Jason Wodicka

Participates in 2 items

Jason Wodicka is a professional software engineer, engineering coach, and technology consultant.

They have an academic AI background, and more than ten years of industry experience working on extremely big data. They recently streamed the process of teaching an AI to impersonate comedians at twitch.tv/brainbetter

They care about improving LGBTQIA+ representation within fandom, and co-developed http://www.pronounribbons.org/ with designer Electric Keet. Jason welcomes use of both they/them and he/him pronouns, and is happy to discuss what makes English pronouns such an interesting space for gender expression.

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Sessions in which Jason Wodicka participates

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

10:00

Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture? 50 minutes, 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Shiv Ramdas (Panelist)

Corey J. White (Panelist)

Cat Sparks (Moderator)

Jason Wodicka (Panelist)

Mark Van Name (Panelist)

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

10:00

LGBTQIA Themes in Books, Comics, and Movies/TV 50 minutes, 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Ira Alexandre, Lady Business (Panelist)

Prema Arasu, University of Western Australia (Panelist)

Karen Bovenmyer, PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine (Moderator)

Jason Wodicka (Panelist)

Charles Payseur (Panelist)

Sessions in which Jason Wodicka attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

10:00

The Art of the Interview 50 minutes, 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Michi Trota, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (Moderator)

Jen Zink, The Skiffy and Fanty Show (Panelist)

Zedeck Siew (Panelist)

Judith Huang (Panelist)

14:00

Chronology of Calendars 50 minutes, 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Edmund Schluessel, International School of Helsinki (Panelist)

Gideon Marcus, Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) (Moderator)

Jenn Lyons, Tor Books (Panelist)

19:00

Representing the Other 50 minutes, 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panel

Brandon O'Brien, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction (Speaker)

Cliona Shakespeare, University of Jyväskylä (Panelist)

Prema Arasu, University of Western Australia (Panelist)

Bradford Lyau (Moderator)

Laura (El) Lam, Edinburgh Napier University (Panelist)

22:00

Planning and Attending Conventions in the Age of COVID-19 50 minutes, 22:00 NZST - 22:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panel

Gerard Kraus, Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg (Panelist)

Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf (Panelist)

Alison Scott, Punctuation (Moderator)

Vincent Docherty, SMOFcon 39 (Panelist)

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

12:00

Money and Currency for Fantasy Authors 50 minutes, 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Thoraiya Dyer (Panelist)

Edward James, none (Panelist)

Modern SF Criticism 50 minutes, 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Gary K Wolfe, Locus Magazine (Moderator)

Takayuki Tatsumi, Keio University (Panelist)

Karen Haber (Panelist)

Cat Sparks (Panelist)

Liza Trombi, Locus Magazine (Panelist)

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)

Dialogue

Cory Doctorow (Speaker)

Ada Palmer (Speaker)

14:00

My Favourite Board Game 50 minutes, 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Erica Holcomb, Explorasaurus Studios (Panelist)

Alex Acks (Moderator)

Alan Stewart (Panelist)

David Peterson (Panelist)

Frances Hardinge (Panelist)

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)

Presentation

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, LIRNEasia (Presenter)

17:00

On Afrofuturism 50 minutes, 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Panelist)

Oghenechovwe Ekpeki (Panelist)

Brandon O'Brien, FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction (Panelist)

Eugen Bacon (Panelist)

Maquel A. Jacob, MAJart Works (Moderator)

19:00

Spirits Abroad and At Home 50 minutes, 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panel

Mimi Mondal, Self (Panelist)

Graci Kim, Rick Riordan Presents (Panelist)

Z Aung (Moderator)

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

9:00

Brave New Revenue Stream 50 minutes, 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

James Davis Nicoll, James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre (Panelist)

Claire Rousseau (Panelist)

K Tempest Bradford, Writing the Other (Moderator)

Margot Atwell, Kickstarter (Panelist)

12:00

Is Capitalism Stifling Research? 50 minutes, 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)

Panel

Keith Kato (Panelist)

Raymond Sheh, Georgetown University (Panelist)

Benjamin C. Kinney, Escape Pod (Moderator)

Diane Kelly, UMass Amherst (Panelist)

Eric Picholle, CNRS (France) & author (Panelist)

14:00

The Egg of Time 2 hours 55 minutes, 14:00 NZST - 16:55 NZST , Signup required

Programming - Gaming Zoom

Roleplaying

Tim Oliver (Moderator)

18:00

Fairy Tale Contract Law 50 minutes, 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panel

AJ Lancaster (Panelist)

Sascha Stronach (Panelist)

Kathleen Jennings (Moderator)

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

11:00

Hugo Awards Ceremony 3 hours 30 minutes, 11:00 NZST - 14:30 NZST

Events - Events Room

Event

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 (Presenter)

George R. R. Martin (Moderator)

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZST/(GMT+12:00) Wellington

11:00

Closing Ceremony 50 minutes, 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST

Events - Events Room

Event

Norman Cates, CoNZealand (Master of ceremonies)

Kelly Buehler, CoNZealand (Master of ceremonies)

Bill Lawhorn (Participant)

Colette Fozard (Participant)

13:00

Thalience and Sentience 50 minutes, 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST

Programming - Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Benjamin C. Kinney, Escape Pod (Panelist)

Eli K. P. William (Panelist)

SB Divya (Panelist)

Karl Schroeder (Moderator)