PenguiCon Detroit 2024 Conference Recap
Introduction
I attended the SF conference named PenguiCon at 1275 South Huron Street Ypsilanti, Michigan at the Ann Arbor Marriott, Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest from April 26, 2024, to April 28, 2024. I attended the opening ceremonies, three panels, and one author reading. This year’s theme was Open Source.
This is a link to the Con website.
This is my badge for PenguiCon Detroit 2024.
Summary
PenguiCon Detroit 2024 Conference Recap
Friday, April 26th at 6 PM
Welcome to PenguiCon Opening Ceremonies:
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They held the opening ceremonies in Auditorium 1 with 40 attendees.
Saturday, April 27th at 10 AM
Panel on The Good, The Bad, and The Yikes with Ericka Kahler and Michael W. Lucas:
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They held the panel in Salon II with 16 attendees.
Saturday, April 27th at 11 AM
Panel on How I Make a Living Writing with Michael W. Lucas:
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They held the panel in Salon IV with 8 attendees.
Saturday, April 27th at 12 PM
Reading with Author E.M. Anderson:
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They held the reading in the Elizabeth Ann A room with 4 attendees.
Saturday, April 27th at 1 PM
Demonstration: Fun With Chemistry with Professor X and Lady Ana
Unfortunately, the presenters couldn’t make it, so the demonstration was canceled. I was looking forward to this demonstration because I’m a Chemist and it sounded fun.
They would have had the demonstration in Conference E room with 10 attendees.
Saturday, April 27th at 5 PM
Panel on Write What You Know with E.M. Anderson:
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They held the panel in the Conference B room with 17 attendees.
Recommendation – Conclusion
I felt the con went well and enjoyed my attendance. My star of the Con was the author E.M. Anderson. They read two chapters from different novels in their author reading and gave insightful comments on their panel about writing. I was looking forward to attending again in 2025, but I have recently heard that it was canceled.
Links
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