Jana Bianchi

Writer, translator, editor
Mafagafo Magazine

Sessions in which Jana Bianchi attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
Magic Realism in Genre 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Libia Brenda (Independent) | Panelist Sam Blackley (freelance) | Moderator Eli K. P. William |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
Welcome, New Professional Writers 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Mikko Rauhala | Panelist Cat Rambo (Cat Rambo) | Moderator Kaisa Pellinen (F) | Panelist Sam Hawke |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
13:00
13:00
What to Expect When You're Ready to Query 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist L. D. Lewis (FIYAH Literary Magazine) | Panelist Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment) | Panelist Jennifer Mace | Moderator Morgan Hazelwood |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
14:00
14:00
Running Conventions: A Worldwide Perspective 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Maciej Matuszewski | Panelist Diane Walton (On Spec Magazine) | Panelist Rose Mitchell | Panelist Kyoko Ogushi (CoNZealand) | Moderator Ben Yalow (CoNZealand) |
Panel
15:00
15:00
Infinite Entangled Futures: Indigenous Voices in Conversation 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Toni Wi | Moderator Sloane Leong | Panelist Sascha Stronach | Panelist Darcie Little Badger | Panelist Rebecca Roanhorse |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
The World of Independent Board Games: Beyond D & D 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine) | Panelist Petrea Mitchell | Moderator Queenie Chan | Panelist Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa) |
Panel
Gaming
Can Living in a Small Space on Earth Prepare You for Living in Space? 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) | Panelist M. Darusha Wehm | Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist David D. Levine |
Panel
Society/CultureScience/Technology
17:00
17:00
Writers on Writing: What’s in a Name? Characters in Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Mimi Mondal (Self) | Moderator S. K. Dunstall | Panelist Zaza Koshkadze | Panelist Mandy Hager (NZ Society of Authors) |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingScience Fiction/Fantasy
18:00
18:00
Film Festival Block 1 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
19:00
19:00
Representing the Other 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Speaker Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction) | Panelist Cliona Shakespeare (University of Jyväskylä) | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) | Moderator Bradford Lyau | Panelist Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University) |
Panel
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
23:00
23:00
Parties: 29 July, party band #1 3 hours 23:00 NZST  -  2:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
Establishing A Social Media Presence 50 minutes 23:00 NZST  -  23:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Zena Shapter (Zena Shapter) | Panelist Morgan Hazelwood |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingEuropean Time

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Accessible Yoga 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Ty Arnold (Vital Life Services) |
Activity
Other
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
Traditional Publishing: Working with Publishers 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Joshua Bilmes | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
How Scary Can You Be? 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Cory Doctorow | Panelist Sek Han Foo | Panelist Tonia Ransom (NIGHTLIGHT Podcast) | Panelist Rena Barron |
Panel
HorrorChildren
11:00
11:00
How Podcasts Are Transforming the Speculative Fiction Landscape 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works) | Moderator Alexandra Pierce | Panelist Peadar Ó Guilín | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) | Panelist Mur Lafferty |
Panel
Other
Reading: Mary Robinette Kowal 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Mary Robinette Kowal |
Reading
Collaborations: Nightmare or Dream Gig? 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Laura E Goodin | Moderator Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa) | Panelist Helen Stubbs (Writers Activation, Galactic Chat) | Panelist Luis F. Silva | Panelist Zena Shapter (Zena Shapter) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
11:30
11:30
Reading: Illimani Ferreira 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Illimani Ferreira |
Reading
Reading: Becky Chambers 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Becky Chambers |
Reading
14:00
14:00
My Favourite Board Game 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  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
Gaming
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
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
14:30
14:30
Reading: Charlie Jane Anders 25 minutes 14:30 NZST  -  14:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Charlie Jane Anders |
Reading
15:00
15:00
Can AI Write a Story? Cases for and Against Human + Machine 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (LIRNEasia) |
Presentation
Science/Technology
A Chat with Bob and George 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Participant George R. R. Martin | Participant Robert Silverberg |
Dialogue
Science Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
Juggling for Writers: Making Progress When You've Got a Million Responsibilities 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Courtney Schafer | Panelist Erin Wilcox (SFWA) | Panelist Sam Hawke | Panelist Jen Zink (The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Holly Black |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
Kaffeeklatsch: Becky Chambers 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
 |  Signup required
Participant Becky Chambers |
Kaffeeklatsch
SETI and the Mind of the Alien 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Lars Backstrom (auticon) | Panelist David Carmel (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) |
Academic
Academic
17:00
17:00
Translating Speculative Fiction: Challenges and Exaltations 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation) | Panelist Judith Huang | Panelist Mari Kotani (Meiji University) | Panelist Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Neil Clarke 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
 |  Signup required
Participant Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine) |
Kaffeeklatsch
10:00
10:00
2022 Worldcon Site Announcement 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Participant Helen Montgomery (Chicon 8: The 80th World Science Fiction Convention) | Participant Colette Fozard | Participant Dave McCarty | Participant Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council) | Moderator Alan Stewart |
Presentation
11:00
11:00
Masquerade 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Event
Costuming/Cosplay
12:00
12:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Naomi Kritzer 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
 |  Signup required
Participant Naomi Kritzer |
Kaffeeklatsch
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
13:00
13:00
SF and Fantasy from New Zealand 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  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
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Get to Know SFWA 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Steven Silver (SFWA) | Panelist Cat Rambo (Cat Rambo) | Panelist Curtis Chen (SFWA) | Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
14:00
14:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Garth Nix 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
 |  Signup required
Participant Garth Nix |
Kaffeeklatsch
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
How to Work with Editors 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Joshua Bilmes | Panelist Liz Gorinsky (Erewhon Books) | Panelist Geneve Flynn | Panelist Aidan Doyle | Panelist Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  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
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
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

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
The Interplanetary Immigration Center Project 25 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:25 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Speaker Lei Ma (Interplanetary Immigration Center) |
Presentation
Science Fiction/Fantasy
10:00
10:00
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
Horror from Elsewhere 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Ellen Datlow | Moderator Geneve Flynn | Panelist Octavia Cade |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Hugo Awards Ceremony 3 hours 30 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  14:30 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Presenter Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Presenter Rose Mitchell | Presenter Robert Silverberg | Presenter Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Presenter Erin Underwood | Presenter Larry Dixon | Presenter Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop) | Moderator George R. R. Martin |
Event
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
Writing for Young Adults 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Katya de Becerra | Moderator A.j. Ponder | Panelist Darcie Little Badger | Panelist Joe Struss (Iowa Valley Comm. College District) |
Panel
Young AdultWriting/Business of Writing
13:30
13:30
Reading: Darcie Little Badger 25 minutes 13:30 NZST  -  13:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Darcie Little Badger |
Reading
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
Reading: Garth Nix 25 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Garth Nix |
Reading
15:00
15:00
Novel, Novella or Short Story? Choosing the Right Length for Fiction 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Paula Boer (Self-employed) | Panelist Diane Walton (On Spec Magazine) | Panelist Vylar Kaftan | Panelist Jane Rawson |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
Narrative and the Craft of Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Duncan Hubber (Federation University Australia) |
Academic
Academic
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
17:00
17:00
The Spaceship as Teaching Tool 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |
Academic
Academic
Designing and Writing for Games 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Richard (Rik) Lagarto | Panelist Ville Vuorela (Reforged Studios) | Panelist Ceinwen Langley | Panelist Erica Holcomb (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine) |
Panel
Gaming

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
10:00
10:00
"Sarabande" / "Resurrection Eve" 1 hour 10:00 NZST  -  11:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Performer Bill Ritch (The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company) |
Presentation
Other
From Page to Screen: Screenwriting 101 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Candice Michelle Goodwin (RWC Productions) | Moderator Catherine S. McMullen | Panelist Zaza Koshkadze | Panelist Walter Jon Williams | Panelist Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingMedia
11:00
11:00
Closing Ceremony 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Master of ceremonies Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Master of ceremonies Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Participant Bill Lawhorn | Participant Colette Fozard |
Event
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
11:30
11:30
Reading: Naomi Kritzer 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Naomi Kritzer |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Family and the Future of the Intimate 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Kara Kennedy | Speaker Richard Finn (University of the Sunshine Coast) |
Academic
Academic
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
What is Human? 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Sunny Teich (Victoria University of Wellington) | Panelist David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia) |
Academic
Academic
14:00
14:00
Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin 2 hours 14:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
 |  Signup required
Speaker Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) |
Media Screening