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ConGregate 2014 has ended
Thank you to all who attended. 

Several of the panels are marked with either (AP) or (ET).  ET or Experts Talk panels are traditional panels.  AP or Audience Participation are panels where we encourage the audience to participate.

The Gaming Schedule and gaming registration can be found on the JustUs Productions OGRe System.   Gaming will be held in the Bethabara, Corpening and Moravian rooms.

Additional information: Reg Hours, ConSuite, and Bounty Hunt.

Thank you and Enjoy the con!
 
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Friday, July 11 • 10:00pm - 10:50pm
Geek Girls and Unicorns (ET)

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"Because, like unicorns, (geek girls) are not supposed to exist."
Even with the visible presence of geek girls like Ashley Eckstein, Clare Grant and Felicia Day, 
there are parts of fandom that still believe that "geek girls" don't exist or are "fake." Why is this and what can be done to change the image?
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Rhonda Oglesby

Game on Girl is a weekly podcast hosted by Rhonda Oglesby and Regina McMenomy, Ph.D. They interview gamers and discuss games, gaming, and game culture and their representations in mainstream media. They are also interested in how this fairly new online culture is... Read More →

Guests
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Tricia Barr

Tricia Barr is a writer and professional fan of science fiction and fantasy. Her novel Wynde won the Gold Medal for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror ebook in the 2014 Independent Publisher Awards. Wynde is an epic tale of a young woman’s personal struggle to stay true to... Read More →
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Laura Haywood-Cory

Laura Haywood-Cory has been some flavor of editor or proofreader since her first job after college, which was proofreading yellow page listings for a phone book company. She's been involved in science fiction fandom since the mid-1980s. She has managed two sf conventions, co-founded... Read More →
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Allegra Liana

Allegra Liana (sometimes known as "The Chainmail Chick") is a geek-of-all-trades who got her start in the con scene working with award winning fantasy artist Alan Welch. From these humble, chainmail bikini'd beginnings, she has become a costumer, artist, and model (with an ever expanding... Read More →
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Randy Richards

Dungeons & Dragons / Fantasy Author, Spellbinder Games
Randy Richards originally hails from Chalmette, Louisiana, the actual location of the "Battle of New Orleans". He currently lives in the South, where he runs a photography business and writes professionally.Randy Richards has been playing Dungeons & Dragons since the late 70s, but... Read More →

Friday July 11, 2014 10:00pm - 10:50pm EDT
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