
Sessions in which Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist participates
16:00
16:00
Good Work, Questionable Creator
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
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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
9:00
9:00
Apocalypse as Insight
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
Sessions in which Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist attends
21:00
21:00
Imagining Fae in Aotearoa and elsewhere
50 minutes
21:00 NZST
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21:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Hester J. Rook
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Panelist
Rem Wigmore
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Panelist
Jodi McAlister
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Panelist
Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand)
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Panelist
AJ Lancaster
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Panel
9:00
9:00
Recent SF and Fantasy on TV: Beyond the Usual Suspects
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
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Moderator
Juliana Rew (Third Flatiron Publishing)
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Panelist
Stina Leicht
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Panelist
Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly)
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Panelist
Christine Taylor-Butler
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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
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Pinsker (SFWA)
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Moderator
Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital)
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Panelist
Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin)
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Panelist
Bradford Lyau
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Panelist
Alexandra Pierce
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Panel
Justice in SF and Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Adri Joy (Nerds of a Feather)
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Panelist
Fred Lerner
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Moderator
Jenn Lyons (Tor Books)
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Panelist
Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine)
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Panelist
Melinda Snodgrass (Stealing Fire Productions Inc.)
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Panel
11:00
11:00
Explorations of Character and Narrative
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
12:00
12:00
Money and Currency for Fantasy Authors
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panel
The Timeless Child and the Evolving Canon of Doctor Who
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
John Toon
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Panelist
R.W.W. Greene (Angry Robot Books)
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Panelist
Lynne Thomas (Uncanny Magazine)
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Moderator
Jim Mann
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Panelist
Phoebe Wagner (University of Nevada at Reno)
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Panel
Moderator
Gary K Wolfe (Locus Magazine)
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Panelist
Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University)
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Panelist
Karen Haber
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Panelist
Cat Sparks
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Panelist
Liza Trombi (Locus Magazine)
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Panel
13:00
13:00
YA Down Under: Young Adult SF and Fantasy from New Zealand and Australia
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Garth Nix
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Moderator
Isa Ritchie
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Panelist
Whiti Hereaka
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Panelist
Mandy Hager (NZ Society of Authors)
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Panelist
Alison Evans
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Panel
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
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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
My Favourite Board Game
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Erica Holcomb (Explorasaurus Studios)
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Moderator
Alex Acks
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Panelist
Alan Stewart
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Panelist
David Peterson
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Panelist
Frances Hardinge
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Panel
15:00
15:00
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
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Maiya Ibrahim
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Moderator
Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press)
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Panelist
Lee Murray
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Panelist
Glenda Larke
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Panelist
Steph Matuku
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Moderator
Dan Rabarts (Writer)
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Panelist
Whiti Hereaka
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Panelist
Cassie Hart
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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
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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
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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Panelist
Oghenechovwe Ekpeki
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Panelist
Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction)
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Panelist
Eugen Bacon
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Moderator
Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works)
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Panel
The Female in the Fantastic
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
Asian Women of Horror: The Experience of Perpetual "Otherness" Through the Lens of Dark Fiction
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Lee Murray
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Panelist
Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia)
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Moderator
Geneve Flynn
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Panelist
Umiyuri Katsuyama
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Panel
19:00
19:00
Spirits Abroad and At Home
50 minutes
19:00 NZST
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19:50 NZST
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Programming
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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
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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
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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
Exploring Speculative Fiction On the Screen
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
11:00
11:00
Dungeons and Dragons: Still Going Strong
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panel
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
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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
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
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Libia Brenda (Independent)
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Moderator
Cora Buhlert
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Panelist
Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine)
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Panelist
Wataru Ishigame (Tokyo Sogensha (Publisher))
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Panelist
Luis F. Silva
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Panel
13:00
13:00
Panelist
Arkady Martine
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Panelist
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panelist
Claire Bartlett
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Moderator
Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
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Panelist
Ada Palmer
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Panel
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
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Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Dialogue
14:00
14:00
Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Andy Dudak
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Panelist
Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa)
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Panelist
Elizabeth Knox
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Panelist
Gillian Polack
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Panel
15:00
15:00
Expanded Universes: Tie-In Novels, Stories, and Comics
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sean Williams (Flinders University)
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Panelist
Rebecca Roanhorse
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Panelist
Daryl Gregory
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Moderator
M. Darusha Wehm
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Panelist
Stephen Dedman
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Mediating the Future
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist
Zak Waipara (Auckland University of Technology)
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Moderator
Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University)
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Academic
17:00
17:00
Ethnicity and Perspectives on Speculative Fiction
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
18:00
18:00
Is Cyberpunk Mainstream Now?
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator
PR K
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Panelist
Edward James (none)
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Panelist
Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University)
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Panelist
Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University)
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Panelist
Eli K. P. William
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Panel
Fairy Tale Contract Law
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panel
10:00
10:00
Constructed Language: From Elvish to Esperanto to Dothraki to Belter
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Ryn Yee
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Panelist
Erica Frank (Galactic Journey)
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Panelist
Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
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Moderator
David Peterson
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Panelist
Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
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Panel
Young Adult Fiction: From the Page and From the Screen
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Beth Durst
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Moderator
Jodi McAlister
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Panelist
Denika Mead
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Panelist
Holly Black
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Panel
11:00
11:00
Presenter
Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters)
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Presenter
Rose Mitchell
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Presenter
Robert Silverberg
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Presenter
Alison Scott (Punctuation)
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Presenter
Erin Underwood
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Presenter
Larry Dixon
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Presenter
Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop)
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Moderator
George R. R. Martin
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Event
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
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
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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
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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
17:00
17:00
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
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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
20:00
20:00
SF Movies that Look Great but Are Awful!
50 minutes
20:00 NZST
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20:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator
Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand)
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Panelist
Matthew Pavletich
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Panelist
Jeremy Szal
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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
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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)
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Panel
11:00
11:00
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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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
12:00
12:00
TV in Space: The Expanse, Star Trek, The Orville, and More
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly)
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Moderator
Amy (A.K.) DuBoff
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Panelist
Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems)
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Panelist
Daniel Abraham
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Panelist
Julie Czerneda
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Panel
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
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Trish Matson
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Panelist
Valerie Valdes
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Panelist
Carl Fink (Learning Guild)
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Panelist
Kat Clay
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Panel
13:00
13:00
The Best of the Rest: 2019 Novels that Weren't Nominated for a Hugo
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator
Jo Van
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Panel