Susan Ackermann Susan Ackermann
Sessions in which Susan Ackermann Susan Ackermann 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
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Looking back at classic TV Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- As a sequel to looking back at classic film this panel discusses what makes a TV show classic, asks how well do these show travel over the years, a...
- Panel
- OH & S are NOT impressed with your Deathstar Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Seatbelts on the Enterprise, Handrails on the Deathstar, Mollyguards on pretty much every control surface, ever.What other (apparently) forgotte...
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- A writer's view of the pandemic Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- How will the COVID-19 affect you, the writer? Have to throw away a script that was "Too soon"? More familiar with the effects of isolation? Did the...
- Keeping the chaperones amused: adult content in children's franchises. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panelists will dive into the morass of 'children's media' and identify the adult content and jokes included for the adults enduring 'Frozen...
- Discussion
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- 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
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- The New MCU Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- WandaVision, Black Widow, Falcon and the Winter Soldier and maybe something that begins with an "X"?What does 2021 hold for a new Phase o...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Fluffy Happy Unicorn Panel Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- So let's cover all the good and nice things that happened in 2020! The Silver linings writ large.(We will be armed with soft toys to throw at th...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- We're All Going To Die: Real-life apocalypses Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- "...and then they Jumped the Shark" - The last Straw Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- When that show you have been putting up with "to get to the end" finally pushes you too far and you rage quit.We compare notes over those "final...
- Discussion
- Keeping the love alive Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- How to keep the spark alive in the long term relationship between you and your book series. Authors talk about how they have sustained narratives o...
- Panel
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...
- The Remnants of Story: Story and human memory in free and oppressive societies Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- How we use story to preserve memories, and how quickly those memories can be removed if stories are suppressed. Panelisted will explore The Madolor...
- Panel
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- 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
- 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 ...
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
- Tainted Loves: Problematic SF/Fantasy Classics Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
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
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- The Tenth Circle: Newer maps of Hell Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Everything old is new again... Boardgames rebooted. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Do you have fond memories of a game from your youth that you thought you'd never see again? Do your older gaming friends talk fondly about ga...
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- God in Our Image: representations of God/s in media: Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- The Hydrogen Economy: a guide Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- A guide to the practical applications of hydrogen power storage and the hydrogen economy. Renewable Energy (RE) resources will play ...
- Talk
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...
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