Friday 26 May, 2017

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

12:30

Opening Ceremonies

1 hour, 12:30 - 13:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

13:00

Flight School

1 hour, 13:00 - 14:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

13:30

Writing a dystopia while living in one

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Carolyn Hill, University of California, Berkeley (Participant)

Meg Elison (Participant)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Small group copyright discussion and Q&A

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

Come chat with intellectual property attorney and writer, Jacquelyn Loyd about copyrights and intellectual property law. ***NO SPECIFIC LEGAL ADVIC...

Watercolor for Chapter Headings and Chapter Illustrations for Utopian and Dystopian Novels

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Michele Roger (Participant)

The Seduction of Utopia.

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Ty Franck (Participant)

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

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...

Mark Gelineau Reading

20 minutes, 13:30 - 13:50

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Podcast - Fantasy Film 101

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

Longevity Of The Craft

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Heather Rose Jones (Moderator)

Peter Beagle (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

Tad Williams (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

13:50

Juliette Wade Reading

20 minutes, 13:50 - 14:10

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Juliette Wade (Participant)

14:10

Chaz Brenchley Reading

20 minutes, 14:10 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Chaz Brenchley (Participant)

14:30

Loren Rhoads Reading

20 minutes, 14:30 - 14:50

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

15:00

Hey Kids, Let's Put On A Religion!

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Moderator)

Fr John Blaker (Participant)

Tory (Participant)

Prof. David McGaffey, InterConsultGlobal; St.Mary's College of California; Holy Names University (Participant)

Let's build a God, and a religion to go with it. The audience will help the panelists create a theology and talk about our concepts of divinity, mo...

BoF: Star Wars

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Witch-hunts and Watch-lists

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Moderator)

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Jean Batt (Participant)

Policing Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

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...

How Do We Get Through It?

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Moderator)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Meg Elison (Participant)

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

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

Historic Urban Fantasy

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Moderator)

Teresa Edgerton (Participant)

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Participant)

Wings of War/Glory

3 hours, 15:00 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

Ethics of Magic

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Marie Brennan (Moderator)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

When is magic a reasonable tool and when is it an abuse of power? Does the end justify the means and does the answer shift in a world where magic i...

Critique: How to give and how to take

1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Karen Brenchley (Moderator)

Karen Brenchley discusses the ins and outs of critique from both ends. Come learn how to give effective critique and how to appropriately process a...

16:00

Counted Cross-Stitch Basics

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

In this class you will learn the basics of starting a cross stitch pattern. All supplies will be provided & numerous patterns to choose from. Expe...

16:30

Introduction To The Honorverse

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

McCovey Cove Garcia, Hotel Head (Moderator)

Tory (Participant)

Jennifer McGaffey (Participant)

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

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Come learn about David Weber's much loved books, Honor Harrington and the Royal Manticorean Navy. Perfect for those who are not yet versed in the w...

What If We Cure Aging?

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Moderator)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

People of Color in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Fandom - Is everyone invited?

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Moderator)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Dr. Dr. Yvonne White, Teen Lounge (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Fandom often prides itself on being open and inclusive. Join us for a discussion about whether that is a universal truth or whether the experience ...

Including animals as main figures in your work

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Moderator)

Tad Williams (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

Creative Hobbies For Writers

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Sheryl R Hayes (Moderator)

Michele Roger (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Carolyn Hill, University of California, Berkeley (Participant)

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

We create with words. But when we're relaxing, what do you do? Knit? Paint? Sculpt? Weave baskets underwater while wearing SCUBA gear? And how does...

So You Wanna Write A Series?

1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Moderator)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

18:00

Meet The Guests (private)

1 hour, 18:00 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

19:00

Meet The Guests

1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

20:00

The Art of Storytelling

1 hour 30 minutes, 20:00 - 21:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Tom Merritt, Sword and Laser (Participant)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Panelists get elements for a story from the audience and craft quick tales, passing it along among themselves until the present the audience with t...

Karaoke/Charity Casino

3 hours, 20:00 - 23:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Peter Beagle and Friends Jam Session

1 hour, 20:00 - 21:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Peter Beagle (Participant)

21:00

Quiet Room - Coloring Fort

1 hour, 21:00 - 22:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Open Singing