Programming (8)
Get excited! Presenting at Penguicon is awesome! Expect to hear from us more often as the event approaches. Please add [email protected] (and any emails from the track head your programming falls under) to your email address book to make sure you don’t miss any of our communications.
We may also contact you if we feel material changes are necessary for your event. If your event is a panel, we may add panelists. We reserve the right to edit event titles and descriptions to better represent events to our attendees.
We would love for you to submit your event proposal to us. If you have contacted other panelists, please include those. As a community-run convention, this comes together only because we all participate!
NOTE: Programming stops taking suggestions for the year on February 1st.
If you have an amazing idea for programming that you can shepherd from start to finish and doesn’t require a budget, you can contact Programming with that request after the deadline, but it is rare that we can make space as we often fill every available room with submitted programming – please anticipate them asking you to try again next year.
We have events in a variety of formats. Most of our events are presentations, panel discussions, workshops, Birds of a Feather (unmoderated discussions), or other interactive activities. We welcome your unique format ideas! Time slots are 50 minutes long. Most events take place during a single slot, though we can accommodate some events that require additional time.
We accept submissions from people of all experience levels. The only qualification is that you are really interested in the topic and able to hold the audience’s attention for an hour. The programming team will choose panels and panelists based on a number of factors. If your panel was not approved in a given year, please try another panel idea or try next year!
If requested before Penguicon, we will do our best to provide presenters with video projectors and sound equipment. Wi-Fi is available throughout the event facility. Please plan to provide your own computer, adapters, power strips, and any additional special equipment you require.
Our pillars are Open Source and Science Fiction, but we accept a wide range of events of interest to nerds, geeks, and fans.
Some of our programming tracks include:
- Action Adventure
- After Dark
- Anime
- Cosplay
- DIY
- Food
- Gaming
- Life
- Literature
- Mayhem
- Media
- Science
- Technology
Track heads, Guests of Honor, and panelists contribute ideas for paneling throughout the year. Additionally, Penguicon members make suggestions that our track heads then try to make happen.
We will do a preliminary review as the deadline approaches. We intend to notify everyone within four weeks after the deadline. If you haven’t heard from us by March 1st, please email [email protected].
There are many reasons we might not select a panel this year, including space restrictions and too many panels on the same topic – please don’t be discouraged, and try contributing other ideas!
Year Specific (3)
Get excited! Presenting at Penguicon is awesome! Expect to hear from us more often as the event approaches. Please add [email protected] (and any emails from the track head your programming falls under) to your email address book to make sure you don’t miss any of our communications.
We may also contact you if we feel material changes are necessary for your event. If your event is a panel, we may add panelists. We reserve the right to edit event titles and descriptions to better represent events to our attendees.
We would love for you to submit your event proposal to us. If you have contacted other panelists, please include those. As a community-run convention, this comes together only because we all participate!
NOTE: Programming stops taking suggestions for the year on February 1st.
If you have an amazing idea for programming that you can shepherd from start to finish and doesn’t require a budget, you can contact Programming with that request after the deadline, but it is rare that we can make space as we often fill every available room with submitted programming – please anticipate them asking you to try again next year.
We will do a preliminary review as the deadline approaches. We intend to notify everyone within four weeks after the deadline. If you haven’t heard from us by March 1st, please email [email protected].
There are many reasons we might not select a panel this year, including space restrictions and too many panels on the same topic – please don’t be discouraged, and try contributing other ideas!