Friday 27 May, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

13:00

Connections From The Past and How We Deal With Them

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

Ja Shia (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Moderator)

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Participant)

Hey, that creepy ex-boyfriend just found me on facebook. Wow! That beloved, long lost buddy is at an SCA event. Oh... you're THAT Sally! The good, ...

14:30

Cosplay is Not Consent

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Jean Batt (Participant)

Spacemonster Meyn, TRMN and SFI (Moderator)

Anastasia Hunter (Participant)

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

16:00

The Four Lords Talk Curseborn

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Simon Gatsu Sandoval (Participant)

Trowa D. Cloud (Participant)

Squall D. Ace (Participant)

Elnath D. Shanks (Participant)

17:30

So You Want to be a Jedi: The 101 on Becoming One with the Force

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat Yulo (Participant)

Mary Boyd-Fisher (Participant)

With the resurgence of Star Wars fandom due to the release of the Force Awakens, more and more people want to create costumes from the Star Wars...

Saturday 28 May, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

Monks in Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Moderator)

Jennifer Nestojko, San Jose City College (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Many monastic traditions stress the importance of silence and solitude. Leaving behind all the material comforts of Earth for the "final frontier" ...

11:30

Evil to the Core: Villains in Sci Fi and Fantasy

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Mr. A.E. Marling (Participant)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

Setsu Uzume (Participant)

Christophe Pettus (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Sure, the hero gets the gal (or guy) and all the glory, but it’s the villain that does all the hard work. Where would Batman be without the Joker? ...

13:00

Gearing Up For War

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Setsu Uzume (Moderator)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Griffin Barber (Participant)

Depending on the time period, terrain, and the nature of the fight, you're going to need different kinds of kit. We'll discuss how human beings pre...

14:30

Costume in Fiction - Creating the total package

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Debbie Bretschneider (Participant)

Denise (Participant)

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Moderator)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

Your hero from another world isn't going to be wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt (most likely), nor will your altermate history ... come discuss the...

16:00

Delphic Oracle

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Jon Del Arroz (Participant)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Sarah Pugliaresi (Participant)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Todd McCaffrey (Moderator)

Stacy Ferguson (Participant)

17:30

Dwarf Planets

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant)

Mr. Chris Butler (Participant)

We made to Pluto AND to Ceres - what did our probes find, and what about all of the other dwarf planets? Does Triton count? What about Planet X? Wh...

20:30

TRMN Task Group 91.1 Summit

1 hour 30 minutes, 20:30 - 22:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association is holding their annual summit of local chapters to conduct Group business, commission new chapters, ...

Sunday 29 May, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

0:00

Eye of Argon

1 hour 30 minutes, 0:00 - 1:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

10:00

Fantasy Tropes: A Writing Tool or a Story Crutch?

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

Kyle Aisteach (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Joe King (Participant)

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Tired of princesses and dragons and swarming hordes overrunning fantasy novels? What about the questing orphan turning from farmer to prince? The i...

11:30

Martian Law

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Mr. Chris Butler (Participant)

13:00

Science Fiction From Scientists

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Andrew Fraknoi, The Fromm Institute (Moderator)

Paul Preuss (Participant)

We will review the role that scientists and people with science training have had in writing science fiction in the 20 th and 21 st century, discus...

14:30

Wonder Woman After 50

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Debbie Bretschneider (Participant)

Denise (Moderator)

Eva Carrender, Carrender Robotics (Participant)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

16:00

Women In Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:00 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

Spacemonster Meyn, TRMN and SFI (Moderator)

CDRE CDRE Tracy Newby, D5SL Newby, TRMN (Participant)

Megan O'Keefe (Participant)

Ms Kay Pannell, PIERS Environmental Services (Participant)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

17:30

Linguistics For The Storyteller

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Juliette Wade (Moderator)

Lawrence M. Schoen (Participant)

This is more than a "how to write" panel. Language is everywhere in our stories: it's the vehicle we use to tell them, but also the engine that run...

Monday 30 May, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00

Turning Your Character into Reality

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat Yulo (Participant)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Spacemonster Meyn, TRMN and SFI (Moderator)

Tory (Participant)

11:30

The Adult In Young Adult

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Princess B, Charity 2nd (Participant)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Moderator)

Teresa Edgerton (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

YA: no swearing, sex, violence, or drugs. So your hero is a young boy who's just been thrown in among a bunch of space marines; can you really writ...

13:00

Big Bang Theory

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Princess B, Charity 2nd (Participant)

Douglas Shepard (Participant)

Tom Galloway (Participant)

Chris OHalloran, Cengage Learning (real job) - Worldcon 76 in San Jose (Fannish job) (Moderator)

14:30

Lego and Table Displays

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Inejiro Koizumi (Participant)

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Sessions

Friday 27 May, 2016

Saturday 28 May, 2016

Sunday 29 May, 2016

Monday 30 May, 2016