MarsCon: Full Schedule

For this year’s convention, visit http://marscon2016.sched.org

9:00am EST

Wake Up Yoga

A session of gentle stretching to get you loose and ready for a long day.

Speakers

Jonah Knight

Saturday January 17, 2015 9:00am - 10:00am EST
General Hooker's

Interactive Event, Health

11:00am EST

SCA Medieval Combat

The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating the arts and skills of pre-17th Century Europe. Members will be providing a demonstration of the armored and rapier combat arts they perform within their group, while also discussing the various other aspects of history and combat they study and recreate.

Speakers

Jim Cunningham

Saturday January 17, 2015 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
General Hooker's

Interactive Event, Combat

1:00pm EST

Pickleman Dreams in Green

Interact with Pickleman, Learn to Juggle, and Create a Magical Artifact

Speakers

Elizabeth Pasieczny

Saturday January 17, 2015 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
General Hooker's

Interactive Event

2:00pm EST

50 Shades of Green

Pickleman is back! Join him for a behind-the-curtain look at his latest film, “Dillzilla of Terror.”

Speakers

Elizabeth Pasieczny

Saturday January 17, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
General Hooker's

Panel

3:00pm EST

Alchemy: When Art Turns to Business

Are you considering the jump from amateur to pro? Get the perspective of three experts from writing and music who will help you make the right choices.

Moderators

Joelle Presby

Speakers

Mikey Mason

Mikey Mason spent more than a decade as a full-time standup comedian. He headlined on all four coasts, performed multiple times each on NBC, at the legendary House of Blues, and the Hard Rock Casino. He even headlined the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas. But it wasn’t... Read More →

Sharon Rice Weber

Saturday January 17, 2015 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST
General Hooker's

Panel, Business

11:00am EST

Fandom Now and Then: How Has It Changed in 25 Years?

Reminisce or chart your course for a lifetime of fandom as this veteran panel discuss what has changed and what has stayed the same in 25 years of Cons and fandom.

Moderators

John Desmarais

Committee Member

When you’re the child of over educated parents and grow up in a family of voracious readers, your destiny lies along the path to Geekdom – and a lonely path it can be. The grand revelation occurred shortly after graduating from high school with the first excursion to an actual... Read More →

Speakers

James Allen

MarsCon President of the Board

James Ford “Butch” Allen is best known for his work as Chairman of MarsCon, the longest running Science Fiction Convention in Tidewater Virginia, but has a long history in Fandom in Virginia. He served as Chairman for Sci-Con, president for The Hampton Roads Science Fiction Association... Read More →

Jim Minz

Mike Pederson

Sunday January 18, 2015 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
General Hooker's

Panel, Fan Life