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Sessions in which Erin Shaw attends

Friday 12 February, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour

Meet the guests of honor. Find out the results of the Youth Writers Contest. Get to know what will be going on during the weekend. Welcome to RadCon!

6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
Fandom

A discussion on the lore and fandom of the Dresden Files. Including a discussion of headcanon, actual cannon, and speculation on what will come of the aftermath of "Battleground"?

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
Gaming

Whether you are making your own board game or playing homebrew, you will need a balanced set of rules to make game fun, smooth, and fair.

8:00 PM
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
WritingFandom

Covid-19 has sent us all into our bedrooms, from which we work, play, and socialize via the internet. Sure, sci-fi promised us flying cars, but it also promised us a dark, technologically saturated corporate dystopia. From information wars, to live streams of police brutality, to VR concerts, to mechanized robot dolphins–ok maybe not everything–is this the cyberpunk world that was foretold? How is now the very future that 80s & 90s writers foresaw, and how is it different? How has disrupt...

8:30 PM
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
Science

The annual presentation of what the other Space Agencies are doing. This could include, but is not limited to, the European Space Agency, Russia, Japan, Canada, and China.

8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
Writing

What can and can’t magic do in your world and why? Having consistency in the rules of your magic makes it more compelling. Draw in your readers with a more engaging and believable magic.

9:00 PM
9:00 PM - 2:00 AM | 5 hours
Dance

Saturday 13 February, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
ScienceWriting

You want your orbit to be stable, right? What's up with geostationary orbit around Mars? Speaking of Mars, astronauts travelling to Mars and then back to Earth will suffer poor health without gravity. A spinning space ship could work. How fast would it need to spin? In my spinning space ship, when I drop a wrench, how far will I have to chase it? All of this is pretty easy to calculate once you know how.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
History
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
History
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
HistoryArtMartial ArtsWriting

Budo (the Way of the Warrior) is not a philosophy for fighting and dying - it is a philosophy for living. Three of the more famous books on these concepts are Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book of Five Rings" and Morehei Ueshiba's "The Art of Peace". This panel will discuss how martial arts training and understanding can be utilized in daily life such as anger management, interpersonal interactions, anti-bullying programs, police training and business etiquette & eth...

11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
Guest of Honor- GoH

Yoshi Vu

Keynote speaker
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 2 hours
CostumingFandomFurry

When you make your own suit it may be daunting but with a little guidance it could be much easier and save you money. Come on by to learn some tricks and how to make a fursuit almost step by step.

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
History

Did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree? Did he have wooden teeth? Was Napoleon really short? We'll examine common myths that have been passed along as historical fact and discuss how they became so well (and incorrectly) known.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
HistoryWriting

Medieval weapons, armor, and their use. A mythbusting panel; combat realities. 

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
CultureFandom

Many people think consent is all about sex and kink. But consent should be for all ages in all aspects of life and we would like to talk about some of the ways to impliment that in your daily life and lexicon.

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
History

I've collected antique arms and armor since 1989. I have made armor for years. My library is literally not replaceable. Parts of my collection have been published many times. This is the first time that we can talk about everything, from modern swords to ancient ones, to collecting, to using for fighting, to cut-testing. If you like swords, come talk!

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 3 hours
MasqueradeCostuming
6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
WritingArt

Creatives tend to be neurodivergent, that is, our brains are built a little differently. In exchange for active minds, sometimes our thoughts are a little too active, to the point of distraction. It's hard to stay focused, the desk is a mess, projects become difficult to manage, and so on. These abilities are what psychologists call "executive function," that is, our ability to understand how to approach a task. Come borrow ideas as we share tips and tricks for staying organized around our pr...

7:00 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 2 hours
FandomGameJapanese CultureMedia

Do you know the difference between Deku and a deku scrub? Do you know where in the world Carmen Sandiego is? If you answered yes to either of those come test your anime and video game knowledge.

8:00 PM
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
WritingHistory

In all of our fictional worlds, there is some way that the world came into being. And then, there is the way the denizens of that world believe that they came into being. From the creation of gods to the way people explain their world without them we will examine how to create truths and fallacies that make your world more compelling and relatable.

8:30 PM
8:30 PM - 1:30 AM | 5 hours
Dance

Sunday 14 February, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
WritingScienceCulture

We all have a rough idea of what constitutes disability in our human world, specifically in American culture. What would be a severe disability to an alien but not to us? Where losing a sense of smell might be somewhat limiting to humans, how would that affect a being in a civilization of dogs-creatures? What about an intelligent plant-creature with no roots? What if everyone but you had the ability to jack into an immersive virtual cyberpunk world? What alien or "future" disabilities have al...

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
Writing

Dragons… How do they work? Making Creatures in your world that make sense for the environment you have created.

12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
CultureWritingArtCostuming

There are a lot of things that are different about us that some may think would make impossible to do a craft, but it turns out that if you want to create bad enough, nothing can get in your way. Our panelists will talk about how their disabilities have altered how they do their craft, and sometimes even enhanced the outcomes.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
Science

We have to eat when we send people beyond Earth's surface. What has been done so far to prepare for that need?

1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
Science

Since the dawn of the Satellite age we've been putting man made things into space, particularly around Earth.How much junk is out there? How much of it is useful? How much isn't useful? What is it used for?

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
FandomGuest of Honor

Come bid farewell to our guests!