Chris Yee

Sessions in which Chris Yee attends

Wednesday 29 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Live Long and Prosper: Meditation for Trekkies 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
10:00
10:00
Magic Realism in Genre 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Libia Brenda (Independent) | Panelist Sam Blackley (freelance) | Moderator Eli K. P. William |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
11:00
11:00
Token Girl 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Mallory O'Meara | Panelist Isa Ritchie | Panelist Kieron Gillen | Panelist Mary Anne Mohanraj (University of Illinois / Speculative Literature Foundation) | Moderator Mary Robinette Kowal |
Panel
Comics/Graphic NovelsLiteratureMediaSociety/CultureWriting/Business of Writing
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
Is it Time for a Best Video Game/Interactive Media Hugo? 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Ceinwen Langley | Moderator Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39) | Panelist Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine) | Panelist Cameron Bolinger (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist Ira Alexandre (Lady Business) |
Panel
Gaming
13:00
13:00
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
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
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
14:00
14:00
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
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
17:00
17:00
Reading: Sascha Stronach 25 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Sascha Stronach |
Reading
Reading: Mark English 25 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Mark English (Clarinspect) |
Reading
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
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
18:00
18:00
The Art of Kathleen Jennings 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Presenter Kathleen Jennings |
Portfolio
Art
21:00
21:00
Imagining Fae in Aotearoa and elsewhere 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Hester J. Rook | Panelist Rem Wigmore | Panelist Jodi McAlister | Panelist Peter Hassall (Stunt Guild of New Zealand) | Panelist AJ Lancaster |
Panel
New ZealandPasifikaSociety/Culture
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) | Moderator Karen Purcell (Woodsdale Animal Hospital) | Panelist Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) | Panelist Bradford Lyau | Panelist Alexandra Pierce |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
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
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
Staying Closer to Home: Science Fiction in the Solar System 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Daniel Abraham | Panelist Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications) | Panelist James Cambias | Panelist G. David Nordley (Self Employed) | Panelist Ian McDonald |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
12:00
12:00
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
14:00
14:00
Democratizing Access to Space 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom (SpaceBase) | Moderator G. David Nordley (Self Employed) | Panelist Eric Dahlstrom (SpaceBase) |
Academic
Academic
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
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
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
17:00
17:00
On Afrofuturism 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa | Panelist Oghenechovwe Ekpeki | Panelist Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction) | Panelist Eugen Bacon | Moderator Maquel A. Jacob (MAJart Works) |
Panel
Asian Women of Horror: The Experience of Perpetual "Otherness" Through the Lens of Dark Fiction 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Lee Murray | Panelist Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) | Moderator Geneve Flynn | Panelist Umiyuri Katsuyama |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
The Female in the Fantastic 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Kara Kennedy | Panelist Kaitlin R. Branch |
Academic
Academic
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
17:30
17:30
Reading: Eileen Mueller 25 minutes 17:30 NZST  -  17:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Eileen Mueller |
Reading
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
Book Launch: Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 50 minutes 20:00 NZST  -  20:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator Marie Hodgkinson | Panelist Melanie Harding-Shaw | Panelist Octavia Cade | Panelist Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment) | Panelist AJ Fitzwater (Author) | Panelist Rem Wigmore | Panelist Juliet Marillier | Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) |
Book Launch
Science Fiction/Fantasy

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
11:00
11:00
A Fireside Chat with Artist Guest of Honour Greg Broadmore 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Norman Cates (CoNZealand) | Panelist Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop) |
Dialogue
The Second Golden Age: SF of the 1960s 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Bradford Lyau | Panelist Robert Silverberg | Panelist Cora Buhlert | Panelist Jack Dann | Panelist Kathryn Sullivan |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy1960s
12:00
12:00
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)
Panelist Libia Brenda (Independent) | Moderator Cora Buhlert | Panelist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld Magazine) | Panelist Wataru Ishigame (Tokyo Sogensha (Publisher)) | Panelist Luis F. Silva |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing
13:00
13:00
SF and Fantasy from New Zealand 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Andi C. Buchanan (Writer) | Panelist Cassie Hart | Panelist Toni Wi | Moderator Dylan Horrocks (Victoria University of Wellington) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Climate Fiction/Climate Fact 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Moderator Octavia Cade | Panelist Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) | Panelist Arkady Martine | Panelist Tim Jones | Panelist Alex Acks |
Panel
Science/TechnologyScience Fiction/Fantasy
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
Mythology and Fantasy 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Navah Wolfe | Panelist Claire Light | Panelist David Hair | Panelist Taru Kumara-Moisio | Moderator E. J. Beaton |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:30
15:30
Reading: Lee Murray 25 minutes 15:30 NZST  -  15:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Lee Murray |
Reading
16:00
16:00
Magic Systems in Fantasy 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University) | Panelist Jennifer Mace | Panelist Sarah Beth Durst | Panelist Garth Nix | Panelist Maiya Ibrahim |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
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
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
Futures at the World's Edge 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sean McMullen | Panelist Simon Litten |
Dialogue
New ZealandScience Fiction/Fantasy
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
17:00
17:00
Reading: AJ Fitzwater 25 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker AJ Fitzwater (Author) |
Reading
18:00
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)
Moderator PR K | Panelist Edward James (none) | Panelist Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University) | Panelist Takayuki Tatsumi (Keio University) | Panelist Eli K. P. William |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
21:00
21:00
Love in the Time of COVID-19 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Discussion Group
PeopleFandomSociety/Culture

Saturday 1 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
9:00
9:00
Live Long and Prosper: Meditation for Trekkies 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Instructor Erin Wilcox (SFWA) |
Activity
Before and After Tolkien: Epic Fantasy 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Yugen Yashima | Panelist Vida Cruz | Moderator A.j. Ponder | Panelist Yves Meynard |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Maiya Ibrahim | Panelist Michi Trota (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America) | Panelist Eugen Bacon | Panelist Kieron Gillen | Moderator E. J. Beaton |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasySociety/Culture
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
SF and Fantasy Video Games 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Kat Clay | Moderator Aidan Doyle | Panelist Christopher Ambler | Panelist Z Aung | Panelist Timothy Ellis (The Hunter Legacy Universe / WriterSanctum author forum) |
Panel
GamingScience 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)
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
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
From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy 50 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine) | Panelist Chuck Serface (Suicide and Crisis Services of Santa Clara County) | Moderator Alexandra Rowland | Panelist E. Lily Yu | Panelist J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
16:00
16:00
Arthropods in Fiction 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Robinne Weiss |
Presentation
Science/Technology
Urban Fantasy in the 21st Century 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Danny Lore (Fiyah Magazine) | Panelist Claire Light | Panelist Cindy Lynn Speer | Moderator Carrie Vaughn | Panelist Janna Ruth |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Writers on Writing: The Craft of Writing Alternate History 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Sarah Gailey | Moderator Stuart Hardwick (cStuartHardwick.com) | Panelist Gillian Polack |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyWriting/Business of Writing
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
Designing and Writing for Games 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator Richard (Rik) Lagarto | Panelist Ville Vuorela (Reforged Studios) | Panelist Ceinwen Langley | Panelist Erica Holcomb (Explorasaurus Studios) | Panelist Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine) |
Panel
Gaming
The Spaceship as Teaching Tool 50 minutes 17:00 NZST  -  17:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator G. David Nordley (Self Employed) |
Academic
Academic
17:30
17:30
Reading: H.G. Parry 25 minutes 17:30 NZST  -  17:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker H.G. Parry |
Reading
18:00
18:00
Intersection of Science Fiction and Technology in Japan 50 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  18:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator Terrie Hashimoto | Panelist Dohjin Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba) | Panelist Yugen Yashima | Panelist Hirotaka Osawa (University of Tsukuba) |
Panel
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
19:00
19:00
What's Different about New Zealand Comics? 50 minutes 19:00 NZST  -  19:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Barbara Postema (Massey University) | Panelist Laya Rose | Moderator Dylan Horrocks (Victoria University of Wellington) |
Panel
Comics/Graphic Novels
21:00
21:00
Monsters in the Garden, a New Zealand SFF Anthology 50 minutes 21:00 NZST  -  21:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Octavia Cade |
Panel
New ZealandScience Fiction/Fantasy
22:00
22:00
Nordic Fantastic Literature 50 minutes 22:00 NZST  -  22:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Carolina Gomez Lagerlöf | Panelist Ville Vuorela (Reforged Studios) | Moderator Lars Backstrom (auticon) |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
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
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
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
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Shiv Ramdas | Panelist Karl Schroeder | Moderator Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates) | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Panelist SB Divya |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Military SF: Getting It Right 50 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027) | Moderator Kin-Ming Looi (-) | Panelist Joe Haldeman |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
12:00
12:00
Ghosts in the Ships: Sentient Ships in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications) | Panelist Sascha Stronach | Moderator Z Aung | Panelist Mark Van Name |
Panel
Science 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
Comics and Manga in the 21st Century 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator R.W.W. Greene (Angry Robot Books) | Panelist Ada Palmer | Panelist Scott Edelman | Panelist Jason Franks | Panelist Queenie Chan |
Panel
Comics/Graphic Novels
Family and the Future of the Intimate 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Moderator Kara Kennedy | Speaker Richard Finn (University of the Sunshine Coast) |
Academic
Academic
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
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 Fanfiction Can Teach Genre Writers 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Alexandra Rowland | Panelist Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine) | Moderator Susana Polo (Polygon.com) | Panelist Ira Alexandre (Lady Business) |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
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
The Best of the Rest: 2019 Novels that Weren't Nominated for a Hugo 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Jo Van |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
15:00
15:00
Parties: 2 August, party band #3 3 hours 15:00 NZST  -  18:00 NZST  |  Con Operations , Party Zoom
Party
16:00
16:00
The Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist Candice Michelle Goodwin (RWC Productions) | Moderator Carrie Vaughn | Panelist David Peterson | Panelist Elsa Sjunneson |
Panel
MediaFandom