Liz Zitzow EA

Managing Director
British American Tax

Sessions in which Liz Zitzow EA attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
8:00
8:00
Dealers Hall Pre-Opening Coffee and Doughnuts Reception 50 minutes 8:00 NZST  -  8:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
10:00
10:00
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
12:00
12:00
Shared Common Myths 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Helen Marshall (University of Queensland) | Participant Peadar Ó Guilín | Participant Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Participant Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
13:00
13:00
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
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
Chronology of Calendars 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) | Moderator Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Panelist Jenn Lyons (Tor Books) |
Panel
Science/Technology
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
15:00
15:00
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
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
Parties: 29 July, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
17:00
17:00
A Short, Sharp, Shock: Horror in Few Words 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Emma Osborne | Panelist Nibedita Sen |
Panel
18:00
18:00
Film Festival Block 1 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
20:00
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
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
22:00
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
23:00
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
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
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
The Human Mind and Perception of the Other 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator David Carmel (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) | Panelist Lars Backstrom (auticon) |
Academic
Academic
Come Time Travel with Me - 1965 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Lorelei Marcus (Galactic Journey) | Master of ceremonies Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Erica Frank (Galactic Journey) | Panelist Janice Marcus (Galactic Journey, Journey Press) |
Panel
10:00
10:00
Special Effects in Feature Films: The Evolution from Willis O'Brien to Industrial Light and Magic and Weta 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Gregory Norman Bossert (Author & Filmmaker) | Moderator Edward A. Kramer (Wizards of Hollywood Productions) | Panelist Wayne Stables (Weta Digital) | Panelist Norman Cates (CoNZealand) |
Panel
Media
11:00
11:00
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
12:00
12:00
The Real Dirt on Exoplanets 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gerard van Belle (Lowell Observatory) |
Academic
Science/TechnologyAcademic
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
13:00
13:00
Concellation 2020 Retrospective 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Panelist Christopher Ambler | Panelist Craig Glassner | Moderator Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand) |
Panel
FandomSociety/Culture
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
14:00
14:00
Covering Mercedes Lackey 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Speaker Jody Lee |
Portfolio
ArtWriting/Business of Writing
Stunts in SF Films and TV Shows 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) |
Presentation
Media
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
15:00
15:00
Parties: 30 July, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
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
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
Re-engineering the Natural Form 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator David (Marti Ward) Powers (Flinders University of South Australia) | Panelist Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury) |
Academic
Academic
16:00
16:00
The Golden Age of SF Movies: SF Films of the 1950s and Early 1960 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Natalie Devitt (Galactic Journey blog) | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Moderator Mallory O'Meara | Panelist Ion Newcombe (AntipodeanSF) | Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) |
Panel
Media
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
Art Show Reception with Virtual Wine, Cheese & Other Things 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Reception
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
18:00
Film Festival Block 2 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
19:00
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
20:00
GoH - Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon Reading 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Discord , Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters) | Panelist Larry Dixon |
Reading
23:00
23:00
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
7:00
7:00
Parties: 31 July, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
8:00
8:00
The Skiffy & Fanty Show Podcast 1 hour 50 minutes 8:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Participant Alasdair Stuart (Escape Artists Inc.) | Participant Wendy Browne (Women Write About Comics) | Speaker Jen Zink (The Skiffy and Fanty Show) |
Podcast
MediaComics/Graphic Novels
9:00
9:00
Fan Fund Auction 1 hour 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Alison Scott (Punctuation) | Presenter Marcin "Alqua" Klak (Fandom Rover) | Participant Maree Pavletich (CoNZealand) | Participant Gillian Polack | Moderator Erin Underwood |
Auction
Fandom
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
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
10:00
10:00
Ask a Scientist 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Bill Higgins (Fermilab) | Panelist Silvia Caldararu | Moderator Alex Acks | Panelist Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst) | Panelist Tsana Dolichva |
Panel
Science/Technology
Stranger in a Strange Head: Imposter Syndrome 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Curtis Chen (SFWA) | Panelist Ash Charlton (ACE TRAINING) | Panelist Margot Atwell (Kickstarter) | Moderator Cassie Hart | Panelist Grant Stone |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
11:00
11:00
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (Movie Screening) 2 hours 55 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  13:55 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Speaker Christian Nicolson (little hero pictures) |
Media Screening
MediaNew Zealand
Your Fave is Problematic: H. P. Lovecraft Today 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Caemasache McKenna (Full Sail University) | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) |
Academic
Academic
Masquerade 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Events , Events Room
Event
Costuming/Cosplay
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
12:00
12:00
Is Capitalism Stifling Research? 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Keith Kato | Panelist Raymond Sheh (Georgetown University) | Moderator Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) | Panelist Diane Kelly (UMass Amherst) | Panelist Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author) |
Panel
Science/Technology
13:00
13:00
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
14:00
14:00
Engineering and the Human Conquest of Hostile Environments 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Mark English (Clarinspect) | Panelist Doug Belle |
Academic
Academic
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
15:00
15:00
Parties: 31 July, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
16:00
16:00
Access to Space 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist Bill Higgins (Fermilab) | Moderator L. Suzanne Casement (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Dave Taylor (ARISS) | Panelist Stephen Dedman |
Panel
Science/Technology
18:00
18:00
Film Festival Block 3 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
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
19:00
19:00
Creating the Doodle 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Alyssa Winans |
Presentation
20:00
20:00
Question TIme 3: 2023 Onwards 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Other Participant Esther MacCallum-Stewart (Glasgow in 2024) | Other Participant Marguerite Smith (Glasgow 2024 and Smofcon 39) | Other Participant Jo Van | Moderator Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo) | Panelist Pascale Chabrillat-Trahin (NICE2026) | Moderator Robbie Bourget |
Panel
Fandom
21:00
21:00
Book Launch: Always Greener by J.R.H. Lawless 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Presenter J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless) |
Book Launch
Love in the Time of COVID-19 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Discussion Group
PeopleFandomSociety/Culture
23:00
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
7:00
7:00
Parties: 1 August, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
10:00
10:00
Constructed Language: From Elvish to Esperanto to Dothraki to Belter 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Ryn Yee | Panelist Erica Frank (Galactic Journey) | Panelist Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg) | Moderator David Peterson | Panelist Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC) |
Panel
MediaScience Fiction/Fantasy
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
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
Fandom in the 1970s 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Raewyn Nevin | Panelist Mark Loney (The Space Wastrel) | Panelist Gay Haldeman | Panelist Scott Edelman |
Panel
Fandom
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
15:00
15:00
GOH - Tea with Rose Mitchell 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Lucy Sussex (Self Employed) | Panelist Rose Mitchell |
Dialogue
Fandom
Parties: 1 August, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
Our New Robot Overlords: Why and How They Will Take Over 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Speaker Mikko Rauhala |
Presentation
Science/Technology
16:00
16:00
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
17:00
17:00
Essentials of TARDIS Engineering 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Presenter Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki) |
Presentation
Science/TechnologyMedia
18:00
18:00
Film Festival Block 4 4 hours 18:00 NZST  -  22:00 NZST
Media Screening
19:00
19:00
Pubquiz 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Master of ceremonies Gerard Kraus (Science Fiction & Fantasy Society Luxembourg) |
Game Show
20:00
20:00
Contemplating an International Move... 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Lei Ma (Interplanetary Immigration Center) | Panelist Sultana Raza | Panelist Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Moderator Alissa McKersie |
Panel
22:00
22:00
Quantum Computing: Nearing Reality 50 minutes 22:00 NZST  -  22:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Eric Picholle (CNRS (France) & author) | Panelist Cliona Shakespeare (University of Jyväskylä) | Moderator Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications) |
Panel
Science/Technology
23:00
23:00
Parties: 1 August, party band #1 3 hours 23:00 NZST  -  2:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
7:00
7:00
Parties: 2 August, party band #2 3 hours 7:00 NZST  -  10:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
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
The History of the Book 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Presenter Ada Palmer |
Presentation
"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
11:00
11:00
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
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
12:00
12:00
TV in Space: The Expanse, Star Trek, The Orville, and More 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gulde (Star Trek Quarterly) | Moderator Amy (A.K.) DuBoff | Panelist Michael Sheffield (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) | Panelist Daniel Abraham | Panelist Julie Czerneda |
Panel
MediaScience Fiction/Fantasy
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
In Conversation: Gary K. Wolfe and Joe Haldeman 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Joe Haldeman | Panelist Gary K Wolfe (Locus Magazine) |
Dialogue
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
Thalience and Sentience 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Benjamin C. Kinney (Escape Pod) | Panelist Eli K. P. William | Panelist SB Divya | Moderator Karl Schroeder |
Panel
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
Freedom in SF: Forty Years of the Prometheus Awards 1 hour 14:00 NZST  -  15:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Tom Jackson | Panelist Michael Grossberg (Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS, www.lfs.org)) | Panelist F. Paul Wilson (LFS) |
Panel
Celebrating the Greats 1 hour 14:00 NZST  -  15:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist John Tilden (The Heinlein Society) | Speaker Jason Aukerman (Indiana University-Purdue University) |
Dialogue
Fandom
The Appeal of Spider-Man 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) ) | Moderator Daniel Abraham | Panelist Stina Leicht |
Panel
Comics/Graphic NovelsMediaFandom
15:00
15:00
Parties: 2 August, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
Film Festival Block 5 1 hour 30 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  16:30 NZST
Media Screening
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 5 - Into the Future! 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand) | Panelist Bill Lawhorn | Moderator Colette Fozard | Panelist Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand) | Panelist David Gallaher (CoNZealand) | Moderator Norman Cates (CoNZealand) |
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