A story is a story is a story, but the medium of its transmission alters reader perception. Whether it is a scroll, codex, pop-up book, cartoon, podcast, audiobook, film, or TV show, what does the format of a story convey to readers?

A look at the last 2 years and what we'd have done differently if we'd known then what we know now.

Panelists discuss which of their creative tools helped them survive the pandemic so far. The category includes creative techniques, physical tools, software, and mental tricks using their creativity. Join them to pick up a few tips to help you weather the last few months or years, whatever it turns out to be.

Panelists will accept suggestions from the audience and craft backstories on the fly, either as a group or taking turns. These will be quick, but telling, elements that demonstrate the value of backstory while offering a chuckle. Bring your best one-sentence character descriptions and see what the skilled hands of the panelists can do.

From the invalid chair to the mobile exoskeleton, people have needed mobility devices to replace abilities lost to birth defects, disease, accidents and war.

Bruce Cockburn wrote "you need to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight" The panelists will will discuss what we have to be hopeful for and engage with the convention guests to talk about hopeful solutions for real world problems

We’ve gotten our hopes up time and time again but it seems they always have to stick something wrong or unhistorical or impossible in cinema that are supposedly based on reality. Do directors, writers, and producers lose their union memberships if they do something right?