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Art & History

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Leather and Other Tales: Writing Erotic fiction
Fri
Max Potter
CARAS Bob Mizer, Beefcake, and the Spanko Subculture
Fri
SpankDaddy Justin
CARAS Learn to be a Leather Community Oral Historian!
Fri
Robert Bienvenu
SpankDaddy Justin
Kevin Henderson
Gear History: Leather and Pups
Sat
Daddy Steel
Kink Identity in the AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sat
Kamal Kam
CARAS Chemists and Kinksters: Poppers Culture
Sat
Jay
Gay Erotic Art Histories: Collecting & Learning
Sat
Michael Dym
Pup History: 40 Years of Bark, Bite & Belonging
Sat
Alpha Pup Bruzr/Animal J Smith
CARAS The DungeonMaster: Tony DeBlase and BDSM Culture
Sat
Anthony Carey
CARAS Learn to be a Leather Community Oral Historian!
Sat
Robert Bienvenu
SpankDaddy Justin
Kevin Henderson
History and Legacy of Gay Leather Culture in US
Sun
Dr. X-Ray
Jake Woods
Queen Takes Knight
Sun
Ms Brenda
slave arcane
Erotica Readers and Writers Roundtable and Meet up
Sun
Max Potter
The History of Fisting
Sun
Kamal Kam

Bondage

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Leveling up your rope bottoming skills
Fri
Hounds-Tooth
Oliver Klossof
Shibari Rope Bondage Basics
Fri
LostBoysDaddy
Autism in Rope Bondage
Fri
(Sir) Trey
pup jack
Exploring shapes with rope
Fri
Oliver Klossof
Hounds-Tooth
Sparky Puppy
Progressive Chair Tie for Any Chair
Fri
Oras (Whipsnropes)
Rope, Without the Bondage
Fri
Rhyse
Esther
Rope Bondage 101
Fri
Jeremy Rigger
Pup Hudson
Toss Em' Around: Shibari Harnesses for Leverage
Fri
Rhyse
Esther
Introduction to Rope/Shibari
Sat
Greg (Emryth)
Rope Play (Self Tying for Beginners)
Sat
Baby A
Hounds-Tooth
Partners in Rope: Active Bottoming Skills
Sat
Justin
Rope Bondage: Beyond the Basics
Sat
Kambani
Rope Suspension Taster
Sat
Jeremy Rigger
Pup Hudson
Deconstructing Rope
Sat
Dash
slave andy
Vacuum Bondage DIY and Beyond
Sat
Kambani
Sunday Rope Bondage Practice
Sun
Visible Restraint

Community

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
CARAS Kink Studies: What Is It, What Could It Be?
Fri
Katherine King
Robert Bienvenu
Emma Cappadona
Liberating Masculinity One Layer at a Time
Fri
boy Mayura ONYX
CARAS Toward An Autonomous Theory of Leather and Kink?
Fri
Kevin Henderson
Building your leather connections
Fri
Sir Squishy
CARAS CARAS Research Scientific Posters Session
Fri
Andrea Echols
CARAS Community Self-Defining Sexual Practices
Sat
Iris Olson
FedTalk: Achieving Your Goal Body Through Gaining
Sat
Stefan
Lights Camera ACTION! Stepping Into Adult Content
Sat
Sir Kirk
Noah Gold
Pull Back the Curtain! A Sex Worker Q&A
Sat
Sir Kirk
Jared Erikson
Boy Ty
Dungeon Parties on a Budget
Sun
Josh Simon
Latin American History of Leather Clubs
Sun
Sgt. Alex
CARAS Measuring Leather & Kink Practices and Identities
Sun
Robert Bienvenu
The BIPOC Dominant Collective: A Panel Discussion
Sun
Daddy Warren
Kamau Onyx
Caucus for Asians and their Allies: A Group (w)Rap
Sun
Glen

Dynamics

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Starting the Journey into Deep Submission
Fri
TNKinkster
Yes Sir, Thank You Ma’am: Etiquette in D/s
Fri
kevin
Being Better Brats & Taming Tempestuous Twerps
Fri
Brooks
Nathan
Love, Lies & Red Flags
Fri
Candi_Fire
Beyond the 100% active - 100% submissive binary
Fri
English Leather Master
Dimitri
Dual Dominance edge to edge
Fri
Cowboy
High Protocol English Tea
Fri
Alixzander
Leather Sir/ Daddies Creating Legacy Through Lea
Fri
Master Eli Ra
CARAS Subspace, Topspace, and the Brain
Fri
Brad Sagarin
Embracing Your Kinky Life Using an Elder's Wisdom
Fri
Chuck Fullman
Unleash the Beast within
Fri
Cowboy
CharmingKinkArt
Mentoring Inexperienced Submissives
Fri
Sir Erik
Boy Colt
The 3 C’s of Healthy Sex: Consent, Communication
Sat
Nathan Ruark
CARAS There's Power in Consent, Intentionally or Not
Sat
Jessica Johnson
Two Doms, One Sub: The Art of Multi-Dominant Play
Sat
Daddy Warren
Hypnos ONYX
Build-a-Fear Workshop: Fear Play 101
Sat
Alixzander
Long Distance Power Exchange
Sat
Sir Squishy
CARAS Power and Partnership
Sat
Percy Castellanos
BDSM Negotiations to Build a Better Bond
Sun
LostBoysDaddy
Mental Chess: playing with brats
Sun
Melancholy Ghost
BDSM Negotiation 201: Navigating Race in Leather
Sun
(Sir) Trey
Maintaining Dominance While Being Fucked
Sun
Skeleton_Bitch
Master & slave Dynamics; Looking Beyond The Slash
Sun
Master Eli Ra
Slave wayne

Fetish

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Hypnosis Educators Panel
Fri
Visible Restraint
Neil
English Leather Master
Kent Henry
Saline Infusion Demo
Fri
Sir Arcane
Briar KittyCat
CHASTITY: Locked, Loaded, & Flooded with Dopamine
Fri
Daniel V
HypnoPatch - a way of becoming who you want to be
Fri
English Leather Master
Dimitri
Cigar Play 101
Fri
Weasel
Orca
50 Questions about Pup Play
Fri
pup Spaz
Pup Bandit
Erotic Hypnosis: Introductory Intensive
Fri
Visible Restraint
Logos Griffin
Beyond the Doggie Bowl: Discuss Your Dark Fetishes
Fri
Pup Ashtray Kain
Breath Play: A Primer
Fri
RoughEd
Tuffer
Cock Block with a Lock Around the Clock
Fri
Ms Brenda
slave arcane
Puppy 101
Sat
The Pup TARDIS
Scotty Grefseng
The Basics of Erotic Hypnosis
Sat
Kent Henry
Burning Down the House - Or Fireplay 101
Sat
Rhyse
Esther
Gunge 101
Sat
SlimyAthlete
Pup Jinx
Introduction to Erotic Hypnosis
Sat
Neil
Planning and Executing High Concept Scenes
Sat
Skeleton_Bitch
ASFR: the complete technical manual
Sat
Freyr58
Chip Carson
May I Have This Trance?
Sat
Kent Henry
Pass Them Around! Fundamentals of Free Use Scenes
Sat
Skeleton_Bitch
Understanding Age Play
Sat
Neo
Padded Crinkles
Pup Script
Pup Jakey
Cigar Kink
Sat
Skyfire
Sensory Deprivation: Playing with the senses
Sat
Melancholy Ghost
Diapers: An Introduction
Sat
Padded Crinkles
Scent Pig Round Table
Sat
Sir Arcane
Soft Dom Sadism: connection and pain play
Sat
KingSizeDom
Verbal with a Vengeance: dirty talk as an art form
Sat
Pup Ashtray Kain
Wax Play w/ Phallus Factory
Sat
Baby A
TheSonOfSin
Advanced Erotic Hypnosis Seminar
Sat
Neil
Fetish Looks for Less
Sun
Simkinkster
Handler 101
Sun
Handler Lefty
Pup Spirit
The Sounds of Ecstasy
Sun
Jared Erikson
Hypnosis Skill Drills
Sun
Visible Restraint
Diapers: Integration into Kink
Sun
Padded Crinkles
Gaining and Engouraging 101
Sun
Josh
Hair Raising Fun - Electro Play!
Sun
Alixzander
Burnout

Gear

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
So you want to be a Bootblack?
Fri
Skyfire
Home Dungeons on a Budget
Sat
Josh Simon
Gear Care 101
Sun
The MessyLittleBootblack
Spicy Bootblacking: How is Gear Care Kinky?
Sun
Skyfire

Health

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Navigating Anxiety in Sex and Kink
Fri
Dustin George
Gay Witchcraft, Kink Energy, & Morning Meditation
Fri
boy Mayura ONYX
Boosting Boundaries: Building your self-confidence
Fri
Melancholy Ghost
CARAS Toward Health and Hope Outside the City
Fri
Douglas
Carol Broughton
Topping with a Disabled and/or Injured Body
Fri
Skeleton_Bitch
boy avery
Safer Sex: Chemsex Awareness
Fri
Nathan Ruark
CARAS Affirming Nonmonogamy in Therapeutic Spaces
Sat
J Farrington
First Aid for the Kinky
Sat
The MessyLittleBootblack
Gender Alignment Through Body Modification
Sat
boy Benji
Bussy Bear
Overcoming insecurities in the kink world
Sat
English Leather Master
Dimitri
CARAS DIMAP: A Proposed Approach to Treat Trauma Within
Sat
Tiffany Siefken

S&M

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Heavy Impact Play Boxing
Fri
Doc
GutBoxer
Impact Play: Hands On - Hands Only
Fri
Beau Geste
Cory
Single Tail Whip Play 101: Basics
Fri
Master Eli Ra
Slave Scott
More Mathematics of Masochism
Fri
SpankNerd
Zeta
Fear Play: Playing on consenting fears
Fri
Melancholy Ghost
Whip Flix and Chill
Fri
Leather Rob
nocturneBlue
Introduction to Impact
Fri
Praxxis
The sadistic SIN sations of Fire Play
Fri
Master Eli Ra
Flogging with your whole body
Fri
Oras (Whipsnropes)
Single Tail Whip Play 201: Intermediate
Sat
BostLean
Slave Scott
Whip Flix 2 the Saga Continues
Sat
Leather Rob
nocturneBlue
Electric Touch with the Violet Wand
Sat
Praxxis
Rhythm & Restraint: Erotic Whip Technique
Sat
Candi_Fire
Strike and Submit: A Hands-On Caning Workshop
Sun
Candi_Fire

Sex

Title
Day
Presenter(s)
Survey
Sexy Games & Playful Sex
Fri
Sharang Biswas
Becoming A Beginner Bator
Fri
Thiccy Nick
Exploring Sensual Touch
Sat
Sir Squishy
The Transformative Power of Solo Sex II
Sat
Phil Carroll
Ace-ing Conventions: Kink on the Asexual Spectrum
Sat
Neo
Plot Twist: He Has a Vagina… What Now?
Sat
boy Mayura ONYX
The Intersection of Kink & Masturbation
Sat
Thiccy Nick
The Philosophy & Power of Promiscuous Living
Sat
Jared Erikson
Deep Into the Abyss! An Introduction to Fisting
Sun
Sir Kirk
The Science of Blowjobs w/MoProblems
Sun
MoProblems

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Heavy Impact Play Boxing 
Doc
GutBoxer
Hypnosis Educators Panel 
Visible Restraint
Neil
English Leather Master
Kent Henry
Impact Play: Hands On - Hands Only 
Beau Geste
Cory
Leather and Other Tales: Writing Erotic fiction 
Max Potter
Navigating Anxiety in Sex and Kink 
Dustin George
Starting the Journey into Deep Submission 
TNKinkster
Yes Sir, Thank You Ma’am: Etiquette in D/s 
kevin

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Gay Witchcraft, Kink Energy, & Morning Meditation 
boy Mayura ONYX
CARAS Kink Studies: What Is It, What Could It Be? 
Katherine King
Robert Bienvenu
Emma Cappadona
Leveling up your rope bottoming skills 
Hounds-Tooth
Oliver Klossof
Saline Infusion Demo 
Sir Arcane
Briar KittyCat
Shibari Rope Bondage Basics 
LostBoysDaddy
So you want to be a Bootblack? 
Skyfire

12:15PM - 1:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Autism in Rope Bondage 
(Sir) Trey
pup jack
Being Better Brats & Taming Tempestuous Twerps 
Brooks
Nathan
Boosting Boundaries: Building your self-confidence 
Melancholy Ghost
CHASTITY: Locked, Loaded, & Flooded with Dopamine 
Daniel V
Exploring shapes with rope 
Oliver Klossof
Hounds-Tooth
Sparky Puppy
HypnoPatch - a way of becoming who you want to be 
English Leather Master
Dimitri
Liberating Masculinity One Layer at a Time 
boy Mayura ONYX
Love, Lies & Red Flags 
Candi_Fire
Sexy Games & Playful Sex 
Sharang Biswas
Single Tail Whip Play 101: Basics 
Master Eli Ra
Slave Scott
CARAS Toward An Autonomous Theory of Leather and Kink? 
Kevin Henderson
CARAS Toward Health and Hope Outside the City 
Douglas
Carol Broughton

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Cigar Play 101 
Weasel
Orca
More Mathematics of Masochism 
SpankNerd
Zeta
Progressive Chair Tie for Any Chair 
Oras (Whipsnropes)
Rope, Without the Bondage 
Rhyse
Esther

2:00PM - 3:30PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
50 Questions about Pup Play 
pup Spaz
Pup Bandit
Beyond the 100% active - 100% submissive binary 
English Leather Master
Dimitri
CARAS Bob Mizer, Beefcake, and the Spanko Subculture 
SpankDaddy Justin
Dual Dominance edge to edge 
Cowboy
Fear Play: Playing on consenting fears 
Melancholy Ghost
High Protocol English Tea 
Alixzander
Leather Sir/ Daddies Creating Legacy Through Lea 
Master Eli Ra
CARAS Subspace, Topspace, and the Brain 
Brad Sagarin
Topping with a Disabled and/or Injured Body 
Skeleton_Bitch
boy avery
Whip Flix and Chill 
Leather Rob
nocturneBlue

2:00PM - 6:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Erotic Hypnosis: Introductory Intensive 
Visible Restraint
Logos Griffin

3:45PM - 4:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Becoming A Beginner Bator 
Thiccy Nick
Beyond the Doggie Bowl: Discuss Your Dark Fetishes 
Pup Ashtray Kain
Building your leather connections 
Sir Squishy
CARAS CARAS Research Scientific Posters Session 
Andrea Echols
Embracing Your Kinky Life Using an Elder's Wisdom 
Chuck Fullman
Introduction to Impact 
Praxxis
Safer Sex: Chemsex Awareness 
Nathan Ruark
The sadistic SIN sations of Fire Play 
Master Eli Ra
Unleash the Beast within 
Cowboy
CharmingKinkArt

3:45PM - 5:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Breath Play: A Primer 
RoughEd
Tuffer
CARAS Learn to be a Leather Community Oral Historian! 
Robert Bienvenu
SpankDaddy Justin
Kevin Henderson
Mentoring Inexperienced Submissives 
Sir Erik
Boy Colt
Rope Bondage 101 
Jeremy Rigger
Pup Hudson
Toss Em' Around: Shibari Harnesses for Leverage 
Rhyse
Esther

5:00PM - 6:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Cock Block with a Lock Around the Clock 
Ms Brenda
slave arcane
Flogging with your whole body 
Oras (Whipsnropes)

10:30AM - 11:30AM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
CARAS Affirming Nonmonogamy in Therapeutic Spaces 
J Farrington
Exploring Sensual Touch 
Sir Squishy
First Aid for the Kinky 
The MessyLittleBootblack
Gear History: Leather and Pups 
Daddy Steel
Gender Alignment Through Body Modification 
boy Benji
Bussy Bear
Home Dungeons on a Budget 
Josh Simon
Introduction to Rope/Shibari 
Greg (Emryth)
Kink Identity in the AIDS Memorial Quilt 
Kamal Kam
Puppy 101 
The Pup TARDIS
Scotty Grefseng
Rope Play (Self Tying for Beginners)  
Baby A
Hounds-Tooth
Single Tail Whip Play 201: Intermediate 
BostLean
Slave Scott
The 3 C’s of Healthy Sex: Consent, Communication 
Nathan Ruark
The Basics of Erotic Hypnosis 
Kent Henry
CARAS There's Power in Consent, Intentionally or Not 
Jessica Johnson

11:45AM - 12:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Burning Down the House - Or Fireplay 101 
Rhyse
Esther
Gunge 101 
SlimyAthlete
Pup Jinx
Partners in Rope: Active Bottoming Skills 
Justin
The Transformative Power of Solo Sex II 
Phil Carroll

11:45AM - 1:15PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Ace-ing Conventions: Kink on the Asexual Spectrum 
Neo
CARAS Chemists and Kinksters: Poppers Culture 
Jay
CARAS Community Self-Defining Sexual Practices 
Iris Olson
FedTalk: Achieving Your Goal Body Through Gaining 
Stefan
Introduction to Erotic Hypnosis 
Neil
Lights Camera ACTION! Stepping Into Adult Content 
Sir Kirk
Noah Gold
Overcoming insecurities in the kink world 
English Leather Master
Dimitri
Planning and Executing High Concept Scenes 
Skeleton_Bitch
Plot Twist: He Has a Vagina… What Now? 
boy Mayura ONYX
Rope Bondage: Beyond the Basics 
Kambani
Whip Flix 2 the Saga Continues 
Leather Rob
nocturneBlue

1:30PM - 2:30PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Electric Touch with the Violet Wand 
Praxxis
Gay Erotic Art Histories: Collecting & Learning 
Michael Dym

1:30PM - 3:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
ASFR: the complete technical manual 
Freyr58
Chip Carson
CARAS DIMAP: A Proposed Approach to Treat Trauma Within 
Tiffany Siefken
May I Have This Trance? 
Kent Henry
Pass Them Around! Fundamentals of Free Use Scenes 
Skeleton_Bitch
Pull Back the Curtain! A Sex Worker Q&A 
Sir Kirk
Jared Erikson
Boy Ty
Pup History: 40 Years of Bark, Bite & Belonging 
Alpha Pup Bruzr/Animal J Smith
CARAS The DungeonMaster: Tony DeBlase and BDSM Culture 
Anthony Carey
Two Doms, One Sub: The Art of Multi-Dominant Play 
Daddy Warren
Hypnos ONYX
Understanding Age Play 
Neo
Padded Crinkles
Pup Script
Pup Jakey

1:30PM - 3:30PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Cigar Kink 
Skyfire
Rope Suspension Taster 
Jeremy Rigger
Pup Hudson
Sensory Deprivation: Playing with the senses 
Melancholy Ghost

3:45PM - 4:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Build-a-Fear Workshop: Fear Play 101 
Alixzander
Diapers: An Introduction 
Padded Crinkles
Long Distance Power Exchange 
Sir Squishy
Scent Pig Round Table 
Sir Arcane
Soft Dom Sadism: connection and pain play 
KingSizeDom
The Intersection of Kink & Masturbation 
Thiccy Nick
Verbal with a Vengeance: dirty talk as an art form 
Pup Ashtray Kain
Wax Play w/ Phallus Factory 
Baby A
TheSonOfSin

3:45PM - 5:15PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Deconstructing Rope 
Dash
slave andy
CARAS Power and Partnership 
Percy Castellanos
Vacuum Bondage DIY and Beyond 
Kambani

3:45PM - 5:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Advanced Erotic Hypnosis Seminar 
Neil
CARAS Learn to be a Leather Community Oral Historian! 
Robert Bienvenu
SpankDaddy Justin
Kevin Henderson
Rhythm & Restraint: Erotic Whip Technique 
Candi_Fire
The Philosophy & Power of Promiscuous Living 
Jared Erikson

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
BDSM Negotiations to Build a Better Bond 
LostBoysDaddy
Fetish Looks for Less 
Simkinkster
History and Legacy of Gay Leather Culture in US 
Dr. X-Ray
Jake Woods
Mental Chess: playing with brats 
Melancholy Ghost

11:00AM - 12:30PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
BDSM Negotiation 201: Navigating Race in Leather 
(Sir) Trey
Deep Into the Abyss! An Introduction to Fisting 
Sir Kirk
Handler 101 
Handler Lefty
Pup Spirit
Maintaining Dominance While Being Fucked 
Skeleton_Bitch
Master & slave Dynamics; Looking Beyond The Slash 
Master Eli Ra
Slave wayne
Queen Takes Knight 
Ms Brenda
slave arcane

11:00AM - 3:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Sunday Rope Bondage Practice 
Visible Restraint

12:45PM - 1:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Dungeon Parties on a Budget 
Josh Simon
Erotica Readers and Writers Roundtable and Meet up 
Max Potter
Gear Care 101 
The MessyLittleBootblack
Latin American History of Leather Clubs 
Sgt. Alex
CARAS Measuring Leather & Kink Practices and Identities 
Robert Bienvenu
The History of Fisting 
Kamal Kam
The Science of Blowjobs w/MoProblems 
MoProblems

12:45PM - 2:15PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Spicy Bootblacking: How is Gear Care Kinky? 
Skyfire
The Sounds of Ecstasy 
Jared Erikson

12:45PM - 2:45PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Hypnosis Skill Drills 
Visible Restraint
Strike and Submit: A Hands-On Caning Workshop 
Candi_Fire
The BIPOC Dominant Collective: A Panel Discussion 
Daddy Warren
Kamau Onyx

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Title
Room
Presenter(s)
Survey
Caucus for Asians and their Allies: A Group (w)Rap 
Glen
Diapers: Integration into Kink 
Padded Crinkles
Gaining and Engouraging 101 
Josh
Hair Raising Fun - Electro Play! 
Alixzander
Burnout

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