We’ve updated our NoaTW2 page with information on how registrants can add extra tickets for family and friends, how nonregistrants can now purchase a NoaTW2+ ticket for $155. Click here for all the details!
The NoaTW2+ ticket includes admission to NoaTW2 and Saturday’s To the Manor Ball, as well as a Hall Pass to Ascendio on Friday, which gets you into the Common Room, Art Gallery and Vendor room.
NoaTW2 is going to be awesome, amazing, magical and fun and we can’t wait to see you there!

Longtime HPEF-convention presenter John Granger shared his memories of our events going back to Nimbus – 2003, and his thoughts on Ascendio, on his website this week. John is going to be hosting a discussion of all things Potter in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter during Night of a Thousand Wizards; tickets are still available here, and we hope to see you there!

We’re going to be highlighting a range of programming sessions on our Twitter, Facebook and tumblr pages over the next few weeks in the lead-up to Ascendio, so follow up there and there and there! We’ve got amazing programming on the schedule, from Quidditch to character analysis, to wrock and law and crafting, to looks back at fan predictions about the series, and comparisons between the Harry Potter series and classic and modern literature.

Check out the latest Ascendio newsletter now online at http://hp2012.org/?page_id=2490

It features the latest announcements, updates and reminders!

The Ascendio team is proud to announce our Formal Programming sessions.   It includes everything from JK’s women to Snape’s Redemption to How to Make a House Scarf bracelet.  Interested in Hunger Games or Quidditch or online games?  We’ve got that!  How about publishing, crafts, law, education, psychology, history, or religion?  Whether you are a fan of the Harry Potter books, films or both, there is something for everyone!

Click on this link   to see the listing of Formal Programming sessions.  There’s also a online grid to help you get a better view of where and when each session will take place.  Grid Views:   Thursday  |  Friday  |  Saturday  &  Sunday

There are so many different wonderful presentations planned for this year’s event that it’s going to be tough to figure out which sessions to attend.  That’s why we’ve created an Ascendio scheduling app using Guidebook.   You can download your copy now at:  http://guidebook.com/g/Ascendio/

Please remember there are lots changes that happen in conference schedules…even up to the last minute. Please check back frequently for updates including cancellations, session time changes, speaker changes and program additions.

 All programming is subject to change. Please check back frequently for updates.

Attending her first Harry Potter fan event, Afshan Azad, who played Padma Patil in the last five Harry Potter films, is thrilled to attend Ascendio! Fans will get insight into what it was like working on Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, alongside Dan, Emma and Rupert.

Afshan will be doing a programming session where you can hear about her Potter experience and ask her questions, plus there will be autograph and photo sessions throughout the weekend.

Not only that, but Afshan, who is a true-blue HP fan, will be sitting on one of our thought-provoking formal programming panels, adding to a discussion of privilege and race in Harry Potter.

Afshan had to say of Harry Potter and coming to Ascendio:
“My time filming the Harry Potter films was a life changing experience I will never forget. I have taken away memories to last a lifetime and have met such amazing people along the way! We all wouldn’t be here without the dedication and loyalty of the fans and I can’t wait to visit the Wizarding World and all you out there, so we can all share the magic together!