Saara Maailmojensurma

Sessions in which Saara Maailmojensurma attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Live Long and Prosper: Meditation for Trekkies 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
10:00
10:00
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gailey | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Moderator Emma Osborne |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Future Laws 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Karl Schroeder | Panelist Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Moderator Likhain | Panelist Anne-Louise Fortune (Independent Scholar) | Panelist Penelope Flynn (LLC) |
Panel
Science/Technology
Magic Realism in Genre 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Libia Brenda (Independent) | Panelist Sam Blackley (freelance) | Moderator Eli K. P. William |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Token Girl 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Mallory O'Meara | Panelist Isa Ritchie | Panelist Kieron Gillen | Panelist Mary Anne Mohanraj (University of Illinois / Speculative Literature Foundation) | Moderator Mary Robinette Kowal |
Panel
Comics/Graphic NovelsLiteratureMediaSociety/CultureWriting/Business of Writing
Cyborgs and Society 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist SL Huang | Panelist SB Divya | Panelist Errick Nunnally | Moderator Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) |
Panel
12:00
12:00
How to Enjoy the First Virtual Worldcon 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gay Haldeman | Panelist Jeanne Mealy | Panelist Laurie Mann | Moderator Rose Mitchell |
Panel
Fandom
Shared Common Myths 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Helen Marshall (University of Queensland) | Participant Peadar Ó Guilín | Participant Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Participant Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
My Favourite Things: What I Always Remember about Game of Thrones 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Kin-Ming Looi (-) | Moderator Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly) | Panelist Queenie Chan | Panelist David Peterson |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyMedia
13:00
13:00
Future Economics 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Karl Schroeder | Panelist Katherine Quevedo | Panelist Eli K. P. William | Panelist Jesper Stage |
Panel
Accessible Magic 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Moderator Petrea Mitchell |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
14:00
14:00
Chronology of Calendars 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) | Moderator Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Panelist Jenn Lyons (Tor Books) |
Panel
Science/Technology
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Presenter Matthew Shogren | Presenter Morgan Hazelwood |
Demonstration
15:00
15:00
Yarnbombing & Crafting Time Wednesday 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Jan Bass (Programme) |
Activity
Epidemics and Plagues in the Real World and in Fiction 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Andy Dudak | Moderator Mason A. Porter (University of California) | Panelist Perrianne Lurie | Panelist Freya Marske | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) |
Panel
Science/TechnologyScience Fiction/Fantasy
Reading: Ada Palmer 25 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Ada Palmer |
Reading
16:00
16:00
Can Living in a Small Space on Earth Prepare You for Living in Space? 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) | Panelist M. Darusha Wehm | Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist David D. Levine |
Panel
Society/CultureScience/Technology
17:00
17:00
Writers on Writing: What’s in a Name? Characters in Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Mimi Mondal (Self) | Moderator S. K. Dunstall | Panelist Zaza Koshkadze | Panelist Mandy Hager (NZ Society of Authors) |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingScience Fiction/Fantasy
A Short, Sharp, Shock: Horror in Few Words 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Emma Osborne | Panelist Nibedita Sen |
Panel
18:00
18:00
Film Festival Block 1 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
20:00
20:00
Scarey Stuff 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Contestant Frances Hardinge | Contestant Elizabeth Knox | Master of ceremonies Kyla Lee Ward (Prea Press) |
Game Show
Horror
21:00
21:00
Imagining Fae in Aotearoa and elsewhere 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Hester J. Rook | Panelist Rem Wigmore | Panelist Jodi McAlister | Panelist Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) | Panelist AJ Lancaster |
Panel
New ZealandPasifikaSociety/Culture
Are We Living in a Simulation? 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Fiona Moore | Panelist Sultana Raza | Moderator L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing) | Panelist Christopher Gee |
Panel
Science/Technology
22:00
22:00
Planning and Attending Conventions in the Age of COVID-19 50 minutes 22:00 NZST  -  22:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Gerard Kraus (Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg) | Panelist Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf | Moderator Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Panelist Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39) |
Panel
FandomEuropean Time
23:00
23:00
Establishing A Social Media Presence 50 minutes 23:00 NZST  -  23:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Zena Shapter (Zena Shapter) | Panelist Morgan Hazelwood |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingEuropean Time

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Yarnbombing & Crafting Time Thursday 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Jan Bass (Programme) |
Activity
Accessible Yoga 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Ty Arnold (Vital Life Services) |
Activity
Other
The Human Mind and Perception of the Other 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator David Carmel (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) | Panelist Lars Backstrom (auticon) |
Academic
Academic
Come Time Travel with Me - 1965 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Lorelei Marcus (Galactic Journey) | Master of ceremonies Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Erica Frank (Galactic Journey) | Panelist Janice Marcus (Galactic Journey, Journey Press) |
Panel
10:00
10:00
How Scary Can You Be? 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Cory Doctorow | Panelist Sek Han Foo | Panelist Tonia Ransom (NIGHTLIGHT Podcast) | Panelist Rena Barron |
Panel
HorrorChildren
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter Matthew Shogren | Presenter Morgan Hazelwood |
Demonstration
The Future Is Female: Women SF Writers from Mary Shelley to Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) | Moderator Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital) | Panelist Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Panelist Alexandra Pierce |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Staying Closer to Home: Science Fiction in the Solar System 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Daniel Abraham | Panelist Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications) | Panelist James Cambias | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) | Panelist Ian McDonald |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:30
11:30
Reading: Illimani Ferreira 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Illimani Ferreira |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Music in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Matthew Pavletich | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Moderator Karen Simpson Nikakis (SOV Media) | Panelist William C. Tracy (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) | Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyMusic
SF Cons Around the World 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council) | Moderator Gay Haldeman | Panelist Tony Xia (Chengdu Eight Light-Minutes Culture) | Panelist Shimada Yooichi |
Panel
Fandom
13:00
13:00
Tiara Demonstration 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Instructor Sara Felix (ASFA) |
Demonstration
Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer discuss censorship and information control 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Speaker Cory Doctorow | Speaker Ada Palmer |
Dialogue
14:00
14:00
Shapes of Space: Topology, the Universe and You 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Workshops
 |  Signup required
Instructor Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) |
Workshop
Science/Technology
15:00
15:00
A Chat with Bob and George 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Robert Silverberg |
Dialogue
Science Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
SFF and Te Ao Māori 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Steph Matuku | Moderator Dan Rabarts (Writer) | Panelist Whiti Hereaka | Panelist Cassie Hart |
Panel
New Zealand
Sandman at 30: The Enduring Influence of Neil Gaiman's Creation 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Matthew S. Rotundo | Moderator Jane Routley | Panelist Claire Bartlett | Panelist Jason Franks |
Panel
Comics/Graphic Novels
17:00
17:00
How to End the World on $500 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Craig Cormick (Self) | Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Julie Czerneda | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |
Panel
Science/Technology
On Afrofuturism 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Oghenechovwe Ekpeki | Panelist Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction) | Panelist Eugen Bacon | Moderator Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works) |
Panel
Translating Speculative Fiction: Challenges and Exaltations 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation) | Panelist Judith Huang | Panelist Mari Kotani (Meiji University) | Panelist Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
Asian Women of Horror: The Experience of Perpetual "Otherness" Through the Lens of Dark Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Lee Murray | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) | Moderator Geneve Flynn | Panelist Umiyuri Katsuyama |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
18:00
18:00
Terraforming and Alien Life: A Biochemist's Perspective 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Presenter Stephen Mulholland (Alpacas Rampant) |
Presentation
Science/Technology
Film Festival Block 2 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
Alan Lee’s Exploration of Tolkien’s "New" Works 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter Sultana Raza |
Talk
19:00
19:00
Spirits Abroad and At Home 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Mimi Mondal (Self) | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Moderator Z Aung |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
23:00
23:00
Book Launch: Somewhere Else by Sally McLennan 50 minutes 23:00 NZST  -  23:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Sally McLennan |
Book Launch

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Technology for Disability in the Real World and in Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba) | Panelist Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) | Panelist Elsa Sjunneson | Moderator Lars Backstrom (auticon) |
Panel
Society/CultureScience/Technology
COVID-19: A Great Filter? 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Valentin Ivanov (European Southern Observatory) | Panelist Vylar Kaftan | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) | Panelist James Cambias |
Panel
Science/Technology
Question Time 2: DisCon III 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Bill Lawhorn | Moderator Robbie Bourget | Moderator Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Moderator Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Panelist Colette Fozard |
Panel
Fandom
10:00
10:00
Òrain nan Gàidheal: Gaelic Song in Scotland 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Workshops
 |  Signup required
Instructor M Evan Macgriogair |
Workshop
Music
11:00
11:00
Masquerade 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Event
Costuming/Cosplay
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (Movie Screening) 2 hours 55 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  13:55 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Christian Nicolson (little hero pictures) |
Media Screening
MediaNew Zealand
Marketing and Promoting Your Book 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Cameron Bolinger (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist R.W.W. Greene (Angry Robot Books) | Moderator Eileen Mueller | Panelist Erica Holcomb (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist Christopher Ruz (Al Taqwa College) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
12:00
12:00
Reading: Vida Cruz 25 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Vida Cruz |
Reading
Old New Writers 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Jack Dann | Participant Joe Haldeman |
Panel
FandomWriting/Business of Writing
Terrain of the Heart: Landscapes that Influence Story 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Russell Kirkpatrick | Moderator Fran Wilde | Panelist Yugen Yashima | Panelist Max Gladstone |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
Translation: the Key to Open Doors to the Cultural Diversity in SFF 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Libia Brenda (Independent) | Moderator Cora Buhlert | Panelist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine) | Panelist Wataru Ishigame (Tokyo Sogensha (Publisher)) | Panelist Luis F. Silva |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing
13:00
13:00
Unconscious Thought Theory as a Creativity Tool 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Workshops
Instructor L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing) |
Workshop
Writing/Business of Writing
15:00
15:00
Yarnbombing & Crafting Time Friday 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Jan Bass (Programme) |
Activity
Pandemic Myths and Facts 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (LIRNEasia) | Moderator Naomi Kritzer | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Mason A. Porter (University of California) | Panelist Perrianne Lurie |
Panel
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University) | Panelist Jennifer Mace | Panelist Sarah Beth Durst | Panelist Garth Nix | Panelist Maiya Ibrahim |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Universal Rights in the Age of AI 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba) | Panelist L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing) | Panelist Barbara Howe | Panelist Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) | Moderator Mikko Rauhala |
Panel
Society/CultureScience/Technology
Access to Space 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist Bill Higgins (Fermilab) | Moderator L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Dave Taylor (ARISS) | Panelist Stephen Dedman |
Panel
Science/Technology
17:00
17:00
From Peter Jackson to Taika Waititi : New Zealand Originated Genre Films and TV Series 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University) | Moderator Matthew S. Rotundo | Panelist Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press) | Panelist Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) | Panelist Sam Blackley (freelance) |
Panel
Media
Pew! Pew! What Would Realistic Space Battles Look Like? 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Speaker Stephen Mulholland (Alpacas Rampant) |
Presentation
Science/Technology
Ethnicity and Perspectives on Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gina Cole | Panelist Eugen Bacon |
Academic
Academic
17:30
17:30
Reading: Edmund Schluessel 25 minutes 17:30 NZST  -  17:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) |
Reading
18:00
18:00
Fairy Tale Contract Law 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist AJ Lancaster | Panelist Sascha Stronach | Moderator Kathleen Jennings |
Panel
LiteratureSociety/Culture
Film Festival Block 3 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
19:00
19:00
Creating the Doodle 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Alyssa Winans |
Presentation
20:00
20:00
Book Launch: Enter Entropy: Volume 3 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Candice Michelle Goodwin (RWC Productions) |
Book Launch
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Looking Up! New Zealand Astronomy 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Matthew Pavletich | Panelist Keith Smith |
Panel
PasifikaNew Zealand
Question TIme 3: 2023 Onwards 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Other Participant Esther MacCallum-Stewart (Glasgow in 2024) | Other Participant Marguerite Smith (Glasgow 2024 and Smofcon 39) | Other Participant Jo Van | Moderator Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Panelist Pascale Chabrillat-Trahin (NICE2026) | Moderator Robbie Bourget |
Panel
Fandom

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
7:00
7:00
Parties: 1 August, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
9:00
9:00
Live Long and Prosper: Meditation for Trekkies 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
An "Evening" with Peadar & Farah 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) | Participant Peadar Ó Guilín |
Interview
Science Fiction/Fantasy
The Interplanetary Immigration Center Project 25 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:25 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Speaker Lei Ma (Interplanetary Immigration Center) |
Presentation
Science Fiction/Fantasy
9:30
9:30
Reading: Arkady Martine 25 minutes 9:30 NZST  -  9:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Arkady Martine |
Reading
10:00
10:00
Reading: Taru Kumara-Moisio 25 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Taru Kumara-Moisio |
Reading
Constructed Language: From Elvish to Esperanto to Dothraki to Belter 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Ryn Yee | Panelist Erica Frank (Galactic Journey) | Panelist Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg) | Moderator David Peterson | Panelist Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC) |
Panel
MediaScience Fiction/Fantasy
The Ascent of Wonder: What Makes Hard SF 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Kenn Bates | Moderator James Cambias | Panelist Mark English (Clarinspect) | Panelist Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications) | Panelist Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury) |
Panel
Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Maiya Ibrahim | Panelist Michi Trota (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America) | Panelist Eugen Bacon | Panelist Kieron Gillen | Moderator E. J. Beaton |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
Horror from Elsewhere 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Ellen Datlow | Moderator Geneve Flynn | Panelist Octavia Cade |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Reading: Whiti Hereaka 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Whiti Hereaka |
Reading
Hugo Awards Ceremony 3 hours 30 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  14:30 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Presenter Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Presenter Rose Mitchell | Presenter Robert Silverberg | Presenter Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Presenter Erin Underwood | Presenter Larry Dixon | Presenter Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop) | Moderator George R. R. Martin |
Event
Science Fiction/Fantasy
13:30
13:30
Reading: Darcie Little Badger 25 minutes 13:30 NZST  -  13:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Darcie Little Badger |
Reading
14:00
14:00
Apocalypse Now and Then: The Changing Nature of Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse Fiction 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Potential Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware) | Moderator Marlee Jane Ward | Panelist Cassie Hart | Panelist Bren MacDibble | Panelist Cat Sparks |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:00
15:00
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Valerie Estelle Frankel (Silicon Valley Authors in the vendors room) | Panelist K.G. Anderson (Writer Way / UnCommon Sense) | Panelist Marta Murvosh (Broad Universe) | Panelist Deirdre M Murphy | Panelist Debora Godfrey | Panelist D. H. Timpko | Panelist Kathryn Sullivan | Moderator Jude-Marie Green (Broad Universe) |
Reading
Literature
Birds of a Feather: Librarians 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand) |
Discussion Group
FandomSociety/Culture
From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine) | Panelist Chuck Serface (Suicide and Crisis Services of Santa Clara County) | Moderator Alexandra Rowland | Panelist E. Lily Yu | Panelist J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless) |
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
Our New Robot Overlords: Why and How They Will Take Over 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Speaker Mikko Rauhala |
Presentation
Science/Technology
16:00
16:00
Arthropods in Fiction 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Robinne Weiss |
Presentation
Science/Technology
18:00
18:00
Intersection of Science Fiction and Technology in Japan 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Terrie Hashimoto | Panelist Dohjin Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba) | Panelist Yugen Yashima | Panelist Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba) |
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Film Festival Block 4 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
19:00
19:00
Speculative Poetry Deathmatch Thunderdome 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Contestant Kyla Lee Ward (Prea Press) | Contestant Sultana Raza | Contestant Zaza Koshkadze | Master of ceremonies Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine) |
Activity
Science Fiction/Fantasy
20:00
20:00
Yarnbombing & Crafting Time Saturday 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Jan Bass (Programme) |
Activity
SF Movies that Look Great but Are Awful! 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) | Panelist Matthew Pavletich | Panelist Jeremy Szal |
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MediaMoviesBad Movies
21:00
21:00
Monsters in the Garden, a New Zealand SFF Anthology 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Octavia Cade |
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New ZealandScience Fiction/Fantasy
22:00
22:00
Nordic Fantastic Literature 50 minutes 22:00 NZST  -  22:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf | Panelist Ville Vuorela (Reforged Studios) | Moderator Lars Backstrom (auticon) |
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Science Fiction/Fantasy

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Apocalypse as Insight 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Octavia Cade | Panelist Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Academic
Academic
Artists I Want People to Know About 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Liz Gorinsky (Erewhon Books) | Panelist Pablo Defendini (Fireside) | Panelist L. D. Lewis (FIYAH Literary Magazine) |
Dialogue
10:00
10:00
Fairy Tales and Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Vida Cruz | Moderator Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee) | Panelist Ellen Datlow | Panelist Eileen Mueller | Panelist Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg) |
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
The History of the Book 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter Ada Palmer |
Presentation
10:30
10:30
Reading: Arwen Curry 25 minutes 10:30 NZST  -  10:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) |
Reading
11:00
11:00
Closing Ceremony 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Master of ceremonies Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Master of ceremonies Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Participant Bill Lawhorn | Participant Colette Fozard |
Event
Military SF: Getting It Right 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Moderator Kin-Ming Looi (-) | Panelist Joe Haldeman |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
In Space No One Can See You Hide the Evidence: Crimes in Space 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Trish Matson | Panelist Valerie Valdes | Panelist Carl Fink (Learning Guild) | Panelist Kat Clay |
Panel
12:30
12:30
Reading: Cory Doctorow 25 minutes 12:30 NZST  -  12:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Cory Doctorow |
Reading
13:00
13:00
Thalience and Sentience 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) | Panelist Eli K. P. William | Panelist SB Divya | Moderator Karl Schroeder |
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What Fanfiction Can Teach Genre Writers 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Alexandra Rowland | Panelist Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine) | Moderator Susana Polo (Polygon.com) | Panelist Ira Alexandre (Lady Business) |
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Writing/Business of Writing
Virtual Conventions and Conferences 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Panelist Erin Underwood | Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Moderator Steven Silver (SFWA) |
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FandomScience/Technology
What is Human? 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Sunny Teich (Victoria University of Wellington) | Panelist David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia) |
Academic
Academic
15:00
15:00
Yarnbombing & Crafting Time Sunday 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Moderator Jan Bass (Programme) |
Activity
Film Festival Block 5 1 hour 30 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  16:30 NZST
Media Screening
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 5 - Into the Future! 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Panelist Bill Lawhorn | Moderator Colette Fozard | Panelist Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand) | Panelist David Gallaher (CoNZealand) | Moderator Norman Cates (CoNZealand) |
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