Saturday 5 June, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:00 AM

Audiovisual testing

30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Collaborative

Michael Deegan Michael (Instructor)

Adrian Smith (Instructor)

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Instructor)

Doug Burbidge (Instructor)

10:00 AM

Opening Ceremony

30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Keynote

Run through banner

30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Collaborative

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Panelist)

Learn a new game: Terraforming Mars

3 hours, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Teaching

Mark Sander Mark (Instructor)

10:30 AM

Welcome to your First Con

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

Frankenplushies

1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Panel

11:00 AM

OH & S are NOT impressed with your Deathstar

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Panelist)

Shay Telfer (Speaker)

Looking back at classic TV

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Panel

Damian Magee (Speaker)

11:30 AM

Plushie War

1 hour, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Collaborative

12:00 PM

LUNCH DAY 1

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

#metoo

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Discussion

1:00 PM

A writer's view of the pandemic

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Samantha Murray (Panelist)

Andrew Harvey, Hague Publishing / Science Fiction Author (Panelist)

Amanda Bridgeman (Panelist)

The Side Hustle Panel

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Wuffie Levingston Wuffie, Wuffie's Fluffies (Panelist)

Helen Creagh (Panelist)

Sarah Parker (Panelist)

Keeping the chaperones amused: adult content in children's franchises.

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Discussion

2:00 PM

1950s science fiction films

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Talk

Damian Magee (Speaker)

Roll for Growth: Roleplaying as an aid to mental health

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Michael Keady (Presenter)

Rancho Relaxo

30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Learn a new game: Castles of Burgundy

2 hours, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Teaching

Mark Sander Mark (Instructor)

2:30 PM

Utilise until failure

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Collaborative

3:00 PM

Cyberpunk 2020 in the rearview mirror

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

David Cake (Panelist)

Stephen Gunnell (Panelist)

The New MCU

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Panelist)

4:00 PM

Caring for your Robot Army: Maker space maintenance from experience

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

David Horton (Panelist)

The Fluffy Happy Unicorn Panel

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Elaine Walker Elaine Walker (Ariaflame) (Panelist)

Ms Anna Hepworth Anna (Panelist)

Look around you...Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe?

30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

4:30 PM

Space travel is rubbish

30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Panel

5:00 PM

Keeping the love alive

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

Glenda Larke glenda larke (Panelist)

Amanda Bridgeman (Panelist)

We're All Going To Die: Real-life apocalypses

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Margaret Dunlop (Panelist)

Claire Coleman (Speaker)

Moss Wilson (Panelist)

Drhoz Drhoz (Panelist)

"...and then they Jumped the Shark" - The last Straw

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Discussion

6:00 PM

DINNER DAY 1

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

7:30 PM

Indie Computer Games of Australia

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Lisa Rye (Panelist)

Matthew Dyet (Panelist)

Brendan Ragan Brendan "LordMortis" Ragan, Viewport Studios (Panelist)

The Remnants of Story: Story and human memory in free and oppressive societies

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Panel

Heather Salter-Purves (Panelist)

Ms Anna Hepworth Anna (Panelist)

The Evolution of Conventions

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Doug Burbidge (Panelist)

Stephen Dedman (Panelist)

Sally Beasley Sally Beasley (Panelist)

Stephen Gunnell (Panelist)

8:00 PM

Playtest: 3 Mersenne

2 hours, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Demonstration

Paul Simmons (Instructor)

Learn a new game: 7 Wonders

2 hours, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Teaching

Mark Sander Mark (Instructor)

8:30 PM

The Obligatory End of Supernatural Discussion

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Discussion

Hamilton singalong

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Collaborative

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Panelist)

It's Fans all the way down: Representations of Fandom in TV and Books.

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Discussion

9:30 PM

Obsolete Technologies: Gasification

30 minutes, 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Stephen Gunnell (Panelist)

The Future of Pleasure: What is going to happen at the intersection of culture, biology and technology?

1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Discussion

10:00 PM

Whoah! An appreciation of Keanu Reeves

1 hour, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Sunday 6 June, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:00 AM

What's new in boardgames for those who look in every now and then?

1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Leece (Panelist)

Robert Masters rdm (Panelist)

9:30 AM

Easter egg hunt

30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Collaborative

10:00 AM

Unreliable narrators: a subjective and uncertain discussion

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

Andrew Harvey, Hague Publishing / Science Fiction Author (Panelist)

Stephen Dedman (Panelist)

Knittin' for Kittens, Crochet for Cats: We Crochet and Knit Blankets for the Cat Haven.

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Workshop

Kit Kat Jenga

30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

10:30 AM

Pokemon TCG

1 hour, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

11:00 AM

A Guide to Romance Writers of Australia writing competitions.

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

11:30 AM

Mortal Kombat

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

David Chandler Dave Chandler (Performer)

12:00 PM

LUNCH DAY 2

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Guest of Honour Speech

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Keynote

Claire Coleman (Speaker)

Tainted Loves: Problematic SF/Fantasy Classics

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Panel

Emma Hawkes Emma (Panelist)

Katherine Mcfarlane (Panelist)

Gina Goddard (Panelist)

2:00 PM

Beyond Blinky Bill: Explorations on Early 20th century Australian Fantasy

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Talk

Emma Hawkes Emma (Panelist)

Fountain Pens - Show and Tell with SteveG and Leece

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Leece (Panelist)

Stephen Gunnell (Panelist)

Rancho Relaxo

30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

2:30 PM

Music afternoon

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Performer)

3:00 PM

Writing 001: Help and assistance for new Writers

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Amanda Bridgeman (Panelist)

Russell B. Farr (Panelist)

Andrew Harvey, Hague Publishing / Science Fiction Author (Panelist)

Glenda Larke glenda larke (Panelist)

Climate Change: Adaptation

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Chris Creagh, Retired (Panelist)

Learning games that cost less than $30

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Demonstration

Warrren Adams (Presenter)

4:00 PM

Classic Who Season 14- From Journalist to Savage

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

Colin Sharpe (Panelist)

Christy Leitch (Panelist)

Mr Aaron Creaser Aaron (Panelist)

Heather Magee (Panelist)

Damian Magee (Panelist)

WASFF AGM

2 hours, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Collaborative

The Geek Guide: An introduction

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Helen Creagh (Presenter)

4:30 PM

Pandemic: Survival - Training Session

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Signup required

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Tournament

Leece (Instructor)

Elaine Walker Elaine Walker (Ariaflame) (Instructor)

Warrren Adams (Judge)

Robert Masters rdm (Instructor)

5:00 PM

Space Trucks - lessons from the Shuttle Program in future and fiction

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

cheshirenoir@gmail.com (Panelist)

David Horton (Panelist)

LAUNCH: The Traitor's Reliquary - Chris Moss

30 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Panel

5:30 PM

LAUNCH: Dark Harvest

30 minutes, 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Panel

Cat Sparks (Panelist)

6:00 PM

DINNER DAY 2

1 hour 30 minutes, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

7:30 PM

Tin Ducks Awards

30 minutes, 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

The great big pyjama party

3 hours, 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Damian's Fabulous Video Quiz!

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Talk

Damian Magee (Speaker)

The Tenth Circle: Newer maps of Hell

1 hour, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Stephen Dedman (Panelist)

David Cake (Panelist)

Pandemic: Survival - Tournament

1 hour 30 minutes, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Signup required

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 4

Tournament

Warrren Adams (Judge)

8:30 PM

Obsolete Technologies: Steam Engines

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Stephen Gunnell (Panelist)

Everything old is new again... Boardgames rebooted.

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

Leece (Panelist)

Robert Masters rdm (Panelist)

9:30 PM

God in Our Image: representations of God/s in media:

1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

David Cake (Panelist)

Monday 7 June, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:00 AM

The Hydrogen Economy: a guide

1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Talk

Build a Camera Workshop

2 hours, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Signup required

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Workshop

Robert Masters rdm (Panelist)

10:00 AM

Disaster Area: Correcting errors in Survival / Disaster movies and Shows

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Panelist)

Sarah (Panelist)

Recipe Horror

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

11:00 AM

People of Colour and Indigenous Authors writing in Australian SF

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Claire Coleman (Panelist)

Closer Than Ever: Our World Out of Control—Horror Futures in 70s Science Fiction Cinema

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Cat Sparks (Speaker)

Made up games

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

12:00 PM

LUNCH DAY 3

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Future imagined

1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

1:00 PM

New Who Season 12- who is the Timeless Child?

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Panel

Damian Magee (Participant)

Heather Magee (Participant)

Christy Leitch (Participant)

Mr Aaron Creaser Aaron (Participant)

Michael Cogan, Swancon (Participant)

Pern Free: Anne McCaffery outside of the Pern Universe

1 hour, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Emma Gill (Panelist)

Stephen Gunnell (Panelist)

Katherine Mcfarlane (Panelist)

2:00 PM

Chesh and Curzon Chat Comics

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Not A Con - Not A Con - Social

Reichmarked the Stars: Representations of Colonialism in Space

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Stephen Dedman (Panelist)

Emma Gill (Panelist)

Claire Coleman (Speaker)

Happy stories at the end of the world

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Panel

Jonathan Strahan (Panelist)

Heather Salter-Purves (Panelist)

Cat Sparks (Panelist)

Rancho Relaxo

30 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 3

3:00 PM

Those that passed:Karen Babcock and others

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Bec Handcock (Panelist)

Robert Masters rdm (Panelist)

Leece (Panelist)

Craig Macbride (Panelist)

Tropeside down. Turning 'tropes on their heads.

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Heather Salter-Purves (Panelist)

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

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Talk

Bec Handcock (Panelist)

Feedback panel and the future of Swancon

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 2

Collaborative

Ms Margaret Watts Margaret (Speaker)

5:00 PM

Closing ceremony

30 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Duxton Hotel - Duxton 1

Collaborative

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