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Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 07:30am

Pinball Expo

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel

1551 N. Thoreau Dr.

Schaumburg, IL, 60173

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Celebrating 40th years of PINBALL EXPO!

Pinball Expo Event Highlights
Jersey Jack Pinball Factory Tour & Seminars
Event Hall Open 12:00 Noon - Midnight

Schedule of Events

7:30 a.m. Pinball Expo Registration

7:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Vendor Setup

8:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. Buses Depart Hotel throughout the day for the Jersey Jack Pinball Tour (meet across from convention center escalator)

8:45 a.m. "Adventures in Repairing Foreign Nirvana C Pinball Machines Part 2"
Speaker: Ron Coon, Jr.

9:00 a.m. "Pinspotting"
Speaker: M.G. Brown, Terri Brown

9:30 a.m. "Pinball: A Quest for Mastery"
Nirvana C Speaker: Tasker Smith

10:00 a.m. "Pinball Keychain Plastics! (& Other Factory Promotional Collectibles)"
Speaker: Dann Frank

10:00 a.m. "Easily Add Integrated Light Nirvana C Shows, Servo Motors, & More to Your Existing Pinball Machine"
Speaker: Brad Oldham

10:00 a.m. Registration For FLIP OUT! Cont. (Schaumburg East)

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Main Tournament Seeding

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Women's Qualifying

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight: Classics Qualifying

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight: Kids (Age 14 & Under) Tournament

10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.:
Registration for Pinball Expo
World Cup Tournament

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Main Hall)

10:30 a.m. "Australian Pinball - The Story About Hankin" Speaker: Stephen Smith

10:30 a.m. "The Perfect Stack: Art & Pinball"
Nirvana C Speaker: Elijah Farrales

11:00 a.m. "Thinking Big - The Visionaries"
Speakers: Rob Berk, Doc Mack, Dave Lawton, Mike Jacobson Moderator: Emily Brooks

11:00 a.m. "How to Run a Successful Arcade Bar"
Nirvana C Speakers: Rachel Bess, Chris Rhodes, Cale Hernandez, Jim Zespy, Alan Robertson

12:00 Noon "Master Class in Pinball Playfield Art" Speaker: Doug Watson

12:00 Noon "Game Restoration Tips & Tricks"
Nirvana C Speaker: Ken Head

12:00 Noon EVENT HALL OPENS

12:00 Noon Registration For Pinball Expo 2024
Virtual Pinball Tournament Opens
Pinball Expo 2024 Virtual Pinball
Tournament 12:00 Noon - 10:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m. "What's New With Captain & The Auction"
Nirvana C Speaker: Chris Campbell

1:00 p.m. "The Early Years & More"
Speaker: John Borg

1:00 p.m. "Little Shop of Games: My How We've Grown!"
Nirvana C Speaker: Marshall Dickson

1:30 p.m. "The Voice Behind the Machine Returns"
Nirvana C Speaker: Fred Young

2:00 p.m. "Inside View of the Terra Technica
Pinball & Jukebox Museum"
Speaker: Günther Freinberger

2:00 p.m. "Pinball Republic Closure & Reopening"
Nirvana C Speaker: Neil McRae

2:30 p.m. "Pinball Sport in Austria"
Speaker: Stefan Riedler

2:30 p.m. "Script Flipped: From Film Student
Nirvana C to Ottawa's Youngest Playfield Tech"
Speaker: Ben Willms

3:00 p.m. "Pinball Restoration: Moving Forward from ‘Radical' to ‘Scared Stiff: Red
Chrome Edition' by Pinball Italy"
Speakers: Ivan Cicognani, Andy Pira, Giorgio Avato

3:00 p.m. "The History of Pinside & Secret
Nirvana C Santa Holiday Program (Treats & Gift Giveaway!)"
Speakers: John Jundt, Eric Meunier

3:30 p.m. "Restoration is NOT a Dirty Word."
Nirvana C Speaker: Mike Hasanov

4:00 p.m. "Collecting Pinball Machines from the Birth of Pinball to the 1930s"
Speakers: Mike Minchew, Caitlyn Pascal, Bryan Redshaw, Cliff Schoon, Colleen Schoon
Moderator: Jeff Frick

4:00 p.m. "45 Years Addicted to Pinball, from
Nirvana C Playing Pinball After School to Building Our Own Pinball Museum"
Speaker: Martin Wiest

4:00 p.m. Pinball Expo World Cup Tournament (Main Hall)

4:30 p.m. "XPin Lets Loose"
Nirvana C Speaker: Brett Davis

5:00 p.m. "Suggestions in Launching a Successful Pinball Campaign"
Speakers: Oscar Terol, Roberto Almarza, Nick Schwartz

6:00 p.m. "If You Can Work on Pinball You
Nirvana C Can Work on Jukeboxes"
Speakers: Ed Owens, Aaron Schmitt

6:00 p.m. "Scorbit: Advancing Connected
Pinball To The Next Phase"
Speakers: Jay Adelson, Ron Richards

6:30 p.m. "PinWiki: 13 Years On"
Speakers: Casey Gardner, Chuck Gardner

7:00 p.m. "Funhouse Reimagined: Rudy is Back!"
Speakers: Nic Parks, Dominic Kacich, Travis Murie, Brian Allen

7:00 p.m. "40 Years of Clips, Media, & PINBALL!"
Nirvana C (Free Pinball Candy and Plastics!!)
Speaker: Jim Schelberg

8:00 p.m. "The Visible Pinball/Exhibits for Museums"
Speakers: Michael Schiess, Wade Krause

8:00 p.m. "Women Working in Pinball"
Nirvana C Speakers: Kristin Browning-Mezel, Rachel Bess, Rebecca Hinsdale, Elizabeth Gieske, Erika S., Krystle Gemnich
Moderator: Imoto Harney

9:00 p.m. "Pinball Museums - Keeping Pinball Alive"
Speakers: Michael Schiess, Evan Phillippe, Melissa Harmon

9:00 p.m. "Playfield Restoration: Preserving
Nirvana C Economic and Historical Value of Your Pinball Machine"
Speaker: Marcelo Blanco

9:30 p.m. "Goat Shed Ramblings - Looking
Towards the Future"
Speaker: Kim Oswald

10:30 p.m. "What's Happening at American Pinball?"
Speaker: Dave Fix, The Team

10:00 p.m. "Fencing, Fighting, Torture, & Nirvana C Revenge - The Making of The Princess Bride Pinball for the P3"
Speaker: Josh Kugler

11:15 p.m. "Pinball Degeneracy on Social Media"
Nirvana C Speaker: Joe Ciaravino

12:00 Midnight EVENT HALL CLOSES

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