Schedule Outline
Subject to Change
15th Annual Poly Living
2/7/20 – 2/9/20 – Philadelphia, PA
Friday – February 7
3:30 PM – 6:45 PM
Registration and Check-in
We recommend checking in early and then going to dinner before the evening festivities begin.
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Newcomers-Orientation Circle
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Opening Circle
Welcome Announcements
Opening Keynote with Kevin Patterson
Changing the Landscape
8:45 PM – 11:45 PM
Dance Reception
Saturday – February 8
9:00 AM – 10:25 – Workshop Session 1
Trauma, Attachment and Non-Monogamy
Jessica Fern
Introduction to Polyamory & Ethical Non-monogamy
Jesus Garcia & Tanya Hixon
Communication Power Tools
Stacey Capps
Polywood Squares: An Active Chat on Drama and Poly Longevity
Robert Merciless & Natalie Davis
10:45AM – 12:10PM – Workshop Session 2
Poly(un)saturated: Setting Time and Resource Boundaries in Polyamory
Jessica Fern & Nolan Lawless
Introverts/Extroverts – Finding Similarities and Navigating Differences in Polyamory
Jeri Lynn Herbert & Joe Brigante
Mental Health Issues & Maintaining Poly Relationships
Cassendre Xavier
Deepening Connection and Intimacy
Robyn Trask
12:15 PM – 1:45PM
LUNCH Break – (on your own)
Nearby Restaurant List Available at Registration Table
2:00 PM – 3:25PM – Workshop Session 3
Mental Wellbeing in Polyamory
Ruby Johnson
Radical Self(ish) Love/Care
Zach Budd
Transforming Jealousy into Love
Sumati Sparks
Group Sex GPS
Andre Shakti
3:45 PM – 5:10 PM – Workshop Session 4
Choice Theory Lessons for a Happier Non-Monogamous Relationship
Nolan Lawless
Consent Takes Practice
Libby Sinback
Cautionary Poly: Teachable Moments in Polyamorous Relationships
Kevin Patterson & Allie Phelan
Using the Erotic Blueprints™ for Great Sex and Clear Communication with All Your Poly Partners
Anne More & Daniel Sullivan
5:20 PM – 7:30 PM
Dinner Break – (on your own)
Nearby Restaurant List Available at Registration Table
7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Saturday Evening Session
The Game Room
Tantric Connections
Tara Skubella
Sunday – February 9
9:30AM – 10:55AM – Workshop Session 5
Metamour-phosis: Becoming a Delightful Metamour
Jim Fleckenstein & Carol Morotti-Meeker, MS, MLSP
Implicit Bias and Sexual Preferences: Recognizing and Countering Fetishization
Dwayne Smith
Stories Around the Campfire
Robyn Trask
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
LUNCH Break – (on your own- Food truck)
12:20PM– 1:45PM – Workshop Session 6
F*ing the whole body
Tamara Pincus
ADHD & Polyamory
Tara Skubella
5 Skills Everyone Needs to do Mature Relating
Max & Elise Rivers
Dragons, Black People, Aliens, Polyamorists, & Queers: Representation in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Kevin Patterson & Allie Phelan
2:05PM – 3:30PM – Workshop Session 7
How to deal with being “in the closet” or out with your polyamory or your partners’
Kitty Chambliss, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP
You wrote a Polyamory book/story, now what do you do?
Sunny Bentley/Solara Gordon
Navigating Sex Positivity in a Sex Negative World
Chrissy Holman and Rebecca Hiles
