Panels – Escapade

The Escapade 2023 Schedules are Posted! (Including Chalk & Cheese)

Escapade Schedule | Escapade In Person Timeline | Escapade Online Timeline

Escapade has historically aimed for provocative panel topics, because we think a bunch of people sitting in a panel titled, “Tony Stark is Hot!” and agreeing that Tony Stark is hot (and he is) can get a bit boring. Timely and energized panel topics have become more of a challenge with the advent of internet conversations that continue around the clock and around the globe, but we still have fun with engaging and evocative panel topics and moderators, and have space and flexibility to create DIY panels or other gatherings on the fly. Champions for two (or many) sides of a topic make many discussion panels more exciting and entertaining.

Attendees nominate panel ideas, topics, and descriptions. They volunteer to moderate or co-moderate panels, and vote to determine what panels make the schedule.

Escapade Panel Tracks

Escapade panels are divided into three tracks

General (aka “meta”) panels

These topics cross fandom lines or focus on fans and fandom. Recent examples include Fandom Post-Slash? and Identity Imposter Syndrome: Am I Queer Enough?

Fandom-specific panels

These can dig into a specific show’s canon. Recent examples include MCU Phase 4 – The Death of Everything We Held Dear?, and Venom: Mainstreaming Tentacle Fucking

Tech and Alt panels

Tech panels are more instructive: vidding, fan/web integration, writing, etc. Recent examples include Lend Me Your Ears: Vids and Music and Pegging! A Delightful Intro. Alternate programming shares space with the Tech track.

COMPLETE: Suggest a Panel

Your panel suggestions are the starting point for the Escapade schedule. Early panel suggestions go onto the ballot for voting. After the deadline, you can still suggest write-in panels that will be considered for the schedule.

Suggest

COMPLETE: Vote for Panels

The panel ballot, created from your suggestions, will be open for voting until 1/23/2023. Then we contact the volunteer moderators, and perform some magic to post the schedule about ten days before the con starts. You can still suggest write-in panels!

Vote

DIY Panels, and Meetups, and Parties. Oh, my!

We will have some options for Escapade members (both in person and online) to schedule new panels, parties, or other gatherings, or continue any conversation that might run over it’s scheduled time-slot. If you panel suggestion doesn’t make the main schedule, you can still plan it, schedule it, and either moderate it or strong-arm a friend into helping out.