Alicia is a Perth artist who enjoys drawing creatures from myth. And reality. Happily mixes the two! She is one half of the gaming coordination of Swancon 23!
Sessions in which Leece participates
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Weird Nature for Weird Fiction Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Our planet hosts an incredibly diverse population of plant and animal life, and at the margins things can become really unexpected and dizzyingly w...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- So you want to be a merperson? Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- So you want to be a merperson? Presented by Alicia Smith and Rob Masters. Have you ever dreamed of gliding effortlessly through the cerulean wate...
Sessions in which Leece attends
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Sundowner Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Esplanade Park, across the road
- 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM | 3 hours 30 minutes
- This year Swancon will kick off with a Sundowner Social in the park. The formal programming will start on Friday, so this will be an ...
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Board Games Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades
- 10:30 AM - 11:55 PM | 13 hours 25 minutes
- 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
- Up Up and Away: 81 years of Superman Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- This powerpoint presentation take look at the history of Superman through the mass media, from the voice of Superman on radio, to animation, fil...
- Talk
- 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
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
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Finding the Difference: Australian SF vs the Rest of the World Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Australia has a strong and vibrant speculative fiction industry and community - but how does it differ from the SF produced in the USA, the UK, or ...
- Panel
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Board Games Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades
- 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM | 14 hours 25 minutes
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- 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
- 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
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Swancon 2020 Launch Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Admiralty Gulf
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- The Videogames Canon Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- A panel of gaming experts will gather with one task in mind: to assemble the 10 most important videogames of all time. If you had never encountered...
- Panel
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 ...
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Board Games Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Pleiades
- 9:30 AM - 11:55 PM | 14 hours 25 minutes
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Alan Garner: Cheshire, folklore, and children’s literature Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - King Sound
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- For six decades, the English author Alan Garner has written some of the most memorable and enduring children’s fantasy ever published. Rich with Br...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- So you want to be a merperson? Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - Prince Regent
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- So you want to be a merperson? Presented by Alicia Smith and Rob Masters. Have you ever dreamed of gliding effortlessly through the cerulean wate...