San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Sessions

Friday 26 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
13:30
13:30
Podcast - Fantasy Film 101
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

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Christopher Garcia, Computer History Museum (Participant)

15:00
15:00
How Do We Get Through It?​
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:00 - 16:30

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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)

16:30
16:30
Including animals as main figures in your work
1 hour 30 minutes, 16:30 - 18:00

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ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Moderator)

Tad Williams (Participant)

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Participant)

Jacquelyn Bartel, DLA Piper LLP (Participant)

20:00
20:00
Peter Beagle and Friends Jam Session
1 hour, 20:00 - 21:00

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Peter Beagle (Participant)

21:00
21:00
Open Singing
6 hours, 21:00 - 3:00

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Saturday 27 May, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00
10:00
Earthlike Exoplanets
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

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Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Dr Orkan Umurhan (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

The Trappist System has three that might be habitable! Then there's Proxima Centauri B. What do we know about these new worlds? What are the odds o...
11:30
11:30
Autism and Asperger's In Fandom
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

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Thaddeus Howze, Ebonstorm Media (Moderator)

Fr John Blaker (Participant)

Jonathan Fortin (Participant)

ElizaBeth Gilligan, SFWA, DAW Books (Participant)

13:00
13:00
Stand-Alone or Series? Pros and Cons
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

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Deborah J. Ross (Moderator)

Chaz Brenchley (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

14:30
14:30
Will data cause the Singularity?
1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

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Karen Brenchley (Moderator)

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

Andrew Clark (Participant)

Michael Siladi, Sign Shop (Participant)

More data dramatically improves the predictive power of machine learning techniques. Now computer programs have beaten humans at Go, Chess, Jeopard...
18:00
18:00
Concert: Cliff Winnig
30 minutes, 18:00 - 18:30

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Cliff Winnig (Participant)

18:30
18:30
Red Shift Concert
30 minutes, 18:30 - 19:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

19:00
19:00
Theme Circle: Dystopia
1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

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20:00
20:00
Open Singing.
6 hours, 20:00 - 2:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Sunday 28 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
Collaborations
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 - 11:30

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

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Sheryl R Hayes (Participant)

11:30
11:30
Film a Scene with Taunya Gren
1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 - 13:00

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Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

13:00
13:00
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)

14:30
14:30
CSI and Magic
1 hour 30 minutes, 14:30 - 16:00

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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...
18:00
18:00
Concert: Margaret and Kristoph
1 hour, 18:00 - 19:00

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

Kristoph Klover, Flowinglass Music (Participant)

19:00
19:00
Concert: Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff
1 hour, 19:00 - 20:00

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Jeff Bohnhoff (Participant)

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

20:00
20:00
Theme Circle: Utopia
1 hour, 20:00 - 21:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

21:00
21:00
Open Singing
5 hours, 21:00 - 2:00

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

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

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Randy Smith (Moderator)

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

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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...
13:00
13:00
Still Searching
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:00 - 14:30

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Seth Shostak, SETI Institute (Moderator)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)