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Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
  • Welcome to Swancon
  • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Workshop
    CoreFandom
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • 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
    Science fictionFuturism
    Science fictionclimate changeWriting
  • Live Action Quidditch
  • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • The WA Quidditch Association are bringing their expertise and equipment to Swancon!Under the supervision of people Who Know What They Are D...
  • Collaborative
    Fandom
    gamingFandom
  • 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
    Creative Arts
    TechnologyDIY
  • 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
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Science fiction's boneyard
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Does science fiction even exist anymore? The panellists examine how reality has caught up with and overtaken anything storytelling has to offer. Ho...
  • Panel
    Science fictionWriting
    Science fictionfantasy
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
  • Furniture Parkour
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • The hit panel of last years family program is back!  Learn how to parkour.  Getting around the lounge room has never been so fun, and you...
  • Workshop
    Family
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • Fans of Sport Panel
  • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Sport: it’s like a game! Many of us bookish types reflexively recoil from sport (possibly because of memories from school), but sport has plenty to...
  • Panel
    Fandom
    FandomFans of non-fannish things
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Fandom
  • 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
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
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
    Science fiction
    scienceScience fictionneeds panelists
  • Kate Wilhelm: a retrospective
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Kate Wilhelm was a Hugo Award winning author, with a speculative fiction writing career that spanned five decades. With Wilhelm's recent death, thi...
  • Collaborative
    Science fictionRetrospective
    Science fictionretrospective
  • Advanced Fanfic Analysis
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • We all know classic fics, the stories that linger long after the fandom fades away. The panellists will dive into some of the classic fics of the p...
  • Creative ArtsFandom
    FandomWritingGuest of Honour
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
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
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
    CoreAwardsFandom
  • Can you trust that Dog?
  • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Take a trip down memory lane and ask yourself an important question - CAN YOU TRUST THAT DOG?Including but not limited to: Sirius (Stapledo...
  • Collaborative
    Science fiction
    FunFandomScience fiction
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
    Fandom
    CoreAwards
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
    RetrospectiveFandom
    Fandomretrospective
  • 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
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