cassy S., Jeanne Szarama	MEDIA
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	The One That Got Away	Manitou	Rejection is part of the business. Even the best stories aren't for everyone. Have our panel of editors rejected stories that went on to great success? Why did they make those decisions, and did they regret it in the face of those stories' successes?	Lee Harris (M), Sam Morgan, Yanni Kuznia, Gillian Redfearn	LITERATURE
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Random Fractions Concert	Marquette	Cathy McManamon and Jason Neerenberg blend guitar and bass, vocal harmony, and original songs & cover tunes with their own personal twist from filk, folk, and any genre of music that strikes their fancy. Their first performance of 2017 is sure to include some brand new music!	Cathy McManamon, Jason Neerenberg	MUSIC
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	All According to Keikaku*	Saugatuck	Our panelists discuss the unexpected plot twists of trying to express the same story using words from a different language, and how translation impacts the reader's perception of a story. (Keikaku means "Plan")	Carl Dayagdag (M), Gail Carriger, Gustavo Navarrete, David Reyes	LITERATURE
Sunday	12:00 PM	12:50 PM	Here's What They Did to My Baby!	St. Clair	No one really knows how the game is played. The art of the trade. How the sausage gets made. We just assume that it happens. And by it, we mean publishing a book. Authors tell the tale of the publishing process from their perspective. Copyedits! Title changes! Other mad alchemy!	Patrick S. Tomlinson (M), Suzanne Church, Jim C. Hines, Marshall Ryan Maresca	LITERATURE
Sunday	12:00 PM	1:00 PM	Afternoon Break	KidFusion Rm 515	KidFusion is closed for one hour in the afternoon.		KIDFUSION
Sunday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Hot Chocolate Klatsch with Mark Oshiro	Boardroom	Talk to Fan GOH about his work while enjoying a cup of hot chocolate.	Mark Oshiro	TEENFUSION
Sunday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	The Evolution of the Zombie	Interlochen	Slow zombies, fast zombies, undead zombies and plague zombies. Over the years we've seen them all. How has the mythos of the zombie evolved and where might it go next?	Scott (Toaden) Maiale, Lesley Conner, John Klima, Cherie Priest, Mallory O'Meara	MEDIA
Sunday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Game of Thrones	Isle Royale	Open, round table discussion of the characters, themes, and theories about what is happening/happened in the show.  Moderator(s) will help guide!	Andrew Drummer (M)	MEDIA
Sunday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Romantic Leads	Leelanau	What makes a good romantic lead? In straight romance, does the guy need to be tough, a bad boy? Does the woman need to be feisty but soft and not like other girls? What happens when your romantic leads are queer and/or genderqueer? How do those heteronormative tropes get replicated or subverted?	Sara Dobie Bauer, Suzanne Church, Seleste deLaney/Julie Particka, Amal El-Mohtar, Gail Carriger	LITERATURE
Sunday	1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Future Performer Suggestions	Marquette	Who would you like to hear perform at ConFusion at the future? If we've never heard of them, all the better.	Mark Bernstein	MUSIC
Sunday	1:00 PM	2:50 PM	Penguicon Planning Meeting	St. Clair	Join the organizers of tech/sf con Penguicon as they ramp up for their April event with their Con Committee meeting, open to all!	Penguicon ConCom	FANDOM
Sunday	1:00 PM	5:00 PM	Netherstorm: Library of Laomis	Ballroom C	The Sidhe city of Laomis was said to be cursed by the gods and has been lost since ancient times.  Now, the League of Boot and Trail claims to have found the lost city's library, but they've lost contact with their researchers.  What wonders will the party discover as they attempt a rescue? 6 PLAYERS. TABLE: Twilight Sparkle	Thunderhead	GAMING
Sunday	1:00 PM	3:00 PM	Open Games and Building for Kids	KidFusion Rm 515	Come and enjoy some games and lego building with friends as we wind the weekend down.		KIDFUSION
Sunday	2:00 PM	4:00 PM	Wizard	Ballroom C	Players compete over multiple rounds based on the number of players, and whoever ends with the highest score wins. In each round, players are dealt a hand of cards — one card in the first round, two cards in the second, three in the third, etc. — then trump is determined by flipping the top card of the undealt deck; if a suit is revealed, that suit is trump, while if a Wizard or Jester (or no card in the final round) is revealed, then the round has no trump. Players then state how many tricks they expect to win in the round. 6 PLAYERS. TABLE: Rarity	SKA	GAMING
Sunday	2:30 PM		Film Room closes	Kensington			FILM
Sunday	3:00 PM	3:50 PM	Closing Ceremonies	Ballroom A&B	Come say goodbye to our Guests of Honor and Special Guests, and learn what we might have in store for you for next year!	Anna Carey, Karen Burnham, Gail Carriger, Jeffrey Alan Love, Mallory O'Meara, Mark Oshiro, Yanni Kuznia, Geralyn Lance	CONFUSION
Sunday	3:00 PM		KidFusion Closes		Thanks for another great KidFusion year!		KIDFUSION
Sunday	4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Feedback Session	Ballroom A&B	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!	ConFusion ConCom	CONFUSION
Sunday	5:00 PM		Dead Dog	ConSuite	Ring out the end of Friendship is ConFusion with the last of the last. We will be open until the food or our patience runs out!		CONFUSION