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11:00am EST

A Tribute to Ursula K. LeGuin Crystal Ballroom ThreeVictoria Janssen • Kim Kindya • Miriam Seidel • Susan Shwartz • Simone Zelitch Foundations of Worldbuilding: Planetary Systems & Space Plaza IIIJazz Hiestand • Anna Kashina • Nick Martell • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • John Monahan

12:00pm EST

Remembering Gardner Dozois Crystal Ballroom ThreeDavid M. Axler • Samuel Delany • Tess Kissinger • Tom Purdom • Michael Swanwick • Robert Walters

1:00pm EST

The Orville Plaza IVTy Drago • Orenthal Hawkins • Chris Kreuter • Andre Lieven • James Prego

2:00pm EST

The Robot "Other" Plaza IIINeil Clarke • Barna William Donovan • Anastasia Klimchynskaya • David Walton • Joan Wendland The Moon, The Stars, and Mars: The Ethics of Colonizing Space Crystal Ballroom TwoJohn Ashmead • Tobias Cabral • Joseph Haughey • Inge Heyer • Jazz Hiestand • Tom Purdom

3:00pm EST

Don't Open That Airlock! Plaza IIIVikki Ciaffone • Michael D'Ambrosio • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • Aaron Rosenberg • Michael Swanwick Presentation by Principal Speaker Steven Brust Grand Ballroom ASteven Burst

4:00pm EST

2018 Hugo Nominee Review Plaza IIITodd Dashoff • Terry Steiner Sisk Graybill • Miriam Seidel • David Walton 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 Politics and Deep Space Nine Plaza IVJonathan Alexandratos • Russell J. Handelman • Orenthal Hawkins • Daniel Kimmel • Rebecca Robare • Susan Shwartz

6:00pm EST

Intentionally Retro SF Plaza IVAaron • Russell J. Handelman • Darrell Schweitzer • Jay Smith • Jeff Warner Our Fascination with Mars Plaza IIIJohn Ashmead • Tobias Cabral • Michael D'Ambrosio • Jazz Hiestand • Paul Levinson

7:00pm EST

Post-Religious Science Fiction Plaza IIMarilyn 'Mattie' Brahen • Lawrence Kramer • Chris Kreuter • Mark Singer • David Walton

8:00pm EST

The Sandy Swank Memorial Masquerade with a Half-Time show by The Chromatics Grand Ballroom A The Dark Forest Theory Crystal Ballroom TwoBruce Dykes • Bob Hranek • Tom Purdom

9:00pm EST

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

10:00pm EST

Saturday Night Open Filk Plaza VIRoberta Rogow The 200th Anniversary of Frankenstein Plaza IIIAnastasia Klimchynskaya

11:00pm EST

Harlan Ellison Retrospective Plaza IIIPhil Giunta • Dina Leacock • Darrell Schweitzer • Jay Smith • Mark Wolverton Why We Hate Big Bang Theory Crystal Ballroom TwoBruce Dykes • Tony Finan • Charlie Robertson • John Skylar

10:00am EST

Fifty Years of Pern Crystal Ballroom ThreeElektra Hammond • Victoria Janssen • Hildy Silverman • Phillip Thorne Writing Like The Dickens Plaza IITy Drago • Leigh Grossman • Richard Stout • Joan Wendland 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 Creative Influence of Moorcock Plaza IVGil Cnaan • Savan Gupta • Tauney Kennedy • Mark Singer • F. M. Yates You're Always Learning How to Write Better Crystal Ballroom ThreeMarilyn 'Mattie' Brahen • D.L. Carter • Sally Wiener Grotta • Joshua Palmatier • Alyce Wilson

12:00pm EST

Gardner Dozois’s “The Peacemaker” Plaza IIIBrandon Budda • Glenn McDorman Science Fiction as Social Education Plaza IIPhil Giunta • Anastasia Klimchynskaya • Dr. Valerie J. Mikles • Rebecca Robare • Michael A. Ventrella • Simone Zelitch Babylon 5 Plaza VKen Altabef • Tony Finan • Elektra Hammond • Lawrence Kramer • Tim Souder • Mark Wolverton

1:00pm EST

The Myth of the Mad Scientist Plaza IIAaron • John Ashmead • Anna Kashina • Tee Morris • Alan P. Smale • Jim Stratton When Less Is More Crystal Ballroom ThreeDanielle Ackley-McPhail • Steven Burst • Vikki Ciaffone • Marshall Ryan Maresca • Bernie Mojzes

2:00pm EST

Cyberpunk 2.0 Plaza IITobias Cabral • Bruce Dykes • Nathan Lilly • Aaron Rosenberg