Sunday 28 May, 2017

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

2:00

Dawn Patrol.

1 hour, 2:00 - 3:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

10:00

Language and Power

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Juliette Wade (Participant)

BoF: Knotty Hookers

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

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Crocheters gather for some community time to work and share their latest projects. Knitters and needleworkers are also welcome, but we didn't have ...

Women's utopias or queer utopias

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

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Meg Elison (Moderator)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

Skye Allen (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Wild Cards Panel

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Ty Franck (Participant)

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

The Edible Microverse

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Use delicious treats to build a set of models of atoms & subatomic particles and visualize their interactions and scales. All-ages activity (who do...

Collaborations

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

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

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

Christian Services

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Fr John Blaker (Participant)

Randy Smith (Participant)

Wings of War/Glory.

3 hours, 10:00 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

St. Michael's Salle d'Armes

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Tony Barajas, St. Michael's Salle d'Armes (Participant)

Sydney Thomson (Participant)

Wounds And How To Make Them Join us as we discuss some commonly held misconceptions about historical martial practice. We'll...

ASL Presentation

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

11:00

Spoon and Stick Catapults

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 - 12:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

11:30

Death always wins

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Moderator)

Fr John Blaker (Participant)

Cheri Stryker (Participant)

Jennifer Nestojko, San Jose City College (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

An exploration of how death is viewed and dealt with in contemporary society, past cultures and in fiction, We will contrast what some would say to...

Small Gathering: Bonnie & Xander

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Bonnie Gordon, The Library Bards (Participant)

Xander Jeanneret (Participant)

Bards and Munchkins! Bonnie and Xander host a game of Munchkin with a small number of fans. No experience required for this game, but a sense of...

World building a dystopian future

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Colin Fisk (Moderator)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Helen Stringer (Participant)

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

Cliff Winnig (Participant)

From the socio-political events to the physical degradation of infrastructure. Panelists will discuss what it takes to break down a society into a ...

Women Of Horror

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Moderator)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

St Michael's Swordfighting Class

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Sydney Thomson (Participant)

Tony Barajas, St. Michael's Salle d'Armes (Participant)

Jeremy Tavan (Participant)

Firefly Bingo!

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Sarcastro, Chairperson (Participant)

Mingojerry and Fantastic Rample, known locally as Fanty and Mingo, have organized a new members-only event at the Maidenhead in the form o...

Film a Scene with Taunya Gren

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Podcasting

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Stephen (Moderator)

Tom Merritt, Sword and Laser (Participant)

Veronica Belmont, Sword & Laser (Participant)

Ric Bretschneider, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

"Do the thing, every day."

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

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

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant)

Skye Allen (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Group, (writer, musician, artist type panel discussing tips on practicing your craft every day) how to motivate yourself, how to pace yourself, an...

Belter Creole 101

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Kai MacTane (Participant)

Learn Lang Belta - the "Belter Creole" language from _The Expanse_! This course will give you hands-on practice, teaching you to understand spoken ...

12:00

Signing Diana Paxson

1 hour, 12:00 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

13:00

Making readers care about your characters

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Mr. Ezra Barany (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Mr. A.E. Marling (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Small Gathering- Dr. Christine Doyle

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

Signing S.P. Hendrick

1 hour, 13:00 - 14:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

Escape Velocity

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Colin Fisk (Moderator)

Thaddeus Howze, Ebonstorm Media (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Cliff Winnig (Participant)

Whether it’s the Enterprise exploring new realms now that the Earth is in balance or the corporate plundering of Weyland-Yutani, most science ficti...

Finger Loop Braiding

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Jennifer McGaffey (Participant)

GoH Interview: Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck with Sword and Laser

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

Ty Franck (Participant)

Veronica Belmont, Sword & Laser (Participant)

Tom Merritt, Sword and Laser (Participant)

Marie Brennan Reading

20 minutes, 13:00 - 13:20

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Marie Brennan (Participant)

Novels Long form vs. the short form

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Moderator)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

M Christian, Renaissance E Books/Digital Parchment Services (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

Dystopian Space Opera from Ancillary Justice to Rogue One

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Moderator)

Juliette Wade (Participant)

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Participant)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

Captain Sonar

2 hours, 13:00 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

At the bottom of the ocean, no one can hear you scream! You and three of your friends will team up against another t...

Is there too much violence in current entertainment?

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Katharine Kit Kerr (Moderator)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Helen Stringer (Participant)

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

Parody walkthrough

1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Bob Kanefsky (Participant)

Jeff Bohnhoff (Participant)

Jeff Bohnhoff and Bob Kanefsky have each written a parody of the same pop song. Watch the words magically morph on animated slides as th...

13:20

C. Sanford Lowe Reading

20 minutes, 13:20 - 13:40

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

13:40

Lillian Csernica Reading

20 minutes, 13:40 - 14:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

14:00

Signing: Emerian Rich and Sumiko Saulson

1 hour, 14:00 - 15:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Participant)

Chris Garcia Reading

20 minutes, 14:00 - 14:20

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

14:30

Bad Fanfiction Live (18+)

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Jonathan Fortin (Participant)

Meg Elison (Participant)

Leigh Ann Hildebrand (Participant)

Eric "in the Elevator" Z Zuckerman, Kosher Ham Studios (Participant)

The panelists write terrible erotic fanfiction, using characters that are suggested by the audience. The end result: horrifying and hilarious works...

Small Gathering: Daniel Dociu

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

Daniel Dociu will host a informal gathering with a small number of fans. **LIMITED SEATING** Sign ups will be open in Program Ops at 9 A...

The Hunger Games

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Moderator)

JohnO (Participant)

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

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Chainmail Bracelets

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Silicon Valley Science Fiction Short Film Festival

3 hours, 14:30 - 17:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

The Care and Feeding of Your Creative Muse

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Deborah J. Ross (Moderator)

Skye Allen (Participant)

Jennifer Nestojko, San Jose City College (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

CSI and Magic

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Marie Brennan (Participant)

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

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

How do you solve crimes involving magic or magical beings and creatures? What kinds of evidence can you find using science? How can magic assist sc...

The Drake Equation

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant)

Thaddeus Howze, Ebonstorm Media (Participant)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

A Light from the Slush Pile

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Ethics of Bio Engineering

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

Sydney Thomson (Participant)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

Trinity Adler, Contributing author with HorrorAddicts.net (Participant)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Moderator)

16:00

Historical Writing

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Moderator)

Heather Rose Jones (Participant)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

Small Gathering: Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck

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

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Ty Franck (Participant)

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

Harry Potter and Dystopian Fantasy

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

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Moderator)

Jean Batt (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Linden Tarr, PhotoBOMBincorporated (Participant)

Shrunken Head Crochet Class

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Emerian Rich, Self and HorrorAddicts (Participant)

Whether you’d like to decorate your DYSTOPIAN pad, or you are just stocking up for the apocalypse trade system, come make some shrunken heads w/Emz...

Disaster preparation and Urban Survival

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Michael Sarkisian, JOAT Survival (Moderator)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

Stephen (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Story to Screen

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Karen Brenchley (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" was made into the movie "Arrival". Philip K. Dick has had many of his short stories made into Hollywood movies. W...

Charity Auction 2

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Parody Puzzle Pieces: a Game Show

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Bob Kanefsky (Moderator)

Bonnie Gordon, The Library Bards (Participant)

Xander Jeanneret (Participant)

Parody writing is often a problem-solving activity. Let’s make a game show to turn it into a spectator sport. Can our parodist contestants figure...

17:30

A Dramatic Reading

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Xander Jeanneret (Participant)

Bonnie Gordon, The Library Bards (Participant)

Sir Goofybutt, Charity Head (Participant)

Appreciation vs. Appropriation

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Moderator)

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

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

When using cultural and religious ideas and themes from cultures and societies other than your own, what obligations, if any, are parts of that “bo...

Romantic SFF / Paranormal Romance

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Teresa Edgerton (Moderator)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Military Science Fiction

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Whidbey Basin, Royal Manticoran Navy (Moderator)

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

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Participant)

Tory (Participant)

McCovey Cove Garcia, Hotel Head (Participant)

What's new in writing about magic, how do we keep it fresh?

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Moderator)

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

M Christian, Renaissance E Books/Digital Parchment Services (Participant)

The Truth About Stuff

1 hour 30 minutes, 17:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Moderator)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Leigh Ann Hildebrand (Participant)

Eric "in the Elevator" Z Zuckerman, Kosher Ham Studios (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Come ask our panelists for the truth about various topics and learn the secrets of the dark conspiracies behind each! If you ever wanted to know...

18:00

Concert: Margaret and Kristoph

1 hour, 18:00 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

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

Kristoph Klover, Flowinglass Music (Participant)

19:00

Bay Area Ghost Hunters Paranormal Panel

1 hour 30 minutes, 19:00 - 20:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Concert: Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff

1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Jeff Bohnhoff (Participant)

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

Diana Paxson Reading

20 minutes, 19:00 - 19:20

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Ms Diana L. Paxson (Participant)

How To Build Your Own Death Cart Using Only A Parrot

1 hour 30 minutes, 19:00 - 20:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Douglas Berry, Santa Clara Police Department (Moderator)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

19:20

S.P. Hendrick Reading

20 minutes, 19:20 - 19:40

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

19:30

Treasure boxes

30 minutes, 19:30 - 20:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

19:40

M. Christian Reading

20 minutes, 19:40 - 20:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

M Christian, Renaissance E Books/Digital Parchment Services (Participant)

20:00

LARP - Secret Agents by Theatre Arcanos

5 hours, 20:00 - 1:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Greetings, [redacted] Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to attend the retirement party of Dr. Ugarte, the world-renowne...

Building With Toothpicks and Marshmallows

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

The Return of the Fish Dance

3 hours, 20:00 - 23:00

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Theme Circle: Utopia

1 hour, 20:00 - 21:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

20:30

Why'd You Steal That Baby?

1 hour 30 minutes, 20:30 - 22:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Moderator)

Carrie Sessarego, Smart Bitches Trashy Books (Participant)

Susie Rodriguez, Programming Head (Participant)

SallyRose Robinson, Rose Red Consultations (Participant)

Cindi Somebody Cabal (Participant)

Why'd you steal that baby? How did you pull off the greatest heist in Switzerland's history? Can you tell us about the time you walked on the moon?...

21:00

Open Singing

5 hours, 21:00 - 2:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

21:30

Quiet Room - Coloring Fort.

1 hour 30 minutes, 21:30 - 23:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

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