CitizenCon 2023

CitizenCon 2953 (2023) is the upcoming tenth CitizenCon expo scheduled on October 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, USA.^[1] Event sponsors include CLX Gaming, ASUS ROG, VKB SIM, and tobii.^[2]

"After four long years, it’s back. CitizenCon returns live and in person, touching down at the Los Angeles Convention Center October 21st and 22nd.
This epic TWO DAY event is more than just a convention; it’s a pan-galactic celebration of the vibrant community that breathes life into the Star Citizen universe. A place where we can come together and share the remarkable things we’ve achieved together, while looking forward to a future brimming with even more amazing adventures.
Buckle up pilot, you’re about to embark on an unforgettable journey beyond imagination."
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/citizencon, acc. 2023-10-09

Schedule and Panels

These took place in the 'Stanton Theater'.^[2]

Date	Time (Pacific)	Panel	Description
October 21	11:00	Shaping the 'Verse - The Future of StarEngine	From pixel to persistent universe and everything in between, join us as we showcase the power and depth of StarEngine, enabling the seamless scale that push our games to the cutting edge of industry, technology, and beyond.
	12:30	Fix it and Fly it	Want to get a look at Resource Management in action? Here we showcase an exciting upcoming gameplay role that shakes up the vehicle experience, continues our journey towards multicrew gameplay, and affects all life in the 'verse as we know it.
	13:30	Cosplay Competition
	15:00	Talking Ship 2953	Presenting this year's newly released vehicles, with a focus on how lore of the past is shaping vehicles of the future, as well as a look at the Pipeline itself and the new methodologies within.
	16:00	Navigating the Universe	Travel with us to the forefront of navigation with a look at the evolution of UI features that view, engage, and interact with their surroundings, offering exciting new perspectives on the Star Citizen universe.
October 22	11:00	Character Advancement	We explore the outlaw styles found on the far frontier, the new technologies enabling our next generation of character customisation, and the much anticipated arrival diverse coiffure.
	12:00	Life In the First Person	Get an up close and personal look at upcoming major improvements to first-person gameplay, diversified combat AI behavior, overhauled weapon handling, and how we're shaping a more immersive, dynamic universe through seamless and tactile interactions.
	13:00	Taking Flight	We launch into the next iteration of Star Citizen's flight experience and explore impending improvements for every aspect of space and atmospheric traversal, combat and interaction.
	15:00	Living on the Edge	We delve into the living conditions and environments of outlaws and settlers trying to carve out an existence beyond the safety of the UEE, mega-corporations, and other confines of 30th century society.
	16:00	Destination: Adventure	From high up in orbit, down to the surface of our planets, and deep into the underground, we delve into new interactions, missions and gameplay and more coming to the Star Citizen universe on all levels.
	16:45	Closing Ceremony	Contents of this panel were previously unannounced, but included a preview of base building for Star Citizen and the Squadron 42: I Held The Line trailer was featured

Meet & Greet

These took place informally in the 'General Lounge'.

Date	Time (Pacific)	Teams	Staff members
October 21	13:00	Locations 1	Todd Papy, Kaan Cakir, Adam Sanders, John Griffiths
	14:00	StarEngine	Benoît Beauséjour, Ali Brown, Will Hain, Ben Parry, Chris Raine, Paul Reindell, Marco Corbetta, Mike Snowdon
	15:00	Resource Management	Thorsten Leimann, Guillermo Bilbao
	15:00	Tobii	Meet the team behind the Tobii Eye Tracker 5
	16:00	Locations 2	Nicolas Painchaud, Eddie Hilditch, Nic Etheridge, Rainer Ricq
	17:00	Ships	John Crewe, Ben Curtis, Mark Gibson, Elwin Bachiller Jr
October 22	12:00	UI	David Bone Gill, Zane Bien, Emily Hanson, Simon Bursey
	13:00	Character	André Pires, Forrest Stephan, Sean Tracy, Ian Leyland
	14:00	FPS	Jens Lind, Zac Preece, Francesco Roccucci
	15:00	Flight	Yogi Klatt, Toni Arias, Diego Marti Mason, Inês Caldas

Community Booths

Booth No.	Names	Booth No.	Names
01	CIG Props	11	United Space Confederation
02	Test Squadron	12	Atlas Defense Industries
03	Altama Energy	13	Sol Armada
04	Hubnet	14	Tesseract Corporation
05	Cosplay & Maker Community	15	Sol Citizens
06	Imperium	16	Quantum Jump
07	Equinox & Vanguard	17	Ixsystems
08	The Corporation	18	Xi'an Workshop
09	Atmo Esports	19	Walkers of Sigma
10	JRDF	20	Asus/Republic of Gaming