Welcome to our Program Ideas page! Below is a list of ideas for panels, presentations, and other programming, that have been submitted to us.

If you have an idea for programming, and/or if you'd like to participate and be on one of the panels or presentations below, click on the appropriate link!

Programming Ideas That Have Been Submitted To Us For 2025

Event Title: Revolution Dance Party

Description: 2D Con in conjunction with MarsCon presents REVOLUTION! Join the DJs from 2D Con for a night of dancing at the ultimate intergalactic dance party. We’ve got an amazing lineup of DJs spinning remixes all night long. It will be out of this world!

Suggested by: 2D Con on 9/26/24

Event Title: Rockin Tattoos

Description: Come get some fresh ink from Rockin Tattoos, tattoo room. Featuring amazing tattoo artists with different styles, and designs from the nerd universe! Tattoo prices are dependent on artist rates and piece.

Suggested by: Rockin Tattoos on 9/26/24

Event Title: Sci-fi Series Revisited

Description: Let’s talk about our favorite TV shows which are currently in the rearview mirror. Maybe they are a distant, pleasant memory. Maybe we are trying to revive them or simply revisit. Alias, Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Heroes, Smallville, Earth 2, and of course Babylon 5.

Suggested by: CL on 9/16/24

Event Title: FX Makeup Techniques, Trauma Makeup

Description: Cuts and bruises and gashes, oh my! Have you ever wanted to up your cosplay makeup game and create realistic looking wounds and trauma looks? This FX makeup panel will show you step by step how to create bruising, cuts, and gashes, perfect for zombie/horror looks, or any “traumatic” cosplay! For beginners to intermediate.

Suggested by: Kevin Doheny on 9/16/24

Event Title: Hentai Game Show!

Description: Join us for an adult (18+) game show where contestants compete for prizes. Volunteers from the audience competeand play adult-themed games. These fun naughty games are for aliens and humans alike. Come show us your bawdy side, or just be a voyeur! Prizes donated by Fantasy Gifts.

Suggested by: Kevin Doheny on 9/16/24

Event Title: Hallway Costume Contest

Description: Our Hallway Costume Contest begins at the start of the con on Friday and goes until 5pm Saturday. The best part is you don’t have to sign up or do anything, other than wear your costume around con. We will have secret judges roaming the halls, and if you win, they will award you with a special button (bragging rights!), and your picture will be posted on our website and social media. There will be multiple winners during the weekend!

Suggested by: Kevin Doheny on 9/16/24

Event Title: New At Disney Parks

Description: Join us for an exciting and magical journey as we explore the latest and greatest updates coming to Disney Parks in 2025! Whether you’re a seasoned Disney fan or a first-time visitor, this program is your ultimate guide to all the new attractions, shows, dining experiences, and magical moments awaiting you at Disney Parks worldwide. Stay up-to-date with what’s new and discover how Disney continues to innovate and enchant visitors of all ages.

Suggested by: Tony Artym 7/7/24

Event Title: How Rogue Can You Go?

Description: A full-length Comedy Improv story to fill in the details of what occurred during the Opening Ceremonies by having the Audience answer the question “what if.”

What if…the audience dictated plot-twists, script direction, cast changes, and character development from interaction throughout the show.
What if indeed!

Suggested by: Variety Exhumed 7/31/24

Event Title: Scenes From A Hat, MarsCon Edition

Description: Improv comedy from a local long running improv troupe, TV, online, and stage show. SFAH has been making audiences laugh since 2017. 

Suggested by: Steve Murphy 3/15/24

Here are some great examples of Program (panel) Ideas that we’ve received in the past:

  • Sewing tips and tricks for newbies
  • How to become a Ghostbuster
  • Turning leather into cosstumes
  • Building costume confidence
  • FX makeup demonstration
  • Holy Bongwater (concert)
  • Even a Partial Dyson Sphere/swarm is a game changer.
  • 88 Starship Interstellar Exploration Update
  • How to write badly…and why you should
  • Comedy Writing
  • Hentai Game Show
  • Children’s Fantasy & Science Fiction
  • Cosplay Under Cover
  • ZARGS: Zombies, Aliens, Raptors & Graboids!
  • Arming your costume; building prop weapons on a budget
  • Live painting demo (prop painting)
  • Klingon belching contest
  • Discussions with Author Guests of Honor
  • Panel Karaoke
  • Craziest Japanese commercials
  • LGBTQ+ Fiction and Media
  • Everything you wanted to know about filmmaking (but were afraid to ask)
  • Don’t harsh the squee
  • Sci-fi & fantasy spies
  • Godzilla through the decades
  • Remote Viewing and the Gateway experience
  • Missing the Point: a discussion of fight choreography
  • Basic Kimu and sword techniques
  • Haedong Kumdo demonstration
  • Debunking the myths of AI (artificial intelligence)
  • Scenes from a Hat: improv comedy
  • Life on Jupiter
  • Those who cannot remember the past cannot rely on books