Sessions in which Wuffie Levingston Wuffie participates
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- The Side Hustle Panel Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Getting started setting up a "side business" based on your loves and hobbies, for enjoyment and extra spending money (To spend on your loves and ho...
Sessions in which Wuffie Levingston Wuffie 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
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Frankenplushies Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Roll for Growth: Roleplaying as an aid to mental health Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- 1950s science fiction films Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- This presentation looks at the famous, the forgotten and the unusual sci films of 1950s from US, UK and Japan.The films that made afternoons at...
- Talk
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- The Evolution of Conventions Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Conventions are always changing. Things that were "Rock Solid, Must Have" fall by the wayside and new things replace them. We look at examples of t...
- Indie Computer Games of Australia Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
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
- The Obligatory End of Supernatural Discussion Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Supernatural and its fandom has had a huge impact on our media landscape and fandom history and culture. Let's look at the tension between the show...
- 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
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
- Whoah! An appreciation of Keanu Reeves Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 1 hour
- As a young actor, Mr Reeves was often seen as a bit wooden, maybe a bit fluffy.These days, however...There will be discussion of John Wic...
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 ...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Unreliable narrators: a subjective and uncertain discussion Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Unreliable narrators: a subjective and uncertain tour through the story-telling options for introducing biased narrators, not limited to accidental...
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Guest of Honour Speech Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keynote
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Damian's Fabulous Video Quiz! Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- This award winning event is back for its 14th year with clips from various film, TV and music. Can you guess the clue from the clip? Damian will be...
- Talk
- The great big pyjama party Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 3 hours
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Recipe Horror Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Closer Than Ever: Our World Out of Control—Horror Futures in 70s Science Fiction Cinema Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Future imagined Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Happy stories at the end of the world Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Cozy fiction centres domesticity, community and care but often we feel guilt for enjoying cozy media as the world burns. Can we balance self-care w...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Tropeside down. Turning 'tropes on their heads. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Take a standard story. Put in a recognisable trope, something that the readers/viewers are comfortable with and subconsciously understand. Then ...
- 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
- 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