Mill Wistman

Podcaster/Fanwriter

Jelenedra

Sessions in which Mill Wistman attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington

19:00

Author Forums: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 1 hour 19:00 NZST - 20:00 NZST | Programming , Discussion Groups

Moderator Timothy Ellis (The Hunter Legacy Universe / WriterSanctum author forum) |

Discussion Group

20:00

Scarey Stuff 50 minutes 20:00 NZST - 20:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Contestant Frances Hardinge | Contestant Elizabeth Knox | Master of ceremonies Kyla Lee Ward (Prea Press) |

Game Show

Horror

21:00

Book Discussion: The Starless Sea 50 minutes 21:00 NZST - 21:50 NZST | Programming , Discussion Groups

| Signup required

Moderator Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf |

Discussion Group

Imagining Fae in Aotearoa and elsewhere 50 minutes 21:00 NZST - 21:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

New ZealandPasifikaSociety/Culture

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)

Panelist Gerard Kraus (Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg) | Panelist Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf | Moderator Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Panelist Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39) |

Panel

FandomEuropean Time

23:00

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

Parties: 29 July, party band #1 3 hours 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | Con Operations , Party Zoom

Party

Thursday 30 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington

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

Climate Change: Adaptation vs Resilience 50 minutes 9:00 NZST - 9:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Moderator Darcie Little Badger | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Arkady Martine |

Panel

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)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Justice in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture? 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Science/Technology

How to Rock Self Publishing 1 hour 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Programming , Workshops

| Signup required

Instructor Steff Green |

Workshop

11:00

Staying Closer to Home: Science Fiction in the Solar System 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Reading: Mary Robinette Kowal 25 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:25 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 1

Speaker Mary Robinette Kowal |

Reading

How Podcasts Are Transforming the Speculative Fiction Landscape 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Other

GoH - Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon Talk 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room

Speaker Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Speaker Larry Dixon |

Dialogue

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

Collaborations: Nightmare or Dream Gig? 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Writing/Business of Writing

12:00

Kaffeeklatsch: Valerie Valdes 50 minutes 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room

| Signup required

Participant Valerie Valdes |

Kaffeeklatsch

Money and Currency for Fantasy Authors 50 minutes 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panelist Thoraiya Dyer | Panelist Edward James (none) |

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing

Modern SF Criticism 50 minutes 12:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyCriticism

12:30

Reading: Max Gladstone 25 minutes 12:30 NZST - 12:55 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 2

Speaker Max Gladstone |

Reading

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)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Building Fantasy Worlds 50 minutes 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room

Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Moderator Julie Czerneda | Panelist Yves Meynard | Panelist Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) |

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing

YA Down Under: Young Adult SF and Fantasy from New Zealand and Australia 50 minutes 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Young AdultScience 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

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

My Favourite Board Game 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Gaming

Covering Mercedes Lackey 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Speaker Jody Lee |

Portfolio

ArtWriting/Business of Writing

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

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)

Panel

Writing/Business of Writing

17:00

Kaffeeklatsch: Freya Marske 50 minutes 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room

| Signup required

Participant Freya Marske |

Kaffeeklatsch

How to End the World on $500 50 minutes 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Moderator Craig Cormick (Self) | Panelist David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Julie Czerneda | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |

Panel

Science/Technology

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

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

20:00

Trends: How They Effect Tropes in F&SF 1 hour 20:00 NZST - 21:00 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Speaker Jacqui Smith | Speaker Phil Foglio | Speaker Steff Green | Panelist Claire Rousseau |

Talk

Literature

23:00

Book Launch: Somewhere Else by Sally McLennan 50 minutes 23:00 NZST - 23:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)

Speaker Sally McLennan |

Book Launch

Parties: 30 July, party band #1 3 hours 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | Con Operations , Party Zoom

Party

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington

9:00

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

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

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

10:00

2022 Worldcon Site Announcement 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Presentation

LGBTQIA Themes in Books, Comics, and Movies/TV 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

The Expanding Worlds of Audiobooks 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panelist C. L. Clark (Escape Artists Inc. (Editor)) | Panelist Timothy Ellis (The Hunter Legacy Universe / WriterSanctum author forum) | Panelist Tansy Rayner Roberts | Moderator Simon Vance (Self) |

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing

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

Friends Don't Let Friends Run Worldcons 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panelist Kent Bloom | Moderator James Bacon (Smofcon Europe) | Panelist Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39) | Panelist Rose Mitchell |

Panel

Fandom

Marketing and Promoting Your Book 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Writing/Business of Writing

Networking for Writers and Publishers 1 hour 50 minutes 11:00 NZST - 12:50 NZST | Programming , Discussion Groups

Discussion Group

Writing/Business of Writing

Reading: Fran Wilde 25 minutes 11:00 NZST - 11:25 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 2

Speaker Fran Wilde |

Reading

11:30

Reading: Alexandra Rowland 25 minutes 11:30 NZST - 11:55 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 1

Speaker Alexandra Rowland |

Reading

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)

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing

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

Great Worlds in SF 50 minutes 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panelist James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre) | Moderator Fred Lerner | Panelist Amy (A.K.) DuBoff | Panelist Walter Jon Williams | Panelist Sheila Williams (Asimov's Science Fiction) |

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Mercedes Lackey In the Beginning . . . A Look Back 50 minutes 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room

Panelist Jody Lee | Speaker Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) |

Dialogue

People

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

Unconscious Thought Theory as a Creativity Tool 50 minutes 13:00 NZST - 13:50 NZST | Programming , Workshops

Instructor L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing) |

Workshop

Writing/Business of Writing

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

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

Climate Fiction/Climate Fact 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panel

Science/TechnologyScience Fiction/Fantasy

Good Omens at 30 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyMedia

Writers on Writing: The Plot's the Thing 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panelist Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications) | Moderator Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment) | Panelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist David D. Levine |

Panel

Writing/Business of Writing

15:00

Mythology and Fantasy 50 minutes 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Pandemic Myths and Facts 50 minutes 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

The Regency Today: On the Continuing Popularity of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer 50 minutes 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)

Panelist Mary Robinette Kowal | Moderator Kathleen Jennings | Panelist Carrie Vaughn | Panelist Jane Routley |

Panel

How to Work with Editors 50 minutes 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Writing/Business of Writing

16:00

Magic Systems in Fantasy 50 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

SF and Fantasy Comics and Graphic Novels 50 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panelist Catherine S. McMullen | Panelist Christopher Ruz (Al Taqwa College) | Moderator Phoebe Wagner (University of Nevada at Reno) | Panelist James Bacon (Smofcon Europe) |

Panel

Comics/Graphic NovelsScience Fiction/Fantasy

Reading: Sam Hawke 25 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:25 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 2

Speaker Sam Hawke |

Reading

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

Post The Three-Body Problem: What Is Happening in Mainland Chinese Science Fiction? 50 minutes 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panelist Andy Dudak | Panelist Yen Ooi | Panelist Taiyo Fujii (SFWJ) | Moderator Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom) |

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

18:00

Fairy Tale Contract Law 50 minutes 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

Panelist AJ Lancaster | Panelist Sascha Stronach | Moderator Kathleen Jennings |

Panel

LiteratureSociety/Culture

Is Cyberpunk Mainstream Now? 50 minutes 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

19:00

The CoNZealand Quiz 50 minutes 19:00 NZST - 19:50 NZST | Programming , Gaming

Presenter Keith Smith | Presenter Jacqui Smith |

Game Show

Other

21:00

Love in the Time of COVID-19 50 minutes 21:00 NZST - 21:50 NZST | Programming , Discussion Groups

Discussion Group

PeopleFandomSociety/Culture

23:00

Parties: 31 July, party band #1 3 hours 23:00 NZST - 2:00 NZST | Con Operations , Party Zoom

Party

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington

9:30

Reading: Jenn Lyons 25 minutes 9:30 NZST - 9:55 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 2

Speaker Jenn Lyons (Tor Books) |

Reading

Reading: Arkady Martine 25 minutes 9:30 NZST - 9:55 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 1

Speaker Arkady Martine |

Reading

10:00

Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins 50 minutes 10:00 NZST - 10:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture

11:00

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

Event

Science Fiction/Fantasy

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

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

13:00

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

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

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)

Panel

Science Fiction/Fantasy

The Future of Engineering/Design/Manufacturing: Influencing the World, Influencing SF 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Science Fiction/FantasyScience/Technology

SF and Fantasy Video Games 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)

Panel

GamingScience Fiction/Fantasy

Reading: Garth Nix 25 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:25 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 1

Speaker Garth Nix |

Reading

Australian Climate Fiction 50 minutes 14:00 NZST - 14:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)

Moderator Helen Marshall (University of Queensland) | Panelist Andrew Milner (Monash University) |

Academic

15:00

Reading: Thoraiya Dyer 25 minutes 15:00 NZST - 15:25 NZST | Programming , Reading Room 1

Speaker Thoraiya Dyer |

Reading

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

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

RPG Design (and what to do next) 50 minutes 15:00 NZST - 15:50 NZST | Programming , Gaming Zoom

Panel

16:00

Kaffeeklatsch: Sam Hawke 50 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | Programming , Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room

| Signup required

Participant Sam Hawke |

Kaffeeklatsch

Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century 50 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)

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

Arthropods in Fiction 50 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)

Panelist Robinne Weiss |

Presentation

Science/Technology

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

History of SF Fandom in Australia 50 minutes 16:00 NZST - 16:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)

Panelist Chris Nelson | Moderator Alan Stewart | Panelist Marlee Jane Ward | Panelist Rose Mitchell |

Panel

Fandom

17:00

Becoming a Grown-up: the Bildungsroman in Stories for Young People 50 minutes 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)

Panelist Alison Evans | Panelist Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation) | Panelist Christine Taylor-Butler | Moderator Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) |

Panel

ChildrenLiteratureYoung Adult

Designing and Writing for Games 50 minutes 17:00 NZST - 17:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)

Panel

Gaming

18:00

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

Towards a Pedagogy of Speculative Fiction 50 minutes 18:00 NZST - 18:50 NZST | Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)

Presenter Sean Williams (Flinders University) | Presenter Laura E Goodin |

Academic