Join us for our next Casa Con December 13-15, 2024
We started Casa Con in June 2020 as a response to everything that was happening in the world. People were stressed out and needed an escape. With cons gone, we saw many of our friends and creators struggling.
We wondered, what could we do?
Enter Casa Con.
It started out as an emergency con to help bring people together and give them an outlet to forget about the outside world and just have fun. Despite the short notice, we were able to pull off something amazing and the community loved what we had to offer. After that, we brought you two more events for a total of three cons full of speakers and guests from around the world.
Now the world is opening back up and there is hope in the air for in-person events. With that, we have decided that the June 2021 Casa Con will be our last summer event. Don’t worry though, we plan on having a Casa Con every year in December.
Of course, the party doesn’t stop when the con ends. By joining the Casa Con Discord server, you get to join our growing community, be a part of monthly events, and meet talented friends from around the world
Our Partners
2024 Schedule
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM | Opening Ceremony 11:00 AM 11:15 AM | Ethnographic insights into identity culture in VRChat The general idea is to discuss VRChat and its specific practices regarding virtual identity from more general, Japanese, and Chinese perspectives. 11:00 AM 12:00 PM | |
| 11:30 AM | |||
| 12:00 PM | JoJo in Italy Have you ever asked yourself if the Italian references in Jojo are correct?
Well now it's time to find out with Kanako Hime! A J-pop singer and quite ordinary Italian citizen obsessed with Jojo's Bizzarre Adventure! 12:00 PM 12:30 PM | Ja-PUN-ese: Fun with Japanese Wordplay With a limited number of phonetic syllables, the Japanese language is built for puns and double entendres! Come enjoy some of our favorite Japanese plays on words, from dad jokes to poetic double meanings, and see examples from anime and manga. 12:00 PM 1:00 PM | |
| 12:30 PM | |||
| 1:00 PM | Rise of Korean culture in the United States This panel will discuss the rise of Korean TV, music, and movies as it pertains to the United States. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM | The Monetization of Romance Characters in Gacha and Otome Games Join Joleen Blom as she discusses how games have founds ways to monetize your romantic feelings. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM | Dark Tourism in Japan The proliferation of ghost towns in rural Japan has given rise to “haikyo exploration,” or visiting abandoned places as a form of amusement. In this talk, Kathryn Hemmann will trace the roots of dark tourism and discuss opportunities for virtual haikyo exploration through anime, manga, and video games. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM |
| 1:30 PM | |||
| 2:00 PM | All the things we learned from Anime Join a geeky mental health professional to discuss why watching anime benefits our mental health. We will discuss ways we can level up on our own, create our domain expansion or Jojo Stan, fun ways to practice our breathing forms, and how in reality, we do not have enemies. 2:00 PM 3:00 PM | Intro to Thermoplastics You’ve heard about amazing plastics like Worbla, Wonderflex and Sintra, but which material is right for your project, and where do you start? 2:00 PM 3:00 PM | Why do we need to touch grass? Many of us geeks, nerds, gamers, cosplayers, etc., spend most of our time indoors because our hobbies are indoor hobbies. Join us to discuss fun ways to spend time in nature to benefit our well-being. 2:00 PM 3:00 PM |
| 2:30 PM | |||
| 3:00 PM | Fostering Well Being as a Creator How do you stay healthy and happy as a creator? Let's discuss with three awesome voice actors Jonna-Lynn Alonso, Davon Oliver, and Meggie Elise 3:00 PM 4:00 PM | Roll for Mental Health: how tabletop role-playing games turn therapy into adventures Join some of the world's leading experts in RPG therapy to discuss how character-design, gameplay, and storytelling can help those of us who struggle with mental health to tackle the issues that plague our daily lives. 3:00 PM 4:00 PM | Using Improv and Voice Acting to Improve Mental Health Voice Acting and Improv can help us navigate past events and strengthen our mental wellness! Join Boonie & Shawn to learn more about different types of expressive techniques in therapy AND some ways to apply them with the fandoms you already love. 3:00 PM 4:00 PM |
| 3:30 PM | |||
| 4:00 PM | From D&D to Frieren: A History of Japanese Sword & Sorcery Media This panel focuses on the history of D&D's influence in Japan, tracing its evolution through video games, anime, and manga. 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Live Scene Reading AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION REQUIRED: Practice your voice acting skills and read a few lines with other attendees and have professional voice actors Lauren Kong and Paxton Lee provide feedback! 4:00 PM 5:00 PM | Live Scene Reading AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION REQUIRED: Practice your voice acting skills and read a few lines with other attendees and have professional voice actors June Yoon and Meggie-Elise provide feedback! 4:00 PM 5:00 PM | |
| 4:30 PM | |||
| 6:00 PM | Mind Brain Movies x Neurodiversity We love movies so much that we trick one of our co-hosts into watching them, too! We often discuss movies through the lens of mental health, especially from a neurodivergent POV. 6:00 PM 7:00 PM | ||
| 6:30 PM | |||
| 7:00 PM | What Do BL, Radical Feminism, and the Lesbian Community in Japan Have in Common? In this panel, Professor James Welker talk about his new book Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans. This academic history focuses on how, in the 1970s and 1980s, three loosely connected spheres of women and girls challenged the meaning of the category “women” in Japan. 7:00 PM 8:00 PM | ||
| 7:30 PM | |||
| 8:00 PM | Closing Ceremony Announcement of cosplay contest winner, Casa Con future plans, and more! 8:00 PM 8:15 PM |
Friday
-
Opening Ceremony11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
-
JoJo in Italy12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
-
Rise of Korean culture in the United States1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
-
All the things we learned from Anime2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
-
Fostering Well Being as a Creator3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
-
What Do BL, Radical Feminism, and the Lesbian Community in Japan Have in Common?7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
-
Ethnographic insights into identity culture in VRChat11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
-
Ja-PUN-ese: Fun with Japanese Wordplay12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
-
The Monetization of Romance Characters in Gacha and Otome Games1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
-
Intro to Thermoplastics2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
-
Roll for Mental Health: how tabletop role-playing games turn therapy into adventures3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
-
From D&D to Frieren: A History of Japanese Sword & Sorcery Media4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
-
Live Scene Reading4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
-
Dark Tourism in Japan1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
-
Why do we need to touch grass?2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
-
Using Improv and Voice Acting to Improve Mental Health3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
-
Live Scene Reading4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
-
Mind Brain Movies x Neurodiversity6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
-
Closing Ceremony8:00 PM - 8:15 PM
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM | Opening Ceremony 11:00 AM 11:15 AM | Ethnographic insights into identity culture in VRChat The general idea is to discuss VRChat and its specific practices regarding virtual identity from more general, Japanese, and Chinese perspectives. 11:00 AM 12:00 PM | |
| 11:30 AM | |||
| 12:00 PM | JoJo in Italy Have you ever asked yourself if the Italian references in Jojo are correct?
Well now it's time to find out with Kanako Hime! A J-pop singer and quite ordinary Italian citizen obsessed with Jojo's Bizzarre Adventure! 12:00 PM 12:30 PM | ||
| 1:00 PM | Rise of Korean culture in the United States This panel will discuss the rise of Korean TV, music, and movies as it pertains to the United States. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM | The Monetization of Romance Characters in Gacha and Otome Games Join Joleen Blom as she discusses how games have founds ways to monetize your romantic feelings. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM | Dark Tourism in Japan The proliferation of ghost towns in rural Japan has given rise to “haikyo exploration,” or visiting abandoned places as a form of amusement. In this talk, Kathryn Hemmann will trace the roots of dark tourism and discuss opportunities for virtual haikyo exploration through anime, manga, and video games. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM |
| 1:30 PM | |||
| 2:00 PM | All the things we learned from Anime Join a geeky mental health professional to discuss why watching anime benefits our mental health. We will discuss ways we can level up on our own, create our domain expansion or Jojo Stan, fun ways to practice our breathing forms, and how in reality, we do not have enemies. 2:00 PM 3:00 PM | ||
| 2:30 PM | |||
| 3:00 PM | Fostering Well Being as a Creator How do you stay healthy and happy as a creator? Let's discuss with three awesome voice actors Jonna-Lynn Alonso, Davon Oliver, and Meggie Elise 3:00 PM 4:00 PM | Using Improv and Voice Acting to Improve Mental Health Voice Acting and Improv can help us navigate past events and strengthen our mental wellness! Join Boonie & Shawn to learn more about different types of expressive techniques in therapy AND some ways to apply them with the fandoms you already love. 3:00 PM 4:00 PM | |
| 3:30 PM | |||
| 4:00 PM | From D&D to Frieren: A History of Japanese Sword & Sorcery Media This panel focuses on the history of D&D's influence in Japan, tracing its evolution through video games, anime, and manga. 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Live Scene Reading AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION REQUIRED: Practice your voice acting skills and read a few lines with other attendees and have professional voice actors Lauren Kong and Paxton Lee provide feedback! 4:00 PM 5:00 PM | Live Scene Reading AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION REQUIRED: Practice your voice acting skills and read a few lines with other attendees and have professional voice actors June Yoon and Meggie-Elise provide feedback! 4:00 PM 5:00 PM | |
| 4:30 PM | |||
| 7:00 PM | What Do BL, Radical Feminism, and the Lesbian Community in Japan Have in Common? In this panel, Professor James Welker talk about his new book Transfiguring Women in Late Twentieth-Century Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Girls’ Comics Artists and Fans. This academic history focuses on how, in the 1970s and 1980s, three loosely connected spheres of women and girls challenged the meaning of the category “women” in Japan. 7:00 PM 8:00 PM | ||
| 7:30 PM | |||
| 8:00 PM | Closing Ceremony Announcement of cosplay contest winner, Casa Con future plans, and more! 8:00 PM 8:15 PM |
Friday
-
Opening Ceremony11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
-
JoJo in Italy12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
-
Rise of Korean culture in the United States1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
-
All the things we learned from Anime2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
-
Fostering Well Being as a Creator3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
-
What Do BL, Radical Feminism, and the Lesbian Community in Japan Have in Common?7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
-
Ethnographic insights into identity culture in VRChat11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
-
The Monetization of Romance Characters in Gacha and Otome Games1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
-
From D&D to Frieren: A History of Japanese Sword & Sorcery Media4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
-
Live Scene Reading4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
-
Dark Tourism in Japan1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
-
Using Improv and Voice Acting to Improve Mental Health3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
-
Live Scene Reading4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
-
Closing Ceremony8:00 PM - 8:15 PM
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | Ja-PUN-ese: Fun with Japanese Wordplay With a limited number of phonetic syllables, the Japanese language is built for puns and double entendres! Come enjoy some of our favorite Japanese plays on words, from dad jokes to poetic double meanings, and see examples from anime and manga. 12:00 PM 1:00 PM | ||
| 12:30 PM | |||
| 2:00 PM | Intro to Thermoplastics You’ve heard about amazing plastics like Worbla, Wonderflex and Sintra, but which material is right for your project, and where do you start? 2:00 PM 3:00 PM | Why do we need to touch grass? Many of us geeks, nerds, gamers, cosplayers, etc., spend most of our time indoors because our hobbies are indoor hobbies. Join us to discuss fun ways to spend time in nature to benefit our well-being. 2:00 PM 3:00 PM | |
| 2:30 PM | |||
| 3:00 PM | Roll for Mental Health: how tabletop role-playing games turn therapy into adventures Join some of the world's leading experts in RPG therapy to discuss how character-design, gameplay, and storytelling can help those of us who struggle with mental health to tackle the issues that plague our daily lives. 3:00 PM 4:00 PM | ||
| 3:30 PM | |||
| 6:00 PM | Mind Brain Movies x Neurodiversity We love movies so much that we trick one of our co-hosts into watching them, too! We often discuss movies through the lens of mental health, especially from a neurodivergent POV. 6:00 PM 7:00 PM | ||
| 6:30 PM |
Saturday
-
Ja-PUN-ese: Fun with Japanese Wordplay12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
-
Intro to Thermoplastics2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
-
Roll for Mental Health: how tabletop role-playing games turn therapy into adventures3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
-
Why do we need to touch grass?2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
-
Mind Brain Movies x Neurodiversity6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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