Sam

Sessions in which Sam attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
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
11:00
11:00
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
Is it Time for a Best Video Game/Interactive Media Hugo? 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Ceinwen Langley | Moderator Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39) | Panelist Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine) | Panelist Cameron Bolinger (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist Ira Alexandre (Lady Business) |
Panel
Gaming
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
15:00
15:00
ISS - Still there 1 hour 15:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Speaker Matthew Pavletich | Speaker David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others) |
Panel
Science/Technology
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
21:00
21:00
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

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
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
Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture? 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Corey J. White | Moderator Cat Sparks | Panelist Jason Wodicka | Panelist Mark Van Name |
Panel
Science/Technology
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
12:00
12:00
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
14:00
14:00
Democratizing Access to Space 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom (SpaceBase) | Moderator G. David Nordley (Self Employed) | Panelist Eric Dahlstrom (SpaceBase) |
Academic
Academic
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
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

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
8:00
8:00
The Skiffy & Fanty Show Podcast 1 hour 50 minutes 8:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Participant Alasdair Stuart (Escape Artists Inc.) | Participant Wendy Browne (Women Write About Comics) | Speaker Jen Zink (The Skiffy and Fanty Show) |
Podcast
MediaComics/Graphic Novels
9:00
9:00
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
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
11:00
11:00
The Second Golden Age: SF of the 1960s 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Bradford Lyau | Panelist Robert Silverberg | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Jack Dann | Panelist Kathryn Sullivan |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy1960s
12:00
12:00
Is Capitalism Stifling Research? 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Keith Kato | Panelist Raymond Sheh (Georgetown University) | Moderator Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) | Panelist Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst) | Panelist Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author) |
Panel
Science/Technology
13:00
13:00
David Brin Power Hour 1 hour 13:00 NZST  -  14:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) |
Talk
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
17:00
17:00
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

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Before and After Tolkien: Epic Fantasy 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Yugen Yashima | Panelist Vida Cruz | Moderator A.j. Ponder | Panelist Yves Meynard |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
10:00
10:00
Ego Hunter 2 hours 55 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  12:55 NZST  |  Programming , Gaming Zoom
 |  Signup required
Moderator Tim Oliver |
Roleplaying
Science 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
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
RPG Design (and what to do next) 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Gaming Zoom
Panelist Michael Sands (Generic Games) | Panelist Morgan Davie (Taleturn Ltd) | Panelist Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction) | Moderator James Cambias | Panelist Stephen Dedman |
Panel
20:00
20:00
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 |
Panel
MediaMoviesBad Movies
22:00
22:00
Quantum Computing: Nearing Reality 50 minutes 22:00 NZST  -  22:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author) | Panelist Cliona Shakespeare (University of Jyväskylä) | Moderator Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications) |
Panel
Science/Technology

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
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Karl Schroeder | Moderator Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Panelist SB Divya |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
The Geologic Era of the Human 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Sharon King (ACMRS; Les enfans sans abri) | Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) |
Academic
Academic
12:00
12:00
Ghosts in the Ships: Sentient Ships in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications) | Panelist Sascha Stronach | Moderator Z Aung | Panelist Mark Van Name |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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