Cameron MacFarland

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Cameron MacFarland participates

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

2:00 PM

Let's talk about Star Wars

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

- East Grand River

Panel

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Participant)

Cameron MacFarland (Participant)

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

It’s baaaaack! Star Wars has returned to our screens to mixed feelings of delight and dismay. What are the new films doing right? What are we hopin...

Sessions in which Cameron MacFarland attends

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

6:30 PM

Opening Ceremony

1 hour, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

- West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Are you ready??? Meet this year’s team, meet the guests, and get the lowdown on all things Swancon 2018.Welcome to Country ceremony will be...

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

10:00 AM

DIY electronics - building your own future without the IOT

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

- Mount Newman

Talk

David Horton (Participant)

Believing Impossible Things

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

- West Grand River

Panel

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Chris Creagh, Retired (Participant)

Dr Andrew Williams (Participant)

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Participant)

Humans are good at believing improbable, or even impossible, things. This panel will sort out the degrees of impossibility involved in key science ...

11:00 AM

Captain America vs America (and Australia)

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

- Mount Newman

Mx Anna Hepworth (Moderator)

Robert Hood (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

What do we find so hot about the idea of a superhero? How does this compare to how we view humans who have ‘super’ power in the form of extreme wea...

12:00 PM

Foz Meadows' Reading, and Q and A session

1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

- East Grand River

Keynote

Foz Meadows (Participant)

PRK (Moderator)

Guest of Honour, Foz Meadows, will give a reading, and then be interviewed by PRK on their work and plans. An audience Q and A will follow, and a s...

2:00 PM

SF movies that engage the brain

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

- West Grand River

Panel

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Participant)

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

Laura Gladstone (Participant)

One of the most notable elements of written science fiction is the focus on exploring ideas in depth and speculating about the effects of technolog...

4:00 PM

Beyond the Binary: Alternatives to patriarchy and other binary models of society

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

- West Grand River

Workshop

PRK (Moderator)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

The panel work their way through historical, theoretical and fictional alternatives to the shitshow we are in. Then they get angry. Then they make ...

5:00 PM

How stars work, what happens over a star's lifetime, and why

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

- East Grand River

Talk

Dr Andrew Williams (Participant)

All you need to know about astrophysics without the equations.Andrew Williams presents: There's an awful lot of science fiction featuri...

9:00 PM

Worst Movies We Ever Saw

1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

- East Grand River

Panel

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Yoli Lawrence (Participant)

Kat Clay, Mrs. (Participant)

Our panelists present their picks for the worst sf, fantasy and horror movies they ever saw. Audience members who can make a convincing case for ev...

Online safety Facebook, cyber-security and identity theft

1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

- Mount Newman

Panel

Evil Kenevil BRIAN JOHNSON, Lindentech (Participant)

Ben Hindmarsh (Participant)

Alastair Irvine (Participant)

Recent events in online fan spaces have shown that your fan identity is easily linked to your government assigned identity, and that this can have ...

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

2:00 PM

UNISFA is how old?!

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

- West Grand River

Panel

FE Waters (Participant)

Shay Telfer (Participant)

Gina Goddard (Participant)

Frames White (Participant)

UNISFA turns 40 this year. Join several generations of UNISFAns as they remininisce, contemplate, anecdote and laugh. Middle age has never looked s...

Thirteen

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

- East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Participant)

We’ve all heard the online controversy about the newest incarnation of Dr Who, due to the change in gender of the Doctor. Is that a relevant concer...

3:00 PM

Disney from the kids' seats

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

- Mount Newman

Talk

Rosalie Chilvers (Participant)

Lyra Telfer (Participant)

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

11:00 AM

The Science in The Martian movie

30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

- Pilbara

Talk

3:00 PM

Taking a Videogame Company to the Australian Securities Exchange

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

- West Grand River

Talk

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Vee Pendergrast (Participant)

Vee Prendergast says:I will detail the work that I have given over the past three years as I have been directly seeking major investment in...

4:00 PM

Anime with adult protagonists: a guide

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

- East Grand River

Panel

J Dalziel (Participant)

Mr John Samuel John Samuel (@arcadiagt5) (Participant)

Sean Ambrose (Participant)

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

12:30 PM

The investigation in to flight on mars.

30 minutes, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

- Mount Newman

Talk

2:00 PM

New Who Season 10

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

- West Grand River

Talk

Damian Magee (Participant)

Mrs Heather Magee (Participant)

Mr Aaron Creaser Aaron (Participant)

Mr Michael Cogan, Swancon (Participant)

In the final Peter Capaldi season as The Doctor, as he meets a new companion, fights new and old enemies, meets the original First Doctor. We...