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Doors open for seating at 7:30 pm. Staff and eligible volunteers, please remember to sign up by 7:00 pm (at the volunteer desk) for preferred seating.Welcome to Balticon 48! We'll introduce our guests and talk some about the con. This year we're awarding the 32nd Compton Crook Award and the 2014 Robert A. Heinlein award.


9:00 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Guests Reception	Con Suite (2 hours)

Meet, mix and mingle with Guests of Honor and Program Participants in the Balticon 48 Con Suite

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Monday May 26, 2014


TBA AM	Kaffeeklatsche	McCormick Suite (50 minutes)

Moderator: Adrienne Reynolds

Beverage, munchies and conversation with Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson.

Kaffeeklatsches

Monday May 28, 2014

Come and kibitz with our authors and special guests. The sign up sheets for Monday morning Kaffeeklatsches are at our Information Desk, located outside the Dealer's Room. Each group has limited seating, so sign up right right away!


9:00 AM	K-1. Kaffeeklatsche with TBA	McCormick Suite (50 minutes)


10:00 AM	K-2. Kaffeeklatsche with TBA	McCormick Suite (50 minutes)


11:00 AM	K-3. Kaffeeklatsche with TBA	McCormick Suite (50 minutes)


12:00 Noon	K-4. Kaffeeklatsche with TBA	McCormick Suite (50 minutes)


1:00 PM	K-5. Kaffeeklatsche with TBA	McC ormick Suite (50 minutes)


2:00 PM	K-6. Kaffeeklatsche with TBA	McCormick Suite (50 minutes)

Artist Guest of Honor's Appearance Schedule


8:00 PM	Opening Ceremonies, Compton Crook Award and Heinlein Award	Valley Ballroom (1 Hour)

Doors open for seating at 7:30 pm. Staff and eligible volunteers, please remember to sign up by 7:00 pm (at the volunteer desk) for preferred seating. Welcome to Balticon 48! We'll introduce our guests and talk some about the con. This year we're awarding the 32nd Compton Crook Award. We'll also be hosting the Robert A. Heinlein award ceremony.


9:00 PM	SE-5. Friday Face Time: Meet the Artists Reception	(Art Show)

Mix and mingle with the Art Guest of Honor, Art Show and Artist Alley Exhibitors and Balticon 48 Art Program Participants. Music by TBA and cash bar.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014


TBD PM	A-15. Brown Bag Lunch with the Artist Guest of Honor	(Salon C)

Bring your own lunch and enjoy lunch and conversation with Art GoH.


2:00 PM	SE-16. Art Auction	Garden Room

Our Art Guest of Honor may be attending the Art auction.

Special Guest Harriet McDougal's Appearance Schedule

Friday, May 23, 2014


8:00 PM	Opening Ceremonies, Compton Crook Award and Heinlein Award	Valley Ballroom

Doors open for seating at 7:30 pm. Staff and eligible volunteers, please remember to sign up by 7:00 pm (at the volunteer desk) for preferred seating. Welcome to Balticon 48! We'll introduce our guests and talk some about the con. This year we're awarding the 32nd Compton Crook Award. We'll also be hosting the Robert A. Heinlein award ceremony.


9:00 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Guests Reception	Con Suite

Meet, mix and mingle with Guests of Honor and Program Participants in the Balticon 48 Con Suite

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Music Guest of Honor Appearance Schedule

Friday, May 23, 2014


8:00 PM	SE-1. Opening Ceremonies, Compton Crook Award and Heinlein Award	Valley Ballroom

Doors open for seating at 7:30 pm. Staff and eligible volunteers, please remember to sign up by 7:00 pm (at the volunteer desk) for preferred seating. Welcome to Balticon 48! We'll introduce our guests and talk some about the con. This year we're awarding the 32nd Compton Crook Award. We're also hosting the Robert A. Heinlein award ceremony.


9:00 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Guests Reception	Con Suite

Meet, mix and mingle with Guests of Honor and Program Participants in the Balticon 48 Con Suite.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Monday May 26, 2014


TBA PM	K-5. Kaffeeklatsche with Music GoH	(McCormick Suite)

Compton Crook Guest Myke Cole's Appearance Schedule

Friday, May 23, 2014


8:00 PM	SE-1. Opening Ceremonies, Compton Crook Award and Heinlein Award	Valley Ballroom

Doors open for seating at 7:30 pm. Staff and eligible volunteers, please remember to sign up by 7:00 pm (at the volunteer desk) for preferred seating. Welcome to Balticon 48! We'll introduce our guests and talk some about the con. This year we're awarding the 32nd Compton Crook Award. We'll also be hosting the Robert A. Heinlein award ceremony.


9:00 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Guests Reception	Con Suite

Meet, mix and mingle with Guests of Honor and Program Participants in the Balticon 48 Con Suite.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Monday May 26, 2014


TBD AM	Kaffeeklatsche	(McCormick Suite)

Baltcion 48 Special Events Schedule

Friday, May 23, 2014


8:00 PM	Balticon 48 Opening Ceremonies, 32nd Compton Crook Award ceremony, and 2014 Heinlein Award ceremony.	Valley Ballroom (1 hour)

Master of Ceremonies: TBD


9:00 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Guests Reception	Con Suite (2 hours)

Take us up on an opportunity to mix and mingle with program participants and the Guests of Honor. All program participants and Balticon members are invited to attend.


9:00 PM	D-2. Teen & Collegiate Dance Party	Garden Room

FOR FANS AGES 13 TO 25 ONLY. Dance to the music of DJs Daniel Hack & Friends. Ages 13 to 25.


9:30 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Artists	(Art Show) (1 hour)

Meet, mix and mingle with Balticon 48's Artist Guest of Honor, Art Program Participants and Art Show and Artists' Alley exhibitors in the Art Show Exhibit area. Music by TBA and cash bar.


10:00 PM	Friday Face Time: Meet the Scientists	Parlor 1041 (1 hour, 30 minutes)

Meet, mix and mingle with Baltcon 48's Science Program Participants. There will be cheesecake.


10:00 PM	Dancing in the Gears Steampunk Ball	Valley Ballroom

At Attention! All aeronauts, aethernauts, lady and gentleman adventurers, mad scientists, inventors, and other Steampunks and neo-Victorians! Join us at 10 pm Friday night at for a time-traveling formal evening at the Steampunk Ball! Become part of the living clockwork of Victorian and Victorian-inspired set dances and spin madly with your partner to romantic waltzes and lively polkas. No previous experience is needed; all dances will be taught by dance mistress Susan de Guardiola. Music will be an eclectic mix of modern and nineteenth century. Steampunk, neo-Victorian, or Victorian costume encouraged and admired but not required. Airships and time machines should be parked outside the ballroom. No sabers, ray guns, or clanks permitted on the dance floor.

Saturday, May 24, 2014


9:30 AM	Costume Friendly Tech Workshop	Valley Ballroom

Costumers and masquerade competitors, come get some tips from the tech crew and learn how to get the most out of what they can do for you!

Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Balticon Sunday Night Short Film Festival sponsors the seventh annual Balticon Film Premier. See Filmmaking Program for details.


Sunday 9:00 AM Garden Room	Sunday 4:00 PM Garden Room

Monday May 28, 2013


10:00 AM	FTV-11. Film Festival Winners and Coming Attractions	Garden Room

If you missed the Sunday Night Short Film Festival, this is your chance to come and see the Directors Choice and Audience Choice Live Action and Animated Film Winners. The screening of the winners will be followed by Coming Attractions - Lance Oszko spends hours trolling the internet and talking to film distributors to find entertaining trailers to share with us for soon to be released independent and commercial films from around the world.

Book Launch Events

Join publishers, editors and authors as they celebrate the release of their latest works. (See the map on the back of your program grid for room locations - the Garden Room and Parlor 1041 are on the lobby level and Parlor 3041 is on the 3rd floor. Look for directional signs on white grids in the hallways.)

Concerts and Other Musical Opportunities

Friday, May 23, 2014

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Monday May 28, 2013

LARP (Live Action Role Playing) Schedule


All Weekend	Live Action Role Playing (LARP)	(Various Locations)

LARP Registration is $10 per person (covers the cost of materials). All skill level of players welcomed! "Come for the fun...Stay for the mayhem!" The LARP details and description can be found on the Exhibits and Functions page.

Friday, May 23, 2014


5:00 PM	Until 9:00 PM LARP Registration	(Across from Progam Participant Check-In)

Saturday, May 24, 2014


9:00 AM	Until 10:45 PM LARP Registration	(Across from Progam Participant Check-In)


11:00 AM	LARP Opening Ceremonies	(Pimlico Room)


1:00 PM	LARP play	(Con Suite — at the back)

Sunday, May 25, 2014


10:00 AM	LARP play	(Con Suite — at the back)

Monday, May 26, 2014


10:00 AM	LARP Closing Ceremonies	(Pimlico Room)

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Special Events

Dancing in the Gears! Steampunk Ball

Medieval Dance

Swing Dance

Balticon Masquerade

Balticon Sunday Night Short Film Festival

The Liars Panel (proceeds go to BSFS Books for Kids)

Comedy by Mark L. Van Name

The Balticon Blood Drive in cooperation with The Heinlein Society

BSFS Books for Kids seeks book donations all year round! Drop off books appropriate for ages 11 to 18 at the Volunteers' Desk and we'll see that they find their way to a Baltimore City School library!

Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson's Appearance Schedule

Kaffeeklatsches

Artist Guest of Honor's Appearance Schedule

Special Guest Harriet McDougal's Appearance Schedule

Music Guest of Honor Appearance Schedule

Compton Crook Guest Myke Cole's Appearance Schedule

Baltcion 48 Special Events Schedule

Book Launch Events

Concerts and Other Musical Opportunities

LARP (Live Action Role Playing) Schedule

Y'all come back now. There's more coming!