Anthrocon 2025: Full Schedule

5:00pm EDT

Thursday July 3, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT

"Welcome to the team! So today is your first day at the SCP foundation? Trainees will join Dr. Groening (Puzz) for your initial introduction you the SCP foundation. The foundation's mission statement is to Secure, Contain, and Protect anomalous items, ideas, and lifeforms.

Often the only thing that protects the non-anomalous from the anomalous (and vice-versa) is a lack of knowledge, so secrecy is of utmost importance!

We will discuss the mission of the SCP foundation, discuss notable anomalies, and do our best to keep as many of our trainees as possible safe from losing all threads of sanity in the process.

Amnestics will be provided for trainees who wish to leave the program."

Speakers

Puzz

Thursday July 3, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Special Interest

6:30pm EDT

Kaiju Kaos: Kaiju in the Furry Fandom!

Thursday July 3, 2025 6:30pm - 8:00pm EDT

DLCC 407

Do you love Kaiju? Are you a furry? Maybe you want to learn the dating habits of Giant flying turtles. Maybe you're wondering if King Ghidora likes video games? Maybe you have an idea for a Kaiju that calls Pittsbugh home? Come along to Kaiju Kaos, where giant monster lovers will present and discuss their love of kaiju and how these massive rubber titans fit into the furry community.

Speakers

Draggor

Con Chair, Fur Squared

They're a demon, but the good kind! Co-founder and Convention Chair of Fur Squared, co-host of Whose Lion Is It Anyway?, host of Charity Whose Lion, and more!Known to run around in a classic DooM Imp suit, as well as the Robbie Sinclair suit!

Bossasaur

Talia Frost Starfall

Thursday July 3, 2025 6:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Special Interest

9:00am EDT

P.A.W.S. on CPR

Friday July 4, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am EDT

DLCC 407

Have you ever been worried about what to do if you come across an emergency? Come learn from an EMT and nationally certified CPR instructor on how to perform compression only CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, and how to use an AED safely. This "paws" on class will give you the basics on how to help before emergency crews arrive to include the steps to follow to get you started on your journey.

Speakers

Backdraft

Friday July 4, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
DLCC 407

Educational

4:00pm EDT

Intro to Paganism (for furries!)

Friday July 4, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

DLCC 407

Ever wondered where our reverence of animals & respect for nature comes from? Curious about the curios? Back for a second year in a row, come by & learn all about ancient religions of antiquity & beyond, how they’re practiced in modernity & how you can customize your own spiritual work. Whether a full-on spiritualist or just starting to dip your toes in, all are welcome to learn!

Speakers

Nessie D

Friday July 4, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Educational, Social

5:30pm EDT

Culturally F'd Turns 10! Screening and Q&A

Friday July 4, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT

DLCC 407

Culturally F'd! The Ursa Major Award winning video series celebrates 10 years of making videos by, about and for furries, exploring the many different forms of media that furries take part in and celebrate. Screening clips from our entire 10 year history including "Fursuit History" "The Bone Zone" "Puplift: A Dogs Guide to Space" and more! Q&A with show creator Arrkay and writer/producer Tempe O'kun!

Speakers

Tempe

Arrkay

Producer, Culturally F'd

Arrkay is lives in Toronto and has been producing video for 10 years. He works in the arts for a small theatre company.

Friday July 4, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Educational

7:00pm EDT

Con History: From Costume Masquerade to Fursuit Parade

Friday July 4, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

DLCC 407

"85 years at Chicon, the 2nd Worldcon in 1940, a female costume maker known by the alias Morojo opened up her room, 689 in the Hotel Chicagoan, as a changing room for the first Costume Masquerade. Morojo’s room would be considered the first Con Suite and Cosplay Lounge. 50 years later these elements would evolve into the Headless Lounge and Fursuit Parade at the first furry cons. Join us for a 85 year long journey from the first fan conventions to the modern cons to today, and show how we are all part of one larger fandom family.
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Speakers

Con History

Convention History Project

Founded in 2013, the Convention History Project is a group founded by university students meant to document the history of modern fan conventions, covering all genres from stf, sci-fi, comics, anime, furry, Trekkie, brony, and more, all extending from the 1939 Worldcon model. Convention... Read More →

Friday July 4, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Culture

8:30pm EDT

ZOOLOGY 101 (18+)

Friday July 4, 2025 8:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

DLCC 407

A semester-length zoology class condensed into a single panel time slot. Featuring ridiculous audience polls, weird hands-on experiments, and strange drawing challenges - all taught by real, actual scientists. ZOOLOGY 101 is the only class where attendance is 99% of your grade.

Speakers

Dr. Wildlife

Dr. Wildlife, often known as "Doc," is a queer and trans zoologist dedicated to enhancing science accessibility through work in zoos and aquariums. With over fifteen years of experience, Doc's global contributions range from rehabilitating injured seabirds in South Africa to tracking... Read More →

Friday July 4, 2025 8:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Special Interest

10:00pm EDT

Hypnokink 101 (18+)

Friday July 4, 2025 10:00pm - 11:30pm EDT

DLCC 407

18+ Do you think your OC is the only one who can be hypnotized in a fun way? Come and learn the basics of hypnosis in the bedroom. We will go over all one needs to know to get started in hypnotizing and being hypnotized in this fun kink. Open to anyone with interest in the topic, regardless of experience in hypno or kink.

Speakers

Space Mouse Buzz

Friday July 4, 2025 10:00pm - 11:30pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, 18+

11:00am EDT

Cartoons Made Me A Furry!

Saturday July 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:00am EDT

DLCC 407

You ever just stop and wonder why you became a furry? Your childhood cartoons may be the reason! In this panel, Codes will analyze the history of animation and cartoons while explaining how it manages to somehow tie into the development of many furries and how it continues to shape the lives of many in the fandom!

Speakers

Codes

Saturday July 5, 2025 11:00am - 11:00am EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Educational

12:00pm EDT

Cynocephali: A History of Dog-headed Peoples

Saturday July 5, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

DLCC 407

Tales of dog-headed people (cynocephali) are widespread in European literature and culture, but they and their significance have varied wildly across time and space. Join Tofte to learn about some of the Classical and Medieval traditions associated with cynocephali and how they came to embody fascination, justice, piety, and terror.

Speakers

Tofte

Hiya! My name is Tofte, a.k.a. Christopher Polt — I'm an alpaca and a professor of Classical Studies who has taught at UNC–Chapel Hill, Carleton College, USF–Tampa, and currently Boston College. I specialize in Latin poetry, Roman entertainment and spectacle, anthropomorphic... Read More →

Saturday July 5, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Educational

4:00pm EDT

Fang, Feather, and Fin: Doing Furry History

Saturday July 5, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

DLCC 407

Fang, Feather, and Fin, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to documenting furry history through interviews, blog posts on specific subjects, and an ever-growing archive of furry culture. This panel will include a presentation on current furry history research and a conversation on the challenges and rewards of doing furry history!

Speakers

Tofte

Saturday July 5, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Educational

5:30pm EDT

Animal Transformation and Shapeshifters

Saturday July 5, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT

DLCC 407

"From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Turning Red, human to animal transformation has been a part of our culture, tradition, and stories. From early shamans and myths to folklore and fables to our modern comics and movies, there are countless stories involving transformation. Join us as we look through the common tropes and elements, the different types of werewolves and werecreatures, and the modern TF community.
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Speakers

Bash the Pinata

Furry Flags

Bash the Piñata!Artist, historian, scholar!

Saturday July 5, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Educational

9:00pm EDT

Creating your own animated film (18+)

Saturday July 5, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

DLCC 407

Have you even wanted to create your own animated film but weren't sure how to start? Join Disney Alumni Grant Hiestand and musician Fox Amoore for an in depth look in creating the nine minute animated short Bora Bora Honeymoon. Topics discussed will include software usage as well as traditional animation techniques used in the production.

Speakers

Grant Hiestand

Saturday July 5, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, 18+

12:30pm EDT

Furry Text Adventures

Sunday July 6, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT

DLCC 407

Gather round, literally, and make your way through some old school text adventures! Draggor, your host, will be subbing in for the computer, so sassy replies are to be expected from sassy commands."

Speakers

Draggor

Con Chair, Fur Squared

Sunday July 6, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
DLCC 407

Fandom, Interactive