Bec H
Participates in 1 Session
Sessions in which Bec H participates
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Project Runway Swancon Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Designers, you have a challenge awaiting you. You must design your outfit, choose your fabric, make your item and dress your model. You have ...
Sessions in which Bec H attends
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
- Opening Ceremony Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Keynote
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Classic Who: Season 10. Jon Pertwee From Three Doctors to The Green Death Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Talk
- Reliving Our Childhoods- The influence of the 70s and 80s on SF Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- From long-running SF franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek to the visual design of Blade Runner, the 70s and 80s have cast long shadows over cont...
- Panel
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- Nuke's SF Trivia Quiz - “Klaatu barada nikto!” Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- DIY electronics - building your own future without the IOT Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Believing Impossible Things Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Humans are good at believing improbable, or even impossible, things. This panel will sort out the degrees of impossibility involved in key science ...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- How to be the Doctor’s Companion- Practical skills to take into space. Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- What does it take to be the Doctor's companion? How would a person go about training for the role? What are essential skills in a companion? What s...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Let's talk about Star Wars Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
- Data is Beautiful: Data visualisation can tell a story Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Beyond the Binary: Alternatives to patriarchy and other binary models of society Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- The panel work their way through historical, theoretical and fictional alternatives to the shitshow we are in. Then they get angry. Then they make ...
- Workshop
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Graphic Art in the family room Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- How stars work, what happens over a star's lifetime, and why Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- All you need to know about astrophysics without the equations.Andrew Williams presents: There's an awful lot of science fiction featuri...
- Talk
- Never, ever underestimate a library Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- The internet has brought a decreased need to travel to a physical place to find facts or even fiction. Freed from these housekeeping tasks, what am...
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Horror Movie: It's the 6.30 News Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Australian Landscapes as Characters Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- From the deserts to the suburbs*, Australian landscapes have been turned into important characters in their own right, particularly in YA sf and fa...
- Panel
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Remembering LeGuin Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- Online safety Facebook, cyber-security and identity theft Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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 ...
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Young people in publishing Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- With the changing landscape of the publishing industry, how can young content creators and editors approach their dream jobs? The panel looks at so...
- Panel
- Mining the Mundane Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Writers and content creators use a range of sources and techniques to nurture the creative spark. Sometimes these sources are their own lives and h...
- Panel
- Art show Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer
- 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM | 7 hours 30 minutes
- Keynote
- NovelPersepctive: a machine learning reading tool Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Presenting NovelPerspective, a tool for transforming (modifying) e-books, based on the point of view character. Epic fantasy novels are notable for...
- Talk
- Paranormal Romance vs Urban Fantasy Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Changing Nature of Fan Communities Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- UNISFA is how old?! Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- UNISFA turns 40 this year. Join several generations of UNISFAns as they remininisce, contemplate, anecdote and laugh. Middle age has never looked s...
- Panel
- Fannish Speed Friend-ating Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom foyer
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Disney from the kids' seats Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Contemporary SF illustration and storyboarding Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The panelists explore the three way intersection of story, visual art and technology, possibly with illustrations. How can art be used to tell stor...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- From an image to an ending- writing workshop for all writers Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- They say a picture tells a thousand words, but the truth is, they can tell an infinite amount more if you let your imagination run wild. Whether ph...
- Workshop
- How to write academic papers Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Anna and Art call on their long careers as research scientists to explain firstly how to avoid writing academic papers, and then when the inevitabl...
- Collaborative
- Print on Demand: It's more than just printing. Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Emma Hall and Julie-ann Harper present on self publishing and print-on-demand. They discuss the growth of self publishing; the importance of invest...
- Talk
- Indian Speculative Fiction - what's hot Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Maia chats about the best of contemporary Indian speculative fiction, including these stories:The Woman who Thought She was a Planet by Vandana...
- Panel
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Swancon 2019 Launch Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Kids Masquerade Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- Drawing Characters 101 Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Always wanted to draw characters? Been drawing for a while, but looking to sharpen your character drawing skills? Emily Smith will take you through...
- Workshop
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- More than glitter Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Masquerade Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 5 hours
- Collaborative
- Masquerade Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 5 hours
- Collaborative
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Masquerade chill out space Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Knitting 101 Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Collaborative
- With a whimper, not a bang Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Rather than ending in a loud, messy apocalyptic bang, what if climate change turns out to be a slow, terrible descent into poor drinking water, mos...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- The Science in The Martian movie Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Talk
- AI/Machine learning: a guide Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Kitchen Transformations: Crafting with Drain Cleaner and Germs Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Have you had a think about creating your own soap or cheese, but don’t know where to start? Do you think you need a whole lot of specialised ...
- Talk
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Creating the Cleverman Comics: Emily Smith's and Wolf Bylsma's Guest of Honour event Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Emily Smith and Wolf Bylsma give a presentation on the creative and practical processes behind developing the Cleverman comics, explaining how the ...
- Talk
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Bush Skills Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Book Covers: Art or Money? Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Can book covers be both effective marketing tools and art? How does an author navigate a cover art request form successfully? The panel will invest...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Post-Worldcon debrief and gloat Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Did you go to Worldcon 75 in Helsinki last year? This panel isn't a panel, it's a get together for people who went, or wished they had. Share photo...
- Collaborative
- Murdoch library: Collection formation, academic transformation, and fannish terrorism? Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Fan Fund Auction Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The Fan Funds represented at the convention auction memorabilia and trinkets to raise funds for the next great adventure. Come along, buy amazing a...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Orbits don't work that way Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- A look at the concept of delta V and how we can use it map and compare fictional works and the space craft that journey through them. We al...
- Panel
- Anime with adult protagonists: a guide Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Chocolate Tasting Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- WASFF Business Meeting Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 3 hours
- Workshop
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- WA Awards Ceremony (Tin Ducks) Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM | 30 minutes
- 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...
- Keynote
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- National Awards Ceremony (Ditmars) Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM | 30 minutes
- 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...
- Keynote
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- Swancon History Panel Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Apocalyptic outback Australia Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Some non-urban regions of Australia seem like the apocalypse has already arrived. (Ever driven through a small wheatbelt town on a Sunday afternoon...
- Panel