Craig Macbride
Participates in 1 Session
Sessions in which Craig Macbride participates
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Those that passed:Karen Babcock and others Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- This year, we lost a very valuable part of the SwanCon community, with Karen Babcock passing from COVID related illness.She will be missed. This...
Sessions in which Craig Macbride attends
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Opening Ceremony Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Are you ready??? Meet this year’s team, meet the guests, and get the lowdown on all things Swancon 2020.Welcome to Country ceremony will be...
- Keynote
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Caring for your Robot Army: Maker space maintenance from experience Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- 3D printers, LASER cutters and other maker machines are complex devices with various special needs that are often not clearly explained in the shin...
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- It's Fans all the way down: Representations of Fandom in TV and Books. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Fans being represented inside TV and literature can range from outright offensive to lovingly on point. We discuss some good examples in both camps...
- Discussion
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- The Future of Pleasure: What is going to happen at the intersection of culture, biology and technology? Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
- How are we going to make ourselves feel good in the future? The panelists speculate about technological advances in sex toys, options for more plea...
- Discussion
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- What's new in boardgames for those who look in every now and then? Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Are you confused by your boardgaming mates' latest babblings? Come to get the lowdown on what's trending in the boardgaming community. And what we ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Guest of Honour Speech Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Beyond Blinky Bill: Explorations on Early 20th century Australian Fantasy Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Geek Guide: An introduction Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- The Geek Guide is a freshly launched bi-annual publication made by geeks for geeks. We are working with the fandom community to provide a listing o...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- LAUNCH: The Traitor's Reliquary - Chris Moss Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Awaiting execution, Kestel is saved by a group of disgraced soldiers and swept up into a plot of gods, monsters and angels. Now Kestel must learn t...
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- DINNER DAY 2
- 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- The great big pyjama party Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 3 hours
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Disaster Area: Correcting errors in Survival / Disaster movies and Shows Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- You all know the scenario. You're watching a scene and you think "What the heck? That's not how it works?" and you find yourself sucked...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Those that passed:Karen Babcock and others Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- This year, we lost a very valuable part of the SwanCon community, with Karen Babcock passing from COVID related illness.She will be missed. This...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Leopard-seals, penguins, and no polar-bears, oh my! It’s an iceberg out there! - a slideshow on Homeward Bound, the largest expedition of women to Antarctica Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Dr Bec Handcock will present a slide-show on her experiences as part of the largest ever expedition of women to Antarctica at the end of 2019 (ther...
- Talk
- Feedback panel and the future of Swancon Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- The good, the bad and the unlikely—feedback for 2020 and 2021 committee. A short presentation of the declining financial state and the dwin...
- Collaborative
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Closing ceremony Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- It’s three 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...
- Collaborative