The Schedule
A weekend three-day event happening July 25 - 27, 2025
** Click on each date for details: **
** 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"
--- .
--- .
--- .
5:30 pm: Friday Workshops 2 / "Open Space 2"
--- .
--- .
--- .
6:30 pm: Dinner break
8:00 pm: Evening Entertainment
--- .
--- .
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
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)
--- .
--- .
10:00 am: Sunday Seminars (Session 1)
--- .
--- .
11:00 am: Sunday Seminars (Session 2)
--- .
--- .
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"
--- .
--- .
--- .
5:30 pm: Friday Workshops 2 / "Open Space 2"
--- .
--- .
--- .
6:30 pm: Dinner break
8:00 pm: Evening Entertainment
--- .
--- .
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
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)
--- .
--- .
10:00 am: Sunday Seminars (Session 1)
--- .
--- .
11:00 am: Sunday Seminars (Session 2)
--- .
--- .
12:00 pm: Events complete!
Group excursions: Kayaking & other options