Doug Burbidge

Participates in 2 items

For my sins, I am currently WASFF chair.

Sessions in which Doug Burbidge participates

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

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...

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

4:30 PM

WASFF Business Meeting

3 hours, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Workshop

Doug Burbidge (Moderator)

Frames White (Participant)

Evil Kenevil BRIAN JOHNSON, Lindentech (Participant)

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Participant)

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

PRK (Participant)

Laura Hodge (Participant)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Mrs Andrea Johnson (Participant)

Sessions in which Doug Burbidge 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...

8:30 PM

Classic Who: Season 10. Jon Pertwee From Three Doctors to The Green Death

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

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Talk

Damian Magee (Participant)

Mrs Heather Magee (Participant)

Colin Sharpe (Participant)

Mr Aaron Creaser Aaron (Participant)

Classic Who- Season 10: End of Exile. The Anniversary Season Damian looks back on a classic season of class Who. The Doctor meets his other sel...

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)

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...

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 ...

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

10:30 AM

Laser Maze

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

Make a spy maze replacing the lasers with wool (sorry!) and try to sneak through without setting off the alarm. Some spies may have to evade ...

2:00 PM

Post it Art

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Participant)

9:00 PM

Kpop with Candice

2 hours, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

A guided tour through a year of Kpop. The spectacle continues. Mini movies, drama, and beautiful people with more coordination than seems feasible....

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:00 AM

Welcome to Swancon

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

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Workshop

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

If you don't manage to make it to these program items which are designed to welcome newcomers, here's the ultra-short version: if you have question...

10:00 AM

The Cup Shanty

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Workshop

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Participant)

Lara . Lara (Participant)

Knitting 101

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Collaborative

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Liam Orton (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Have you always wanted to knit or crochet? Do you knit, but you haven't brought your yarn and needles to the convention? Come along to Knitting 101...

8:00 PM

WA Awards Ceremony (Tin Ducks)

30 minutes, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Western Australia’s own SF/F/etc. Awards since 1982, the Tin Ducks are awarded each year at Swancon. (The name is a play on another WA award, the S...

8:30 PM

National Awards Ceremony (Ditmars)

30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Australia’s national SF awards since 1969, the Ditmars are awarded each year at the Natcon, which this year is Swancon.These fan-voted awards i...

9:00 PM

Swancon History Panel

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Anthony Peacey (Participant)

Grant Stone (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Barb de la Hunty, Grant Stone and Tony Peacey were there in the early days of Swancon. They have stories to tell, about how Swancon started and beg...

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

10:00 AM

Live action board games!

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

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Collaborative

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Come along and play large scale board games. We have:Hungry, hungry hippo!Foosball!Kerplunk!(But not Operation. No ...

10:30 AM

Natcon Business Meeting

2 hours, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

12:30 PM

The investigation in to flight on mars.

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

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

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-...

4:00 PM

Closing Ceremony

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

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

It’s four days later, your tiredness has reached the point where anything is funny, and you’re in a roomful of people you’ve shared the convention ...