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Anne Killpack

Participates in 4 items
Anne Killpack is a dilettante, artist, activist, writer, and nerd. Her major  roles are in disaster preparedness and disability access. 

Sessions in which Anne Killpack participates

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00

Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30
11:30
  • Inspiration Porn
  • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Disability in Utopian/Dystopian Fiction: When do futuristic visions of how to address disability in Utopian societies, like Anne McCaffrey's "The S...
13:00
13:00
  • Ultranationalism
  • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Why is ultranationalism suddenly so widespread? Is it a reaction to multi-culti mores? To globalization? To demographic change? What are we all so ...

Sessions in which Anne Killpack attends

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
12:30
12:30
13:30
13:30
  • The Seduction of Utopia.
  • San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
  • 13:30 - 15:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • What would you be willing to give up for utopia? Why is it so many portrayals are rigid and limiting? Why do they take the concept of other and use...
15:00
15:00
  • Policing Space
  • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 15:00 - 16:30  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • We don't want terrorists dropping rocks on our heads at 40 km/s, right? We don't want someone to turn a place on the Moon into a Meth lab, right? W...
18:00
18:00
19:00
19:00

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30
11:30
13:00
13:00
  • High Fantasy
  • San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Big, beautiful and bold. What is compelling about high fantasy and why is it formative for so many in our community? Authors of high fantasy discus...
14:30
14:30
17:30
17:30

Sunday 28 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
11:30
11:30
  • Belter Creole 101
  • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Learn Lang Belta - the "Belter Creole" language from _The Expanse_! This course will give you hands-on practice, teaching you to understand spoken ...
13:00
13:00
16:00
16:00

Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
11:30
11:30
13:00
13:00