Wednesday, March 18, 2026
| 6:00 p.m. | Registration pickup begins | Ballroom D |
| 7:00 p.m. | Conference Opening Presentation | Ballroom C |
| 7:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation What’s Old to a Vampyre?, Jewelle Gomez | Ballroom C |
| 9:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception and Bedtime Snack Menu to be announced. Keep an eye on your email! | Ballroom B |
Thursday, March 19, 2026
| 9:00 a.m. | Information desk and Sirens bookstore open | Ballroom D |
| 9:00 a.m. | Quieter space available until 1:00 p.m. | Ballroom A |
| 9:00 a.m. | Morning Joy! Journal Making, Bethany Powell | Ballroom B |
| 10:00 a.m. | Keynote Presentation What’s Next? The Future in History and Current Practice, Layla Azmi Goushey | Ballroom C |
| 1:00 p.m. | Quieter space closed until 5:00 p.m. for presentations in this room | Ballroom A |
| Noon until 2:00 p.m. | Break | On Your Own |
| Noon | Affinity Group Meetup For Disabled, Neurodivergent, and Chronically Ill Attendees | Ballroom B |
| 2:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations | |
| Roundtable Discussion Lesbians Aren’t Monsters, S.M. Mack | Ballroom A | |
| Presentation and Discussion Imagining Abolition: Justice Work Between Realities, Bethany Powell | Ballroom B | |
| Lecture Fear in the Body, Sarah Gailey | Ballroom C | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations Continue | |
| Field Trip Meetup and Departure Point Preserving Marginalized Voices: Visiting the Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Jennifer Shimada *Limited to first 20 participants. | Ballroom A | |
| Workshop What Do We Mean By Tomorrow?, Jewelle Gomez | Ballroom B | |
| Short Lectures Asian Mental Health in Turning Red and K-Pop Demon Hunters, Faye Bi Speculative Subjectivity and Recognition in Parable of the Sower and Iron Widow, Maile Chaplar | Ballroom C | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations Continue | |
| Lecture and Roundtable Discussion Queerness in Fairytales: How Asexuality Defies Heteronormativity in “Well Suited,” Kelsey Costa | Ballroom B | |
| Lecture Protester Health and Safety Tactics 101, Diana Pho | Ballroom C | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Quieter space re-opens | Ballroom A |
| 5:00 p.m. | Bookstore Social | Ballroom D |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner pickup begins for those with contagion or other safety concerns, and for those with pre-arranged dietary restrictions plates | Ballroom B |
| 6:15 p.m. | Dinner begins for general attendees Food will be available from 6:15 to 7:00 p.m., and the room remains open until the keynote presentation begins. Menu to be announced. | Ballroom B |
| 8:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation Race and Robots: A Not-So-Brief History with a Not-So-Happy Ending, Micaiah Johnson | Ballroom C |
| 10:00 p.m. | Information desk and conference spaces closed for evening |
Friday, March 20, 2026
| 9:00 a.m. | Information desk and Sirens bookstore open | Ballroom D |
| 9:00 a.m. | Quiet room opens | Ballroom A |
| 9:00 a.m. | Morning Joy! Friendship, Floss, and Fun, Manda Lewis | Ballroom B |
| 10:00 a.m. | Keynote Presentation The Creative Act of Editorial, Diana Pho | Ballroom C |
| Noon until 2:00 p.m. | Break | On Your Own |
| Noon | Affinity Group Meetup For BIPOC Attendees | Ballroom B |
| 1:00 p.m. | Quieter space closed until 5:00 p.m. for presentations in this room | Ballroom A |
| 2:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations | |
| Lecture and Roundtable Discussion Practicing Social Justice Through RPGs, Kristina Palmer | Ballroom A | |
| Workshop How to Solarpunk, BrightFlame | Ballroom B | |
| Lecture On Worldbuilding, Kelly Barnhill | Ballroom C | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations Continue | |
| Practicing Play RPG One-Shot Campaigns, Kristina Palmer | Ballroom A | |
| Lecture and Workshop How to Dream in Picture Book Art, Nivair Gabriel | Ballroom B | |
| Conversation Publishing and Racial Justice, Faye Bi, Micaiah Johnson | Ballroom C | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations Continue | |
| Practicing Play (continued session) RPG One-Shot Campaigns, Kristina Palmer | Ballroom A | |
| Conversation In It for the Long Haul: Building and Maintaining Community and Friendships, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman | Ballroom B | |
| Lecture The High Strangeness of Slipstream, Layla Azmi Goushey | Ballroom C | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Quieter space re-opens | Ballroom A |
| 5:00 p.m. | Bookstore Social | Ballroom D |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner pickup begins for those with contagion or other safety concerns, and for those with pre-arranged dietary restrictions plates | Ballroom B |
| 6:15 p.m. | Dinner begins for general attendees Food will be available from 6:15 to 7:00 p.m., and the room remains open until the keynote presentation begins. Menu to be announced. | Ballroom B |
| 8:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation Scary Tales for Scary Times, Lilliam Rivera | Ballroom C |
| 10:00 p.m. | Information desk and conference spaces closed for evening |
Saturday, March 21, 2026
| 9:00 a.m. | Information desk and Sirens bookstore open | Ballroom D |
| 9:00 a.m. | Morning Joy! Crafty Cartography, Manda Lewis | Ballroom B |
| 10:00 a.m. | Keynote Presentation How We Tell Stories When Our World Falls Apart, Kelly Barnhill | Ballroom B |
| Noon until 2:00 p.m. | Break | On Your Own |
| Noon | Affinity Group Meetup For LGBTQIA+ Attendees | Ballroom B |
| 2:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation Why Are We Mermaids?, Stephanie Burt | Ballroom B |
| 4:00 p.m. | Faculty and Community Presentations | |
| Conversation The Artist in Interesting Times, Stephanie Burt, Sarah Gailey, Lilliam Rivera | Ballroom B | |
| Following presentations until 6:00 p.m. | Break | On Your Own |
| 6:00 p.m. | Bookstore Social | Ballroom D |
| 7:00 p.m. | Sirens Night Market Menu to be announced. | Ballroom B and C |
| 10:00 p.m. | Information desk and conference spaces closed for evening |
Sunday, March 22, 2026
| 8:00 a.m. | Information desk and Sirens bookstore open | Ballroom D |
| 8:00 a.m. | Luggage storage available once your breakfast time begins (hotel checkout at 11:00 a.m.) | Ballroom B |
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast pickup begins for those with contagion or other safety concerns, and for those with pre-arranged dietary restrictions plates | Ballroom B |
| 8:15 a.m. | Breakfast begins for general attendees Food will be available from 8:15 to 9:00 a.m., and the room remains open until the keynote presentation begins. | Ballroom B |
| 9:00 a.m. | Keynote Presentation No Good People, Sarah Gailey | Ballroom C |
| 11:00 a.m. | Conference Closing Presentation | Ballroom C |
| Noon | Information desk, bookstore, and other spaces close |