Brendan A N Minish

Sessions in which Brendan A N Minish 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
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Sarah Gailey | Panelist Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents) | Panelist Claire Rousseau | Moderator Emma Osborne |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
How to Enjoy the First Virtual Worldcon 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panelist Gay Haldeman | Panelist Jeanne Mealy | Panelist Laurie Mann | Moderator Rose Mitchell |
Panel
Fandom
13:00
13:00
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
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
Reading: Ada Palmer 25 minutes 15:00 NZST  -  15:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Ada Palmer |
Reading
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
ISS - Still there 1 hour 15:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Speaker Matthew Pavletich | Speaker David Brin (Futures Unlimited) | Panelist Michael Lutomski (Former NASA SpaceX Blue Origin and others) |
Panel
Science/Technology
16:00
16:00
Can Living in a Small Space on Earth Prepare You for Living in Space? 50 minutes 16:00 NZST  -  16:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) | Panelist M. Darusha Wehm | Panelist Courtney Schafer | Panelist David D. Levine |
Panel
Society/CultureScience/Technology
17:00
17:00
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
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

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
10:00
10:00
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
Reading: Mary Robinette Kowal 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Mary Robinette Kowal |
Reading
11:30
11:30
Reading: Becky Chambers 25 minutes 11:30 NZST  -  11:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Becky Chambers |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Music in SF and Fantasy 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Matthew Pavletich | Panelist Caren Gussoff Sumption | Moderator Karen Simpson Nikakis (SOV Media) | Panelist William C. Tracy (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) | Panelist Sarah Pinsker (SFWA) |
Panel
Science Fiction/FantasyMusic
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
13:00
13:00
Ray Bradbury Centennial 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Speaker Jason Aukerman (Indiana University-Purdue University) |
Presentation
People
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
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
14:30
14:30
Reading: Charlie Jane Anders 25 minutes 14:30 NZST  -  14:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Charlie Jane Anders |
Reading
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
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
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
The Map with no Names (D&D) 2 hours 55 minutes 18:00 NZST  -  20:55 NZST  |  Programming , Gaming Zoom
 |  Signup required
Moderator Mike Cosgrave (University Collge Cork/Irish Games Association) |
Roleplaying
Gaming
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

Friday 31 July, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
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
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
10:30
10:30
Reading: Peadar Ó Guilín 25 minutes 10:30 NZST  -  10:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Peadar Ó Guilín |
Reading
11:00
11:00
Reading: Fran Wilde 25 minutes 11:00 NZST  -  11:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 2
Speaker Fran Wilde |
Reading
12:00
12:00
Terrain of the Heart: Landscapes that Influence Story 50 minutes 12:00 NZST  -  12:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist Russell Kirkpatrick | Moderator Fran Wilde | Panelist Yugen Yashima | Panelist Max Gladstone |
Panel
Writing/Business of Writing
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
History and SF 50 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist Arkady Martine | Panelist Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA) | Panelist Claire Bartlett | Moderator Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show) | Panelist Ada Palmer |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
14:00
14:00
Ham Radio Meet-up 50 minutes 14:00 NZST  -  14:50 NZST  |  Programming , Discussion Groups
Discussion Group
Other
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
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
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
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
18:00
18:00
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
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

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
9:30
9:30
Reading: Arkady Martine 25 minutes 9:30 NZST  -  9:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Arkady Martine |
Reading
10:00
10:00
The Ascent of Wonder: What Makes Hard SF 50 minutes 10:00 NZST  -  10:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist Kenn Bates | Moderator James Cambias | Panelist Mark English (Clarinspect) | Panelist Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications) | Panelist Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury) |
Panel
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
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
13:00
13:00
Reading: Katrina Archer -- Little Blue Marble Author Showcase 25 minutes 13:00 NZST  -  13:25 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker M. Darusha Wehm | Speaker Katrina Archer (Little Blue Marble) |
Reading
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
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
14:00
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
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)
Potential Siobhan Carroll (University of Delaware) | Moderator Marlee Jane Ward | Panelist Cassie Hart | Panelist Bren MacDibble | Panelist Cat Sparks |
Panel
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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
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
16:00
16:00
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
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
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

Sunday 2 August, 2020

Time Zone: NZDT/Wellington
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
Artists I Want People to Know About 50 minutes 9:00 NZST  -  9:50 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Moderator Liz Gorinsky (Erewhon Books) | Panelist Pablo Defendini (Fireside) | Panelist L. D. Lewis (FIYAH Literary Magazine) |
Dialogue
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
11:00
11:00
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
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
12:00
12:00
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
12:30
12:30
Reading: Cory Doctorow 25 minutes 12:30 NZST  -  12:55 NZST  |  Programming , Reading Room 1
Speaker Cory Doctorow |
Reading
14:00
14:00
Worlds of Ursula K Le Guin 2 hours 14:00 NZST  -  16:00 NZST  |  Programming , Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
 |  Signup required
Speaker Arwen Curry (Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin) |
Media Screening