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12:00am PDT

LARP: Graveyard - Friday Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodTom Bird

7:00am PDT

Hospitality - Breakfast Room 1555

8:00am PDT

Gaming Mt St Helens

9:00am PDT

Info Desk Hotel Lobby, near the coffee bar Registration HalseyHelen Umberger

9:30am PDT

Box Fort Play Time MorrisonMeredith Cook • Hunter Mayer

10:00am PDT

Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz A.M. Brosius Reading MadisonA.M. Brosius Faina Lorah Art Demo JacksonFaina Lorah The Art of Dress WashingtonHeather Burgess • Chad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Jess Knight • Joy Knight-Richards • Johanna Mead • Wolfcat Autographs AutographsDavid Boop • Bob Brown • M. Scott Hammond Pre-Masquerade Meeting BroadwayAndrea Letourneau Saturday 10am Kaffeeklatsch MultnomahCarol Berg • Curtis Chen • Diana Pharaoh Francis • David D. Levine • Sonia Lyris • Allen Morris • Anthony Pryor Academia Duellatoria: French Victorian Physical Culture Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden F*** Your Knight and the Horse He Rode in on: Fantasy Series Not Based on Medieval European Culture LincolnFrog Jones • Manny Frishberg • Emily Jiang • Petrea Mitchell How Do You Change History? RooseveltJames Fiscus • Gregory Gadow • Sharon Joss • Phyllis Irene Radford International Space Flight – A New Cold War HawthorneAri Goldstein • Dan Dubrick • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley Empathetic Diversity Chat Ross IslandAmber Clark • Sarah Gulde • Abbie Normal • Cat Rambo • Roget Ratchford Art Show Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

10:30am PDT

Story Time: Aliens and Spaceships MorrisonDale Ivan Smith • Shauna Mckain-Storey • Mir Plemmons Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz Langley Hyde Reading MadisonLangley Hyde

11:00am PDT

Hunger Games: Make Your Own District Pin! WashingtonAyla Jade Spillman • Katrina Spillman Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz James Glass Reading MadisonJames Glass Art Docent Tours: Joni Dashoff Art Show Building Art Cars JacksonSamuel Coniglio • Katherine the Great Mad Science: Curious Concoctions MorrisonHunter Mayer • Timothy Storey Autographs AutographsDevon Monk • Sara Stamey • Scott Woodard Mer People Meet and Greet PoolsideOrchid Cavett • Sally Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yl'luria WaterSong Saturday 11am Kaffeeklatsch MultnomahWendy Van Camp • tina connolly • Frog Jones • Jason LaPier • Tod McCoy • Lizzy Shannon • Charlie Stross The Patent Office as a Historical Research Tool SellwoodGuy Letourneau Parody Song Writing Techniques PNW BallroomJeff Bohnhoff • Frank Hayes • Christian Lipski • Hollyanna Smith McCollom • Andrew Ross Academia Duellatoria: English Bare Knuckle Pugilism Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Jeff Richardson All Punked Out WeidlerSarina Dorie • Paul Guinan • Andrew P Mayer Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson Long Series - Why We Love Them, Why We Hate Them RooseveltEsther Jones • Stoney Compton • Mike Moscoe • Sara Mueller From Prehistory to Shamanism: Theology in Search of Human Uniqueness HawthorneLiz Argall • Ari Goldstein • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones Westercon Business Meeting Ross IslandKevin Standlee Open Read and Critique LincolnStephanie L. Weippert Hospitality - Lunch Room 1555 Westercon On-site Voting Ballroom Lobby Visiting Food Carts Outside the Ballroom Lobby entrance

11:30am PDT

Film Festival: New Worlds HamiltonNat Saenz Rhiannon Held Reading MadisonRhiannon Held Ears for Wigs WashingtonSiobhan Ernst • Jamie Bear • Emily Brier • Rebecca Ernst

12:00pm PDT

Fan Films, oh My! HamiltonNat Saenz Stoney Compton Reading MadisonStoney Compton Cover and Interior Illustration Art in the Age of Digital Publishing JacksonMichael Brugger • Robert Plamondon • Jeff Sturgeon Construction Toy Play Time MorrisonShauna Mckain-Storey • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones Costuming 101 SellwoodSandra King • Andrea Letourneau • Johanna Mead • Kevin Roche • Richard Stephens Autographs AutographsManny Frishberg • Charles Mason • Daniel H. Wilson Saturday Noon Kaffeeklatsch MultnomahS. A. Bolich • Mark J. Ferrari • M. Scott Hammond • John Shirley • Patrick Swenson • Tom Whitmore • Jennifer Willis • Scott Woodard Two Shots: Group One PNW BallroomLinnea Thompson Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Era Grappling for Self-Defense Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodJeff Richardson Beyond Victoriana - A Multicultural Perspective on Steampunk WeidlerAnina Bennett • Jeffrey Cook • Paul Guinan • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford Peelers, Coppers, and Lawdogs: Justice in Victoria Jeff/AdamsJD Hughes GoH : John Scalzi Reading Ross IslandJohn Scalzi Laser Weapons: Reality or Myth? HawthorneJim Doty Contract Pitfalls to Avoid LincolnJames Fiscus • David D. Levine • John Lovett More Than Just Black and White: Humanizing Heroes and Villians RooseveltCarol Berg • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • David Boop • Wendy Wagner GEAR Con Tea Parlour Gearcon ParlourFlori Lima-Steele

12:30pm PDT

Fan Films, oh My! HamiltonNat Saenz Tina Connolly Reading Madisontina connolly Costume in Harness: A Historical Approach to Costume Armor WashingtonChad Budrow • Sheri Budrow High Tech Victorian Firearms 3 SistersGordon E Frye

1:00pm PDT

Keffy R. M. Kehrli Reading MadisonKeffy R. M. Kehrli GoH Artist: Amusements and Diversions in the Age of Steam Jeff/AdamsTheresa Mather The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Costuming in Hollywood SellwoodMark Chapman • Theresa Halbert • Jesse Lagers • Laura Sinclair McShane Autographs AutographsSunni Brock • Frog Jones • Patrick Swenson Concert: Riona PNW BallroomRiona Abhainn Fan Films, oh My! HamiltonNat Saenz Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Cane Self-Defense Systems Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Jeff Richardson Steampunk Mystery Game - Scene 2 WeidlerDanielle Nicole Arthun • Amanda Bednarz Grimm Discussion Ross IslandJohn Shirley • John Lovett • Micky Shirley • Alan Winston Recent Scientific Breakthroughs JacksonDave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Janet Freeman-Daily • Gregory Gadow The Search for Water on Mars HawthorneRoy Torley The Scientist vs The Authors: Intellectual Brawl of the Century Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Bobak Ferdowsi • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross World Building: Science Fiction vs Fantasy RooseveltHugh S. Gregory • Rhiannon Held • Langley Hyde • Jason LaPier Paper Armor MorrisonShauna Mckain-Storey • Meredith Cook • Timothy Storey

1:30pm PDT

Sonia Lyris Reading MadisonSonia Lyris I May Be Bad, but I Am Perfectly Good at It WashingtonSheri Budrow • Heather Burgess

2:00pm PDT

Ctein Reading MadisonCtein Autographs AutographsWendy Van Camp • Phyllis Irene Radford Gravestone Entertainment Presents HamiltonNat Saenz Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Self-Defense Against the Knife Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodDiana Hauer • Heidi Young Power Station Open House 3 SistersDon Anderson Waisted Effort WeidlerLaura Sinclair McShane Conscious and Unconscious Elements of the Creative Process RooseveltKaren Anderson • Mark Chapman • Manny Frishberg • James Glass Colossus, Skynet, or the Culture? BroadwayHoward Davidson • Dave Davis • William Hertling • Loretta McKibben Disasters, Crises, and Resultant Industrial Progress HawthorneGordon E Frye • Ari Goldstein • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley Victorian Working Girls: History of Victorian Prostitution Jeff/AdamsHeidi Davisson Warlocks 101 Ross IslandAlexander James Adams Indie Publishing 101 SellwoodJonathon Burgess • Jeffrey Cook • Lee French Violence in Fantasy JacksonJim Doty • Anthony Pryor • John Shirley • Wendy Wagner

2:30pm PDT

Daniel H. Wilson Reading MadisonDaniel H. Wilson

3:00pm PDT

Raven Bond MadisonRaven Bond Crowdfunding for Artists SellwoodM. Scott Hammond • Hazard • Lee Moyer • Jeff Sturgeon GoH Artist : Docent Tour Art ShowTheresa Mather Fun with Pleather! MorrisonKyle Engen • Carol Mathewson • Kevin Roche • Wolfcat Why the Goggles? Steampunk Technology and Life During the Industrial Revolution WashingtonChad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Guy Letourneau Concert: Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff PNW BallroomJeff Bohnhoff • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff Documentaries HamiltonNat Saenz Academia Duellatoria: Wrist and Joint Locks as Self-Defense Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodJeff Richardson Satire to Striptease: The History of Burlesque in the Victorian Era WeidlerVanity Thorn Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson Ecology in Action HawthorneBob Brown • Dave Davis • John Lovett LGBT in Fandom Ross IslandGene Armstrong • Amber Clark • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones How Do You Get Published Today? RooseveltFrog Jones • David Boop • Stoney Compton • Cat Rambo Paranormal Romance JacksonDiana Pharaoh Francis • S. A. Bolich • Gwen Callahan • Sarina Dorie Plotting vs. Pantsing LincolnBlythe Ayne • Carol Berg • Jim Doty • Stephanie L. Weippert Star Trek Jeopardy Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi • Paul Guinan • John Scalzi Masquerade Practice HolladayAndrea Letourneau • David D. Levine

3:30pm PDT

Gerald D. Nordley Reading MadisonG. David Nordley

4:00pm PDT

Andrew P Mayer Reading MadisonAndrew P Mayer Concert: Andrew Ross PNW BallroomAndrew Ross Steampunk Author Readings 1 3 SistersJonathon Burgess • Jeffrey Cook • Rhiannon Louve Steampunk Horror WeidlerPaul Abeyta • Geahk Burchill • Gwen Callahan • Montana Marshall Book Discussion: Fail-Safe (1962) by Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler JacksonJohn Hertz Does an Advanced Civilization Really Need Sex? HawthorneMike Moscoe • G. David Nordley • Abbie Normal • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones Drones - Who Decides Who and When They Kill? Ross IslandAndrew Nisbet • Dave Davis • William Hertling • Frog Jones • Ken Lizzi How to Revise RooseveltCarol Berg • tina connolly • Ctein • Lee French Physical Intuition and the Suspension of Disbelief LincolnBlythe Ayne • Diana Pharaoh Francis • Devon Monk • Lindsay Schopfer Dexterity Games Kids Tournament MorrisonKyle Engen • Carol Mathewson Intro to Fandom Quilting WashingtonContessa Paxton Timmerman • Emily Brier • A.M. Brosius Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Self-Defense Swords for Scribes Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer Features HamiltonNat Saenz The Past Year in the Rest of the World in Space SellwoodDan Dubrick • Hugh S. Gregory Photo Booth 3 SistersHelen Umberger

4:30pm PDT

Shannon Page Reading MadisonShannon Page

5:00pm PDT

Cat Rambo Reading MadisonCat Rambo Arlin Robins Art Demo JacksonArlin Robins Art Docent Tours: Ctein Art ShowCtein Concert: Jordin Kare PNW BallroomJordin Kare Cross-Genre Steampunk WeidlerJonathon Burgess • Sarina Dorie Super-Powered Television LincolnEsther Jones • Emily Jiang • Andrew P Mayer • John Shirley Xenoarchaeology in SF HawthorneKeith Henson • Sharon Joss • Jim Minz • Sean Robinson SF and Slavery Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Ari Goldstein • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Jennifer Willis Creativity and Mental Health RooseveltBlythe Ayne • Langley Hyde • Kristin Landon • Erica Satifka Victoria's Other Secret Jeff/AdamsLaura Sinclair McShane Paper Modelling with SketchUp 3 SistersGeahk Burchill

5:30pm PDT

WesterKids Costume Parade MorrisonShauna Mckain-Storey • Kyle Engen • Carol Mathewson • Wolfcat Lizzy Shannon Reading MadisonLizzy Shannon Heroes in the Making WashingtonSheri Budrow • Heather Burgess

6:00pm PDT

Animation from Around the World HamiltonNat Saenz William Noland & Jason Brock Reading MadisonJason V Brock • William F. Nolan Monsters Pajama Party: Stories and Crafts MorrisonShauna Mckain-Storey • Timothy Storey Concert: Steve Savitsky PNW BallroomSteve Savitsky Roll Film WeidlerSteven Criss A Tour of Hells and Underworlds JacksonEmily Jiang • Crystal Connor • Charlie Stross • Tom Whitmore Social Justice Warrior Ross IslandFrog Jones • Amber Clark • Jim Minz • Anthony Pryor • Sienna Saint-Cyr The Changing Face of the Computer Interface HawthorneHoward Davidson • Frank Hayes • Kenneth Lett • Roget Ratchford The Wild and Wonderful Weird West SellwoodS. A. Bolich • David Boop • Gordon E Frye • Scott Woodard Hospitality - Dinner Room 1555 Masquerade Photography Sellwood LARP: Dying Light Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodTom Bird

6:30pm PDT

Animation from Around the World HamiltonNat Saenz Erica Satifka Reading MadisonErica Satifka Vintage Tomorrows Jeff/Adams

7:00pm PDT

Phyllis Irene Radford Reading MadisonPhyllis Irene Radford Family Game Time MorrisonKyle Engen • Carol Mathewson Concert: Cecilia Eng PNW BallroomCecilia A. Eng Animation from Around the World HamiltonNat Saenz Spiritualism & the Victorian Occult WeidlerProfessor DR Schreiber Meet and Greet Your Local Oregon L5 Society Gather Obligatory Paranoia Panel Ross IslandAri Goldstein • Frog Jones • Rhiannon Louve • Erica Satifka Steampunk Scrapheap Challenge! WashingtonHazard • Kenneth Lett • Paige Mackmer Touring Beer Establishments Event Masquerade Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Alexander James Adams • Andrea Letourneau

8:00pm PDT

Literary Beer GatherDiana Pharaoh Francis Theme Circle: Space Songs PNW Ballroom Junk Drawer: This and That HamiltonNat Saenz How Much Math Is Really Necessary? HawthorneManny Frishberg • Sarah Gulde • Jordin Kare • Guy Letourneau • Roy Torley Flirting 102 Ross IslandSonia Lyris Romance in Young Adult Novels LincolnBlythe Ayne • Nina Kiriki Hoffman • Esther Jones • Jennifer Willis

9:00pm PDT

Interstellar Art Trade Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • L. Pierce Ludke • Brigid Nelson • Tom Whitmore Cosplayers SellwoodAri Goldstein • Betty Bigelow • Abbie Normal • Roget Ratchford Literary Beer GatherFrog Jones Open Filking: Chaos PNW BallroomLinnea Thompson Late Night Anime Saturday HamiltonNat Saenz

10:00pm PDT

Welcome to Fanfic WashingtonDebra Stansbury • Karen Black • Sheri Budrow • Heather Burgess • Catherine Chandler • Ellen Klowden • Nora • Katrina Spillman • Tristian Spillman LARP: Dystopia Rising Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodTom Bird

10:30pm PDT

Late Night Horror Reading: John Shirleys MadisonJohn Shirley

11:00pm PDT

Late Night Horror Reading: Crystal Connor MadisonCrystal Connor Bowie Tribute, From Jareth to Ziggy WashingtonJess Knight • Chad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Ellen Klowden • Chantal Rochette • Richard Stephens Literary Beer GatherJason LaPier