9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Audiovisual testing Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Opening Ceremony Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
- Run through banner Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative
- Learn a new game: Terraforming Mars Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 3 hours
- Teaching
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Welcome to your First Con Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Panel
- Frankenplushies Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
- Panel
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
- Panel
- Looking back at classic TV Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Plushie War Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- LUNCH DAY 1
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- #metoo Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Discussion
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
- The Side Hustle Panel Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Keeping the chaperones amused: adult content in children's franchises. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Discussion
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- 1950s science fiction films Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- Roll for Growth: Roleplaying as an aid to mental health Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Rancho Relaxo Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Learn a new game: Castles of Burgundy Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- Teaching
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Utilise until failure Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Cyberpunk 2020 in the rearview mirror Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- The New MCU Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
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
- The Fluffy Happy Unicorn Panel Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Look around you...Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe? Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 30 minutes
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Space travel is rubbish Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Keeping the love alive Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- 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
- Discussion
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
- Indie Computer Games of Australia Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- 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
- Panel
- The Evolution of Conventions Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Playtest: 3 Mersenne Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Demonstration
- Learn a new game: 7 Wonders Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
- Teaching
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- The Obligatory End of Supernatural Discussion Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Discussion
- Hamilton singalong Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
- 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
- Discussion
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
- Obsolete Technologies: Gasification Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM | 30 minutes
- 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
- 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
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
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Easter egg hunt Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative
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
- Panel
- 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
- Workshop
- Kit Kat Jenga Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Pokemon TCG Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- A Guide to Romance Writers of Australia writing competitions. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Mortal Kombat Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- LUNCH DAY 2
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
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
- Fountain Pens - Show and Tell with SteveG and Leece Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Rancho Relaxo Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Music afternoon Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Writing 001: Help and assistance for new Writers Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Climate Change: Adaptation Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Learning games that cost less than $30 Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Demonstration
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
- Panel
- WASFF AGM Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 2 hours
- Collaborative
- The Geek Guide: An introduction Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Pandemic: Survival - Training Session
- Signup required Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tournament
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
- LAUNCH: The Traitor's Reliquary - Chris Moss Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Panel
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- LAUNCH: Dark Harvest Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 30 minutes
- 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
- Tin Ducks Awards Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Panel
- The great big pyjama party Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 3 hours
- Damian's Fabulous Video Quiz! Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
- The Tenth Circle: Newer maps of Hell Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 hour
- Pandemic: Survival - Tournament
- Signup required Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4
- 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tournament
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
- Obsolete Technologies: Steam Engines Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
- Everything old is new again... Boardgames rebooted. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 1 hour
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
- Talk
- Build a Camera Workshop
- Signup required Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2 hours
- Workshop
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
- Recipe Horror Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
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
- 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
- Made up games Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- LUNCH DAY 3
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Future imagined Duxton Hotel - Duxton 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
- Pern Free: Anne McCaffery outside of the Pern Universe Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Chesh and Curzon Chat Comics Not A Con - Not A Con - Social
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Reichmarked the Stars: Representations of Colonialism in Space Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Happy stories at the end of the world Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Rancho Relaxo Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3
- 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | 30 minutes
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
- Tropeside down. Turning 'tropes on their heads. Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
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
- Talk
- Feedback panel and the future of Swancon Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Collaborative
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Closing ceremony Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Collaborative