Eli K.P. William is a novelist and Japanese-English translator. His science fiction trilogy, The Jubilee Cycle, is set in a near future Tokyo where every action—from blinking to sexual intercourse—is intellectual property owned by corporations that charge licensing fees. The series includes Cash Crash Jubilee (Skyhorse, 2015), The Naked World (2017), and A Diamond Dream (forthcoming). His latest translation is A Man (Crossing 2020), the first novel by Akutagawa Prize winning author, Keiichiro Hirano, to be published in English. Originally from Toronto, Canada, he has been living in Japan for most of his adult life and is an active member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ). To learn more visit https://elikpwilliam.com or follow him at https://twitter.com/Dice_Carver
Sessions in which Eli K. P. William participates
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- Magic Realism in Genre Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Future Economics Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Reading: Eli K. P. William Programming - Reading Room 2
- 17:30 NZST - 17:55 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
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- Is Cyberpunk Mainstream Now? Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Thalience and Sentience Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
Sessions in which Eli K. P. William attends
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- My Favourite Things: What I Always Remember about Game of Thrones Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Science Fantasy: A Core Piece of the SF/F World Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Infinite Entangled Futures: Indigenous Voices in Conversation Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Epidemics and Plagues in the Real World and in Fiction Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Death of Genre? Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:55 NZST | 55 minutes
- Panel
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17:00
- Japanese Science Fiction Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writers on Writing: What’s in a Name? Characters in Fiction Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Recent SF and Fantasy on TV: Beyond the Usual Suspects Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Climate Change: Adaptation vs Resilience Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- The Future Is Female: Women SF Writers from Mary Shelley to Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Justice in SF and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Reading: Mary Robinette Kowal Programming - Reading Room 1
- 11:00 NZST - 11:25 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
- How Podcasts Are Transforming the Speculative Fiction Landscape Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Music in SF and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Modern SF Criticism Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer discuss censorship and information control Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Dialogue
- Modern Short SF and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Medicine in the Future: From Surgery in Zero G to New Treatments for Disease Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Democratizing Access to Space Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Publishing Spectrum: from Indie to Traditional and the Hybrids Inbetween Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Re-engineering the Natural Form Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Narrative Imagery Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- What to Do 'Till Your Ship Comes In Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Can AI Write a Story? Cases for and Against Human + Machine Programming - Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Presentation
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- Reading: Taiyo Fujii Programming - Reading Room 2
- 15:30 NZST - 15:55 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
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16:00
- 1001 Years Later: What Happened to Arabian Fiction Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Space Settlement : 25 Years from "L-5 in '95" Where Are We Now? Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 17:00 NZST | 1 hour
- Panel
- SETI and the Mind of the Alien Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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17:00
- On Afrofuturism Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Female in the Fantastic Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Translating Speculative Fiction: Challenges and Exaltations Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Terraforming and Alien Life: A Biochemist's Perspective Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Presentation
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19:00
- Not Long Before the End? SF and the Economics of Resource Scarcity Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Talk
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- The Skiffy & Fanty Show Podcast Programming - Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
- 8:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Podcast
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- Technology for Disability in the Real World and in Speculative Fiction Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- COVID-19: A Great Filter? Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Brave New Revenue Stream Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Meditation for Connection Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Activity
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- Ask a Scientist Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Stranger in a Strange Head: Imposter Syndrome Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Expanding Worlds of Audiobooks Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Exploring Speculative Fiction On the Screen Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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- What Sells? Programming - Programme Room 9 (Zoom Meeting)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Marketing and Promoting Your Book Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Networking for Writers and Publishers Programming - Discussion Groups
- 11:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Discussion Group
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12:00
- Old New Writers Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Terrain of the Heart: Landscapes that Influence Story Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Is Capitalism Stifling Research? Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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13:00
- History and SF Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Great Worlds in SF Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Asimov at 100 Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- Ham Radio Meet-up Programming - Discussion Groups
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Discussion Group
- Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Through the Magic Door: The Appeal of Portal Fantasies Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Climate Fiction/Climate Fact Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Engineering and the Human Conquest of Hostile Environments Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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15:00
- Mythology and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- My Favourite Anime Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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16:00
- Magic Systems in Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Universal Rights in the Age of AI Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Mediating the Future Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Futures at the World's Edge Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Dialogue
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- Post The Three-Body Problem: What Is Happening in Mainland Chinese Science Fiction? Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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18:00
- Fairy Tale Contract Law Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- SpecFicNZ Get To Know Us Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Meeting
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- Looking Up! New Zealand Astronomy Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 20:00 NZST - 20:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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21:00
- Love in the Time of COVID-19 Programming - Discussion Groups
- 21:00 NZST - 21:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Discussion Group
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23:00
- Parties: 31 July, party band #1 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party
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9:00
- The Interplanetary Immigration Center Project Programming - Discussion Groups
- 9:00 NZST - 9:25 NZST | 25 minutes
- Presentation
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- The Ascent of Wonder: What Makes Hard SF Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Constructed Language: From Elvish to Esperanto to Dothraki to Belter Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Horror from Elsewhere Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Antipodial Speculative Fiction Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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11:00
- Hugo Awards Ceremony Events - Events Room
- 11:00 NZST - 14:30 NZST | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Event
Rose Mitchell
Presenter
Robert Silverberg
Presenter
Larry Dixon
Presenter
George R. R. Martin
Moderator
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12:00
- Perspectives on World Building Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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13:00
- Walking the Journey: The Role of Nature and Place in Speculative Fiction Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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14:00
- Apocalypse Now and Then: The Changing Nature of Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse Fiction Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Decade in Anime Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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- From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Our New Robot Overlords: Why and How They Will Take Over Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Presentation
- Novel, Novella or Short Story? Choosing the Right Length for Fiction Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Narrative and the Craft of Speculative Fiction Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Birds of a Feather: Librarians Programming - Discussion Groups
- 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Discussion Group
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16:00
- Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Good Work, Questionable Creator Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Arthropods in Fiction Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Presentation
- Contrasting Perspectives on the Construction of Fictional Realities Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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17:00
- The Spaceship as Teaching Tool Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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18:00
- Intersection of Science Fiction and Technology in Japan Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Chinese Short Fiction Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Towards a Pedagogy of Speculative Fiction Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
19:00
19:00
- Speculative Poetry Deathmatch Thunderdome Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Activity
20:00
20:00
- SF Movies that Look Great but Are Awful! Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 20:00 NZST - 20:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
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22:00
- Quantum Computing: Nearing Reality Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 22:00 NZST - 22:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
23:00
23:00
- Parties: 1 August, party band #1 Con Operations - Party Zoom
- 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | 3 hours
- Party
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9:00
- Recent Scientific Breakthroughs - What's Hot? Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Apocalypse as Insight Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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10:00
- Catalyzing Space Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Workshops
- 10:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Workshop
- Fairy Tales and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
11:00
11:00
- Closing Ceremony Events - Events Room
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Event
- The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- The Geologic Era of the Human Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Cloud Atlas and Beyond: the Works of David Mitchell Programming - Discussion Groups
- 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Discussion Group
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12:00
- Ghosts in the Ships: Sentient Ships in SF and Fantasy Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- In Space No One Can See You Hide the Evidence: Crimes in Space Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Family and the Future of the Intimate Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
- Comics and Manga in the 21st Century Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
- 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
12:30
12:30
- Reading: Cory Doctorow Programming - Reading Room 1
- 12:30 NZST - 12:55 NZST | 25 minutes
- Reading
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13:00
- Beyond the Anglosphere: SF and Fantasy from the Rest of the World Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Virtual Conventions and Conferences Programming - Discussion Groups
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Panel
- What is Human? Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
- 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | 50 minutes
- Academic
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- Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
- 14:00 NZST - 16:00 NZST | 2 hours
- Media Screening
