Friday 26 May, 2017

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

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)

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...

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...

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...

Saturday 27 May, 2017

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

10:00

VOICEOVER 101: How To Get Started in Voiceovers

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Xander Jeanneret (Participant)

Bonnie Gordon, The Library Bards (Participant)

Join Bonnie Gordon (R. Mika in Street Fighter V; Cartoon Network; Ikki Tousin; etc) and Xander Jeanneret (Announcer in Divekick, Dragon Nest, ...

11:30

A Human Mars beyond the Planetary Protection Wall

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Moderator)

Candace Lowe, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

How long will it take to decide Mars is free of native life? Should astronauts go there before that? What challenges does that represent and who is...

13:00

Universes Beyond DC and Marvel on Film

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Derek McCaw, Fanboy Planet (Moderator)

Ric Bretschneider, Fanboy Planet (Participant)

Stephen "Dirk" Libbey, CinemaBlend (Participant)

With Valerian coming to cinemas this summer, we could discuss what other graphic novels, albums, and comics have been adapted to film and to what s...

14:30

DNA and gene research then and now.

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 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

Sharing the Love

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Karysa Faire (Moderator)

Gail Carriger (Participant)

Lea Kirk (Participant)

Tess Rider (Participant)

Beth Barany, YA Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction Mystery (Participant)

Romance has crept more and more into science fiction and fantasy. How is this happening and why now? Join a panel of authors as they discus the sex...

17:30

Just Go With It

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)

Cheri Stryker (Participant)

Mr. A.E. Marling (Participant)

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

Just go with it! A panel of complete bs-ing. The panelists will take a topic from the audience and make up endless fact after fact stemming off of ...

Sunday 28 May, 2017

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

10:00

Language and Power

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Juliette Wade (Participant)

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...

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)

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...

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)

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)

Monday 29 May, 2017

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

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)

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...

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)

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Sessions

Friday 26 May, 2017

Saturday 27 May, 2017

Sunday 28 May, 2017

Monday 29 May, 2017