Penguicon 2026

Avoiding Problematic Stereotypes and Tropes 3:00pm - 3:50pm

The Art of the Short Story 4:00pm - 4:50pm

The Evolution of Science Fiction 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Making Toys with High-voltage Electronics. Nixies, an... 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Transhumanism: How Close are we to Cyberpunk? 8:00pm - 8:50pm

Fine Art Nude Photography with a Cell-Phone 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Beginner's Guide to 3d printing for Tabletop Games 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Becoming a Technorganic Combiner: Bringing AI, Fitnes... 8:00pm - 8:50pm

Does AI Require An Ethical Framework? 10:00pm - 11:00pm

So You Think You Can Read Fan Fiction 11:00pm - 11:59pm

OPENING CEREMONIES 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Combat from Far Far Away 4:00pm - 4:30pm

The Quantum Capacitor: New Frontiers in High-Density... 8:00pm - 8:50pm

How To Build Your First Home Lab 9:00pm - 9:50pm

Writer's Block in the Age of Distraction 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Will Write for Loot: How to Start Writing for Games 4:00pm - 4:50pm

How to Choose your Next Programming Language 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Feeling Nostalgic? 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Boots on the Ground: Writing About Real World Locatio... 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Ask the Author Guests of Honor 8:00pm - 8:50pm

A Brief Discussion About Autism: The New DHM 5, RFK a... 10:00pm - 10:50pm

(Re)Create Yourself! 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Let's Make a Movie! 1:00pm - 4:50pm

Operation Snakebite 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Rawson's Realms - The Wild Wild West 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Stitch & Bitch 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Intro to Goldwork Embroidery Workshop 6:00pm - 7:50pm

Daggerheart - Search for the Ice Queen's Treasure 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Talk with the Board 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Man I Love Frogs: An Intro to Amphibian Ecology 4:00pm - 4:50pm

How To Not Start A Cult 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Cope or Nope: How to Adult Like a Real Grown Up 6:00pm - 6:50pm

What Shark Movies Teach Writers About Genre Expectati... 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Descent into Dance Hell 9:00pm - 11:00pm

Running LARPs for Fun and Profit!* 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Modern Day Podcasting 6:00pm - 6:50pm

IT Jobs Landscape 8:00pm - 8:50pm

Queer BoF 9:00pm - 9:50pm

Beginning Locksport 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Self-Harm Survivors 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Dead Man's Draw 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Silent Movie Marathon 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Anime Robots Are People Too- the Japanese Approach. 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Old Nerds Drinking 9:00pm - 11:00pm

Anime After Midnight: Questionable Life Choices Edition 27 11:00pm -
28 1:00am

Fiction Writing: Where to Begin 10:00am - 10:50am

What I Wish I'd Known 11:00am - 11:50am

Effective Worldbuilding 1:00pm - 1:50pm

The Paths to Publishing 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Maintaining Motivation 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Creating Compelling Characters with Agency 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Poetry Isn't Dead, It's Undead 5:00pm - 5:50pm

How to Succeed at Vibecoding Without Really Trying 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Dance Party 8:00pm - 11:50pm

PSTN Demystified 2.0 11:00am - 11:50am

Fundamental AI Prompts for Cybersecurity and Leveragi... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

The World of Solo Gaming 2:00pm - 2:50pm

GODOT 101 - Making Games with Open Source Tools 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Taxes for Sex Workers, Carnies, and Gig Workers (and Any Other Small Business) 5:00pm - 6:50pm

Industrial Automation for People Who Like Computers A... 10:00am - 10:50am

Career Navigation Strategies - Taking Charge of your... 11:00am - 11:50am

Intro to Self Defense 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The Comfort Cocoon 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Intro to Linux for Absolute Beginners 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Retro Game Emulation with Raspberry Pi 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Technical Writing - My Journey 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Surround Sound and TV Setup and Calibration 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Rock Band Open Play 8:00pm - 10:50pm

Book Swap 9:00am - 10:30am

How to Talk to Anyone about Anything 11:00am - 11:50am

Self-Publishing 101 1:00pm - 1:50pm

How To Stay Human in the Time of AI 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Outline Like a Pro 3:00pm - 3:50pm

We Love to Be Scared 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Networking Tips from IT in the D 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Consent, Boundaries, and Geek Spaces 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Wordpress 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Cherry's Chambers 1:00pm - 4:50pm

Rawson's Realms - The Wild Wild West 1:00pm - 4:50pm

DaggerHeart - The Tomb of the Everliving 7:00pm - 11:50pm

Craft Supply Swap Rebirth 10:00am - 11:45am

Mead: It's Not Just For Vikings Anymore 1:00pm - 2:45pm

Black Butler Tea Party 3:00pm - 4:45pm

3-D printed Bluetooth Speaker 5:00pm - 6:50pm

Why Horror? 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Everything You Wanted to Know About Coffee But Were T... 9:00am - 9:50am

Creature Eyeballs 10:00am - 10:50am

Ask a Publisher! 11:00am - 11:50am

Kill 'Em or Make 'Em Wish They Were Dead 1:00pm - 1:50pm

A Family Friendly Chemical Magic Show 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Home Alternative Energy Solutions 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Doctor Who BoF 5:00pm - 5:50pm

The Panel about Panels 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Warfare In Science Fiction - A Survey 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Fantasy+Romance=Romantasy 8:00pm - 8:50pm

Keep it Spicy: Writing Intimate Scenes 9:00pm - 9:50pm

Knitting 101 10:00am - 10:50am

Round and Round the Kumihimo Merry-Go-Round: Explorin... 11:00am - 11:50am

Crochet 101 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Ask a Baker! 2:00pm - 2:50pm

History of Personal Computers 3:00pm - 3:50pm

A Brief History of High-voltage Display Technologies 4:00pm - 4:50pm

Dungeon Master Secret Society 6:00pm - 7:50pm

Disability BoF 8:00pm - 8:50pm

WTF is This?! The Weird World of the Internet 9:00pm - 9:50pm

World Building in a Dystopia 10:00am - 10:50am

Writing Truth in Fiction 11:00am - 11:50am

Worldbuilding Through Food 3:00pm - 3:50pm

What Is Style, and Do I Have It? 5:00pm - 5:50pm

Impromptu - Being Prepared 7:00pm - 7:50pm

The Classic Dungeon 11:00am - 12:00pm

Dead Man's Draw 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Seasonal Anime BoF 10:00am - 10:50am

The Anime Music Video Lounge (AMVs) 11:00am - 11:50am

Ask a Pagan 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Royal Manticorian Navy Reception 4:00pm - 5:50pm

Royal Manticorian Navy Awards ceremony 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Anime Witches- Fun & Fantastic 7:00pm - 7:50pm

Real-World Romance: Anime Rebellion 8:00pm - 8:50pm

Anime Midnight Madness: Three Episodes Too Weird for Daytime 28 11:00pm -
29 1:00am

GoHs Play Sentinels Of The Multiverse 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Hook Your Reader: Starting Your Book 10:00am - 10:50am

Finishing Strong: Writing a Great Ending 11:00am - 11:50am

How to Collaborate with Friends and Not Kill Each Oth... 1:00pm - 1:50pm

The Dreaded Second Draft: Editing Your Novel 2:00pm - 2:50pm

GODOT 201 - Making Games with Open Source Tools 9:00am - 9:50am

Is Fandom a Religion 10:00am - 10:50am

How to Build a Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster 11:00am - 11:50am

Closing Ceremonies 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Fitness Yoga 9:00am - 9:50am

Inclusion Track 10:00am - 11:00am

The Fermi Paradox 11:00am - 11:50am

Navigating Contracts for Authors 11:00am - 11:50am

Crowdfunding Your Way to Success 1:00pm - 1:50pm

Introduction to Miniature Painting 12:00pm - 1:45pm

Writing Short Stories That Don't Turn Into Novels 9:00am - 9:50am

Special Effects in Pre-Sound Movies 10:00am - 11:00am

A Brief Discussion About Homelessness: Playing the Ga... 9:00am - 9:50am

Talk with the Board, part II 10:00am - 11:00am

Draw & Jaw 11:00am - 11:50pm

The Wicked, Weird and Wild Side of Setting 10:00am - 11:00am

The Apocalypse Never Looked So Comfy 1:00pm - 2:00pm