Sunday 27 May, 2018

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

8:00 AM

Are Cupcakes Really Evil?

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Moderator)

8:30 AM

Tao Cheng

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Miss JS Devivre, Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences (Participant)

The precursor to Tai...

10:00 AM

From Medicine to Magic

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Megan Messinger (Moderator)

Tamora Pierce (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

A panel discussion about the fun and challenge of writing about healing magic in period fantasy settings, and/or people sharing favorite examples o...

BoF: Queer Open Mic

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

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

A gathering to share work by queer authors. Bring your own or bring a favorite from someone else. Share a short work, an excerpt, a song or a poem....

Christopher Garcia Interview

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Youth Track - Fun With Goo!

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

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Kimberley Morris (Participant)

Christian Services

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

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Randy Smith (Moderator)

Artistic Solutions Board Meeting

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

A long time ago, or 1977, in a Theater Not-So-Far Away

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Family Friendly: Blanket Fort Coloring

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

Charity Auction 2

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Master Class: Other World World Building

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

David Friedman, School of Law, Santa Clara University (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Masquerade Contestant Meeting

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

11:00 AM

Signing: J. Malcolm Stewart

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Jason Malcolm Stewart (Participant)

Patchwork Beads

2 hours, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

11:30 AM

Marketing your Artwork

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret Davis, Margaret Davis Calligraphy & Design and Flowinglass Music (Moderator)

Amy-Elyse Neer, The Art of Amy-Elyse Neer (Participant)

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

Margaret Organ-Kean (Participant)

What Do You Mean, "Finished?"

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Camille Wright, Cosplay With Pride /Elladan & Elrohir cosplay (Participant)

Frederica Wright (Participant)

Our expert cosplayers are on hand to offer tips on that costume that isn't quite ready for tonight. Bring your project and come for advice o...

Heroines of Tortall

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Tamora Pierce (Moderator)

Susie Rodriguez, Programming Head (Participant)

Michelle McNeill (Participant)

Come join our GoH as she moderates a debate between panelists (exec staff?) about the virtues of the women of Tortall. Are you Team Kel? Wild for D...

Lightsabers 102

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Join Saber Guild for...

On Beyond Rey

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Moderator)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Denise (Participant)

Now that women are central to the new Star Wars movies, what are some more female-centered projects that should come to the big screen? Bonus point...

Can You Go Home Again?

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Katharine Kit Kerr (Moderator)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Jon Chaisson (Participant)

A good many authors these days are returning to the worlds of their successes in years past. Some critics and readers sneer. But why shouldn'...

How did the current golden age of genre TV shows happen and where is it going?

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Moderator)

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Christopher Erickson (Participant)

Elwin Cotman (Participant)

The Fourth Language of Genre Fiction

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Diversified Fandom, Diversified Canon

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Moderator)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Randy Smith (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

The Direction of Modern Science Fiction

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant)

Amanda Coronado (Participant)

Peter Beagle (Participant)

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

Science fiction started out as an age of wonder with everything shiny and perfect, all our troubles solved through science and looking outward. The...

12:00 PM

Signing: S.P. Hendrick

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

Family Friendly: Story Time

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

1:00 PM

Happy Ever After?

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant)

Sandra Saidak, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Miss JS Devivre, Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences (Participant)

Signing: C. Sanford Lowe

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Crochet Geek

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Margaret Organ-Kean Interview with Nerdvana

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Margaret Organ-Kean (Participant)

Chuck Serface (Participant)

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

Boffers

3 hours, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Jay Reynolds Freeman Presents

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Jay Freeman, Me ... organized? (Participant)

Old Ain't Dead! Cosplaying over the age of 30, or 50

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Darth Solar, TRMN (Participant)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Lani Bassett, Dynamic Cosplay (Participant)

Kai MacTane (Participant)

Sean Bassett, Cosplay With Pride (Participant)

Enough with the f***ing Nazis

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Aviya Amir (Moderator)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Recent years have brought us a plethora of shows reimagining Nazi-style dystopias, or just bringing in Nazi characters. In light of current events,...

Family Friendly: Fairy Lanterns

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

It Began With A Monster

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Jason Malcolm Stewart (Moderator)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Megan Messinger (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

200 years ago, Mary Shelley published the singular novel that set the stage for modern genre literature: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. I...

The Quiet Year

4 hours, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2

The Quiet Year is a ...

Readings

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

Ms. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Book View Cafe (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

Science and Politics in the USA: Latter Day Lysenkoism?

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Howard Davidson, Facebook (Participant)

2:00 PM

Signing: Loren Rhoads

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

T-Shirt pillows

2 hours, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Family Friendly: Make A Coat of Arms

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

2:30 PM

Writing from the Heart

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Deborah J. Ross (Moderator)

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Fred Wiehe (Participant)

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

Small Gathering Margaret Organ-Kean

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Margaret Organ-Kean (Participant)

Silicon Valley Science Fiction Short Film Festival

2 hours, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Disney: Is It Ok That They Own EVERYTHING?

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Stephen "Dirk" Libbey, CinemaBlend (Moderator)

Derek McCaw, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

I for one welcome our big eared overlord... Industry experts and fans discuss the ramifications of Disney's domination in their field and what it m...

YA Genre Fiction - Digging Deeper

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

Tamora Pierce (Participant)

YA Science Fiction and Fantasy novels have exploded in popularity. But do they offer more than just disposable entertainment; are they a boon or a ...

HorrorAddicts.Net

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Moderator)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

Jonathan Fortin (Participant)

Jason Malcolm Stewart (Participant)

Come discuss musical...

Parody-Writing Workshop

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Paul Kwinn (Moderator)

Bob Kanefsky (Participant)

Jeff Bohnhoff (Participant)

Ms. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Book View Cafe (Participant)

Every wanted to write a parody, filk or satirical song? Our experienced composers offer tips and tales about the musical process of recycle, reduce...

Be Kind: Radical Hospitality for Fandom

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Leigh Ann Hildebrand (Moderator)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Cayden Coronado (Participant)

Randy Smith (Participant)

Historical Costuming

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Mx Sarah Williams, Merrie Pryanksters (Participant)

Debbie Bretschneider (Participant)

Denise (Participant)

3:00 PM

Signing: J. S. Devivre

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Miss JS Devivre, Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences (Participant)

Roll Player with CJ Lowe

3 hours, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2

New players welcome BUT not for the faint of heart! Game involves character creation with dice, resource management, and dice placement. Please joi...

4:00 PM

Intro to Comics

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Leslie Light, Black Nerd Problems.com (Moderator)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Jason Malcolm Stewart (Participant)

Ric Bretschneider, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Lots of great science fiction and fantasy writing is happening in illustrated forms: comic books and graphic novels. Let's discuss great comics ser...

Small Gathering: M Todd Gallowglas

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Signing: Deborah Ross

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Victorian Crochet

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

GM trials & Tribulations

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Darth Solar, TRMN (Moderator)

Paul Kwinn (Participant)

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Participant)

Michelle McNeill (Participant)

Female Heroes And Female Villains

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Tamora Pierce (Moderator)

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

Peter Beagle (Participant)

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Participant)

Family Friendly: Campfire D&D

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

Nostalgia and Me

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Aviya Amir (Moderator)

Sandra Saidak, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Elwin Cotman (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Jay Freeman, Me ... organized? (Participant)

What are some works that seem to have been forgotten by the younger generation? What works are better off forgotten? What contributes to something ...

Getting Kids Interested in Science

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Tory (Moderator)

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

Hanne Madeleine Gates Paine (Participant)

Bad Science: Pseudoscience, Hoaxes, and Illogical Thinking

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Moderator)

Howard Davidson, Facebook (Participant)

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

When we're reading or writing science fiction, we've got some poetic license, but we want the science to be fundamentally right. When looking for s...

5:30 PM

Art as Resistance

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Moderator)

Skye Allen (Participant)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Outlasting the Jedi

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Derek McCaw, Fanboy Planet (Moderator)

Ric Bretschneider, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

Elwin Cotman (Participant)

Hidden Disabilities

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Moderator)

Stephen "Dirk" Libbey, CinemaBlend (Participant)

Keliana Tayler (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Master Class: Getting Out of the Slush Pile

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Participant)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

Belter Creole

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Kai MacTane (Participant)

Hanne Madeleine Gates Paine (Participant)

Learn Lang Belta: the "B...

5:45 PM

Dungeon Crawl: The Quest for Pie

3 hours 15 minutes, 5:45 PM - 9:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2

Rules-light dungeon crawl, 5th edition. Beginners are welcome. Characters and dice provided. Looking for 4 - 6 players. Sign up in Gaming (Collabor...

6:00 PM

Concert: Kristoph and Margaret

30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Kristoph Klover, Flowinglass Music (Participant)

Margaret Davis, Margaret Davis Calligraphy & Design and Flowinglass Music (Participant)

7:00 PM

BoF - LangBelta Creole Speakers

1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - 3063 - The Bar

Ghosts and Local Folklore: Nobody Has To Go Tho The UK To See Stuff Happen

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM