Sean Ambrose

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Sean Ambrose participates

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

4:00 PM

Anime with adult protagonists: a guide

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

J Dalziel (Participant)

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

Sean Ambrose (Participant)

Sessions in which Sean Ambrose attends

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

6:30 PM

Opening Ceremony

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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...

7:30 PM

Con-going 101

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Workshop

Doug Burbidge (Participant)

What you need to know as a first-time con-goer. How to maximise your con experience and have a fabulous time. This discussi...

8:30 PM

Music in Fandom: Making Everything Even Better

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

How does music fit in to our fannish lives? The panellists look at the place of music in fannish enjoyment and transformative fan art. How do some ...

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:00 AM

Welcome to Swancon

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Workshop

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

10:00 AM

Run Through Banner

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Emma Hawkes Emma (Participant)

Believing Impossible Things

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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...

Let's talk about Star Wars

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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...

Data is Beautiful: Data visualisation can tell a story

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Dr Andrew Williams (Participant)

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

STUART FINLAY (Participant)

Humans are inherently bad at seeing the patterns in numbers, but really good at picking visual patterns. Data visualisation is one of the tools tha...

3:00 PM

Quiet Time

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

Australian TV: Early days to Cleverman

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Damian Magee (Participant)

The style of storytelling in Australian TV has changed radically from the early days of Homicide to Cleverman. The panellists look at the changes, ...

4:00 PM

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

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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 ...

Miyazaki: a retrospective

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Shasta Calvo (Participant)

Miyazaki Hayao is one of the biggest names in animation, and in Japanese cinema. In this panel we explore his history, starting with his early days...

4:30 PM

Graphic Art in the family room

1 hour, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Emily K Smith (Participant)

5:00 PM

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

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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...

6:00 PM

Authorial Voice and Writing the Other

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

PRK (Moderator)

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Writers spend a lot of time worrying about how to write marginalised voices without, well, marginalising the voices. How do writers who are Other w...

Australian Landscapes as Characters

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Shasta Calvo (Participant)

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

From the deserts to the suburbs*, Australian landscapes have been turned into important characters in their own right, particularly in YA sf and fa...

8:00 PM

Remembering LeGuin

1 hour, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Ursula LeGuin was a giantess of SF, and will be sorely missed. The genre would literally not the be same without her. The Earthsea books, The Lathe...

Here be dragons...?

2 hours 30 minutes, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Skye Ogden (Participant)

Sarah Searle (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

9:00 PM

Safe Spaces LARP

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Maia Bobrowicz (Participant)

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 ...

Online safety Facebook, cyber-security and identity theft

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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

10:00 AM

Play 'DropMix'!

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Collaborative

Brendan Ragan Brendan "LordMortis" Ragan, Lumi Interactive (Participant)

Paranormal Romance vs Urban Fantasy

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5

Panel

Shona Husk (Participant)

Michelle Diener (Participant)

Daniel de Lorne (Participant)

Anna Hackett (Participant)

Not sure if you write fantasy with romantic elements, urban fantasy or paranormal romance? It’s more than just the species or style of magic. Delve...

11:00 AM

Common Mistakes of Early Career Writers, and How Not to Make Them- writing workshop

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 3

Workshop

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Satima Flavell's workshop deals with the most common mistakes of first-time writers(and sadly, sometimes second or third time writers too!) Ove...

Changing Nature of Fan Communities

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

Dave Luckett (Participant)

Swancon has been running for 43 years, and fandom has changed around the convention during this time. (Or has it?) What was Perth fandom like in th...

Writing the Romantic

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Shona Husk (Participant)

Carol Ryles (Participant)

Michelle Diener (Participant)

Anna Hackett (Participant)

How do authors handle romance well when writing other genres? SF or fantasy with romantic elements are popular with readers, but getting the balanc...

12:00 PM

Project Runway Swancon

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Kate Williams (Participant)

Bec H (Participant)

Julia Watts Julia, PathWest - Royal Perth Hospital (Participant)

Designers, you have a challenge awaiting you. You must design your outfit, choose your fabric, make your item and dress your model. You have ...

Ryan J Griffen Guest of Honour event

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

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

2:00 PM

Post it Art

30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Participant)

UNISFA is how old?!

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

Pan Pacific Perth - 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...

Fannish Speed Friend-ating

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom foyer

Mx Anna Hepworth (Participant)

2:30 PM

Finish the Drawing

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Participant)

3:00 PM

Disney from the kids' seats

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Rosalie Chilvers (Participant)

Lyra Telfer (Participant)

Contemporary SF illustration and storyboarding

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Stefanie Palladino (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

The panelists explore the three way intersection of story, visual art and technology, possibly with illustrations. How can art be used to tell stor...

4:00 PM

Indian Speculative Fiction - what's hot

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7

Panel

Maia Bobrowicz (Participant)

Maia chats about the best of contemporary Indian speculative fiction, including these stories:The Woman who Thought She was a Planet by Vandana...

4:30 PM

Swancon 2019 Launch

30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

FE Waters (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Mr David Gunn (Participant)

Dianne Watson (Participant)

5:00 PM

Kids Masquerade

30 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

6:00 PM

More than glitter

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

We all know the importance of writing and creating a diverse group of characters. The panel focusses on the next step, making the diversity not the...

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

12:00 PM

Creating the Cleverman Comics: Emily Smith's and Wolf Bylsma's Guest of Honour event

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

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Talk

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Emily Smith and Wolf Bylsma give a presentation on the creative and practical processes behind developing the Cleverman comics, explaining how the ...

2:00 PM

Ryan Griffen's commentary for Cleverman S2 E3 "Dark Clouds"

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Talk

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Ryan Griffen provides commentary and background details for "Dark Clouds", Cleverman S2 E3. Parental Advisory warnings for violence ...

3:00 PM

Comics -> TV/movies VS TV/movies -> comics

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Frames White (Participant)

We’re used to media changing format, comics to TV or movies, or back the other way. Is there a difference in the kinds of stories told, dependi...

6:00 PM

Cross-fertilising, from genre to aesthetic

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

Carol Ryles (Participant)

Rebecca Laffar-Smith, Sci Fi Fantasy Author (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Cross-fertilising genres gives awesome results like the SF spy novel and the supernatural romance. The panel discusses why these combinations are s...

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

11:00 AM

Steven Universe

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Drhoz Drhoz (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Rallye (Participant)

Steven Universe: why are all my LGBTQ friends going crazy over a kids’ cartoon? The panel discusses the relevance of Steven Universe's themes, and ...

12:00 PM

Fanfic as a gateway to canon

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Ms Belinda Forbes (Gemfyre) (Participant)

Fern Clarke (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

The expectation is that we consume the canon, then dive into the fan creations. Except, sometimes, we slide sideways into canon through fic or vids...

2:00 PM

Philosophy of Mind in SF

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

What is the mind? How closely does the mind depend on the biological nature of the brain? The mind/body split has a long and not always noble histo...

3:00 PM

Swancon Feedback Panel

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Workshop

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Jay Watson (Participant)

Linda Sengsourinho (Participant)

Tell us how we did: what bits you loved, what bits we could have done better. We’ll engage in some constructive criticism as to how to rework less-...