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- Art from the Heart San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- She Said/She Said: An Author/Editor Pair Share the Secrets Behind Their Collaborative Success San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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,...
- Nerdvana Podcast San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 007- A Look Ahead San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Science Fiction: Juveniles vs. YAs San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- In the 1950's and 60's, master writers like Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein wrote outright juvenile novels alongside their adult works. Eleanor...
- Ships, Planes, and Spaceships San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
- Keeping Our Children Involved San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Bubbles, Blocks and Dinos - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- The Geek's Guide to Literary Theory San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Once upon a time, some teacher may have tried to convince you of the right way to read a piece of literature. Lit theory is not about the "right" o...
- Magic on the Map San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Science Make and Takes San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 2 hours
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- Dice Bags - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Make your own small bag, just the right size for dice or small treasures. Parents – smaller kids will need help with this craft, as it will require...
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11:30 AM
- Horror vs. Science Fiction San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- There’s a Hyperspace in My Warp Drive San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Branding a Convention San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Bay Area graphic designer and artist JC Arkham explores what it takes to design for a convention from a branding perspective and takes you from con...
- The Explosion of the Use of Bodily Fluids in Video Games San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Fannish Families San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How can we as parents teach our kids about the things we love, and what can we learn from them? Fans of different generations talk about kids growi...
- Nehemiah Scudder, Gilead and the Postman San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Telling Good Science from Bad San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- There are all kinds of bad science out there — simple errancy (cold fusion), crackpottery (HIV doesn't cause AIDS), fraud (vaccines cause autism), ...
- Gaming from the 80’s to the Present and Beyond San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Our panelists will discuss the evolution of pen and paper RPG’s and board games. We will discuss humble roots of self publishing to the consolidati...
- Oumuamua San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Eye of Argon San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 11:59 AM - 2:00 PM | 2 hours 1 minute
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- Artemis: Flight School San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
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12:30 PM
- D&D Dungeon Crawl - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2.
- 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 3 hours
- Lexy will run a D&D game for preteens and teens. Use your characters you created in the Friday workshop, or we will have some pre-generated cha...
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1:00 PM
- Rock at the Shock San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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 ...
- Higher Learning in Fandom San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Discussion of Academies in various fandoms and how members are encouraged to learn more about thei...
- Signing: Marjory Kaptanoglu San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Oh No! Where's the Duct Tape? Costume Build and Help San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Kat Porter has several years of costume work, including costuming for youth theater programs, and Ren faire and cosplay costuming. She has designed...
- Live Drawing with Gary Villarreal San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Social Anxiety and Video Games San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Safe Spaces For Fans of Color San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Magic & Science San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A writer's perspective on how human beings have explained and interacted with the world around us, starting with magic, moving into science, then c...
- No Thank You, Evil: Trouble In Space San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 2 hours
- YOUNG GAMERS SPOTLIGHTCome blast off into a lighthearted adventure in space! Your characters have left the land of Storia behind as you ...
- Whatever Happened to the FFWs? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Back in the 1980s, critics and fans of SF sneered that fantasy writing was only for "girls", while "men" preferred SF. Then epic fantasy became rea...
- Fairy Doors - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 1300 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- 4 Steps to Engaging Fiction San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- You have characters. You have a plot. Now you have to put them together in a way that's going to make your audience fall in love with both. Every t...
- World in My Eyes San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Advanced Chainmaille San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Artemis: Open Mission 1400 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Cosplay on a Budget / Closet Cosplay San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Who's Driving This Thing? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meet Brianna Wu San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- David Brin Interview San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ready Player One San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How Diverse is Diversity? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- As recent events show, this is still a needed discussion. What does diversity and equity look like? How can groups, organizations and communiites p...
- 10th Expeditionary Force Meeting San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Super Kids - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Charity Auction 1 San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Looking for that extra special memento during your weekend at BayCon? Then come and join us at a BayCon Charity Auction to benefit the Computer ...
- What's Going on with the Polar Vortex? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
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- Pet Rocks San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Artemis: Open Mission 1500 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Inter-Planetary Immigration. San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Mid-Story Blahs San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Small Gathering - Gary Villarreal San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Beginning Finger Loop Braiding San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Silicon Valley Science Fiction Short Film Festival San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 3 hours
- Why Do Writers Kill Characters? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Aging Fandom San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Space Where You Write San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Is Friendship Ever Artificial? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
- Artemis: Open Mission 1600 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Baseball Fans and Science Fiction Fans: Our Shared Obsessions San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Know who like to gather together, dress strangely, and nitpick details? Baseball fans! Well, we do it as well. Come discuss where the Great America...
- Disneybounding! San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- No costumes allowed for adults in the Happiest Place on Earth? No problem! Disneybounding is the perfect balance between following the rules and em...
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4:30 PM
- I'm Melting! Perler Beads Craft San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 2 hours
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5:00 PM
- Firefly Fluxx Tournament San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 3 hours
- Join us for a chance to win you own copy of Firefly Fluxx, sponsored by Looney Labs! Three tables of players will compete for a spot at the Finals ...
- Artemis: Flight School San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
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5:30 PM
- BoF: Burning Man San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Gender and Your Gaming Character San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How important is it that your character is a woman and how do you make her convincing when you're not? Veteran gamers offer insight into how to pla...
- Adapting Video Games for Film San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What are the failures and successes? Why are video games so difficult to adapt well? What games would you most like to see in film, and how do you ...
- Hitting the High Points San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Come join our panel of professional writers and educators as they discuss the highlights of submitted w...
- Come Time Travel With Me San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Come Time Travel with Me: The New Wave of science fiction begins!!Blast back to March 1964: Camelot has ended in a hail of gunfire; southea...
- Readings Group 1 San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Zombies: Not Just for the Apocalypse San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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6:00 PM
- Talbott Fleet Summit San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 1800 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
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7:00 PM
- Theme Circle: I Love The 80s
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Super Awesome Advice Panel! San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 1900 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Blood Corral Screening San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 3 hours
- What if Stephen King's characters came after him ...
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8:00 PM
- Book Launch: A Dark And Stormy Day San Mateo Marriott - ConSuite
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- A Dramatic Reading San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Friends of Bill W. San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Open Singing Saturday San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM | 5 hours
- Here Is My Power Button San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM | 5 hours
- Here is My Power Button is a game about humans interacting with prototype companion AIs in a scientific study. Those playing humans will f...
- Youth Dance San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Jackbox Party Games San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Join us for easy-to-play party games for your friends, family, and fellow inmates. Players join by simply using the web browser on their smartphone...
- Artemis: Open Mission 2000 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Coloring Fort and Quiet Time - Adult Only. San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 2100 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour
- Teen Guided-Storytelling Workshop San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 9:00 PM - 11:59 PM | 2 hours 59 minutes
- Come one, come all teens of a creative bent. Whether you're already a bit of a bard or just curious, we'll find a role for you to play in this e...
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10:00 PM
- Burlesque San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cards Against Humanity San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 2 hours
- "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...