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
- Open console gaming Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM | 5 hours
- Collaborative
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
- Swancon movie screenings of the past year: the good, the bad and the unwatchable. Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Did you go to a Swancon movie screening? What did you really think about the movie? Come along and join the panel in a vigorous and bracing review ...
- Collaborative
- Spotlight on CSI Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Jessica presents on
- Talk
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
- Music in Fandom: Making Everything Even Better Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- How does music fit in to our fannish lives? The panellists look at the place of music in fannish enjoyment and transformative fan art. How do some ...
- Panel
- 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
- Geek singalong! Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- Nuke's SF Trivia Quiz - “Klaatu barada nikto!” Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to Swancon Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Open console gaming Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
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
- 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
- DIY electronics - building your own future without the IOT Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Run Through Banner Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Mario party Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
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
- 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
- Captain America vs America (and Australia) Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- What do we find so hot about the idea of a superhero? How does this compare to how we view humans who have ‘super’ power in the form of extreme wea...
- 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
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Foz Meadows' Reading, and Q and A session Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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...
- Keynote
- Plush Toy Wars Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- DS Fun-o-rama Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 2 hours
- Collaborative
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
- 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
- Jewelry Making Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- D20s, halberds and online streaming Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Dungeons and Dragons has evolved from a table top game played privately, on through MMORPGs, and now has a new face, as performed entertainment by ...
- Panel
- 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
- Making your cosplay glow Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Quiet Time Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Fighting Arcade fun Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 3 hours
- Collaborative
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
- 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
- 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
- Prancercising Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- From Ecocatastrophe to Anthropocene fiction: full circle or new terrain? Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Anthropocene fiction/Cli Fi is being touted as the contemporary literature of our Earth in transformation, exploring impacts and effects of climate...
- Talk
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- Authorial Voice and Writing the Other Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour
- Writers spend a lot of time worrying about how to write marginalised voices without, well, marginalising the voices. How do writers who are Other w...
- Panel
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Dinner
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Here be dragons...? Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Evolution of Humanity Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- Jessica presents on
- Talk
- 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
- Left 4 Dead Marathon Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
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
- 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
- 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
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
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
- Open console gaming Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- art show set up Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Closed
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- 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
- 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
- Play 'DropMix'! Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- Kit Kat Jenga Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- Mario Kart Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- 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
- 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
- Objective Secured, Demo Tabletop Games Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 4
- 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 4 hours
- Collaborative
- Quiet spaces Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 1
- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | 8 hours
- Collaborative
- Art show Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer
- 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM | 7 hours 30 minutes
- Keynote
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
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
- 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
- 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
- Book Reading Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Talk
- Writing is a Marathon, not a Sprint Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Writing is hard. How do writers deal with the practicalities of managing a job as a writer when bits of them won't cooperate? The panelists delve i...
- 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
- Common Mistakes of Early Career Writers, and How Not to Make Them- writing workshop Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 3
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Satima Flavell's workshop deals with the most common mistakes of first-time writers(and sadly, sometimes second or third time writers too!) Ove...
- Workshop
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Harry Potter Yoga Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Book launch: Survival by Rachel Watts Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Join Rachel Watts to celebrate the launch of Survival, a young adult novella.Ignorance is cheap. And then it costs you everything...
- Book Signings
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Ryan J Griffen Guest of Honour event Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote
- 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 ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Smash Bros Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 2 hours
- Collaborative
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
- 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, fantasy and animation from the 1950's -1990's with an emphasis on the 1980's Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Post it Art Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
- Fannish Speed Friend-ating Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom foyer
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Aurealis Awards Ceremony Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Keynote
- 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
- Aurealis Awards Ceremony Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- The 2017 Aurealis Awards are for works of speculative fiction by authors, editors and illustrators. The Au...
- Keynote
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Finish the Drawing Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Real People, Imaginary Stories Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- 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
- Disney from the kids' seats Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Quiet Time Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Pokken tournament Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- 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
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Swancon 2019 launch set-up Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Closed
- Masquerade set-up Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 3 hours
- Closed
- 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
- Geek singalong - Disney edition Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM | 45 minutes
- Collaborative
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- Masquerade set-up Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
- Closed
- 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
- Kids Masquerade Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- Soul Calibur Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- Swancon 1: Prisms of Memory Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Sample Hague Publishing's 2018 releases Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Andrew Harvey reads excerpts from forthcoming works with Hague Publishing:There's No Place Like Hell by Janis Hill (the sequel to
- Talk
- Book Launch: The Time of the Stripes, Amanda Bridgeman Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 1 hour
- Amanda Bridgeman launches her latest novel, The Time of the Stripes, a standalone SF novel. Amanda will read an excerpt and chat about her w...
- Book Signings
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
- Dinner
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Masquerade Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 5 hours
- Collaborative
- Masquerade Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM | 5 hours
- Collaborative
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Halo Madness Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- Masquerade chill out space Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Masquerade Chill-out room Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Collaborative
- Masquerade chill-out room Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Collaborative
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
- 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
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
- Open Console Gaming Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Easter Egg Hunt Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
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
- 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
- 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
- The Cup Shanty Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- Retro Morning!! Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- 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
- Quiet spaces Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 1
- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | 8 hours
- Collaborative
- Art show Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer
- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 7 hours
- Workshop
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- 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
- The Science in The Martian movie Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Talk
- 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
- What to do until the Messiah arrives? Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- A short and gritty stroll through some of the practical skills that might keep us alive after the apocalypse. We're going to need more than a utili...
- Panel
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
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
- Evolution of Table Top Games Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Co-op games Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 2 hours
- Collaborative
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
- Ryan Griffen's commentary for Cleverman S2 E3 "Dark Clouds" Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Ryan Griffen provides commentary and background details for "Dark Clouds", Cleverman S2 E3. Parental Advisory warnings for violence ...
- Talk
- Damian's Diabolical Video Quiz! Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- 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
- Taking a Videogame Company to the Australian Securities Exchange Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Vee Prendergast says:I will detail the work that I have given over the past three years as I have been directly seeking major investment in...
- Talk
- 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
- 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
- Quiet Time Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- 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
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Blur Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM | 3 hours
- Collaborative
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Anime with adult protagonists: a guide Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- 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
- Fresh Air Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- Chocolate Tasting Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
- 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
- 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...
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- WASFF Business Meeting Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 3 hours
- Workshop
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Bicentential Monster- Shelley's Frankenstein Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Mary Shelley is the grandmother of science fiction, founding en entire genre 200 years ago with her novel, Frankenstein. Does the novel's cu...
- Grant Stone’s Swancon History via T-shirts Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Come along and listen to Grant Stone reminisce about Swancons past, prompted by the t-shirt designs of the day. This panel really needs its own t-s...
- Talk
- The Colours Out of Space Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- art show close down Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
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
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Dinner
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- The Mystery of Murdoch Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- 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
- 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
- More Halo Madness Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
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
- 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
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Open console gaming Pan Pacific Perth - Boardroom (main floor)
- 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Collaborative
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Desiree’s Music Chill-out Room Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- 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
- How to Write a Song Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Natcon Business Meeting Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 2 hours
- 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
- 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
- My Little Pony viewing Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Transfinite to Mastery: Barb de la Hunty's Guest of Honour event Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Talk
- 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
- The UnGame Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- The investigation in to flight on mars. Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman
- 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Talk
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Closed
- Cthulu LARP Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 3 hours
- Collaborative
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
- 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
- Random crafting Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Workshop
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
- Tidy up and pack away Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
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