Tuesday, July 04, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration (Colloquium Only)

Room: South Foyer

Tuesday, July 04, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Mensa Foundation Colloquium 2023 — The Talent and Potential of Neurodiversity

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Tuesday, July 04, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Mensa Foundation Colloquium 2023 — Using Interdisciplinary Exploration to Expand Visions of Neurodiversity

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Tuesday, July 04, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Mensa Foundation Colloquium 2023 — The Intersection of Literacy & Creativity: A Pathway to Liberation & Self-Empowerment

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Tuesday, July 04, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Mensa Foundation Colloquium 2023 — Positive Niche Construction: A Wellness Model for Neurodivergent Children, Teens, and Adults

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Tuesday, July 04, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

AG Registration (Advance Registration Pickup Only)

Room: South Foyer

Wednesday, July 05, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

AG Registration (Advance Registration Pickup Only)

Room: South Foyer

Wednesday, July 05, 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

AG Registration

Room: South Foyer

Wednesday, July 05, 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Codenames Tournament

Room: Calloway

Wednesday, July 05, 1:30 PM

CANCELLED: The Politics of Natural Hairstyles: Policing Natural Hair and Anti-Bias Legislation

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Changing Hearts and Minds: Lessons Learned The Hard Way

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Coordinating Amazing Volunteers (And How To Be a Great Volunteer Yourself!)

Room: ROOM CHANGE: Holiday 6

Foreign Intelligence in a Free Society

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

GenX M's SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Region 6 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Region 9 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

TIME CHANGE: Gen Z Ms SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Wednesday, July 05, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Quiddler Tournament

Room: Calloway

Wednesday, July 05, 3:00 PM

"Definitely Not a Meet & Greet" Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Gen Y SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Mascots, Marathons, Transplants, Twins, & Tattoos

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Membership Officer Think Tank

Room: Poe

Proctor Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

The Other Americans: Loyalists in the American Revolution From a Personal Perspective

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

TIME CHANGE: Friends of Bill W.

Room: Latrobe

Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Wednesday, July 05, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dominion Tournament

Room: Calloway

Wednesday, July 05, 4:30 PM

A History of Money: From Gold Standard to Crypto

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Change Your Mindset: Living in an Era of Pandemics, Politics, and Public Health

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Enhancing Your Communication Effectiveness

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

M-Winers SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

New Age/Metaphysical SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Region 7 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore's Native Son

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

What is the IBD meeting and why should you go to the one in Australia next year

Room: Poe

Wednesday, July 05, 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Registration for the Mensa Admission Test

Room: Tilghman

Wednesday, July 05, 6:00 PM

An Intelligence Career on the Front Lines: 'Aha!' Moments From Around the World

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Chanteys: Sailing Work Songs of the Sea

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Debate SIG: Lab Grown Meat

Room: Johnson A

Firehouse SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Metropolitan Washington Mensa Meet & Greet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Region 8 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Wednesday, July 05, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Mensa Admission Test

Room: Tilghman

Wednesday, July 05, 6:50 PM - 10:00 PM

Murder Mystery Dinner

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Wednesday, July 05, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Euchre Tournament (Team)

Room: Calloway

Wednesday, July 05, 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Debate SIG: Future of Energy

Room: Johnson A

Wednesday, July 05, 9:30 PM - 11:00 PM

HELL's M's SIG Prequel

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Wednesday, July 05, 10:00 PM - 11:59 PM

Social Deduction Games at Night: Two Rooms and a Boom and Werewolves

Room: Calloway

Thursday, July 06, 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Thursday, July 06, 8:30 AM - 9:00 PM

AG Registration

Room: South Foyer

Thursday, July 06, 9:00 AM

Anti-Racism and You: How Do We Move Forward Toward an Anti-Racist Future?

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

DAY/TIME AND ROOM CHANGE: Sew Sew SeaMs SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

I Get It: Observations of the World by a Wildly Peripatetic Average Genius

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

International Member Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Lies & Spies Within the FBI

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

National Ombudsman Election Ballot Counting Session

Room: Tilghman

Schooling SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Who Decides How You Will Die?

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Thursday, July 06, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Game Design: A Dungeon Crawl of Creativity

Room: Calloway

Thursday, July 06, 10:30 AM

A History of Risk, Financial Scandals, and Fraud in the Early Stock Market

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Applied Spychology

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Friends of Bill W.

Room: Johnson A

Global Kidney Trafficking Networks: How Do They Evolve? How Can We Model?

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

M-Boardgame SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Science Fiction SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

The Human Brain Easily Fooled

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Thursday, July 06, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Thursday, July 06, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

American Mensa Committee Meeting

Room: Peale

Thursday, July 06, 12:00 PM

Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, the Polish Viking

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Curious About Cannabis? Let Nurse Laura Help You Find Your Way

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Gig'M SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Key Practices To Connecting Intuitively With Your Animals

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Libertarian Freed-M SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

M-Available Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Using Our Powers for Good

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Thursday, July 06, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament

Room: Calloway

Thursday, July 06, 1:30 PM

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary: Poe’s Gothic Fairy Tales

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Sam Smith & the Real Story of the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Space Craze: A Cultural History Based on Artifacts

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

The Big Cats of Tampa

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Widowed Ms SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Thursday, July 06, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Lagniappe Pub Trivia: Baltimore Edition

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Thursday, July 06, 3:00 PM

50 States on School Breaks: How One Family Traveled the Country One Selfie at a Time

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

About Museums: Queers and Other Risky Things

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Baltimore Than Average Writers

Room: Johnson A

Clergy SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Higher Education in the United States and Its Policy Implications

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Live, Local, and Often Off-Color: the Tell-All Tales over 40+ Years of a TV Newsman

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Your Mama Don't Dance and Your Daddy Don't Rock and Roll

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Thursday, July 06, 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Maryland Mensa Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Thursday, July 06, 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Catan U.S. National Championship Qualifier Tournament

Room: Calloway

Thursday, July 06, 4:30 PM

ChildFree M's SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Femaling Our Future

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

One Pint at a Time

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Protecting Our Future: Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Saving Cultural Heritage in Today's Crises

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Thursday, July 06, 6:00 PM

Conservative Ms SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Debate SIG: Billionaires in Space

Room: Johnson A

East Slavic Mermaids: If It Dries Out, It's No Good

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

The Psychological & Biological Impact of War on Veterans

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Thursday, July 06, 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Debate SIG: Welcome our Robot Overlords?

Room: Johnson A

Thursday, July 06, 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Misster Mensa

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Thursday, July 06, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM

Polyamory SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Thursday, July 06, 10:30 PM - 11:45 PM

Intimacy, Kink & Connection

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Friday, July 07, 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Friday, July 07, 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM

AG Registration

Room: South Foyer

Friday, July 07, 9:00 AM

GeneSIG (Genealogy) Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Intertel Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Yoga Practice

Room: Douglass

Friday, July 07, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Annual Business Meeting

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Friday, July 07, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

N64 Star Fox 64 Tournament

Room: Calloway

Friday, July 07, 10:30 AM

Brainwave Science & the Future of Medicine

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Celebrity Psychic & Entrepreneur Jayne Wallace Reads the Audience

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Data, Cables, and Code Collide: The Geopolitics of Global Internet Security

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Puzzling Promenade

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Triple Nine Society Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

WebHEADS SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Friday, July 07, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Friday, July 07, 12:00 PM

An American Story & the Real Immigration Crisis

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

CANCELLED: A Stroll Through Roebling

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Region 10 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

The Modern Marriage: Protecting Your Children

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

underACHIEVERS SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Where Is Your Creativity and Why It Matters

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Friday, July 07, 1:30 PM

1985: The Year of the Spy

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

DAY/TIME CHANGE: Roundtable: Planning an RG

Room: Poe

Disnerd Ms SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Poe-try: The Objects of Edgar's Affection Immortalized in Verse

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Pollyanna SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Region 3 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Venus: New Frontier for Habitability in the Solar System

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Why Leadership Requires Community Building

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Friday, July 07, 3:00 PM

Dive SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

EPGSIG – Exceptionally & Profoundly Gifted SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Multiple Lenses, Multiple Solutions: The Importance of Interdisciplinary Work

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Region 1 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

The Importance of Empathy in Today's Polarized World

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

The Role of the Ombudsperson: What To Know, What To Do, What To Consider

Room: Poe

The World's Writing Systems – Alternates to English/Latin-Script Alphabets

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Traveling to & Writing Historical Fiction About Syria

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Friday, July 07, 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Catan Casual Tournament

Room: Calloway

Friday, July 07, 4:30 PM

Local SIGs, National SIGs, International SIGs (Special Interest Groups of Mensa): How To Start Them, How To Join Them & More

Room: Poe

Mensa Life Members SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Moral Courage: Giving Bad News to the Boss and Accepting the Consequences

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Reaching for the Stars

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Region 4 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Self-Sufficient Ms SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Voices From the Past: Early African American Cryptologists

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Friday, July 07, 6:00 PM

Debate SIG: Drug Legalization

Room: Johnson A

Friends of Bill W.

Room: Latrobe

Friday, July 07, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Gala Dinner featuring Keynote Speaker John Waters

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Friday, July 07, 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Debate SIG: Death to Mosquitoes?

Room: Johnson A

Friday, July 07, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

L'ChaiM! SIG Welcomes the Sabbath

Room: Latrobe

Friday, July 07, 10:30 PM - 11:45 PM

Intoxicating Interests

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Saturday, July 08, 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Saturday, July 08, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

AG Registration

Room: South Foyer

Saturday, July 08, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Boggle Tournament (Individual)

Room: Calloway

Saturday, July 08, 9:00 AM

Editors' Roundtable Discussion

Room: Poe

Inside Interviewing: Tips, Tactics, and Techniques

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Jim Werdell memorial

Room: Peale

KnitSIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

Mensa Edition: Learn To Flow Through the World With Ease Using Ancient Yoga Secrets

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Students in Crisis: Identifying the Problem and Forging a Path Forward

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Tai Chi Techniques for Wellness and Inner Peace

Room: Douglass

What Science Tells Us About Spirituality: Reiki, Meditation, and Psychedelics

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Whimsical-M SIG: Make Your Own Hedgehog

Room: Latrobe

Saturday, July 08, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration for the Mensa Admission Test

Room: Tilghman

Saturday, July 08, 10:00 AM

Mensa Admission Test

Room: Tilghman

Sudoku Tournament (Individual)

Room: Calloway

Saturday, July 08, 10:30 AM

Atheist & Agnostic SIGs Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Breaking All the Rules: Why You Can’t Lead the Way You Used to and Still Retain Your Team

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

CANCELLED: GenX M's SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Peale

Hamilton: How the Musical Remixes American History

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

How the Mensa Foundation Unleashes Intelligence

Room: Poe

Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Region 5 Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

True vs. Artificial Intelligence: Comparison Between Mensan and ChatGPT Capabilities in Content Creation for a Word Game App

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Saturday, July 08, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Saturday, July 08, 12:00 PM

A Mind to Succeed: Neurodiversity, the Hiring Revolution, and Mensa's Place in the Vanguard

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Free Your Mind: Meditation & Mindfulness for Busy Brains

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Friends of Bill W.

Room: Latrobe

Leaving Home: Opportunities and Challenges for Human Exploration of the Solar System and the Milky Way Galaxy

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Name That Movie (Tournament)

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Saturday, July 08, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

N64 Mario Kart Tournament

Room: Calloway

Saturday, July 08, 1:30 PM

Evangelical Christianity SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson A

India-Pakistan: A Fraught Regional Relationship

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

KnitSIG: Learn to Knit!

Room: Johnson B

Local Group Marketing Roundtable

Room: Poe

Region 2 Meet & Greet

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

SecSIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

The Weather, Climate, and Storms of the Mid-Atlantic

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

Working as a Military Historian in the Digital Era

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Saturday, July 08, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Carnelli Tournament

Room: Calloway

Saturday, July 08, 3:00 PM

Building Bridges: The Impacts of Trust on Employee Loyalty and Retention

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Gifted Youth Leaders and Volunteers Roundtable

Room: Poe

How To Train Your Dragon (or Dog!)

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

M-Available Meet & Greet

Room: Johnson B

Mensa Foundation Prize Presentation

Room: Peale

Musical Theater Ms SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Trivia for Fun and Profit

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

U.S.-Israel Relations: From Truman to Biden

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Saturday, July 08, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Ticket To Ride Tournament

Room: Calloway

Saturday, July 08, 4:30 PM

HELL's M's SIG Meeting

Room: Peale

M-Cats SIG Meet & Greet

Room: Latrobe

Mobilizing To Save Civilization

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

The College Liaison Role – The How and Why

Room: Poe

The Science Lurking Behind Brain Consciousness

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe: Graves of His Family, Friends and Foes

Room: Holiday Ballroom 6

What the Harvard Admissions Office Doesn’t Want You To Know

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Saturday, July 08, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Debate SIG: Free Speech for Corporations

Room: Johnson A

Saturday, July 08, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Jonathan's Killer Spelling Bee

Room: Calloway

Saturday, July 08, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Carmina Burana Sing-Along

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Saturday, July 08, 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Debate SIG: Education Policy

Room: Johnson A

Saturday, July 08, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Trivia Smackdown

Room: Key Ballroom 1-6

Saturday, July 08, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Charades

Room: Holiday Ballroom 5

Sunday, July 09, 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Breakfast in Hospitality

Room: Key Ballroom 7/8/12

Sunday, July 09, 9:00 AM

An American in Tunis (& Cairo): A Tale of Two Fulbrights

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Friends of Bill W.

Room: Johnson A

I got old. Now What?: Navigating Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Sunday, July 09, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Worship Service – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Room: Latrobe

Sunday, July 09, 10:30 AM

Growing an ADHD Community on Social Media: More Science, Less Fiction!

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4

Hard at Work: Life in the Redlight District of Tijuana

Room: Holiday Ballroom 1-3

Sunday, July 09, 11:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Volunteers Raffle Drawing

Room: Holiday Ballroom 4