San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
Sessions
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Integrating Mythology San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From books to anime, comics to television, classical mythology to modern entertainment, old myths can both delight and confound consumers. What are...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Before There Were Hackers, There Were the Phreaks San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- The Art And Craft of Story Openings San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Sex and Fandom San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The presence of explicit sexual material in fandom is known, but the way fans perceive and interact with it has changed over the generations. What ...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Fan Fiction: A Stepping Stone or a Waste of Time? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cassandra Clare, author of the Mortal Instruments series, started building her fan base by writing serious Harry Potter fan fiction. The novel F...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Blurring the Lines Between Genres San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Do genres even exist anymore? What's the difference between sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and all of their sub genres? Is there a difference? Or is it a...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- From Fritz the Cat to Rick and Morty; Adult Cartoons San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Edgier cartoons and comic books with adult and sexual content, and rowdy sexual references are nothing new. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and H...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- The Necessity of Accurate Research San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Harry Potter LARP - Youth Only San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Better Living Through Robotics - LARP San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 5 hours
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- From Medicine to Magic San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A panel discussion about the fun and challenge of writing about healing magic in period fantasy settings, and/or people sharing favorite examples o...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Marketing your Artwork San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Happy Ever After? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Writing from the Heart San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Intro to Comics San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Lots of great science fiction and fantasy writing is happening in illustrated forms: comic books and graphic novels. Let's discuss great comics ser...
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Art as Resistance San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Ghosts and Local Folklore: Nobody Has To Go Tho The UK To See Stuff Happen San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Paranormal p...
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- All A'Tingle San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Diversity v. Unity San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The line between celebrating our differences and dividing ourselves is often blurry. When is embracing racial, religious, politica,l or personal id...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Not Just for Kids Anymore San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Young Adult, New Adult and Midgrade fiction are written for younger audiences, but, over the past decade, the genres have become increasingly attra...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Looking in the Mirror for Answers to the Fermi Question? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Where are they? What do trends in our own recent history suggest about how a really advanced civilization might deal with interstellar distan...