Monday 28 May, 2018

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

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

Diversity v. Unity

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Moderator)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Randy Smith (Participant)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

The line between celebrating our differences and dividing ourselves is often blurry. When is embracing racial, religious, politica,l or personal id...

Religion in Fantasy and Science Fiction

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Tamora Pierce (Moderator)

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Lest We Forget

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

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Gallowglas Does a Thing

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Participant)

Let's Discuss All Things Undead!

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Moderator)

Fred Wiehe (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

Grayson McNeill-Coronado (Participant)

Family Friendly: Pool Noodle Quidditch

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

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

Queer Characters, Queer Fans

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Skye Allen (Participant)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Which creators are introducing new and wonderful LGBTQ characters? Who are your old favorites? All ages are welcome at this exploration of queerfol...

Hand crafts in a high-tech age

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

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

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

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

Hanne Madeleine Gates Paine (Participant)

Martian Weather

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Moderator)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

How do dust devils, that are immensely taller on Mars, generate electrical discharges? How will the next rover to Mars tell us about Mars cli...

11:00 AM

Boffers

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

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

11:30 AM

Not Just for Kids Anymore

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Moderator)

Tamora Pierce (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Young Adult, New Adult and Midgrade fiction are written for younger audiences, but, over the past decade, the genres have become increasingly attra...

A Little Tied Up - A BoF for yarn enthusiasts

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Drop Spindle Class

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Margaret Organ-Kean Spotlight

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Margaret Organ-Kean (Participant)

Cross-generational Dr. Who

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

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Christopher Erickson (Moderator)

Keliana Tayler (Participant)

Robin Gallowglas (Participant)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Wild Weather

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

For the first time, science can show that three extreme weather events would not have happened without global warming, including the rain bomb that...

Science Fictional Hobbies and Education

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

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

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

Youth Cosplay Panel!

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

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

Frederica Wright (Participant)

Lani Bassett, Dynamic Cosplay (Participant)

Sean Bassett, Cosplay With Pride (Participant)

Fiction Set in or around the Bay Area

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Chad Peterman (Moderator)

Fred Wiehe (Participant)

Jennifer McGaffey (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

The New You?

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Moderator)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

Cliff Winnig (Participant)

With the rapid advances in genetic engineering, are medical ethics cautionary tales needed more than ever? The thriller marketplace has always love...

1:00 PM

Looking in the Mirror for Answers to the Fermi Question?

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

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

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

Where are they? What do trends in our own recent history suggest about how a really advanced civilization might deal with interstellar distan...

Crochet Geek

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Nerdvana Podcast

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

JC Arkham, The NerdVana Podcast (Participant)

Chuck Serface (Participant)

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Generational Theory and Character Building

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Moderator)

Kai MacTane (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

Elwin Cotman (Participant)

Many of us are fond of vast generational stereotypes based on Generational Theory, which groups us by cohorts, assigning sheltered fragility to Mil...

Master Class: Youth Track - Creative Writing For Kids

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

Family Friendly: Story Time

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

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

Well, Actually...

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Leigh Ann Hildebrand (Moderator)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)