Welcome to the programming schedule for Virtual CONfab 2022! You can find everything below on the Schedule page on Conline (you must be logged in) in grid form. Below you will find details of all panels in both tracks of programming, starting with Saturday’s panels. If you would like to download a copy of the schedule as a PDF grid, you can find that here.
You can register to attend CONfab 2022 through October 18th. Information about registration, including pricing, can be found here.
Saturday Programming
Track 1 Panels
10:30-10:45
Opening Ceremonies
Welcome to CONfabulation 2022! We will go over what you can expect this weekend, including an intro to the Con Comm.
PANELISTS: CONfabulation Con Comm (participants TBA)
11:00-11:45
Bingos, Bangs, and Zines, Oh My! Event Running Tips and Resources
If you build it, they will come, but how do you build it anyway? In this panel, experienced event mods will walk you through options, pros and cons, logistics, and resources for managing your event.
PANELISTS: Gavilan, Rebelmeg, Dai, Kay
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
12:00-12:45
Is This Thing On? The What/How/Where/Why of Fannish Podcasting
Hosts of Fic Clique podcast break down how the pod came to be, decisions around ethics, navigating an ongoing project with your best friends, and logistics to consider for fannish podcasting!
PANELISTS: Nic (poppyseedheart), Brenna, Reid
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
2:00-2:45
Our Fandom Means Delicacies (and Delights and Fishing Equipment)
Cake! Clothes! Tea! Middle-aged guys’ first kiss! Nonbinary pirates! Multiple queer canon ships! Rhys Darby: Sex Symbol!?! Plus, Dee’s analysis of Izzy Hands as the Michael Novotny of this generation!
PANELISTS: Dee Laundry, GreenBryn, waterofthemoon
FANDOM: Our Flag Means Death
3:00-3:45
The Super Sekrit Plan for Fandom Recs
Recs. We all want them and we all want a good way to get them. Let’s talk about strategies to improve recs in fandoms you’re in, find the best ones for fandoms you’re getting into, sort for tropes you love, run away from your squicks, and be delighted by a fic or art or vid you didn’t expect.
MODERATOR: Tree Wishes
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
4:00-4:45
Archivers of the Lost Art
If a fanwork is deleted & we never get to see it, did it ever really exist or will all those moments be lost like tears in the rain? Come & hear about the exciting work being done to rescue fanworks. Learn how you can participate in the preservation efforts in some very simple ways.
MODERATOR: ViddersAdmin
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
5:00-6:00
Vid Show
It’s the annual CONfab Vid Show! We’ve got vids from a wide variety of fandoms, including some premiers!
HOST: GreenBryn
Track 2 Panels
11:00-11:45
Franchise Love: Let’s Talk Trek
New!Trek is exploring new views of well-known characters, seeking out different genres within the franchise, and boldly building off of the hallmarks of Classic!Trek. Let’s discuss today’s Trek!
MODERATOR: Jayne L.
FANDOMS: Star Trek: Discovery, Lower Decks, Picard, Prodigy, Strange New Worlds, Voyager, Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation, Original Series, Enterprise, possibly also the Alternate Original Series movies
12:00-12:45
Kinktomato and Rare Tag Squee
Workshop on concept that Your Kink Is Not My Kink (And That’s OK), for both sexual and narrative kinks. Then people will squee a rare tag and we’ll squee too. Content notes will be provided.
MODERATOR: Dee Laundry
FANDOMS: All fandoms welcome, will probably cover Hannibal and How to Build a Sex Room
2:00-2:45
Accidental Accuracy
Come discuss accidentally accurate depictions of lived-in conditions—genders, sexualities, disabilities, neurotypes—where that “peering around the corner” feeling is because the canon where the condition itself wasn’t aimed for is more authentic than deliberate attempts.
MODERATOR: Hannah/Cosmic Tuesdays
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom, examples include Julian Bashir, DS9 (autistic); Jimmy McNulty, The Wire (ADHD); Jenny, My Life as a Teenage Robot (transgender)
3:00-3:45
Man Me a Sand: The Sandman Panel
Let’s discuss the 2022 TV adaptation of Sandman! Casting, adaptation choices, updates for the change in time period, how well it works as a TV show, speculation on future seasons, and more!
MODERATOR: goseaward
FANDOM: Sandman (2022)
4:00-4:45
Aging Characters
Come discuss depictions of older characters in fandom, whether they’re already established as having advanced in age, or someone who’s lived several more decades post-canon.
MODERATOR: Hannah/Cosmic Tuesdays
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom, including Grace & Frankie, Brooklyn 99, Golden Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek
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Sunday Programming
Track 1 Panels
10:00-10:45
D&D – Getting Started
D&D is more popular than ever! Does it sound interesting, but you’re not quite sure where to begin? We can help! We will go over how to find a game that works for you!
PANELISTS: Beanside and Gigglingkat
FANDOM: D&D
11:00-11:45
Where’s the Friends-List option? Your best fannish life
In the age of the algorithm, how do we find our peeps and build community in new fandoms? This is not a rhetorical question—bring your ideas, thoughts, tips, and tricks to this panel.
MODERATOR: Dee Laundry
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
12:00 – 12:45
Divorcing the Creator
Let’s discuss divorcing problematic creators from their media. When is it okay, and when is it not? This includes anyone from the sole creator of a property to actor portrayals of favorite characters.
PANELISTS: aredlily and chaneen
FANDOMS: JKR/Harry Potter, Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, The Nevers, Justice League, MCU, etc.), basically massively multi-fandom
1:00 – 1:50
CONfab Craft Lunch
Gather round during the midday break to show off your craft projects, demonstrate your craft, or chill out with like-minded crafters. This lunchtime event allows for crafting without missing any of that coveted programming! Plus the virtual environment lets us share crafted items not suitable for travel. Join us for some casual hanging out while scarfing down a quick meal – it’s as if you’re actually at con!
MODERATOR: often adamanta
FANDOM: Crafting! Or any fandom people want to chat about.
2:00-2:45
The Marvel Cinematic Universe: What Phase is This Again?
Marvel has just announced movies and TV for the next several years. Let’s chat about the current MCU offerings, what we’re excited for, and how if they don’t bring Karen and Foggy back in the Daredevil TV show, we riot. 😉
PANELISTS: chaneen, Mel/jane_anon
FANDOM: The Marvel Cinematic Universe
3:00-3:45
WTF/F
Where is all the f/f? There are so many great female relationships in media nowadays, but AO3 & tumblr still seem to be very m/m ship driven. Come celebrate your fave f/f ships & maybe find some new ones to watch/read.
MODERATOR: Liz / popfly
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom, will include A League of Their Own, Paper Girls, & others
4:00-4:45
Our Fannish Pseuds: Keeping Them Secret, Keeping Them Safe
During this panel, we will discuss and highlight some cool ways to organize and keep separate our multiple fannish identities online and our IRL personal information.
MODERATOR: Néné Linden
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom, including Lord of the Rings, Our Flag Means Death, Sandman, Yuri On Ice, X-Files
Track 2 Panels
10:00-10:45
Meet Your Reading Goals: New Reads, Recs, Stats, and Branching Out
From OMG to DNF, books take us a lot of places. Discover new ways to decide what to pick up next, fun ways to track your reading progress, and mini-challenges to broaden your literary horizons.
MODERATOR: thegrayness
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
11:00-11:45
Fannish Embroidery 101
A low-stress introduction to a few basic stitches and how you can use them to make fannish projects.
MODERATOR: celli
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom
12:00-12:45
Turn Any Fandom into a Sanctuary
This panel will cover why it is so important to tailor your fandom experience online and how to do it. We’ll explore the best native features of popular fannish websites (AO3, Fanfiction.net, Tumblr, and Twitter), and recommend some userscripts, browser extensions, and software.
MODERATOR: Néné Linden
FANDOMS: Multi-fandom, including Our Flag Means Death, Sandman, Yuri on Ice, X-Files
2:00-2:45
Trope Reconstruction
Come discuss what comes after a trope or a genre gets taken apart. The point of taking something apart to find out how it works is to put it back together again and really see what it can do, now that you understand it from the inside out.
MODERATOR: Hannah/Cosmic Tuesdays
FANDOMS: Superheroes in general, Star Wars, Astro City (superheroes); Gravity Falls (plucky young detectives); The Mandalorian (Star Trek as space fantasy)
3:00-3:45
Ultimate Screen Adaptation Tier List
Join us for an interactive panel where we (with your help!) create a tier list of our favorite (and least favorite) on-screen adaptations of print media (books, comics, graphic novels, etc.).
PANELISTS: aredlily and GreenBryn
FANDOMS: Non-exhaustive list includes: any Neil Gaiman adaptation (Good Omens, Sandman, American Gods, Stardust), Howl’s Moving Castle, Ella Enchanted, The Martian, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
4:00-4:45
Dead Dove: Eat at Your Own Risk
Shipping any new siblings? Got new trends in non-human genitalia? Is your fandom bringing out the whips & chains? Bring your kinktomatoes & private bookmarks; it’s time for our ~problematic~ faves!
PANELISTS: solarcat, chaneen, sophie_448
FANDOMS: Nothing specific planned; multi-fandom discussion