Jessica Dickinson Goodman

Sessions in which Jessica Dickinson Goodman attends

Friday 24 May, 2019

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

3:00 PM

Artemis: Open Mission 1500

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3

Space Opera Literary Tropes

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

CAPT Timber Lupindo, TRMN (Moderator)

Joe Harney (Participant)

Discussion of common themes that always seem to find their way into space opera and how to incorporate them into your writing or avoid them. What t...

4:00 PM

Artemis: Open Mission 1600

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3

8:00 PM

Open Singing

5 hours, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Charity Karaoke/Casino

3 hours, 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

After you’ve rubbed elbows with our Guests of Honor, stick around for your chance to win big at Ba...

STARFLEET Region 4 Summit Meeting

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

McCovey Cove Garcia, Hotel Head (Participant)

David Nottage, Commander STARFLEET (Participant)

9:00 PM

Coloring Fort and Quiet Time - Adult Only

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

10:00 PM

Cards Against Humanity

2 hours, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3

"A party game for horrible people."Play begins with a judge, known as the "Card Czar", choosing a black question or fill-in-the-blank card from the...

Saturday 25 May, 2019

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

10:00 AM

She Said/She Said: An Author/Editor Pair Share the Secrets Behind Their Collaborative Success

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

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

You finally did it—you finished your book, or are darn near done. But what next? Melissa Snark, author of over a dozen titles, and Jennifer Carson,...

Ships, Planes, and Spaceships

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Peter N. Glaskowsky (Moderator)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

CDRE CDRE Tracy Newby, D5SL Newby, TRMN (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

2019 is the 50th anniversary of three key events in transportation: the mothballing of the world's greatest ocean liner (the S.S. United Stat...

11:30 AM

Oumuamua

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Peter N. Glaskowsky (Moderator)

Frank Wu, Toastmaster (Participant)

Arthur Bozlee (Participant)

12:00 PM

Artemis: Flight School

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3

1:00 PM

Oh No! Where's the Duct Tape? Costume Build and Help

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Kat Porter has several years of costume work, including costuming for youth theater programs, and Ren faire and cosplay costuming. She has designed...

Rock at the Shock

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

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

Writing Sex Scenes: A panel aimed at getting writers to think through the reasons for including sex in a story, how to mine it for plot and how to ...

Signing: Marjory Kaptanoglu

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Marjory Kaptanoglu (Participant)

World in My Eyes

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Juliette Wade (Participant)

Higher Learning in Fandom

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

CAPTSG Sonja Thiede, The Royal Manticoran Navy (Participant)

Commodore David P Goldsberry, The Royal Manticoran Navy (Participant)

Discussion of Academies in various fandoms and how members are encouraged to learn more about thei...

2:00 PM

Advanced Chainmaille

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

2:30 PM

Meet Brianna Wu

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Brianna Wu, Special Tech Guest (Participant)

What's Going on with the Polar Vortex?

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Ctein (Participant)

We've now seen the Midwest deep frozen to the point where it was colder than Antarctica, while Australia's heat wave is the worst on record. How do...

4:00 PM

Why Do Writers Kill Characters?

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Fred Wiehe (Moderator)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Beginning Finger Loop Braiding

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Is Friendship Ever Artificial?

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

Heather Rose Jones (Moderator)

David Brin (Participant)

Colin Fisk (Participant)

Tory (Participant)

If you can't tell whether a virtual or online entity is "real" or not, does it matter? Suppose you make a friend online and then discover that your...

5:00 PM

Artemis: Flight School

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3

5:30 PM

Hitting the High Points

1 hour 30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

M. Todd Gallowglas, Gallowglas Army (Moderator)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Sandra Saidak, Silicon Valley Authors (Participant)

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

Come join our panel of professional writers and educators as they discuss the highlights of submitted w...

8:00 PM

Open Singing Saturday

5 hours, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

9:00 PM

Coloring Fort and Quiet Time - Adult Only.

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

10:00 PM

Burlesque

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Sunday 26 May, 2019

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

9:00 AM

Medieval Breaking-of-the-Fast

3 hours, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - ConSuite

Come enjoy a Medieval Breaking-of-the-Fast: medieval-ish breakfast food, medieval music, and for early bird ConSuite guests, medieval - themed ...

10:00 AM

"Until We Are Utterly Destroyed" - Frank Wu Reading

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2

Frank Wu, Toastmaster (Participant)

Star Wars vs. Star Trek

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

CPTJG Timothy Simpson GCE, The Royal Manticoran Navy (Moderator)

David Brin (Participant)

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Participant)

Aviya Amir (Participant)

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

Christian Services

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Randy Smith (Moderator)

Literary Networks in the Past and Present

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Heather Rose Jones (Moderator)

Marjory Kaptanoglu (Participant)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

What are the different ways that the internet allows and encourages authors to interact and form communities, mentorships, etc? How do they recapit...

Altered Beast

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

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Kevin Andrew Murphy (Moderator)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Pat MacEwen (Participant)

11:00 AM

Signing: Juliette Wade

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby

Juliette Wade (Participant)

11:30 AM

Activism: Inside and Outside of Fandom

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Moderator)

Mx Sarah Williams, Merrie Pryanksters (Participant)

Brianna Wu, Special Tech Guest (Participant)

Many fans and con attendees are very involved in current social movements. Some have extended that work into the fandom and con community. Let's di...

12:00 PM

Artemis: Flight School

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3

1:00 PM

Commercialization of Space

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2

Jay Freeman, Me ... organized? (Moderator)

Peter N. Glaskowsky (Participant)

Arthur Bozlee (Participant)

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

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

What Does it Mean that Spock is Half Human?

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Denise (Moderator)

Juliette Wade (Participant)

Dec (Dess) (Participant)

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

Inter-planetary or inter-species matings with offspring in science fiction or fantasy as allegory for inter-cultural relationships on present day E...

2:30 PM

How To Write A Heroine

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Marjory Kaptanoglu (Moderator)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

Why Are We Still Talking About Cultural Appropriation?

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4

Dr Wanda, H Pleasant (Moderator)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Gregg Castro, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (Participant)

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

Stunt Readers!

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Moderator)

Taunya Gren, 5Rainbow Productions (Participant)

Frank Wu, Toastmaster (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

Star Trek Jeopardy

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

4:00 PM

The Prediction Problem

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Jeremy Erman (Moderator)

David Brin (Participant)

Cliff Winnig (Moderator)

Sumiko Saulson, Iconoclast Productions (Participant)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Why is it so hard to write stories that accurately predict future science, technology, and societies? Is the future just unknowable, or are writers...

8:30 PM

The Future Of Sex: A Discussion About the Possibilities

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

SallyRose Robinson, Rose Red Consultations (Moderator)

Ms Fara Otterbeck (Participant)

Andrew Clark (Participant)

All A' Tingle

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Mark Gelineau, Gelineau and King (Participant)

R. L. King, Magespace Press (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

LJK Oliva, LJK Oliva Books (Participant)

9:00 PM

Coloring Fort and Quiet Time - Adult Only .

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

10:30 PM

Open Singing Sunday

5 hours, 10:30 PM - 3:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Engage

Monday 27 May, 2019

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

10:00 AM

Views of Pluto

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

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Frank Wu, Toastmaster (Participant)

Dr Heidi L Stauffer, Lydian Academy (Participant)

G. David Nordley, ERPS (Participant)

New Horizons has now shot past Ultima Thule, after finally fying past Pluto/Charon. What's the data say about this odd little snowman? Now that we'...

Faith and Fantasy

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

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Laurel Anne Hill (Moderator)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

Tory (Participant)

S.P. Hendrick, Pendraig Publishing (Participant)

11:00 AM

Handspinning

2 hours, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2

Learn the ancient craft of handspinning. Come learn to make a drop spindle from simple materials and then learn to make yar...

11:30 AM

Urban Legends in Science

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3

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

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Kathleen, Self-employed (Participant)

Salt causes high blood pressure. We only use 10% of our brains. Vaccines cause autism. Where does this stuff come from, and why do these fallacies ...

What Apollo 11 Meant to Me

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1

Peter N. Glaskowsky (Moderator)

Arthur Bozlee (Participant)

Jay Freeman, Me ... organized? (Participant)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

4:30 PM

Hiss and Purr

1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1