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Jeff Guevin

Friday, November 16
 

6:00pm EST

Readings: Friday 6pm Executive Suite 623Samuel Delany • Barna William Donovan • Mark Wolverton

8:00pm EST

Concert: Denebian Slime Devils Plaza VI Fantasy Without Fantasy? Plaza IIIKen Altabef • Sally Wiener Grotta • Anna Kashina • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Carl Paolino • Jim Stratton

9:00pm EST

The Chromatics: Concert #1 Grand Ballroom ADr. Padi Boyd • John Meyer • Michelle Orhan • Scott Rohrbach • Alan P. Smale • Karen Smale

10:00pm EST

Paging Dr. Bashir: The Ethics of Hacking Humans Crystal Ballroom TwoMuriel Hykes • Lawrence Kramer • John Monahan • James Prego • John Skylar • Jeff Warner

11:00pm EST

Room Discussion: The Woman Who Fell To Earth Crystal Ballroom Three
 
Saturday, November 17
 

9:00am EST

Screening: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (eps 1-2) Plaza IKristyn Souder • Tim Souder

10:00am EST

The Fiction of Steven Brust Crystal Ballroom ThreeCarl Fink • Lawrence M. Schoen • Joan Wendland Transhumanism in Fairy Tales Crystal Ballroom TwoLinda J. Lee

11:00am EST

A Tribute to Ursula K. LeGuin Crystal Ballroom ThreeVictoria Janssen • Kim Kindya • Miriam Seidel • Susan Shwartz • Simone Zelitch

12:00pm EST

Giant Monster Appreciation Panel Plaza IVStephanie Burke • D.L. Carter • Tony Finan • Nicholas Kaufmann • Eric Parmer • Steve Vertlieb

2:00pm EST

The Robot "Other" Plaza IIINeil Clarke • Barna William Donovan • Anastasia Klimchynskaya • David Walton • Joan Wendland King Kong Plaza IVSamuel Delany • Carl Paolino • Richard Stout • Steve Vertlieb

3:00pm EST

Presentation by Principal Speaker Steven Brust Grand Ballroom ASteven Burst

4:00pm EST

The 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey Plaza IVBrandon Budda • Samuel Delany • Daniel Kimmel • Steve Vertlieb • Jeff Warner • Alyce Wilson

5:00pm EST

Point of View in Fiction Plaza IISteven Burst • Dina Leacock • Bernie Mojzes • Muriel Stockdale • Jim Stratton

8:00pm EST

Liminal Spaces in Americana Plaza IIIAnastasia Klimchynskaya • Bernie Mojzes

9:00pm EST

The Paradox of Writing SF Plaza IIIMartin Berman-Gorvine • Eric Hardenbrook • Mike McPhail • Peter Prellwitz • Michael Swanwick

11:00pm EST

Harlan Ellison Retrospective Plaza IIIPhil Giunta • Dina Leacock • Darrell Schweitzer • Jay Smith • Mark Wolverton
 
Sunday, November 18
 

10:00am EST

Science Fiction and The Men In Black Plaza IIIMartin Berman-Gorvine • Michael D'Ambrosio • Kevin Patterson • Mark Singer • Michael A. Ventrella The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Current Technology Trends Crystal Ballroom TwoJohn Ashmead • Earl Bennett • Bob Hranek • Charlie Robertson • John Skylar

11:00am EST

Fairy Tales for the Modern Age Plaza IIPhilippa Ballantine • Karen Heuler • Kim Kindya • Linda J. Lee • Eric Parmer • Mary Spila The Future of Synthetic Biology and Public Biohacking Crystal Ballroom TwoMuriel Hykes • Anna Kashina • John Skylar • Ronald C. Taylor

12:00pm EST

Science Fiction as Social Education Plaza IIPhil Giunta • Anastasia Klimchynskaya • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • Rebecca Robare • Michael A. Ventrella • Simone Zelitch

2:00pm EST

Roundtable: A Farewell to Adventure Time Plaza IVPhillip Thorne Cyberpunk 2.0 Plaza IITobias Cabral • Bruce Dykes • Nathan Lilly • Aaron Rosenberg Jungian Archetypes in SF & F Plaza IIILinda J. Lee • Shannon O’Shea • Rebecca Robare • Miriam Seidel