The Schedule

A weekend three-day event happening  July 25 - 27, 2025
** Click on each date for details: **

Friday (July 25) Timeline - click to expand

(Group excursions:  Hiking & other options)

4:00 pm: Welcome, Intro to the Open Spaces

4:30 pm: Friday Workshops 1 / "Open Space 1"

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5:30 pm: Friday Workshops 2 / "Open Space 2"

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6:30 pm:  Dinner break

8:00 pm:  Evening Entertainment

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10:00 pm:  Friday wrap-up

Saturday (July 26) Timeline - click to expand

9:00 am: Doors Open & Registration  

10:00 - 10:15 am:   NaNoCon Welcome

10:15 - 10:35 am: Opening Speaker 1

10:35 - 10:45 am    Intro to the Workshops & Panels 

10:45 - 11:00 am: Break, movement to Workshops

11:00 - 11:50 pm  Workshops & Panels - session 1  (Breakout sessions)

12:00 - 12:50 pm  Workshops & Panels - session 2  (Breakout sessions)

Lunch Break  12:50 - 2:15 pm

2:15 - 2:35 pm   Speaker 2

2:40 - 3:00 pm   Speaker 3

3:05 - 3:25 pm   Speaker 4


Coffee Break  3:25 - 3:45 pm


3:45 - 4:15 pm   Speaker 5

4:20 - 4:50 pm   Speaker 6

Break  4:50 - 5:00 pm

5:00 - 5:45 pm:  Keynote presentation   Seth Andrews

5:45 - 6:00 pm    NaNoCon Wrap-Up

6:00 - 6:30 pm   Movement to the Afterparty

6:30 - 9:00  Dinner ($38) & Afterparty on the lake

8:30 - 9:45   Candi Carpenter show 


Sunday (July 27) Timeline - click to expand

10:00 am:  Charity project  (concurrent)

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10:00 am:  Sunday Seminars (Session 1)

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11:00 am:  Sunday Seminars (Session 2)

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12:00 pm:  Events complete!

Group excursions:  Kayaking & other options

Friday Schedule (July 25) - in detail:

(Group excursions:  Hiking & other options)

4:00 pm: Welcome, Intro to the Workshops & Open Spaces

4:30 pm: Friday Workshops 1 / "Open Space 1"

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5:30 pm: Friday Workshops 2 / "Open Space 2"

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6:30 pm:  Dinner break

8:00 pm:  Evening Entertainment

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10:00 pm:  Friday wrap-up

Saturday Schedule (July 26) - in detail:

9:00 am: Doors Open & Registration   

NaNoCon Welcome

10:00 - 10:15 am: Team NaNo 

Opening - Speaker 1

10:15 - 10:35 am

10:35 - 10:45 am    Intro to the Workshops & Panels 

10:45 - 11:00 am: Break, movement to Workshops

11:00 - 11:50 pm  (Breakout sessions, see Workshops page for details)

12:00 - 12:50 pm  (Breakout sessions, see Workshops page for details))

Lunch Break  12:50 - 2:15 pm

Speaker 2

2:15 - 2:35 pm

Speaker 3

2:40 - 3:00 pm

Speaker 4

3:05 - 3:25 pm

Coffee Break  3:25 - 3:45 pm

Speaker 5

3:45 - 4:15 pm

Speaker 6

4:20 - 4:50 pm

Break  4:50 - 5:00 pm

Seth Andrews

5:00 - 5:45 pm:  Keynote presentation

5:45 - 6:00 pm    NaNoCon Wrap-Up

6:00 - 6:30 pm   Movement to the Afterparty

Afterparties

6:30 - 9:00  Dinner & Afterparty!

Picture a beautiful evening on a terrace overlooking the lake, hanging out with the speakers and your secular friends, enjoying great food and a cash bar!  The catered BBQ dinner will include choice of two entrees (with a lovely vegan option) for only $38, advance reservations recommended, available when you get your Tickets.  (limited reservations available)

8:30 - 9:45   Candi Carpenter show

Full set by the brilliant atheist artist Candi Carpenter, details here!    With a wild life story, an emotional live show, and new material out this April, Candi Carpenter is the viral sensation that Nashville can't keep a secret for much longer. 

Full acoustic set Saturday evening following the Dinner afterparty  (show is free with your NaNoCon pass!) 

Sunday Schedule (July 27) - in detail:

10:00 am:  Charity project  (concurrent)

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10:00 am:  Sunday Seminars (Session 1)

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11:00 am:  Sunday Seminars (Session 2)

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12:00 pm:  Events complete!

Group excursions:  Kayaking & other options