Panels and Workshops
Panels and Workshops are an essential part of the programming for Tekkoshocon. They can be run by guests, staff, attendees, and experts. Guests may run panels on their recent works or even teach you a thing or two about how to break into the industry. Staff may give you some insight on what it is like to help run a convention and how you can volunteer yourself. Attendees help out by providing passionate panels and workshops on their favorite parts of panels. Experts can provide you with all they know about their areas of expertise. Just about anyone can run a panel or workshop.
Panels are programming that is more informative than hands on. They can provide you with information about a range of subjects, from anime to video games, to what it's like to go to Japanand how you can get there too. Someone might run a panel on the hero archetypes in the anime Tiger & Bunny. Workshops are a more hands on approach to programming. These events are where you learn by doing and can be about building model kits, making bentos, learning how to play games, and many other things. You can learn how to paint an anime cell while actually painting it yourself. You can learn how to fold origami cranes and take your crane home with you. Panels and workshops cover a wide variety of subjects, both fun and informative.
Are you curious about the history of the Gundam franchise? Are you dying to know if someone else shares your theory on the 'correct' ending to Silent Hill 2? Have an important question to ask your favorite voice actor? Want to learn how to make an apple bunny for your bento? Do you just need to know where to buy the latest lolita fashion? Panels and workshops are the places those questions get answered!
Submit your Panels and Workshops!
The Panels and Workshops form has gone live!
There are a few things to remember when submitting your panel or workshop:
- Please remember that we cannot accept all panels and workshops submitted.
- Please do not preregister if you plan to be a panelist until after the acceptance and rejection letters have gone out. There will be plenty of time for you to preregister. If you do preregister, specific instructions on how to receive your refund will be emailed to you if your panel or workshop has been accepted. If you do not follow these instructions, you may not receive your refund.
- Only the head panelist will receive a complimentary badge for running their panel or workshop. This is 1 badge per panel or workshop. You must be listed as the head panelist to receive the complimentary badge. The complimentary badge is a regular weekend badge. There are no upgrades available for a complimentary panelist badge. If you would like a Premium badge, you must purchase this separately at the regular price. There is no discount to the Premium badge for being a panelist.
- We cannot provide Mac adaptors for your computer. If you have a Mac computer, please provide your own hookups or find access to a PC laptop. Tekkoshocon cannot provide a laptop for you to use. We will be providing hookups for PC laptops.
- If you wish to serve any kind of food or beverage in your panel or workshop, it must be served in 4oz or less. This is per person, per item. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to email panels@tekkoshocon.com
- Our theme is time travel this year, so we are looking for all different kinds of panels and workshops that cover many, many years of Japanese pop culture and anime.
- We may not accept multiples of panels. If 5 people submit Hetalia panels, we will most likely one choose 1 of them to be accepted.
- Submitting the same panel year after year, convention after convention, may result in your panel or workshop being denied. Freshen up your panel or workshop! Add something new! Do something a little different.
- We cannot provide instruments for panels or workshops. Sorry.
- We cannot provide prizes for gameshows not approved. This approval is from the con chair or the vice con chair.
- Some supplies we may be able to provide for your panel or workshop, but please mention these in your submission form. They will be approved on a case by case basis.
- Failure to show up at your panel or workshop without prior notice may result in your panelist privledges being revoked for all Tekkoshocon Inc events.
- If you have any questions, feel free to ask on our Facebook, forums, or email panels@tekkoshocon.com.
If you would like to submit a panel or workshop for Tekkoshocon X, please use the submission form below. (Form will open in a new window.)
