VIDCON LOVE

Special Thanks Hello One And All And Thank You For Coming Back To Vidcon

This is one of my favorite places to be. Watching the pieces fall into place all at once after a long year of hard work. Witnessing the electricity and joy of people meeting for the first or hundredth time, laughing, exploring, and learning with each other. Eating food truck food under a sunny row of palm trees. It’s truly so nice to simply be here with you all again. I’m grateful to everyone who’s made this possible:

Our team: Hannah, Liz, Ali, Wendi, Manal, Jeannette, Justin, Colin, Kyle, Jacques, Melissa, Gerardo, Chelsea, Lisa, Travis, Tessa, Sandi, MaiLinh,

Elizabeth, Fiona, Celine, Noeru, Willa, Kailee, Armando, Sarah, and Joannesse. You have done and are doing great things here. We do great things together!

Thank you to our essential and special network of part-time crew, sponsorship sales teams, the venues, and our many vendors. Thank you to the many sponsors who bring such elevated experiences to VidCon, and all of the people who keep all these people safe all week. And a special shout out to Hillary and Stuart. We literally — like legally — couldn’t do this without you.

Thank you to the creators and speakers, who are so generous to share in-person time with us when they already share so much of themselves online each week.

And to you: the fans, the chaperones, the older siblings, the VidCon Dads.

To the hopeful future creators and film directors, the budding photographers, the Festival buskers, the people connectors. To those just finding your voice, trying on a new name, seeking justice, and living, loving, and laughing more. If you are at VidCon or if you’ve helped someone you love get to VidCon, thank you. Thank you for being here with me.

JULIA MAES Executive Producer, VidCon Anaheim