Isabel Harlow

retired

Love sci-fi books and movies.  Started reading sci fi as a young teen and went to my 1st CON in mid 30's and have been going with my husband for 40 years.  Have attended many local cons in Ontario (Canada) as well as attending TorCon3 in 2003  in Toronto (Ontario) (amazing!!) and World Con 76 in 2018 in San Jose (California).  Also love astronomy, cosmology, science in general and animals in the natural world.  Am concerned about the 6th mass extinction happening now as well as loss of biodiversity, habitat loss and climate clange, and all the great injustices happening on our planet.  I do feel hope for the future believing humans are basically cooperative, caring,  resiliant and intelligent enough to overcome most of our problems.  Looking forward to CoNZ!  Thanks to all the Con staff and volunteers!  Wishing everyone an inspiring, fun and safe Con!

Sessions in which Isabel Harlow 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
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
13:00
13:00
Climate Change and Conventions 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Tim Jones | Moderator Erin Underwood | Panelist Cameron Bolinger (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist Kyoko Ogushi (CoNZealand) |
Panel
Fandom
14:00
14:00
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
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
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Presents "Omnilingual" and other SF Radio Plays 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Performer Bill Ritch (The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company) |
Presentation
Other
15:00
15:00
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
17:00
17:00
Japanese Science Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Mari Kotani (Meiji University) | Panelist Dohjin Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba) | Panelist Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba) | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Moderator Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Climate Change: Adaptation vs Resilience 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Darcie Little Badger | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Arkady Martine |
Panel
Recent SF and Fantasy on TV: Beyond the Usual Suspects 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Moderator Juliana Rew (Third Flatiron Publishing) | Panelist Stina Leicht | Panelist Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly) | Panelist Christine Taylor-Butler |
Panel
Media
10:00
10:00
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
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
GoH - Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon Talk 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Speaker Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Speaker Larry Dixon |
Dialogue
12:00
12:00
Reading: Julie Czerneda 25 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Julie Czerneda |
Reading
The Real Dirt on Exoplanets 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gerard van Belle (Lowell Observatory) |
Academic
Science/TechnologyAcademic
13:00
13:00
Modern Short SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Charles Payseur | Panelist Daryl Gregory | Moderator Scott Edelman | Panelist Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction) | Panelist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Medicine in the Future: From Surgery in Zero G to New Treatments for Disease 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Z Aung | Panelist Rivqa Rafael | Panelist Perrianne Lurie | Moderator Benjamin Hewett (Author / Juggler / Enthusiast) |
Panel
Science/Technology
15:00
15:00
New Zealand Authors on the International Stage 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Steph Matuku | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Toni Wi | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist AJ Fitzwater (Author) | Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Russell Kirkpatrick |
Panel
New ZealandScience Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
Space Settlement : 25 Years from "L-5 in '95" Where Are We Now? 1 hour 16:00 NZST  -  17:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Matthew Pavletich | Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others) |
Panel
Science/Technology
SETI and the Mind of the Alien 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Lars Backstrom (auticon) | Panelist David Carmel (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) |
Academic
Academic
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
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
Art Show Reception with Virtual Wine, Cheese & Other Things 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
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
20:00
20:00
GoH - Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon Reading 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Panelist Larry Dixon |
Reading
Book Launch: Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Marie Hodgkinson | Panelist Melanie Harding-Shaw | Panelist Octavia Cade | Panelist Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment) | Panelist AJ Fitzwater (Author) | Panelist Rem Wigmore | Panelist Juliet Marillier | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) |
Book Launch
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
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
Meditation for Connection 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
10:00
10:00
Ask a Scientist 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Bill Higgins (Fermilab) | Panelist Silvia Caldararu | Moderator Alex Acks | Panelist Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst) | Panelist Tsana Dolichva |
Panel
Science/Technology
13:00
13:00
Asimov at 100 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Kenn Bates | Moderator Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Panelist J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless) | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
David Brin Power Hour 1 hour 13:00 NZST  -  14:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) |
Talk
Mercedes Lackey In the Beginning . . . A Look Back 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist Jody Lee | Speaker Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) |
Dialogue
People
14:00
14:00
Climate Fiction/Climate Fact 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) | Panelist Arkady Martine | Panelist Tim Jones | Panelist Alex Acks |
Panel
Science/TechnologyScience Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
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
Post The Three-Body Problem: What Is Happening in Mainland Chinese Science Fiction? 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Andy Dudak | Panelist Yen Ooi | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Moderator Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
20:00
20:00
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

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
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
10:00
10:00
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
11:00
11:00
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
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
Not Your Parents' Space Opera 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Valerie Valdes | Moderator Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Panelist Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) | Panelist Becky Chambers |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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) |
Panel
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
18:00
18:00
Film Festival Block 4 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Recent Scientific Breakthroughs - What's Hot? 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) | Panelist Bill Higgins (Fermilab) | Moderator L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Panelist Valentin Ivanov (European Southern Observatory) |
Panel
Science/Technology
11:00
11:00
Cloud Atlas and Beyond: the Works of David Mitchell 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Speaker Sultana Raza |
Discussion Group
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
TV in Space: The Expanse, Star Trek, The Orville, and More 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly) | Moderator Amy (A.K.) DuBoff | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Daniel Abraham | Panelist Julie Czerneda |
Panel
MediaScience Fiction/Fantasy
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 |
Panel
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
Film Festival Block 5 1 hour 30 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  16:30 NZST
Media Screening