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Thursday 13 April, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
  • Dinner
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
  • Meet The AV Crew
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Rooms
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • If you're using AV at a program item later in the convention and you're not sure of the set up, meet our AV expert(s) here, and let them understand...
  • Panel
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
  • Douglas Adams: A Life Remembered
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Rooms
  • 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • From Dirk Gently to Doctor Who and of course The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Douglas Adams gave the world so much entertainment. We remember n...
  • Panel
    Douglas Adams
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
  • Hanna- Barbara: The Final Years
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Rooms
  • 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • They gave us The Flintstones, The Smurfs, Scooby-Doo, and much more, filling our screens with cartoons from the 1940s to the 1980s. But where are t...
  • Panel
    TVAnimationCartoons

Friday 14 April, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • The Regeneration Game
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • 50 years ago the BBC took the extraordinary step of replacing the lead actor of their popular children’s drama Doctor Who not with a looka...
  • Panel
    GoHSean WilliamsDoctor WhoTV
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Walt Disney: The Second Renaissance
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • In 2004 Walt Disney Animation was in ruins: its films were losing the studio money, competitors had sprung up and overtaken them at the box office ...
  • Panel
    DisneyMoviesCartoons
  • Modern Medieval in Perth
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Perth people love medieval things! Find out about the many medieval groups & activities in Perth, such as sword fighting, archery, feasting, costum...
  • Panel
    Medieval
  • Xenobiology
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • An investigation and analysis of alien physiology and anatomy in film and fiction. Using modern scientific understanding we look back on decades of...
  • Talk
    Academic
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
  • Buffy: An Appreciation
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • It is hard to believe that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is 20 years old this year. As we meet for this appreciation of this groundbreaking show we cons...
  • Panel
    TVAnniversaryBuffy
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • Girls und Panzer: Der Panel
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • An exploration of one of the most bizarre and enjoyable Anime to come out in recent years. Ostensibly a "Sports Anime" by genre, Girls und Panzer, ...
  • Panel
    AnimeAnimation
  • Role Playing Workshop (Beginners)
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Once again the great people at Final Frontiers are generously giving some of their time to bring to Swancon the world of RPG. In this intro session...
  • Workshop
    WorkshopRPGRole Play
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
  • More on Breast Feeding
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • A rambling discussion about the current state of human lactation research at UWA. May include discussions of hyper-immune milk, how milk compositio...
  • Talk
    Academic Stream
  • Doorways to the Imagination
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Based on her blog post http://fandelyon.com/how-to-write-a-thousand-words-or-maybe-more-by-amanda-bridgeman/ Amanda Bridgeman talks about som...
  • Panel
    WritingWritersCreative Writing
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
  • Trailer Park
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • What are the best movies for the whole family this year? There will be a 10 minute gap at end of G-rated Trailer Park to allow room to...
  • Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
  • Dinner
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
  • The Potterheads HP Quiz
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • A short quiz spanning all seven books and movies in the Harry Potter universe. Whether Muggle or Pureblood, grab a small group of up to six and pit...
  • Panel
    QuizInteractive
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
  • Late Night with Davina & Danny
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM  | 2 hours
  • Join the wonderful Davina Watson as she attempts to educate, interact with, and generally amuse the audience.  Be a contestant for the inaugural...
  • Panel
    GoHDavina WatsonInteractive
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
  • Safe Spaces LARP
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • We've had some great discussions over the years and it's time to walk that talk. This workshop is an opportunity to examine difficult situations an...
  • Collaborative
    Safe SpacesLARP

Saturday 15 April, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Mind of a Murderer
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Looking into the psychology and mind of murderers with particular focus on serial killers and mass murderers. Looking at common back grounds, exper...
  • Talk
    Academic
  • Kung Fu Academy with Alan
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Kung Fu: who would have thought we would ever have a panel about it at a Swancon? Well, this is what our awesome guest Alan brings to us. Let's all...
  • Panel
    GoHAlan BaxterTraci HardingWesley Chu
  • Fandom Through the Years
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Fandom has always changed.  Every year brings new technology and resources.  Once it could be incredibly hard to find others that shared your pa...
  • Panel
    HistoryFandom
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Should Women be Freemasons?
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Come along and meet a couple of women from secret societies and hear their stories and about other trailblazing famous Australian's doing their par...
  • Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • 1977: The Year That Was
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • We take you back with the books, Music,TV, and the films that came out the stir the audiences, like Star Wars  Close Encounter and Saturday Night F...
  • Panel
    History
  • Book Launch: Crow Shine Collection
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Ticonderoga publishing is turning 21 years old this year and as part of their celebrations they are launching Alan Baxter's Crow Shine Collection. ...
  • Panel
    GoHBook LaunchAlan Baxter
  • Cartoons from Our Childhood
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Seventy-five thousand generations ago, our ancestors set this program in motion and after all that time all its come up with, is Saturday morning C...
  • Panel
    GoHTVCartoonsJoyce Chng
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
  • Costuming
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Cosplay is the actualisation of the imagination. One is never too old to dress up. Join us for a discussion on how to get started in costuming, ...
  • Panel
  • Michael Troughton GOH Speech
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • In an interview and Q&A Michael talks about his career and how wrote his biography on his late father Patrick Troughton with some clips of his appe...
  • Keynote
    GoHMichael Troughton
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
  • Kids Masquerade with photos taken
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Hovia Room
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM  | 30 minutes
  • Kids Masquerade at 5pm - this is so that young children or children who won't be able to attend the grown up Masquerade later can show us their cos...
  • Collaborative
    Family
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
  • Dinner
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
  • Age of Wonder Woman
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • Wonder Woman debuted in 1941, and turned 75 last year. Inspired by early feminists, Wonder Woman has been part of the feminist landscape ever since...
  • Panel
    MoviesComics
  • Wikipalooza!
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Hovia Room
  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM  | 2 hours
  • Community/fandom wiki editing event - come and add details to the SF fannish wiki about cons you’ve been to (or run), community organisations ...
  • Collaborative
    History Wiki
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
10:00 PM
10:00 PM

Sunday 16 April, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
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9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Out of the Baupark
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Animals (on this planet anyway) might seem to come in a staggering variety, but the actual anatomy they use is limited in variety. A discussion on ...
  • Talk
    Academic
  • Shared Cinematic Universes
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • When Marvel Studios embarked on their ambitious plan for an inter-related franchise of comic book adaptations, it was seen as a tremendous financia...
  • Panel
    Movies
  • Role Playing Workshop (Advanced)
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM  | 3 hours
  • Come to this extended session with Final Frontieers and learn... Best conduct at the table (how to be a good player, good game master ...
  • Workshop
    WorkshopRPGRole Play
  • Traders
  • Available
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Panorama North
  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM  | 6 hours
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Serial Killers & Me
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • A compare and contrast of fictional serial killers and their real life counter parts. Looking at who was based on who and how the stories compare. ...
  • Talk
    Academic
  • Bayeux to Bayou: A Geek Odyssey
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • In 2016, two women journeyed through Europe and the USA, on the trail of WW2 paratroopers, fanfics, super-soldiers, and the ten dollar founding fat...
  • Panel
    Travel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
  • Official Book Defiling
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Hovia Room
  • 11:30 AM - 11:59 AM  | 29 minutes
  • Normally you are not allowed to ruin a book.  You will get a book of your own that you are allowed to do whatever you like - rip, scribble, cut, gl...
  • Workshop
    Family
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
  • Classic Dr Who Season 17
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Tom Baker returns as the Fourth Doctor, with Romana and K9 as the trusty companions, in this 1979 season of Classic Who. Come and find out about th...
  • Talk
    TVDoctor Who
  • Writing: From Idea to Page
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Have you had a story in your head for ages you want to tell the world but not sure where to begin? Join our panelists who have been there and done ...
  • Panel
    GoHWritingCreative WritingWesley Chu
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • Cooking Stories
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Our guest Joyce is not only an awesome author but she is also an enthusiastic cook. Here she will tell us about stories that combine both of her pa...
  • Panel
    GoHJoyce Chng
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
  • Medicine Doesn't Work That Way!
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Inspired by last year's 'Science Doesn't Work That Way'. Some tropes and cliches so ubiquitous in film and television that they might endanger your...
  • Talk
    Academic
  • From Script to Performance
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • With 42 years of acting behind him Michael Troughton has had years of experience of taking words on a script and turning them into masterful peform...
  • Panel
    GoHMichael Troughton
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
  • World Building: The Near Future
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Think-tank covering not only technological but also social adaptation. Come and share your ideas as we build the future together in which not only ...
  • Talk
    Academic
  • WASFF AGM
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • We report on our finances and activities, elect new board members, and select the Swancon 2019 committee. Full meeting notice at
  • Keynote
    CoreWASFFAGM
  • Gender Swapping with Art
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Thor, Captain America... Previously white-male-led franchises and fiction entities are being flipped at an increasing rate...
  • Panel
  • Traders and Swapmeet
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Panorama North
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • Exchange your items for money, exchange your money for items. $5 a table for sellers. Free space will be provided for people wishing to fundraise f...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
  • Dinner
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
  • Awards Ceremony
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, Black
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • Come and help us celebrate science fiction in WA. This is where we'll give the Tin Duck awards. It's also where we'll award 20-year and 33-year pin...
  • Keynote
    GoH
  • Sci-fi in KPop Music Videos
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM  | 2 hours
  • The success of a song in the Korean music industry is measured with many metrics - including YouTube hits. The way to get more YouTube hits is to m...
  • Panel
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
  • Prepping - 30 Days After
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Cygnet Room
  • 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • Surviving for the first month after the apocalypse is going to be rough. The panel wrestle with some of the monsters in the darkness, then get the ...
  • Panel
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
  • Trailer Park 18+
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • What is the best Horror, and otherwise not child friendly, films coming out in the next few years? There will be a 10 minute gap at st...
  • Panel
    AdultsOnly

Monday 17 April, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • MCU & Chill
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • It’s Monday morning. You’re tired, but you still want to do stuff at Swancon? Come chill with us and listen to selections from the ever increasi...
  • Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • TV Shows Based on Film
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Since the early days of television, executives have thought that TV versions of famous films would be winners, but not all of these TV version...
  • Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
  • What's Geeky in Your Town
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Room, White
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Find out from our guests Joyce and Traci what geeky things there are to do in Singapore and Brisbane. Also we can give them some insight what the c...
  • Panel
    GoH
  • The Art of the Chase
  • Metro Hotel Perth - City Lights
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Some of the most exciting moments in cinema come when the characters give chase. Running away from someone, pursuing someone in a car, racing throu...
  • Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • Sherlock on Screen
  • Metro Hotel Perth - Swan Rooms
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • This powerpoint presentation bring you the history of the world's most famous detective on the big and small screen, From the silents to sound...
  • Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
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