Sessions in which Evil Kenevil BRIAN JOHNSON participates
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Tech Support Laughs and Mishaps Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Funny stories about what your IT support technician did (or didn't) do and other funny behind the curtains shenanigans. What happens ...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- WASFF Annual General Meeting Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 2 hours
- NOTICE OF 2019 WASFF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAt Swancon, at The Esplanade hotel in Fremantle on Sunday the 21st of April, 4pm.
- Panel
Sessions in which Evil Kenevil BRIAN JOHNSON attends
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Opening Ceremony Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Welcome to Swancon 44: The Future is Now, featuring guests of honour Charlie Jane Anders, Jonathan Strahan, and Travis Johnson! Come along to the o...
- Keynote
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Cyberpunk outside the city Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- The city seems an integral part of the cyberpunk genre – but how necessary is it? What are the core tropes and themes of cyberpunk, and how might t...
- Panel
- Is climate fiction the new cyberpunk? Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- Cyberpunk was a hugely popular sub-genre of science fiction, particularly in the 1980s when issues of technology, urbanisation, and changing cultur...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Party-pooping science: Why your favourite novel is probably impossible Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- As readers of science fiction we may love all of the tales of faster-than-light travel, hyperspace, anti-gravity, laser guns, time travel, and othe...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Charlie Jane Anders Reading and Q&A Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Problems Houston never had Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Contingency plans of the space program, looking at some of the more odd answers to the question 'what if this thing goes horribly wrong' from the (...
- Talk
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- A few good cons Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Video Quiz Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- This award winning event is back for its 13th (yes 13th!) year with clips from various film, TV and music. Can you guess the ...
- Workshop
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Live-action Foosball Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Transport of the future. Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Abrolhos Room
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Jonathan Strahan in Interview Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Since the development of the spec fic journal Eidolon through literally dozens of collections and anthologies and a string of Hugo Award nomination...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Authentic Climate Future Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Whatever humanity’s future actions, it now seems all-but-guaranteed that the Earth of 2100 is not going to resemble the Earth of 2019. Science fict...
- Panel
- What Astronomy Teaches Us About Sustainability Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Our world is undergoing huge changes due to humankind's insatiable demand for resources. As a kid, I always assumed that by now we'd be terrafor...
- Panel
- How we edit Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Behind every professionally published short story, anthology and novel there is an editor, working with the author to improve, develop and transfor...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Swancon 2020 Launch Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Pushing the Limits: Extreme Biology Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Life finds a way. Sometimes that way isn't the obvious or easiest way.The panelists discuss some of the oddities of biological life...
- Panel
- Tin Duck Dance Party
- Signup required Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 2 hours
- Follow up the 2019 Tin Duck Awards ceremony with an evening of dance, chat, and social mixing for the whole Swancon, with Grant and Travis playing ...
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Crowns and Swords: The Intertwined Worlds of Fantasy and Monarchy Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- With so many fantasy novels based in a setting drawn from medieval Europe, it’s no surprise to see so many stories based around monarchies - kings ...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Not everything needs a 3D printer Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- A look at how to use (and abuse) assorted hand tools and other things from the hardware store in making and cosplay. Not everything cool needs thou...
- Talk
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Who Wants to Live Forever: Implications of Immortality Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Immortality is a common element in science fiction and fantasy, but what would it actually be like? What would you need to do and think abou...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Cosplay Display
- Signup required Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Bring you best- show off your cosplay costume for judging! Share a moment with your fellow cosplayers, admire each others work and enjoy the cospla...
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Retro computing Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- 16 bits should be enough for anybody! Come meet several enthusiastic collectors of old computers and consoles. We discuss buying, repairing, main...
- Panel
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Trends in children's and young adult SFF Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- Gina Goddard takes you through a survey of what’s moving and shaking in SF/F for young people: including diversity, multi-modality and the wild wor...
- Talk
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Star Trek: Discovery, and the future of the final frontier Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- The Star Trek franchise, which has fractured and transformed in recent years due to the separation of CBS and Paramount, has been back on te...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Grading Blade Runner: The art of predicting the future Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner was set in the year 2019. Now that the real world has caught up with the fictional, how accurate was t...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Closing Ceremony Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote