
Nolly
Sessions in which Nolly attends
8:00
8:00
Dealers Hall Pre-Opening Coffee and Doughnuts Reception
50 minutes
8:00 NZST
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8:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
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
11:00
11:00
Panelist
SL Huang
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Panelist
SB Divya
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Panelist
Errick Nunnally
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Moderator
Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod)
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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
13:00
13:00
Panel
14:00
14:00
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Demonstration
Chronology of Calendars
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki)
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Moderator
Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) )
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Panelist
Jenn Lyons (Tor Books)
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Panel
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Presents "Omnilingual" and other SF Radio Plays
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Performer
Bill Ritch (The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company)
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Presentation
15:00
15:00
The Death of Genre?
55 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:55 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Trish Matson
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Panelist
Caren Gussoff Sumption
|
Panelist
Joshua Bilmes
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Moderator
Soon Lee
|
Panel
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
|
Moderator
Mason A. Porter (University of California)
|
Panelist
Perrianne Lurie
|
Panelist
Freya Marske
|
Panelist
Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia)
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Panel
Infinite Entangled Futures: Indigenous Voices in Conversation
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
-
15:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Toni Wi
|
Moderator
Sloane Leong
|
Panelist
Sascha Stronach
|
Panelist
Darcie Little Badger
|
Panelist
Rebecca Roanhorse
|
Panel
Speaker
Matthew Pavletich
|
Speaker
David Brin (Futures Unlimited)
|
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
|
Panelist
Courtney Schafer
|
Panelist
David D. Levine
|
Panel
19:00
19:00
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour
50 minutes
19:00 NZST
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19:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter
Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand)
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Demonstration
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
|
Panelist
Sultana Raza
|
Moderator
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
|
Panelist
Christopher Gee
|
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
|
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
23:00
23:00
7:00
7:00
9:00
9:00
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
The Future Is Female: Women SF Writers from Mary Shelley to Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Pinsker (SFWA)
|
Moderator
Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital)
|
Panelist
Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Panelist
Bradford Lyau
|
Panelist
Alexandra Pierce
|
Panel
Justice in SF and Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
-
10:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Adri Joy (Nerds of a Feather)
|
Panelist
Fred Lerner
|
Moderator
Jenn Lyons (Tor Books)
|
Panelist
Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine)
|
Panelist
Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.)
|
Panel
10:30
10:30
11:00
11:00
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)
|
Academic
13:00
13:00
Understanding the Reality of Data Intensive Research
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Mason A. Porter (University of California)
|
Panelist
David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia)
|
Academic
Ray Bradbury Centennial
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presentation
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
|
Panelist
Rivqa Rafael
|
Panelist
Perrianne Lurie
|
Moderator
Benjamin Hewett (Author / Juggler / Enthusiast)
|
Panel
My Favourite Board Game
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Erica Holcomb (Explorasaurus Studios)
|
Moderator
Alex Acks
|
Panelist
Alan Stewart
|
Panelist
David Peterson
|
Panelist
Frances Hardinge
|
Panel
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
Nevertheless, She Persisted: The Explosion of the Heroine in the 50 Years Since Mia Havero
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Maiya Ibrahim
|
Moderator
Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press)
|
Panelist
Lee Murray
|
Panelist
Glenda Larke
|
Panel
23:00
23:00
7:00
7:00
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
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba)
|
Panelist
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
|
Panelist
Elsa Sjunneson
|
Moderator
Lars Backstrom (auticon)
|
Panel
COVID-19: A Great Filter?
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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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
10:00
10:00
Panelist
Bill Higgins (Fermilab)
|
Panelist
Silvia Caldararu
|
Moderator
Alex Acks
|
Panelist
Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst)
|
Panelist
Tsana Dolichva
|
Panel
11:00
11:00
Discover Sir Julius Vogel
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
-
11:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter
Lucy Sussex (Self Employed)
|
Presentation
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (Movie Screening)
2 hours 55 minutes
11:00 NZST
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13:55 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Media Screening
12:00
12:00
Panel
Translation: the Key to Open Doors to the Cultural Diversity in SFF
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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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
12:30
12:30
13:00
13:00
Panelist
Arkady Martine
|
Panelist
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
|
Panelist
Claire Bartlett
|
Moderator
Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
|
Panelist
Ada Palmer
|
Panel
Panelist
James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre)
|
Moderator
Fred Lerner
|
Panelist
Amy (A.K.) DuBoff
|
Panelist
Walter Jon Williams
|
Panelist
Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction)
|
Panel
SF and Fantasy from New Zealand
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Andi C. Buchanan (Writer)
|
Panelist
Cassie Hart
|
Panelist
Toni Wi
|
Moderator
Dylan Horrocks (Victoria University of Wellington)
|
Panel
Panel
Fandom Over the Years - The Female Perspective
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Andi Dukleth (Accidental Aliens and KPBS News)
|
Panelist
Laurie Mann
|
Panelist
Alison Scott (Punctuation)
|
Panelist
Gay Haldeman
|
Moderator
Jennifer Zwahr-Castro (St. Mary's University of San Antonio, TX)
|
Panel
14:00
14:00
Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Andy Dudak
|
Panelist
Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa)
|
Panelist
Elizabeth Knox
|
Panelist
Gillian Polack
|
Panel
Through the Magic Door: The Appeal of Portal Fantasies
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panel
Panelist
Ira Alexandre (Lady Business)
|
Panelist
Soon Lee
|
Moderator
Sam Blackley (freelance)
|
Panelist
Maria Haskins
|
Panelist
Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications)
|
Panel
Climate Fiction/Climate Fact
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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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
15:00
15:00
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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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
Universal Rights in the Age of AI
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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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
Panelist
Courtney Schafer
|
Panelist
Bill Higgins (Fermilab)
|
Moderator
L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems)
|
Panelist
Dave Taylor (ARISS)
|
Panelist
Stephen Dedman
|
Panel
Futures at the World's Edge
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Dialogue
17:00
17:00
From Peter Jackson to Taika Waititi : New Zealand Originated Genre Films and TV Series
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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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
18:00
18:00
Fairy Tale Contract Law
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panel
19:00
19:00
20:00
20:00
Looking Up! New Zealand Astronomy
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panel
21:00
21:00
Discussion Group
23:00
23:00
7:00
7:00
9:00
9:00
The Interplanetary Immigration Center Project
25 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:25 NZST
|
Programming
,
Discussion Groups
Presentation
11:00
11:00
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
14:00
14:00
Christian Fans Meetup
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
-
14:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Discussion Group
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
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Potential
Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware)
|
Moderator
Marlee Jane Ward
|
Panelist
Cassie Hart
|
Panelist
Bren MacDibble
|
Panelist
Cat Sparks
|
Panel
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)
|
Panelist
Tore Høie (Fringilla)
|
Panelist
Mark English (Clarinspect)
|
Panelist
Curtis Chen (SFWA)
|
Panelist
Chris Winspear (Manifester 3D)
|
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
|
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
Party
Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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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
16:00
16:00
Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Danny Lore (Fiyah Magazine)
|
Panelist
Claire Light
|
Panelist
Cindy Lynn Speer
|
Moderator
Carrie Vaughn
|
Panelist
Janna Ruth
|
Panel
Good Work, Questionable Creator
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre)
|
Panelist
Richard Gilliam (Self)
|
Moderator
Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist
|
Panel
20:00
20:00
SF Movies that Look Great but Are Awful!
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator
Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand)
|
Panelist
Matthew Pavletich
|
Panelist
Jeremy Szal
|
Panel
Bedtime stories with Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
|
Discord
,
Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Reading
Contemplating an International Move...
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
|
Panelist
Lei Ma (Interplanetary Immigration Center)
|
Panelist
Sultana Raza
|
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
|
Moderator
Alissa McKersie
|
Panel
23:00
23:00
7:00
7:00
9:00
9:00
Artists I Want People to Know About
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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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
The History of the Book
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter
Ada Palmer
|
Presentation
"Sarabande" / "Resurrection Eve"
1 hour
10:00 NZST
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11:00 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Performer
Bill Ritch (The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company)
|
Presentation
11:00
11:00
Master of ceremonies
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
|
Master of ceremonies
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
|
Participant
Bill Lawhorn
|
Participant
Colette Fozard
|
Event
These Old Shades: If Georgette Heyer Wrote a Ghost Story
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand)
|
Moderator
Freya Marske
|
Panelist
Kat Clay
|
Panelist
Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee)
|
Panelist
Z Aung
|
Panel
13:00
13:00
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)
|
Panel
13:30
13:30
Reading
14:00
14:00
Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin
2 hours
14:00 NZST
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16:00 NZST
|
Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
|
Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Media Screening
Panelist
John Tilden (The Heinlein Society)
|
Speaker
Jason Aukerman (Indiana University-Purdue University)
|
Dialogue
15:00
15:00
Party