
Beth Moursund
--None--
Sessions in which Beth Moursund attends
10:00
10:00
Panelist
Karl Schroeder
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Panelist
Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027)
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Moderator
Likhain
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Panelist
Anne-Louise Fortune (Independent Scholar)
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Panelist
Penelope Flynn (LLC)
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Panel
12:00
12:00
Moderator
Helen Marshall (University of Queensland)
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Participant
Peadar Ó Guilín
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Participant
Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents)
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Participant
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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Panel
How to Enjoy the First Virtual Worldcon
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panel
Is it Time for a Best Video Game/Interactive Media Hugo?
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Ceinwen Langley
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Moderator
Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39)
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Panelist
Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine)
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Panelist
Cameron Bolinger (Explorasaurus Studios)
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Panelist
Ira Alexandre (Lady Business)
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Panel
13:00
13:00
Panelist
Karl Schroeder
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Panelist
Katherine Quevedo
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Panelist
Eli K. P. William
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Panelist
Jesper Stage
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Panel
14:00
14:00
Science Fantasy: A Core Piece of the SF/F World
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Tommy Kucera (Dept of Mathematics)
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Moderator
David D. Levine
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Panelist
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
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Panelist
Jacqui Greaves
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Panelist
Rivqa Rafael
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Panel
Novel vs. Game: Approaches to Narrative Fiction
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Zach Dodson (featherproof books)
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Panelist
Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Moderator
Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine)
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Panelist
Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment)
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Panel
Running Conventions: A Worldwide Perspective
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Maciej Matuszewski
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Panelist
Diane Walton (On Spec Magazine)
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Panelist
Rose Mitchell
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Panelist
Kyoko Ogushi (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Ben Yalow (CoNZealand)
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Panel
15:00
15:00
Epidemics and Plagues in the Real World and in Fiction
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Andy Dudak
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Moderator
Mason A. Porter (University of California)
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Panelist
Perrianne Lurie
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Panelist
Freya Marske
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Panelist
Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia)
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Panel
Speaker
Matthew Pavletich
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Speaker
David Brin (Futures Unlimited)
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Panelist
Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others)
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Can Living in a Small Space on Earth Prepare You for Living in Space?
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator
Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble)
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Panelist
M. Darusha Wehm
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Panelist
Courtney Schafer
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Panelist
David D. Levine
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Animals in Fantasy
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Discord
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Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist
Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters)
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Panelist
Kathryn Sullivan
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Panelist
Steph Matuku
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Panelist
H.G. Parry
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Moderator
Paula Boer (Self-employed)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
Feedback Session 1
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
21:00
21:00
Are We Living in a Simulation?
50 minutes
21:00 NZST
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21:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Fiona Moore
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Panelist
Sultana Raza
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Moderator
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
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Panelist
Christopher Gee
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Panel
22:00
22:00
Planning and Attending Conventions in the Age of COVID-19
50 minutes
22:00 NZST
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22:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Gerard Kraus (Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
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Panelist
Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf
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Moderator
Alison Scott (Punctuation)
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Panelist
Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39)
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Panel
10:00
10:00
Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture?
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Shiv Ramdas
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Panelist
Corey J. White
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Moderator
Cat Sparks
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Panelist
Jason Wodicka
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Panelist
Mark Van Name
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Panel
11:00
11:00
GoH - Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon Talk
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Discord
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Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Dialogue
12:00
12:00
The Real Dirt on Exoplanets
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Gerard van Belle (Lowell Observatory)
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Academic
13:00
13:00
Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer discuss censorship and information control
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Dialogue
Understanding the Reality of Data Intensive Research
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Mason A. Porter (University of California)
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Panelist
David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia)
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Academic
14:00
14:00
Medicine in the Future: From Surgery in Zero G to New Treatments for Disease
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Z Aung
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Panelist
Rivqa Rafael
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Panelist
Perrianne Lurie
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Moderator
Benjamin Hewett (Author / Juggler / Enthusiast)
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Panel
Democratizing Access to Space
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom (SpaceBase)
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Moderator
G. David Nordley (Self Employed)
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Panelist
Eric Dahlstrom (SpaceBase)
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Academic
15:00
15:00
A Chat with Bob and George
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Dialogue
Re-engineering the Natural Form
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator
David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia)
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Panelist
Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury)
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Academic
16:00
16:00
Space Settlement : 25 Years from "L-5 in '95" Where Are We Now?
1 hour
16:00 NZST
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17:00 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Matthew Pavletich
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Panelist
David Brin (Futures Unlimited)
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Panelist
Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others)
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Panel
Sandman at 30: The Enduring Influence of Neil Gaiman's Creation
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Matthew S. Rotundo
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Moderator
Jane Routley
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Panelist
Claire Bartlett
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Panelist
Jason Franks
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
How to End the World on $500
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator
Craig Cormick (Self)
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Panelist
David Brin (Futures Unlimited)
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Panelist
Julie Czerneda
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Panelist
G. David Nordley (Self Employed)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
Terraforming and Alien Life: A Biochemist's Perspective
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Presenter
Stephen Mulholland (Alpacas Rampant)
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Presentation
19:00
19:00
Not Long Before the End? SF and the Economics of Resource Scarcity
50 minutes
19:00 NZST
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19:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Speaker
Jesper Stage
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Talk
Spirits Abroad and At Home
50 minutes
19:00 NZST
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19:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panel
20:00
20:00
Trends: How They Effect Tropes in F&SF
1 hour
20:00 NZST
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21:00 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Talk
9:00
9:00
Technology for Disability in the Real World and in Speculative Fiction
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba)
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Panelist
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panelist
Elsa Sjunneson
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Moderator
Lars Backstrom (auticon)
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Panel
10:00
10:00
Panelist
Bill Higgins (Fermilab)
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Panelist
Silvia Caldararu
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Moderator
Alex Acks
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Panelist
Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst)
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Panelist
Tsana Dolichva
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Panel
2022 Worldcon Site Announcement
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Participant
Helen Montgomery (Chicon 8: The 80th World Science Fiction Convention)
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Participant
Colette Fozard
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Participant
Dave McCarty
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Participant
Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council)
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Moderator
Alan Stewart
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Presentation
11:00
11:00
12:00
12:00
Is Capitalism Stifling Research?
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Keith Kato
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Panelist
Raymond Sheh (Georgetown University)
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Moderator
Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod)
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Panelist
Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst)
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Panelist
Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author)
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Panel
13:00
13:00
Mercedes Lackey In the Beginning . . . A Look Back
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Discord
,
Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Dialogue
14:00
14:00
Engineering and the Human Conquest of Hostile Environments
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
15:00
15:00
Pandemic Myths and Facts
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (LIRNEasia)
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Moderator
Naomi Kritzer
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Panelist
Andi C. Buchanan (Writer)
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Panelist
Mason A. Porter (University of California)
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Panelist
Perrianne Lurie
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University)
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Panelist
Jennifer Mace
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Panelist
Sarah Beth Durst
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Panelist
Garth Nix
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Panelist
Maiya Ibrahim
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Panel
Universal Rights in the Age of AI
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba)
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Panelist
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
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Panelist
Barbara Howe
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Panelist
Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod)
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Moderator
Mikko Rauhala
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Panel
Panelist
Courtney Schafer
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Panelist
Bill Higgins (Fermilab)
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Moderator
L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems)
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Panelist
Dave Taylor (ARISS)
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Panelist
Stephen Dedman
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 3
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
Fairy Tale Contract Law
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panel
19:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
Question TIme 3: 2023 Onwards
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Other Participant
Esther MacCallum-Stewart (Glasgow in 2024)
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Other Participant
Marguerite Smith (Glasgow 2024 and Smofcon 39)
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Other Participant
Jo Van
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Moderator
Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo)
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Panelist
Pascale Chabrillat-Trahin (NICE2026)
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Moderator
Robbie Bourget
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Panel
21:00
21:00
Discussion Group
10:00
10:00
The Ascent of Wonder: What Makes Hard SF
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Kenn Bates
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Moderator
James Cambias
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Panelist
Mark English (Clarinspect)
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Panelist
Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications)
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Panelist
Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury)
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Panel
12:00
12:00
Writing for Young Adults
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Katya de Becerra
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Moderator
A.j. Ponder
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Panelist
Darcie Little Badger
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Panelist
Joe Struss (Iowa Valley Comm. College District)
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Panel
14:00
14:00
Apocalypse Now and Then: The Changing Nature of Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse Fiction
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Potential
Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware)
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Moderator
Marlee Jane Ward
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Panelist
Cassie Hart
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Panelist
Bren MacDibble
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Panelist
Cat Sparks
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Panel
Tour of Ray Bradbury Center
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presentation
The Future of Engineering/Design/Manufacturing: Influencing the World, Influencing SF
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator
Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury)
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Panelist
Tore Høie (Fringilla)
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Panelist
Mark English (Clarinspect)
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Panelist
Curtis Chen (SFWA)
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Panelist
Chris Winspear (Manifester 3D)
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Panel
15:00
15:00
From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine)
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Panelist
Chuck Serface (Suicide and Crisis Services of Santa Clara County)
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Moderator
Alexandra Rowland
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Panelist
E. Lily Yu
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Panelist
J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless)
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Panel
Not Your Parents' Space Opera
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Valerie Valdes
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Moderator
Sean Williams (Flinders University)
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Panelist
Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.)
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Panelist
Becky Chambers
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Panel
Our New Robot Overlords: Why and How They Will Take Over
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Speaker
Mikko Rauhala
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Presentation
16:00
16:00
Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Danny Lore (Fiyah Magazine)
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Panelist
Claire Light
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Panelist
Cindy Lynn Speer
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Moderator
Carrie Vaughn
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Panelist
Janna Ruth
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Panel
Good Work, Questionable Creator
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre)
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Panelist
Richard Gilliam (Self)
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Moderator
Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Essentials of TARDIS Engineering
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presentation
Becoming a Grown-up: the Bildungsroman in Stories for Young People
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Alison Evans
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Panelist
Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation)
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Panelist
Christine Taylor-Butler
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Moderator
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
Intersection of Science Fiction and Technology in Japan
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Terrie Hashimoto
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Panelist
Dohjin Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba)
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Panelist
Yugen Yashima
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Panelist
Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba)
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Panel
22:00
22:00
Quantum Computing: Nearing Reality
50 minutes
22:00 NZST
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22:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author)
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Panelist
Cliona Shakespeare (University of Jyväskylä)
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Moderator
Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications)
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Panel
9:00
9:00
Recent Scientific Breakthroughs - What's Hot?
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
G. David Nordley (Self Employed)
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Panelist
Bill Higgins (Fermilab)
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Moderator
L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems)
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Panelist
Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ)
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Panelist
Valentin Ivanov (European Southern Observatory)
|
Panel
10:00
10:00
Fairy Tales and Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Vida Cruz
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Moderator
Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee)
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Panelist
Ellen Datlow
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Panelist
Eileen Mueller
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Panelist
Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
|
Panel
11:00
11:00
Master of ceremonies
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Master of ceremonies
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Participant
Bill Lawhorn
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Participant
Colette Fozard
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Event
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Shiv Ramdas
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Panelist
Karl Schroeder
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Moderator
Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates)
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Panelist
Caren Gussoff Sumption
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Panelist
SB Divya
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Panel
Military SF: Getting It Right
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panel
12:00
12:00
In Space No One Can See You Hide the Evidence: Crimes in Space
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Trish Matson
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Panelist
Valerie Valdes
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Panelist
Carl Fink (Learning Guild)
|
Panelist
Kat Clay
|
Panel
Ghosts in the Ships: Sentient Ships in SF and Fantasy
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications)
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Panelist
Sascha Stronach
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Moderator
Z Aung
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Panelist
Mark Van Name
|
Panel
13:00
13:00
Thalience and Sentience
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod)
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Panelist
Eli K. P. William
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Panelist
SB Divya
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Moderator
Karl Schroeder
|
Panel
Virtual Conventions and Conferences
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Discussion Groups
Panelist
Erin Underwood
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Panelist
Laurie Mann
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Panelist
Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo)
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Moderator
Steven Silver (SFWA)
|
Panel
14:00
14:00
Panelist
John Tilden (The Heinlein Society)
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Speaker
Jason Aukerman (Indiana University-Purdue University)
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Dialogue
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 5 - Into the Future!
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Bill Lawhorn
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Moderator
Colette Fozard
|
Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
|
Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
|
Panel