Robert Gallup

Sessions in which Robert Gallup attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:00
10:00
The Art of the Interview 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Michi Trota (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America) | Panelist Jen Zink (The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Zedeck Siew | Panelist Judith Huang |
Panel
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
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gailey | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Moderator Emma Osborne |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Cyborgs and Society 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist SL Huang | Panelist SB Divya | Panelist Errick Nunnally | Moderator Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy from the Chinese Diaspora 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Joyce Chng | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Panelist Andy Dudak | Panelist Kin-Ming Looi (-) |
Panel
Society/CultureLiteratureScience Fiction/Fantasy
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
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
Reading: Siobhan Carroll 25 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware) |
Reading
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
The Art of the Review 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre) | Moderator Trish Matson | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Panelist Anne-Louise Fortune (Independent Scholar) | Panelist Kyla Lee Ward (Prea Press) |
Panel
Accessible Magic 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Moderator Petrea Mitchell |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
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
Who, What, When and/or Where Inspired You? 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Kaaron Warren | Panelist Snezana Kanacki | Panelist Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa) | Moderator Amanda Bridgeman |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingScience Fiction/Fantasy
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
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Presents "Omnilingual" and other SF Radio Plays 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Performer Bill Ritch (The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company) |
Presentation
Other
Novel vs. Game: Approaches to Narrative Fiction 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Zach Dodson (featherproof books) | Panelist Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment) | Moderator Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine) | Panelist Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment) |
Panel
Writing/Business of WritingGaming
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
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
14:30
14:30
Reading: Emma Osborne 25 minutes 14:30 NZST  -  14:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Emma Osborne |
Reading
15:00
15:00
ISS - Still there 1 hour 15:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Speaker Matthew Pavletich | Speaker David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others) |
Panel
Science/Technology
Reading: Yugen Yashima 25 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Yugen Yashima |
Reading
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
Epidemics and Plagues in the Real World and in Fiction 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  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) |
Panel
Science/TechnologyScience Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
Reading: SB Divya 25 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker SB Divya |
Reading
World Building for Fantasy 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Workshops
Instructor David Hair |
Presentation
Writing/Business of Writing
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
16:30
16:30
Reading: Umiyuri Katsuyama 25 minutes 16:30 NZST  -  16:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Umiyuri Katsuyama |
Reading
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
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
17:30
17:30
Reading: J J Mathews 25 minutes 17:30 NZST  -  17:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker J J Mathews (Mouse Moon Press) |
Reading

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
7:00
7:00
Parties: 30 July, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
9:00
9:00
Wild Cards: Writing the Mosaic Novel 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Peadar Ó Guilín | Panelist Walter Jon Williams | Panelist Mary Anne Mohanraj (University of Illinois / Speculative Literature Foundation) | Moderator Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
10:00
10:00
Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture? 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Corey J. White | Moderator Cat Sparks | Panelist Jason Wodicka | Panelist Mark Van Name |
Panel
Science/Technology
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
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
15:00
15:00
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
What to Do 'Till Your Ship Comes In 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator John Hedtke (Double Tall Consulting) | Panelist David D. Levine | Panelist Catherine S. McMullen | Panelist Sean McMullen |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
16:00
16:00
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
Space Settlement : 25 Years from "L-5 in '95" Where Are We Now? 1 hour 16:00 NZST  -  17:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Matthew Pavletich | Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others) |
Panel
Science/Technology
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
Sandman at 30: The Enduring Influence of Neil Gaiman's Creation 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Matthew S. Rotundo | Moderator Jane Routley | Panelist Claire Bartlett | Panelist Jason Franks |
Panel
Comics/Graphic Novels
18:00
18:00
Terraforming and Alien Life: A Biochemist's Perspective 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Presenter Stephen Mulholland (Alpacas Rampant) |
Presentation
Science/Technology
Film Festival Block 2 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
19:00
19:00
Narrative Design and Writing for Games part 1 1 hour 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Workshops
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Instructor Richard (Rik) Lagarto |
Workshop

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
10:30
10:30
Reading: Peadar Ó Guilín 25 minutes 10:30 NZST  -  10:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Peadar Ó Guilín |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Getting Your Book Edited and Ready for Self Publishing 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Angela Meyer | Moderator Jane Routley | Panelist William C. Tracy (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) | Panelist Yen Ooi |
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
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
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
16:30
16:30
Reading: Jeremy Szal 25 minutes 16:30 NZST  -  16:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Jeremy Szal |
Reading
17:00
17:00
Pew! Pew! What Would Realistic Space Battles Look Like? 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Speaker Stephen Mulholland (Alpacas Rampant) |
Presentation
Science/Technology

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
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
An "Evening" with Peadar & Farah 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) | Participant Peadar Ó Guilín |
Interview
Science Fiction/Fantasy
10:00
10:00
The Ascent of Wonder: What Makes Hard SF 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Kenn Bates | Moderator James Cambias | Panelist Mark English (Clarinspect) | Panelist Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications) | Panelist Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury) |
Panel
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
14:00
14:00
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
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

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Apocalypse as Insight 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Octavia Cade | Panelist Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Academic
Academic
10:00
10:00
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
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
Speculative Poetry 2020 The Rhyme of the SF Mariner 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Ryn Yee | Moderator Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction) | Panelist Joyce Chng | Panelist Katherine Quevedo | Panelist Hester J. Rook |
Panel
Other GenresPoetry
The Geologic Era of the Human 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Sharon King (ACMRS; Les enfans sans abri) | Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) |
Academic
Academic
12:00
12:00
In Space No One Can See You Hide the Evidence: Crimes in Space 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Trish Matson | Panelist Valerie Valdes | Panelist Carl Fink (Learning Guild) | Panelist Kat Clay |
Panel
12:30
12:30
Reading: Cory Doctorow 25 minutes 12:30 NZST  -  12:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Cory Doctorow |
Reading
13:00
13:00
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