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Greetings, wizards, witches, Muggles, and magical creatures!
Greetings, witches, wizards, Muggles, and magical creatures!
I am Flourish Klink, and I'm the Minister of Magic
- con organizer - for Ascendio 2012.
I've decided to start making videos on the theory that they're more fun than blog posts.
So.
Number one. What is Ascendio?
Ascendio is a Harry Potter fan convention grafted onto an academic conference.
And it all takes place inside the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando.
We start off with over 100 hours of academic programming.
Which is fans, academics, aca-fans,
Talking about both the Harry Potter books and also about the Harry Potter fandom.
That's lectures, that's discussions
that's round tables, that's even crafting sessions.
And then we add on a generous helping of people in robes and hats,
meeting friends they see once or twice a year,
grabbing meals together, discussing what they love, they hate, they wish they could know about the world of Harry Potter.