Althea McMurrian

Sessions in which Althea McMurrian 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
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
SF and Fantasy of Australia 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Angela Meyer | Moderator Jack Dann | Panelist Helen Stubbs (Writers Activation, Galactic Chat) | Panelist Sean McMullen |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyNew Zealand
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
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
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
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
Science Fantasy: A Core Piece of the SF/F World 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Tommy Kucera (Dept of Mathematics) | Moderator David D. Levine | Panelist L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing) | Panelist Jacqui Greaves | Panelist Rivqa Rafael |
Panel
Science 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
19:00
19:00
Welcome to CoNZealand, a Virtual Tour 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand) |
Demonstration

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
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
Justice in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  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
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
Explorations of Character and Narrative 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gregor Cameron (FatCircus) | Moderator Jessica Davis |
Academic
Academic
12:00
12:00
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
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
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
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
Understanding the Reality of Data Intensive Research 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  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
Academic
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
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
Stunts in SF Films and TV Shows 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) |
Presentation
Media
15:00
15:00
Nevertheless, She Persisted: The Explosion of the Heroine in the 50 Years Since Mia Havero 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  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
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
1001 Years Later: What Happened to Arabian Fiction 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Thoraiya Dyer | Panelist Monther Alkabbani | Moderator Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
The Golden Age of SF Movies: SF Films of the 1950s and Early 1960 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Natalie Devitt (Galactic Journey blog) | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Moderator Mallory O'Meara | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) | Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) |
Panel
Media
17:00
17:00
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
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
19:00
19:00
Not Long Before the End? SF and the Economics of Resource Scarcity 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Speaker Jesper Stage |
Talk
Science Fiction/Fantasy

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
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
Brave New Revenue Stream 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre) | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Moderator K Tempest Bradford (Writing the Other) | Panelist Margot Atwell (Kickstarter) |
Panel
Other
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
LGBTQIA Themes in Books, Comics, and Movies/TV 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Ira Alexandre (Lady Business) | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) | Moderator Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine) | Panelist Jason Wodicka | Panelist Charles Payseur |
Panel
Exploring Speculative Fiction On the Screen 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Alfio Leotta | Panelist Cat Sparks |
Academic
Academic
11:00
11:00
What Sells? 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 9 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Joe Monti (Saga Press) | Panelist Joshua Bilmes | Panelist Lynne Thomas (Uncanny Magazine) | Panelist Valerie Estelle Frankel (Silicon Valley Authors in the vendors room) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
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
Your Fave is Problematic: H. P. Lovecraft Today 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University) | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) |
Academic
Academic
12:00
12:00
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
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
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
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
Fandom Over the Years - The Female Perspective 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  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
FandomScience Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
Malaysian SFF 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 9 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Ted Mahsun | Panelist Ika Nurain Koeck | Panelist Sek Han Foo | Panelist Zedeck Siew |
Panel
David Brin Power Hour 1 hour 13:00 NZST  -  14:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) |
Talk
14:00
14:00
Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  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
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:00
15:00
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
Expanded Universes: Tie-In Novels, Stories, and Comics 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Panelist Rebecca Roanhorse | Panelist Daryl Gregory | Moderator M. Darusha Wehm | Panelist Stephen Dedman |
Panel
Media
16:00
16:00
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
Futures at the World's Edge 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sean McMullen | Panelist Simon Litten |
Dialogue
New ZealandScience Fiction/Fantasy
Mediating the Future 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Zak Waipara (Auckland University of Technology) | Moderator Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University) |
Academic
Academic
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
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
18:00
18:00
Is Cyberpunk Mainstream Now? 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator PR K | Panelist Edward James (none) | Panelist Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University) | Panelist Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University) | Panelist Eli K. P. William |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Saturday 1 August, 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
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
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
Young Adult Fiction: From the Page and From the Screen 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Beth Durst | Moderator Jodi McAlister | Panelist Denika Mead | Panelist Holly Black |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyYoung AdultMedia
12:00
12:00
Perspectives on World Building 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Helen Marshall (University of Queensland) | Panelist Barbara Postema (Massey University) |
Academic
Academic
13:00
13:00
Walking the Journey: The Role of Nature and Place in Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Juliet Marillier | Panelist Dan Rabarts (Writer) | Panelist Gillian Polack | Moderator Lee Murray |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyNew Zealand
14:00
14:00
The Future of Engineering/Design/Manufacturing: Influencing the World, Influencing SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  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
Science Fiction/FantasyScience/Technology
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
Fandom in the 1970s 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Raewyn Nevin | Panelist Mark Loney (The Space Wastrel) | Panelist Gay Haldeman | Panelist Scott Edelman |
Panel
Fandom
Tour of Ray Bradbury Center 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Jason Aukerman (Indiana University-Purdue University) |
Presentation
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
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
Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  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
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Good Work, Questionable Creator 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  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
Other
Contrasting Perspectives on the Construction of Fictional Realities 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Vincent Tran |
Academic
Academic
17:00
17:00
Essentials of TARDIS Engineering 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) |
Presentation
Science/TechnologyMedia
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) |
Panel
Why We Read/Write/Edit Anthologies 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Jack Dann | Panelist Mimi Mondal (Self) | Panelist Katherine Quevedo | Panelist Aidan Doyle |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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

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
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
What It Takes to Create Those Scenes 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Gregor Cameron (FatCircus) | Panelist Sunny Teich (Victoria University of Wellington) |
Academic
Academic
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
Star Wars in Review 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Adam Christopher | Panelist Fiona Moore | Panelist Carrie Vaughn | Panelist Mur Lafferty | Moderator Kieron Gillen |
Panel
Media
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
In Memoriam 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Laurie Mann | Panelist Steven Silver (SFWA) |
Dialogue
FandomPeople
12:00
12:00
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (Movie Screening) 2 hours 55 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  14:55 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Christian Nicolson (little hero pictures) |
Media Screening
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
13:00
13:00
Beyond the Anglosphere: SF and Fantasy from the Rest of the World 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council) | Panelist Terrie Hashimoto | Moderator Zaza Koshkadze | Panelist Valentin Ivanov (European Southern Observatory) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
The Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Candice Michelle Goodwin (RWC Productions) | Moderator Carrie Vaughn | Panelist David Peterson | Panelist Elsa Sjunneson |
Panel
MediaFandom