Quick links: Daily Activities – Room and Venue Maps – Saturday – Sunday
*A quick note: the panel schedule is subject to change*
Room and Venue Maps


Saturday, August 26, 2023
Enterprise Room, Saturday
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It Takes a Village to Self-Publish a Book
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Men Writing Women
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Outpost: Live! (Day 1)
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Walt Disney: Yesterdays Tomorrow
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Anyone Can Be a Hero
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Make Your Own Charms
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How To Read "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkien (and Why)
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Dragon Ball Timeline and Discussion
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Cosplay Q&A
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Cosplay Catwalk Pregame
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Cosplay Catwalk
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Serenity Room, Saturday
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From Warp Speed to Wicked Spells: Exploring Urban Fantasies, Sci-Fi Space Operas, Genre Romances, and Dark Fantasy
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To Seek Out New Life: The Astrobiology of Star Trek
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Alien Earths of our Past
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A Beginner's Guide to Cosplay Buildbooks
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Playing in the Gutter: Reading for more than the action
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"I Hear Voices"
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Batman Meets Snoopy
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Being a Creative with ADHD
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: What Superheroes (and Villains) can Teach us about Materials Engineering
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Cosplay Catwalk Pregame
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Cosplay Catwalk
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Millennium Falcon Room, Saturday
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Using NaNoWriMo to Create the First Draft of Your Novel
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Cosplay and Mindfulness
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Gender Identity in AIs
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Crafting Magic Systems
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Introduction to Cosplay Armor
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James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries
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How to Build a Better Podcast
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Fanvids 101
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AI Assisted Storytelling - 2 Part Series (Day 1)
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Shakespeare in Space: Intermedial and Transcultural Adaptation in Return to Forbidden Planet
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Case files of Rocky Mountain Paranormal
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Sunday, August 27, 2023
Enterprise Room, Sunday
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Outpost: Live! (Day 2)
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The Appeal of Tragedy: Why is "The Last of Us" so good?
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It's Storyboarding Not StoryBORING!
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Cosplay Catwalk Pregame
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Cosplay Catwalk
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May the Force (of Static Electricity) Be with You!
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May the Force (of Static Electricity) Be with You!
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Fly Me to the Moon: The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
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Serenity Room, Sunday
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How to Tell Stories with Public Media
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Cosmic Oddities that Really Happened in Space
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Discovering the Metallurgical Secrets of Beskar
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Cosplay Catwalk Pregame
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Cosplay Catwalk
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Playing in the Gutter: Daytripper and Malika
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The Nature of the Rings of Power
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AI Assisted Storytelling - 2 Part Series (Day 2)
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Costume Conversations: Stories from the new book "My Costume, Myself"
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Fandom for Mental Health
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Millennium Falcon Room, Sunday
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Chair Yoga in Cosplay
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Authors Creating Audiobooks
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Amtgard Demo and Q&A
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Traditional Cosplay vs. Yarn Cosplay
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Clean, Press, Grade
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Digital + Analog: Making Art the New Old-Fashioned Way
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Jurassic Park: Science or Myth
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Get Pressed: A Cosplayer’s Guide to Leveling Up Sewing
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Get your Greek On
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Cosplay is (Not) for Everyone
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Anime Jeopardy
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Daily Activities
Vending Hall Hours
10AM to 6PM Saturday and Sunday
SteamPunk and Superhero Training Grounds Hours
Designed specifically for kiddos, trials, tests, and feats of strength!
Airship Iron Opal Skills Gallery
9AM to 5PM Saturday and Sunday
Come test your aim and throwing skills helping Airship Iron Opal protect the con from the baddies attempting to come aboard and receive a token of appreciation for your assistance!
Jail Bail
Volunteer to be “arrested” and put in “jail” for 5 minutes. Raise the “$5.00” bail money to be released from jail. All funds raised will go towards Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
Steampunk Gathering
Are you interested in Steampunk? Us too! Come gather with Iron Opal, Northern Colorado’s Social Steampunk Group, at our tent outside to chat, share ideas and take some fun photos.
Amtgard Demo
10AM to 5PM Saturday and Sunday
Join the Northern Holdfast (Fort Collins Amtgard Chapter) at an open pit for attendees to try out Amtgard at the playground.
Superhero Training Camp by UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Center and Boys + Girls Club of Larimer County
10AM to 2PM Saturday and Sunday
Obstacle course, coloring station, stickers, and design-your-own comics.
- Crafts at the top of each hour (10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM)
- Trivia & games of strength at the half of each hour (10:30AM, 11:30AM, 12:30PM, 1:30PM)
Cosplay Catwalk
Show off your awesome cosplay skills or just sit back and watch! NO PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Held in Enterprise & Serenity Rooms.
- 5:45PM to 6:30PM Saturday – featuring an intro by Fort Collins Mayor Jeni Arndt and music by performers from the Fort Collins Symphony!
- 12:00PM to 12:45PM Sunday – featuring an intro by Fort Collins Mayor Jeni Arndt and music by performers from the Fort Collins Symphony!
Offsite Events
With every Badge: Two Free Games of Laser Tag at Chipper’s Lanes
FC3 Afterparty – Improv, Drag, and Karaoke @ Bas Bleu!
6PM Sunday at Bas Bleu, 1 block away from Northside Aztlan
Join us for a fun evening of Drag performances, Comedy Brewers improv, and Karaoke at Bas Bleu theater, a short walk EAST of the Northside Aztlan Community Center. Your FC3 badge is required for entry. This is a PG-13 event.
Featured Guest Panels - Saturday
- To Seek Out New Life: The Astrobiology of Star Trek with Dr. Michael L. Wong – Serenity Room, Saturday 10:10 am – 10:55 am
- Men Writing Women with Rachel Rener, CC Petersen, Jessica Khoury, and Carol Van Natta – Serenity Room, Saturday 10:10 am – 10:55 am
- Alien Earths of Our Past with Michael Carroll – Serenity Room, Saturday 11:05 am – 11:50 am
- Crafting Magic Systems with Rachel Rener and Jessica Khoury – Millennium Falcon Room, Saturday 11:45 am – 12:15 pm
- James Web Space Telescope Discoveries with Carolyn Collins Petersen – Millennium Falcon Room, Saturday 1:20-1:50 pm
- ”I Hear Voices” with Brian Cummings – Serenity Room, Saturday 1:35 pm – 2:20 pm
Featured Guest Panels - Sunday
- Cosmic Oddities That Really Happened in Space with Carolyn Collins Petersen – Serenity Room, Sunday 10:10 am – 10:55 am
- It’s Storyboarding Not StoryBORING! with Bill Thompson – Enterprise Room, Sunday 11:05 am – 11:50 am
- May the Force (of Static Electricity) Be with You! with Richard Blake – Enterprise Room, Sunday 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm and 2:40 pm – 3:10 pm
- Fly Me to the Moon: The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing with Richard Blake – Enterprise Room, Sunday 3:20 pm – 4:20 pm
Food Trucks
Geek Themed Vehicles (Parking Lot)
9AM to 5PM Saturday and Sunday
CosplayGround (2nd Floor)
Cosplayer Photo Ops, Meet and Greet
10AM to 6PM Saturday and Sunday
8-Bit Lounge by Games Ahoy! (2nd Floor - The Bus)
Mario Cart and Super Smash Bros Drop-in Tournaments
9AM to 6PM Saturday and Sunday