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Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
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
    Main
    CoreGuest of Honour
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
  • Con-going 101
    • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM  | 1 hour
  • What you need to know as a first-time con-goer. How to maximise your con experience and have a fabulous time. This discussi...
  • Workshop
    Fandom
    Core
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
9:30 PM
9:30 PM

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
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
  • Live action board games!
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Come along and play large scale board games. We have:Hungry, hungry hippo!Foosball!Kerplunk!(But not Operation. No ...
  • Collaborative
    Swancon Olympics
    Fandomgaming
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • That was the year that was: 1988
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 1988. What were you doing in 1988? Do you remember? Home and Away had just started, and Slyvester McCoy was the Doctor. The first signs that the co...
  • Talk
    Retrospective
    retrospective
  • Mad Max Plushies
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Choose a plushie and bling it up ready for the plush toy wars that will follow this panel.  Design and add weapons, armour, camouflage, mods.....
  • 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
  • SF movies that engage the brain
    • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Panel
    Futurism
    Science fictionMovies
  • 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
    TV & MoviesScience fiction
    star warsMovies
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
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
  • Mammoth Speculations
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM  | 30 minutes
  • Matthew ChrulewCentre for Culture and Technology, Curtin UniversityThe woolly mammoth has often appeared in speculative fiction as ...
  • Talk
    Academic
    AcademicScience fiction
  • Miyazaki: a retrospective
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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...
  • Talk
    TV & Movies
    Animeretrospective
4:30 PM
4:30 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
  • Kdrama with Candice
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • A Kdrama year in review. Netflix has made Korean dramas much more accessibl, with both easily accessed shows worth watching, and harder ones worth ...
  • Talk
    TV & Movies
    TVMoviesFandomFans of non-fannish things
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
  • 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
    Science fictionWriting
    WritingReadingAustraliaGuest of Honour
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
  • Dinner
  • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
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
    Science fictionRetrospective
    Science fictionretrospective
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
  • Safe Spaces LARP
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
  • 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • 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 ...
  • Workshop
    FandomGaming
    FandomLARP
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
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
  • Welcome to Swancon
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • You've been here a day, and now there's things you want to know. Or you skipped Friday, and today is your first day! Meet some friendly (and possib...
  • Workshop
    FandomCore
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Live action board games!
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Come along and play large scale board games. We have:Hungry, hungry hippo!Foosball!Kerplunk!(But not Operation. No ...
  • Collaborative
    Swancon OlympicsGaming
  • 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
    Writing
    Writing
  • 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
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
  • Laser Maze
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM  | 30 minutes
  • 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 ...
  • Collaborative
    Family
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
  • Technohorror
    • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • How do horror writers and film-makers deal with advances in tech such as cell phones - giving characters a light source and the ability to call...
  • Panel
    Writing
    horrorWriting
  • 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
  • Writing the Romantic
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • How do authors handle romance well when writing other genres? SF or fantasy with romantic elements are popular with readers, but getting the balanc...
  • Panel
    Writing
    Writing
  • Engaging Your Readers
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • A shiny cover image and a snappy pull quote for your book won't work unless you can encourage your readers to look. The panellists talk through mai...
  • Panel
    Writing
    Writingneeds panelists
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
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 ...
  • Family
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
  • 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
    Fandom
    Fandomretrospective
  • Thirteen
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • We’ve all heard the online controversy about the newest incarnation of Dr Who, due to the change in gender of the Doctor. Is that a relevant concer...
  • Panel
    Science fiction
    TVDr WhoFandom
  • Aurealis Award Ceremony
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  | 2 hours
  •     The 2017 Aurealis Awards are for works of speculative fiction by authors, editors and illustrators. The Aurealis Awards are a se...
  • Keynote
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
  • 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
    Creative ArtsScience fiction
    WritingArtScience fictionGuest of Honour
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
  • Strong Beginnings- writing workshop
  • Signup required
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 3
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM  | 2 hours
  • Strong Beginnings- writing workshopGlenda Larke, author of The Forsaken Lands, is offering an advanced writing workshop at Swancon.T...
  • Workshop
    Writing
    WritingWorkshop
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
  • 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
    AcademicWriting
    WritingAcademic
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
  • 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
    Creative Arts
    ArtWorkshop
5:30 PM
5:30 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
  • Filking
    • Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
  • 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Filking is folk singing of pop songs with fandom-related lyrics, much like Weird Al’s ouvre. Both experienced filkers and novices are welcome to co...
  • Collaborative
    Fandommusic

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

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
  • Live action board games!
    • Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  | 1 hour
  • Come along and play large scale board games. We have:Hungry, hungry hippo!Foosball!Kerplunk!(But not Operation. No ...
  • Collaborative
    Swancon Olympics
    gamingfan olympics
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
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
    Science fiction
    Science fictionAustraliaWriting
  • 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
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
  • Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM  | 1 hour
  • Closed
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
  • New Who Season 10
    • Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • In the final Peter Capaldi season as The Doctor, as he meets a new companion, fights new and old enemies, meets the original First Doctor.  We...
  • Talk
    Dr WhoFandom
  • 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
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