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Monday 29 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
2:00
2:00
Dawn Patrol
1 hour, 2:00 - 3:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

10:00
10:00
The Dreaded Outline
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Moderator)

Jay Hartlove, JayWrites Productions (Participant)

Loren Rhoads, Loren Rhoads (Participant)

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

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

Table Reading With Taunya Gren
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Narrative Structure in Role-Playing Games
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Marie Brennan (Moderator)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Changing Opinions.
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Stephen (Moderator)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

Artistic Solutions meeting
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Lest We Forget
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Randy Smith (Moderator)

About Those AR Games
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Moderator)

JohnO (Participant)

Mx Sarah Williams, Merrie Pryanksters (Participant)

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

Discussing at least Niantic's two games, PokemonGO and Ingress, their similarities, differences, the way they get people out and interacting direct...
Podcast - Dive Into World Building
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Juliette Wade (Participant)

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

Mr. Ezra Barany (Participant)

Jon Chaisson (Participant)

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

11:30
11:30
Relativistic Space Travel Fiction
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

Now that there's at least a semiserious project to launch microsails to Alpha Centauri at a third of the speed of light, and the literature on beam...
Match Game
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

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

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

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

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

English Country Dance Workshop
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard

Brian Williams, Contra Costa College (Participant)

Ellen, Makers Workshop (Participant)

Mx Sarah Williams, Merrie Pryanksters (Participant)

Podcast - Fanboy Planet With Ty and Daniel
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Ric Bretschneider, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Derek McCaw, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Ty Franck (Participant)

Daniel Abraham (Participant)

The Eternal Importance of Research
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Karen Brenchley (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Laurel Anne Hill (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

SO, what would have happened if the Brits won the War of 1812? Well, actually - they kind of did. Research before you write alternatives to the wro...
Unpopular Amongst the Fen
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

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

Kai MacTane (Participant)

Randy Smith (Participant)

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

Time Travel, Creating Believable Adventures
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

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

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

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

Steven Mix, Green Machine Comics (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Moderator)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Daniel Dociu (Participant)

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

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

You Want to Build Your Own Language?
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1

Jon Chaisson (Participant)

Juliette Wade (Participant)

Kai MacTane (Moderator)

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Mr. Ezra Barany (Moderator)

Derek McCaw, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

Jennifer McGaffey (Participant)

The answer to many of the world's problems may be games. From adding sound effects to recycling bottles in a bin to manipulating proteins online to...
Ultranationalism
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Margaret McGaffey Fisk, TTO Publishing (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Anne Killpack (Participant)

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

Why is ultranationalism suddenly so widespread? Is it a reaction to multi-culti mores? To globalization? To demographic change? What are we all so ...
Still Searching
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Seth Shostak, SETI Institute (Moderator)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

Role-playing etiquette
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Michelle McNeill (Participant)

Tyler Hayes, N/A (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

A discussion of appropriate conduct in both LARPs and table top RPGs. Experienced gamers and game runners talk about what's expected and where the ...
History and Anthropology for writers.
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Moderator)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

Marie Brennan (Participant)

Teresa Edgerton (Participant)

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Participant)

Costume Photography and Videography
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Stephen (Participant)

Jean Martin, Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild (Participant)

Christine Doyle MD, CEP America (Participant)

JohnO (Participant)

14:30
14:30
Closing Ceremonies
1 hour, 14:30 - 15:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

15:30
15:30
Hiss And Purr
1 hour, 15:30 - 16:30

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Come share your experiences with this year's convention with the executive team. Tell us what worked and what didn't. Constructive criticism is wel...
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