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- Opening Ceremonies San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
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- Artemis: Flight School San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
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- Delphic Oracle San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Daddy, Can I Have a Dinosaur? San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Lunar Exploration San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- With China's landing on the far side of the Moon and NASA's administrator talking about colonizing the Moon, there is clearly waxing interest in th...
- The Realities Of Being A Writer San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Price of Immortality San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
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- Twisty Little Passages San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Beginning Chainmaille San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Sculpey Wearables San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Want to be a unicorn at BayCon? A goblin? Dying to sport a pair of rainbow fairy ears? Make them Friday afternoon, we will bake them Friday night, ...
- Artemis: Open Mission 1400 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Wanda Kurtcu Interview San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Big Falcon Rocket Economics San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- At ten million dollars a launch, it would get a hundred people in orbit for $10,000 each, or a hundred fifty metric tons of payload at about $67 a ...
- D&D Character Creation San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2.
- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 2 hours
- Space Opera Literary Tropes San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
- Artemis: Open Mission 1500 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Strange Days: Hollywood's Take on the Internet, Hacking, and the Digital World in the 90s San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The decade that brought us the internet as we know it (sort of...!) also brought us a number of films that tried to cash in on it. This is a dialog...
- Backstory San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Beginning Crochet San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
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- Legendary Encounters: Firefly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 3 hours
- InLegendary Encounters: Firefly, players take on the roles of characters from the series and work together to complete objectives for episodes from...
- Artemis: Open Mission 1600 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Is Friendship Being Redefined? San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- AI Characters: Faves and Flops San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From Marvin to Data to Vision, who are some of the most interesting AI/robot characters? Who are some of the worst? What types of conflicts plague ...
- Venn Diagrams, and the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Sexism in Games San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- About a third of hardcore games and half of all gamers are women; yet outside of the heavily female populated MMPORG worlds like World of Warcraft,...
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- Artemis: Flight School San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
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- Beginning Cross Stitch San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
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- Artemis: Open Mission 1800 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Meet the Guests San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Artemis: Open Mission 1900 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
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- Charity Karaoke/Casino San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 3 hours
- After you’ve rubbed elbows with our Guests of Honor, stick around for your chance to win big at Ba...
- Open Singing San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM | 5 hours
- STARFLEET Region 4 Summit Meeting San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- BayCon Virtu Deck - Hands On VR San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- You’ve heard the hype. You’ve seen the videos. Now get your hands on the experience yourself. Rey will host an evening of immersive experiences, in...
- Nintendo Switch Games - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 3 hours
- 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
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- 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...
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- I'm Melting! Perler Beads Craft San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 2 hours
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- A Dramatic Reading San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Book Launch: A Dark And Stormy Day San Mateo Marriott - ConSuite
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- 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...
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9:00 AM
- Medieval Breaking-of-the-Fast San Mateo Marriott - ConSuite
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 3 hours
- Come enjoy a Medieval Breaking-of-the-Fast: medieval-ish breakfast food, medieval music, and for early bird ConSuite guests, medieval - themed ...
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10:00 AM
- "Until We Are Utterly Destroyed" - Frank Wu Reading San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Literary Networks in the Past and Present San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What are the different ways that the internet allows and encourages authors to interact and form communities, mentorships, etc? How do they recapit...
- Hat Making San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Star Wars vs. Star Trek San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How to Work with an Audio Engineer to Record an Album San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Transfans San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Christian Services San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Altered Beast San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artistic Solutions Board of Directors Meeting 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
- Younger Than the 80s San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Masquerade Contestant Meeting San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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11:00 AM
- Signing: Juliette Wade San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- RPG/Video Game/SciFi Madlibs - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2.
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Madlibs - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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11:30 AM
- Tabletop Games as Social Teaching Tools for At-Risk Youth San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Importance of Being Arthur San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A minor character in the Welsh Mabinogi has become one of the largest heroes in folklore and mythology. From Mark Twain to Richard Wagner to Broadw...
- Small Gathering - Wanda Kurtcu San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Activism: Inside and Outside of Fandom San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
- OK Computer: How Science Fiction Inspired Music from the 90s to the Present San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A conversation about how the genre has influenced and inspired the music of today, whether directly through theme and imagery, or indirectly throug...
- Evolution: What It Is, What It Isn't, and What Mistakes are Prominent San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Meet the Brass - SFI San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Hidden Disabilities San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Spontaneous Story San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Generative Workshop San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Bring something to write with and write on. M. Todd Gallowglas will take you through a series of prompts and exercises that will get your creative ...
- Textures and How to Deal with Them San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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12:00 PM
- Signing: Ctein San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Magic Wands San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Artemis: Flight School San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
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1:00 PM
- Commercialization of Space San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Arcade Etiquette San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Back when playing video games meant a trip to the mall or the corner market, there were rules on how you acted and played. We remember those rules,...
- BoF: Pin Trading San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Beginning Embroidery San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Gary Villarreal Interview San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- What Does it Mean that Spock is Half Human? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Inter-planetary or inter-species matings with offspring in science fiction or fantasy as allegory for inter-cultural relationships on present day E...
- The Stars Are Right! San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Munchkin Madness - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2.
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 3 hours
- How to Anime San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Lost Age of Gaming San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A look into old gaming mechanics like bit graphics, point and click, and other under appreciated elements of retro gaming that many take for ...
- Of Their Time San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Studios and writers have been working to find new ways to inject life into 19th and 20th century franchises that depended on a cultural ignorance w...
- Fairy Lanterns - 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
- How to Give a Stellar Reading San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- M. Todd Gallowglas has been a traditional storyteller for nearly thirty years, performing at Renaissance Faire, Celtic Festivals, Comic Cons, and m...
- Readings Group 2 San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Artemis: Open Mission 1400 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Firefly Bingo San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Mingojerry and Fantastic Rample, known locally as Fanty and Mingo, have organized a new members-only event at the Maidenhead in the form of an Eart...
- Stunt Readers! San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- BoF: Sabrina the Teenage Witch San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Trust the Blob! San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How To Write A Heroine San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Robots, Altered Humans, Uplifted Animals and Aliens San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From Alice Grove to xkcd: The Internet as a Platform for Comic Creation and Comic Reading San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why Are We Still Talking About Cultural Appropriation? San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How Many Coins Would You Insert? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Our convention theme is "Insert Coin to Continue," so how much are you willing to pay to be entertained? Ten bucks lets you watch a movie that cost...
- Charity Auction 2 San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Star Trek Jeopardy San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Signing: M. Todd Gallowglas San Mateo Marriott - Convene Lobby
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Uplift Universe RPG San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 6 hours
- An RPG set in David Brin’s Uplift universe, using the Alternity RPG systemIn the distant Horpie stellar cluster, the TAASF Laika dropped sev...
- Kids Dance Party - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 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
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Medium at Large San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- BoF: The Not So Rocky Road to Dublin San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Advanced Finger Loop Braiding San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- How to Write Parody San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Prediction Problem San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why is it so hard to write stories that accurately predict future science, technology, and societies? Is the future just unknowable, or are writers...
- Bad Bar Trivia: The ‘80’s Edition San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Diving Into Comics San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Service is the Reward: When Recognition Leads to Toxic Expectations San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many fan groups offer awards to their members for work within the organization. This panel discusses how to avoid the pitfalls of doing something j...
- Artemis: Open Mission 1600 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Genetic Diseases and Stories: Where Can We Go? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Self Publishing 101 San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Artemis: Open Mission 1700 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- The Tea on Tea: The History of a Cuppa San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- We'll be exploring a brief history of the humble cup of tea. We will walk through the construction of a tea for allergies, and how the ingredients ...
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Artemis: Open Mission 1800 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Masquerade and Variety Show San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 2 hours
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Artemis: Open Mission 1900 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Concert: Kristoph and Margaret San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 30 minutes
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Singalong YouTube Karaoke - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2.
- 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 3 hours
- Nintendo Switch Games - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 3 hours
- Artemis: Open Mission 2000 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
- Concert: Taunya, Beckett and Paul San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM | 30 minutes
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- The Future Of Sex: A Discussion About the Possibilities San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- All A' Tingle San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- Coloring Fort and Quiet Time - Adult Only . San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Concert: Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 2100 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- Fish Dance: Insert Fish To Continue San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 9:30 PM - 12:30 AM | 3 hours
- Theme Circle: Pacman Fever San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
- Secret Hitler San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
- 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 2 hours
- Join us for a late night game of Secret Hitler, a hidden identity game that pits liberals against fascists. Do you have what it takes to root out t...
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Open Singing Sunday San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 10:30 PM - 3:30 AM | 5 hours
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Meet the Brass - TRMN San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Small Gathering - David Brin San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Views of Pluto San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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'...
- The Ink That Rushes from Your Heart San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Dorothy Parker wrote "Never never dip your quill/In ink that rushes from your heart." Being willing to do exactly that is what will bring the deepe...
- The Multimedia Philosophy San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Lest We Forget San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ebooks, Audio, and Good Old Fashioned Paper San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How many hundreds of books do you keep in boxes? And yet, does your heart belong to e-books? If yes, why? If no, why not? Is there a future for mix...
- Bubbles, Blocks and Dinos - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Toddler Reading and Game Time San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 1000 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Faith and Fantasy San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Should I Hire a Freelance Editor? San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Many agents now ask authors pitching novels to them if they have had the manuscript professionally edited. I work as a freelance editor and find th...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Handspinning San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 2 hours
- Learn the ancient craft of handspinning. Come learn to make a drop spindle from simple materials and then learn to make yar...
- Preteen/Teen Games - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2.
- 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 3 hours
- BeyBlades – Let it Rip!! - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Artemis: Open Mission 1100 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- What Apollo 11 Meant to Me San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- FanBoy Planet San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Kaiju Monsters Then and Now San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How do the latest incarnations of Godzilla and King Kong rate compared to their predecessors? Of course the CGI and special effects have improved s...
- Archetypes and Mythologies: What's New and What's on the Way Out? San Mateo Marriott - Engage
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- While the European fairy tales may have finished their run in modern pop culture (Once Upon a Time, Grimm, Maleficent and Disney live-action remake...
- Designer Babies San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Two Chinese babies have been born, with edited genes. What were they trying to do? Was it successful? Was it ethical? What's the latest on genetic ...
- Urban Legends in Science San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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 ...
- Be Our Guest San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Ever wanted to be a guest at BayCon? Used to be one and not sure how to get back in? Not sure what it's all about? Come chat with the Head of Progr...
- Defending THOSE Movies San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Artemis: Open Mission 1200 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Not So Super Comics San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why The Ninjas Drink San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- They're on The List. Several of our frequent panelists account for themselves, their shenanigans and why the Programming Ninjas are suffering from ...
- Buddhist Gathering San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- By Any Other Name San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cartoons, Mental Health, and You San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- A look into animation in the past decade and the influence this has had for social minorities, the mentally and physically disabled, and more. This...
- Tales from the Lab San Mateo Marriott - Connect 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Those who've done lab/field/real-world testing of science or engineering share their more memorable stories of things that went right, wrong, or ju...
- Slime! - Family Friendly San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Artemis: Open Mission 1300 San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Changing Views of our Solar System San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Getting Along With Other Fandoms San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Open Crafting and Stash Giveaway San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Closing Ceremonies San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Hiss and Purr San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour