Schedule
Every ConFluence attendee has access to workshops, panels, the cosplay contest, a vendor marketplace, gaming, pop-up activities, and a curated visual art exhibition. Saturday tickets include a late-night dance party.
Every ticket also includes a free swag bag.
Food will be available for purchase on site from local food trucks, and in the 1st floor Public Functionary space.
Special Guests
Tim Russ, Actor
Sat 10:30am-1:30pm
2:30-5:30pm
Sun 10:30am-1:30pm
Aabria Iyengar, Gamemaster
Sat 2:30-5:30pm
Ytasha Womack, Author
Sat 10:30am-1:30pm
Sun 2:30-5:30pm
Evva Karr, Game Designer
Sat 10:30am-1:30pm
Ricardo Levins Morales, Artist
Sun 2:30-5:30pm
Samantha Rei, Fashion Designer
Sun 10:30am-1:30pm
Roger Presa, Cosplayer
Sat 2:30-5:30pm
T. Aaron Cisco, Author/Producer
Sun 2:30-5:30pm
D J Gramann II, Costume Designer
panelist Sat at 1:30pm
Saturday, October 18th 10am - 8pm
CONVENTION EVENTS
9:30am Doors open for registration
10:00am - 6:00pm Marketplace (#144)
10:00am - 6:00pm Community Partners booths
10:00am - 6:00pm Youth Activity Area (#247)
10:00am - 6:00pm Art Exhibition (#247)
10:00am - 8:00pm Quiet Room (#211)
10:00am - 8:00pm Cafe/Lounge (#144)
10:00am - 8:00pm Gaming (Game Hall) TTRPGs sign up
10:30am - 5:30pm Special Guests (#144)
4:00pm - 5:00pm Cosplay Contest (#332) Register here
7:00pm - 8:00pm Performance: Soul Speak Expressions (#144)
PANELS + WORKSHOPS
Full descriptions here
10:30am Black Creators in Indie Comics
10:30am Asian Americans in Geekdom: Celebrating and Complaining in 2025
10:30am Taijiquan: The Art Of Healing & The Art Of War
12:00pm The Work is Mysterious and Important!
12:00pm The New Canon: Diversity Driving Comics Forward
12:30pm From Trash to Treasure: Magic the Gathering Bulk Deckbuilding
1:30pm Community Organizing in the New World
1:30pm Cosplay with Cultural Additions: Embracing Heritage Respectfully
3:00pm Controversial Corners of Star Wars
3:00pm Reimagining Worlds: Inclusive Game Design in TTRPGs
3:00pm The Afrofuturist Evolution
4:30pm Comics and Anime as Safe Spaces for BIPOC teens
5:30pm In the Multiverse with You: Grief, Film, and Multiverse theories
5:30pm Star Trek’s Influence on Social Innovation and Equity
5:30pm Zine Making
7:00pm Blaxploitation and The Contemporary Black Narrative
7:00pm Collaborative Storytelling (in gaming, and beyond)
Prismatic Underground
Dance Party 8pm - 12am
hosted by Fanaka Ndege
feat.
DJ Awa Mally
DJ Sasha Bangz
and performances by
Mexica Xadows, Jojo Ventus Ninja, and Ken Doll
Sunday, October 19th 10am - 8pm
CONVENTION EVENTS
9:30am Doors open for registration
10:00am - 6:00pm Marketplace (#144)
10:00am - 6:00pm Community Partners booths
10:00am - 6:00pm Youth Activity Area (#247)
10:00am - 8:00pm Art Exhibition (#247)
10:00am - 8:00pm Quiet Room (#211)
10:00am - 8:00pm Cafe/Lounge (#144)
10:00am - 8:00pm Gaming (Game Hall) TTRPGs sign up
10:30am - 5:30pm Special Guests (#144)
12:00pm - 2:00pm Toad’s Raceway (Outside Parking Lot)
3:00pm - 3:30pm Cosplay Fashion Walk (3rd Floor Hall) Rules here
5:00pm - 5:30pm Performance: M2O (#144)
PANELS + WORKSHOPS
Full descriptions here
10:30am Black Anime Kids Next Door
10:30am The Science of Monsters
10:30am Baddies Decolonizing the Dungeon Presents… Decolonizing Worldbuilding
12:00pm Canon, Fanon, and Fandom Reparations
12:00pm Turtle Island: Kiti + Jean, an Afro-Indigenous Futurism Perspective
1:00pm Improv Workshop: First Thought, Best Thought, New World!
1:30pm Geeks in Government: Elected Officials of Color
1:30pm From Gaza to Ghorman: Representing Revolution and Building a Movement in Andor
3:30pm Starseeds: Indigenous Futurism – From Planetary Dome to Airport B Tunnel
4:00pm ConFluence art exhibition Artist Talk
4:00pm The Many Deaths of Laila Starr: From Comics to Opera
5:30pm The Boondocks 20th Anniversary
5:30pm Indigenous and Latino Representation Pop Culture
6:00pm Make & Take Shadow Puppets with Monkeybear!
7:00pm Movies from the Multiverse
7:00pm Twisted Futures: Black Mirror and the Legacy of Sci-Fi & Horror Anthologies