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Sessions in which Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) participates
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Hamilton singalong Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
Sessions in which Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) attends
- kids watch party - Gravity Falls Not A Con - Not A Con - Kids Stream
- 1 hour
- We will all watch something together and there will be a chat box (bottom right hand of screen) for all to talk the whole way through.Link:
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Audiovisual testing Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Panellists and program participants: are you planning to use AV during your presentation? Come to this item and you can test your laptop, DVD ...
- Collaborative
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
- 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
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- LUNCH DAY 1
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- 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
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
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- DINNER DAY 1
- 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- 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
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Knittin' for Kittens, Crochet for Cats: We Crochet and Knit Blankets for the Cat Haven. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Learn how to knit or crochet in the workshop. Then collect materials for a small blanket to make during the con. Completed blankets will go to Cat ...
- Workshop
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- LUNCH DAY 2
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- 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
- Fountain Pens - Show and Tell with SteveG and Leece Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Is the pen mightier than the sword? We think these ones are :-)Steve Gunnell and Leece demonstrate their collection of fountain pens...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Climate Change: Adaptation Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- (my story: your story)Accepted that Climate Change is affecting our lives, how are we, perso...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Classic Who Season 14- From Journalist to Savage Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- This classic season we farewell beloved Sarah Jane Smith and welcome Leela. It is a season full with influences and from the scenes in Renaissance ...
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Space Trucks - lessons from the Shuttle Program in future and fiction Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- While the technology has moved on, the laws of physics have not. A look at the various problems confronted in building a space plane and how they m...
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
- Tin Ducks Awards Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Panel
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Obsolete Technologies: Steam Engines Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Steam Engines are a lot more complex than you'd expect, deliver a level of performance that is phenomenal of the underlying required technology, an...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- People of Colour and Indigenous Authors writing in Australian SF Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Our panelists discuss the importance and impact of Indigenous voices, and those of People of Colour on explorations of the present and future. The ...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- LUNCH DAY 3
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- New Who Season 12- who is the Timeless Child? Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Reichmarked the Stars: Representations of Colonialism in Space Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Far too many SF/F stores, particularly those of a certain age, often portray "empires" and "colonies" that seem awfully similar to a lot of the act...
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 ...
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
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