Con on the Cob is all about the learning. With a whole host of demos, seminars, and workshops to choose from we have all your educational needs covered.
     If you have an idea for a seminar or demo of any sort please email Andy and we'll set it up. It can be about just about anything that has to do with the things that happen at Con on the Cob: promoting your game or company, magic demos, balloon animals, how to be a better game master, world building, science, gamer psychology, gender roles in gaming, creating comedy music, web pages, art demos, comics, blogs, whatever... It's all good.

Seminars
Art Demos

Seminar or Workshop Host Place Time
Andy Welcomes Your Shiny Wazoo to CotC Andy Hopp Artitorium THU 3:00pm
Working in Your Favorite Hobby Vickey Beaver Seminar Room SAT 10am-11am
Uh...How Do You Game With Girls? Vickey Beaver Seminar Room FRI 10am-11am
America's Haunted Road Trip Michael Varhola Seminar Room SAT 4pm-5pm
Confidential America Michael Varhola Seminar Room SUN 1pm-2:30pm
The Jester Dragon's Lair Michael Varhola Seminar Room SAT 2pm-3pm
Meet d-Infinity Magazine Michael Varhola Seminar Room FRI 3pm-4pm
Live Special Effects Makeup Demo Zombified Studios Artitorium TBA
Be in the Con on the Cob movie!!!! WNY Filmworks Everywhere Everywhen
The Brothers Barbarian Ken Whitman and Larry Elmore   SAT 1pm
Born to Die WNY Filmworks   TBA
The Final Night and Day WNY Filmworks   FRI midnight
Slime City Massacre WNY Filmworks   TBA
The Rocky Horror Picture Show     TBA

SEMINARS
Andy Welcomes Your Shiny Wazoo to Con on the Cob
     Yeah, this one is pretty much what it sounds like. Also, it'll be followed by a guided tour of the place so you don't get lost.
THU 3pm in the Artitorium

Working in Your Favorite Hobby
Host: Vickey A. Beaver, Savage Mojo line developer, Savage Insider assistant editor
      Games are fun, so surely creating material for them must be, too, right? This one-hour seminar deals with common questions and
misperceptions of breaking into the role-playing game industry. Take home tips for getting the right kind of attention and finding a
good fit for you. Questions welcome.
SAT 10am-11am in the Seminar Room

Uh...How Do You Game with Girls?
Host: Vickey A. Beaver, Savage Mojo line developer, Savage Insider assistant editor
With less focus on gender in many areas of our lives and the advent of online RPGs, more women of various ages are open to gaming. If you're unsure how to make a mixed table work, or if you're trying to welcome the opposite sex to your campaign, this one-hour seminar offers a candid question and answer session with a "girl gamer" to help you out.
FRI 10am-11am in the Seminar Room

ART DEMOS
Live Special Effects Makeup Demonstration by Zombified Studios, presented by Western New York Filmworks
     Some lucky Con on the Cob attendees will get the opportunity to "scare the straights" when Rod from Zombified Studios covers
them in horrific injuries and stage blood!  We dare anyone in makeup to go to the fast food restaurant down the road and ask for a band aid, just take a friend to catch it on a camera phone!  We make no guarantees that the horrific goo we slather all over you will come out in the wash.  Con on the Cob, Western New York Filmworks and Zombified Studios will not buy you new pants.
Time and Day to be Announced

Appear in a Short Film that will be Shot Right at Con on the Cob, presented by Western New York Filmworks
     Exclusive to Con on the Cob, the team from Western New York Filmworks will write an original script and shoot a movie right at the convention.  Come be a star in the first ever Con on the Cob movie!  Space will be limited, so sign up early and sign up often! 
Maybe one of the victims... err, "volunteers" from the Live Makeup Demonstration will get a starring role?
Sign up at the Wester New York Filmworks booth in the Mother of All Marketplaces!

MOVIE SCREENINGS
Born to Die, presented by Western New York Filmworks
     When a murder for hire scheme goes wrong, it is best to leave no witnesses.  Buffa-Low Budget Films and Zombified Studios return to Con on the Cob with a new crime thriller filled with betrayal, revenge and murder.  Also showing will be several short films; including the award winning 48 Hour Film festival entry, Davis. A question and answer session will immediately follow the screenings.
Time and Day to be Announced

The Final Night and Day, presented by Western New York Filmworks
     A group of convicts have found themselves stuck between the living and the bloodthirsty undead. The world as we know it has changed when a deadly virus hits the United States. In the heart of a ravaged city, a small group of survivors team up with a group of convicts to take on the undead. With twist and turns around every corner will they survive the final night and day?  Deftone Pictures Studios delivers a feature length movie with over 1000 individual zombies throughout the film.  Also showing will be several short films; including the award winning 48 Hour film festival entry, Davis.  A question and answer session will immediately follow the screenings.
Time and Day to be Announced

Slime City Massacre, presented by Western New York Filmworks
     A dirty bomb has decimated New York City's financial district and reduced midtown to a post-apocalyptic nightmare. The neighborhood known as Slime City has been evacuated except for the homeless.  In the ruins of a soup kitchen four squatters discover a supply of food that transforms them into hideous slime creatures, driven to murder! Meanwhile, a greedy developer who has set his sights on Slime City hires a team of mercenaries to wipe out the every living thing in Slime City. It s a battle royale between the Slime Heads, the mercenaries, and some bloodthirsty mutant cannibals!  Written and directed by Gregory Lamberson, Slime City Massacre is the sequel to the 1988 cult hit, Slime City.  Also showing will be several short films; including the award winning 48 Hour film festival entry, Davis.  A question and answer session will immediately follow the screenings.
Time and Day to be Announced