FanWorks 2020 con schedule!
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fanworksThe FanWorks 2020 virtual con schedule is now live:
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Notes on the schedule:
- The con runs on Eastern time.
- If you are in another time zone, you can view the con schedule in your own time zone by clicking "Click here to show times in [time zone]" on the schedule page. (Edit: there may be a glitch in this system, so it might not work properly for you at the moment! We're looking into it.)
- There will be vidshow replays of Sparkle Motion and Premieres at 9:00am Eastern the day after they debut. This is for any overseas attendees who want to watch the shows with company but can't make the evening/night portions of the con schedule (or anyone who wants to get up early to watch again, or is still awake from the night before...).
- Aside from morning replays, there is no scheduled programming before noon. We're doing our best to balance Eastern and Western time zone needs in the virtual format; as part of that, each day's main schedule begins at 12:00pm Eastern.
Thursday:
- The con Discord will open for attendees on Thursday night.
- There will also be a panelist orientation session on Thursday night at 9:00pm; any panelists who can't make that session can coordinate with elipie at fanworksprogramming@gmail.com to work out alternate arrangements. (An email will be going out tomorrow to all panelists that will include information on the orientation session.)
Friday:
- If you're in a time zone where the Friday daytime activities are your afternoon / evening, or if you are just generally available on Friday - come by and hang out! This is designed to be a low-key, low-commitment day of socializing, so that no one will miss any key panels or vidshows.
- We're working on getting a couple viewing parties together; these would be at 4:00pm on Friday and 7:00pm on Sunday. The options for this aren't the most amazing, so we might not be able to do it, which is why these aren't currently on the schedule! But if we can, we will, and we'll put up an announcement of that or any other schedule changes if they occur.
- Fic Round Robin with your host sweetestdrain will be a fun, low stress writing game with fic changing hands and authors as it goes.
- Sparkle Motion is playing at your house! There are two scheduled sessions of Sparkle Motion: one at 8:30pm and one at 1:00am, to keep Sparkle Motion a fun nighttime dance party event in both Eastern and Western time zones.
Saturday & Sunday:
- Panel programming goes from 12:00pm to 6:00pm on Saturday and Sunday, as do most of the themed vidshows. We had so many submissions to Year in Vids and Vidder's Choice that both shows wound up taking up three time slots each, so we had to put a couple shows on Sunday night in the 7:00pm to 9:00pm time slot to make everything fit.
- Premieres is on Saturday night from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. We know this isn't ideal for everyone, but with the schedule effectively compressed to two days and starting at noon, there wasn't much of a way around it. We hope the morning replay helps for other time zones!
Games:
There's a scheduled game every night from 10:00pm to 12:00am. That's pretty late for some, so feel free to drop in for as much as you can stay for!
- Name That Fandom (Friday): Can you identify a fandom based on a deliberately garbled description of the source - or a seemingly unrelated image - or a meme? Join us and find out!
- Trivia (Saturday): A team based pub quiz, minus the pub. If you know things about stuff, you may or may not do great at FanWorks Trivia!
- Fannish Pictionary (Sunday): Come to Sunday night Pictionary ready to throw down your best stick figure art. (Or your worst, we won't judge.)
If you have any questions about the con schedule, you can leave a screened comment here or email fanworksprogramming@gmail.com.
--> View the Schedule <--
Notes on the schedule:
- The con runs on Eastern time.
- If you are in another time zone, you can view the con schedule in your own time zone by clicking "Click here to show times in [time zone]" on the schedule page. (Edit: there may be a glitch in this system, so it might not work properly for you at the moment! We're looking into it.)
- There will be vidshow replays of Sparkle Motion and Premieres at 9:00am Eastern the day after they debut. This is for any overseas attendees who want to watch the shows with company but can't make the evening/night portions of the con schedule (or anyone who wants to get up early to watch again, or is still awake from the night before...).
- Aside from morning replays, there is no scheduled programming before noon. We're doing our best to balance Eastern and Western time zone needs in the virtual format; as part of that, each day's main schedule begins at 12:00pm Eastern.
Thursday:
- The con Discord will open for attendees on Thursday night.
- There will also be a panelist orientation session on Thursday night at 9:00pm; any panelists who can't make that session can coordinate with elipie at fanworksprogramming@gmail.com to work out alternate arrangements. (An email will be going out tomorrow to all panelists that will include information on the orientation session.)
Friday:
- If you're in a time zone where the Friday daytime activities are your afternoon / evening, or if you are just generally available on Friday - come by and hang out! This is designed to be a low-key, low-commitment day of socializing, so that no one will miss any key panels or vidshows.
- We're working on getting a couple viewing parties together; these would be at 4:00pm on Friday and 7:00pm on Sunday. The options for this aren't the most amazing, so we might not be able to do it, which is why these aren't currently on the schedule! But if we can, we will, and we'll put up an announcement of that or any other schedule changes if they occur.
- Fic Round Robin with your host sweetestdrain will be a fun, low stress writing game with fic changing hands and authors as it goes.
- Sparkle Motion is playing at your house! There are two scheduled sessions of Sparkle Motion: one at 8:30pm and one at 1:00am, to keep Sparkle Motion a fun nighttime dance party event in both Eastern and Western time zones.
Saturday & Sunday:
- Panel programming goes from 12:00pm to 6:00pm on Saturday and Sunday, as do most of the themed vidshows. We had so many submissions to Year in Vids and Vidder's Choice that both shows wound up taking up three time slots each, so we had to put a couple shows on Sunday night in the 7:00pm to 9:00pm time slot to make everything fit.
- Premieres is on Saturday night from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. We know this isn't ideal for everyone, but with the schedule effectively compressed to two days and starting at noon, there wasn't much of a way around it. We hope the morning replay helps for other time zones!
Games:
There's a scheduled game every night from 10:00pm to 12:00am. That's pretty late for some, so feel free to drop in for as much as you can stay for!
- Name That Fandom (Friday): Can you identify a fandom based on a deliberately garbled description of the source - or a seemingly unrelated image - or a meme? Join us and find out!
- Trivia (Saturday): A team based pub quiz, minus the pub. If you know things about stuff, you may or may not do great at FanWorks Trivia!
- Fannish Pictionary (Sunday): Come to Sunday night Pictionary ready to throw down your best stick figure art. (Or your worst, we won't judge.)
If you have any questions about the con schedule, you can leave a screened comment here or email fanworksprogramming@gmail.com.
