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Vendredi 26 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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  • The Seduction of Utopia.
    • San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
  • 13:30 - 15:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • What would you be willing to give up for utopia? Why is it so many portrayals are rigid and limiting? Why do they take the concept of other and use...
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  • Policing Space
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 15:00 - 16:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • We don't want terrorists dropping rocks on our heads at 40 km/s, right? We don't want someone to turn a place on the Moon into a Meth lab, right? W...
  • Ethics of Magic
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
  • 15:00 - 16:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • When is magic a reasonable tool and when is it an abuse of power? Does the end justify the means and does the answer shift in a world where magic i...
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  • Counted Cross-Stitch Basics
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • In this class you will learn the basics of starting a cross stitch pattern. All supplies will be provided & numerous patterns to choose from.  Expe...
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  • Creative Hobbies For Writers
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
  • 16:30 - 18:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • We create with words. But when we're relaxing, what do you do? Knit? Paint? Sculpt? Weave baskets underwater while wearing SCUBA gear? And how does...
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  • The Art of Storytelling
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
  • 20:00 - 21:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Panelists get elements for a story from the audience and craft quick tales, passing it along among themselves until the present the audience with t...
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Samedi 27 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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  • Earthlike Exoplanets
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
  • 10:00 - 11:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • 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...
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  • Fandom Bookmarks.
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
  • 11:00 - 12:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • For ages 9-90 (younger with a parent.) Transform fandom fabric into useful bookmarks for yourself or for a gift. We will go over what supplie...
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  • High Fantasy
    • San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Big, beautiful and bold. What is compelling about high fantasy and why is it formative for so many in our community? Authors of high fantasy discus...
  • Lace Tatting
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Come learn the ins and outs of making your own lace. If you are interested in working along with the demo, you will need a set of two ...
  • Stealing From The Best
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • So many of our books, movies & TV shows had their inception ass other stories. Forbidden Planet started out as Shakespeare's The Tempest, Once Upon...
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  • Love During Wartime
    • San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
  • 14:30 - 16:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Romances set against the backdrop of future dystopias such as Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go," Suzanne Collins and Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid...
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  • Sharing the Love
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Romance has crept more and more into science fiction and fantasy. How is this happening and why now? Join a panel of authors as they discus the sex...
  • Girls will be Girls
    • San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Why are so many YA dystopias centered on young women? What about this particular genre is so appealing to (or inclusive of) young women and what do...
  • Fandom Bookmarks
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • For ages 9-90 (younger with a parent.) Transform fandom fabric into useful bookmarks for yourself or for a gift. We will go over what supplie...
  • Jedi Training
    • San Mateo Marriott - The Courtyard
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • The Saber Guild Golden Gate Temple is offering free lessons to padawans of all ages. Come learn some light saber skills and channel the Force for U...
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  • Just Go With It
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
  • 17:30 - 19:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Just go with it! A panel of complete bs-ing. The panelists will take a topic from the audience and make up endless fact after fact stemming off of ...
  • Iron Editor
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 17:30 - 19:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Strap on your body armor because we’re pulling no punches!  This panel will read the first page of your manuscript, and a seasoned editor will lead...
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  • LARP - Pandora's Tears
    • San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
  • 20:00 - 1:00  | 5 heures
  • It is said that when the bards tell of paradise, they are really only describing a pale reflection of Sunleth.  Protected by strong walls and st...
  • Counted Cross-Stitch Basics.
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
  • 20:00 - 21:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • In this class you will learn the basics of starting a cross stitch pattern. All supplies will be provided & numerous patterns to choose from.  Expe...
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  • Burlesque
    • San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
  • 22:00 - 23:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Glitter and Sparkle All Over Your Fandom! Believe it or not, some of the top burlesque dancers in The Greater Bay Area are also nerds and pop...
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Dimanche 28 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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  • BoF: Knotty Hookers
    • San Mateo Marriott - Strategy
  • 10:00 - 11:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Crocheters gather for some community time to work and share their latest projects. Knitters and needleworkers are also welcome, but we didn't have ...
  • The Edible Microverse
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 10:00 - 11:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Use delicious treats to build a set of models of atoms & subatomic particles and visualize their interactions and scales. All-ages activity (who do...
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  • Death always wins
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • An exploration of how death is viewed and dealt with in contemporary society, past cultures and in fiction, We will contrast what some would say to...
  • Firefly Bingo!
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 heure 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 o...
  • "Do the thing, every day."
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  •  Group, (writer, musician, artist type panel discussing tips on practicing your craft every day) how to motivate yourself, how to pace yourself, an...
  • Belter Creole 101
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Learn Lang Belta - the "Belter Creole" language from _The Expanse_! This course will give you hands-on practice, teaching you to understand spoken ...
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  • Escape Velocity
    • San Mateo Marriott - Inspire 1
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Whether it’s the Enterprise exploring new realms now that the Earth is in balance or the corporate plundering of Weyland-Yutani, most science ficti...
  • Captain Sonar
    • San Mateo Marriott - Collaborate 3
  • 13:00 - 15:00  | 2 heures
  • At the bottom of the ocean, no one can hear you scream!   You and three of your friends will team up against another t...
  • Parody walkthrough
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Jeff Bohnhoff and Bob Kanefsky have each written a parody of the same pop song.   Watch the words magically morph on animated slides as th...
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  • Bad Fanfiction Live (18+)
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 1
  • 14:30 - 16:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • The panelists write terrible erotic fanfiction, using characters that are suggested by the audience. The end result: horrifying and hilarious works...
  • CSI and Magic
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5
  • 14:30 - 16:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • 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...
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  • Shrunken Head Crochet Class
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 2
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Whether you’d like to decorate your DYSTOPIAN pad, or you are just stocking up for the apocalypse trade system, come make some shrunken heads w/Emz...
  • Story to Screen
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
  • 16:00 - 17:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" was made into the movie "Arrival". Philip K. Dick has had many of his short stories made into Hollywood movies. W...
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  • The Truth About Stuff
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 17:30 - 19:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Come ask our panelists for the truth about various topics and learn the secrets of the dark conspiracies behind each! If you ever wanted to know...
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  • Why'd You Steal That Baby?
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 20:30 - 22:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Why'd you steal that baby? How did you pull off the greatest heist in Switzerland's history? Can you tell us about the time you walked on the moon?...
  • drinking panels
    just for fun
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Lundi 29 Mai, 2017

Fuseau horaire: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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  • About Those AR Games
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
  • 10:00 - 11:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Discussing at least Niantic's two games, PokemonGO and Ingress, their similarities, differences, the way they get people out and interacting direct...
11:30
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  • Inspiration Porn
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1
  • 11:30 - 13:00  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Disability in Utopian/Dystopian Fiction: When do futuristic visions of how to address disability in Utopian societies, like Anne McCaffrey's "The S...
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  • Gamification
    • San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • The answer to many of the world's problems may be games. From adding sound effects to recycling bottles in a bin to manipulating proteins online to...
  • Ultranationalism
    • San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • Why is ultranationalism suddenly so widespread? Is it a reaction to multi-culti mores? To globalization? To demographic change? What are we all so ...
  • Role-playing etiquette
    • San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 4
  • 13:00 - 14:30  | 1 heure 30 minutes
  • A discussion of appropriate conduct in both LARPs and table top RPGs. Experienced gamers and game runners talk about what's expected and where the ...
  • gaming
    Gaming
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  • Hiss And Purr
    • San Mateo Marriott - Convene 1
  • 15:30 - 16:30  | 1 heure
  • Come share your experiences with this year's convention with the executive team. Tell us what worked and what didn't. Constructive criticism is wel...
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