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Helen Jekabsons (Helen J)

Participates in 1 Session

The unofficial but traditional Tea & Quiet Chats format & day/time for 2021 is yet to be decided, due to the new ANZAC weekend program format. It will be in Helen's hotel room, with all peeps welcome to drop by to share herbal tea and quiet chats. The room number will be put on the main information whiteboard.

Please note: all teas will be herbal and will contain NO caffeine. Some snacks provided. Quietness will be enforced. BYO just yourself. A door notice will tell you if we are still up or have gone to bed, so you can drop by to check, even if it's 1am!

Sessions in which Helen Jekabsons (Helen J) participates

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Faery
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • We've been telling stories about the fey for a long time, but how have the stories changed over time? What is the fey's role in stories? What does ...
  • Panel
    Writing
    fantasyneeds panelists

Sessions in which Helen Jekabsons (Helen J) attends

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
9:30 PM
9:30 PM

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • 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
    scienceScience fiction
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
  • Australian TV: Early days to Cleverman
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • The style of storytelling in Australian TV has changed radically from the early days of Homicide to Cleverman. The panellists look at the changes, ...
  • Panel
    TV & MoviesRetrospective
    retrospectiveTVneeds panelistsAustraliaCleverman
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
  • 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
    Futurism
    TechnologyFuturism
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
  • Worst Movies We Ever Saw
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Panel
    TV & MoviesScience fiction
    Movies
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
  • Beard or no beard?
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Come along and spend a lot of time looking at photos of extremely attractive people with and without beards. Can we reach consensus on which is bet...
  • Collaborative
    Fandom

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • 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
    Creative Arts
    Writingneeds panelists
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
    FuturismRetrospectiveFandom
    Fandomretrospective
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
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
    Writing
    Writing
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
  • Kpop with Candice
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • A guided tour through a year of Kpop. The spectacle continues. Mini movies, drama, and beautiful people with more coordination than seems feasible....
  • Talk
    TVMoviesFandomFans of non-fannish things

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Faery
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • We've been telling stories about the fey for a long time, but how have the stories changed over time? What is the fey's role in stories? What does ...
  • Panel
    Writing
    fantasyneeds panelists
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • 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
    Creative ArtsWriting
    WritingArt
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
    Fandom
    Fandom
  • Comics -> TV/movies VS TV/movies -> comics
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Panel
    TV & Movies
    ComicsTVMoviessuperheroesneeds panelists
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
  • Cross-fertilising, from genre to aesthetic
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Cross-fertilising genres gives awesome results like the SF spy novel and the supernatural romance. The panel discusses why these combinations are s...
  • Panel
    Science fictionWriting
    Science fictionfantasyhorrorWritingGuest of Honour
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
  • Dinner
  • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
  • Murdoch Mysteries
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Why has this series has taken the world by storm? Why is the series still going strong in its 11th season?  The panellists explore why they lo...
  • Panel
    TV & Movies
    TV

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Steven Universe
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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 ...
  • Panel
    TV & Movies
    TV
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
  • Fanfic as a gateway to canon
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Panel
    Fandom
    Fandom
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • Philosophy of Mind in SF
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Panel
    Science fiction
    Science fictionGuest of Honour
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
  • Swancon Feedback Panel
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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-...
  • Workshop
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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 ...
  • Keynote
    CoreGuest of Honour