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Bryce Walden

Oregon L5 Society
Archivist
P.O. Box 86, Oregon City OR 97045

3:00pm PDT

Nonconformists and Utopians: the Future of Offworld Settlements Jeff/AdamsDave Davis • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross

10:00am PDT

International Space Flight – A New Cold War HawthorneAri Goldstein • Dan Dubrick • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

11:00am PDT

Parody Song Writing Techniques PNW BallroomJeff Bohnhoff • Frank Hayes • Christian Lipski • Hollyanna Smith McCollom • Andrew Ross Long Series - Why We Love Them, Why We Hate Them RooseveltEsther Jones • Stoney Compton • Mike Moscoe • Sara Mueller

1:00pm PDT

Recent Scientific Breakthroughs JacksonDave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Janet Freeman-Daily • Gregory Gadow The Scientist vs The Authors: Intellectual Brawl of the Century Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Bobak Ferdowsi • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross

2:00pm PDT

Conscious and Unconscious Elements of the Creative Process RooseveltKaren Anderson • Mark Chapman • Manny Frishberg • James Glass Indie Publishing 101 SellwoodJonathon Burgess • Jeffrey Cook • Lee French

3:00pm PDT

Concert: Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff PNW BallroomJeff Bohnhoff • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff Paranormal Romance JacksonDiana Pharaoh Francis • S. A. Bolich • Gwen Callahan • Sarina Dorie

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Does an Advanced Civilization Really Need Sex? HawthorneMike Moscoe • G. David Nordley • Abbie Normal • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones How to Revise RooseveltCarol Berg • tina connolly • Ctein • Lee French

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Concert: Jordin Kare PNW BallroomJordin Kare Xenoarchaeology in SF HawthorneKeith Henson • Sharon Joss • Jim Minz • Sean Robinson

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Masquerade Photography Sellwood The Changing Face of the Computer Interface HawthorneHoward Davidson • Frank Hayes • Kenneth Lett • Roget Ratchford

7:00pm PDT

Meet and Greet Your Local Oregon L5 Society Gather

8:00pm PDT

Theme Circle: Space Songs PNW Ballroom 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

10:00am PDT

Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

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Art Show Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Sunday 11am Kaffeeklatsch MultnomahCtein • Janet Freeman-Daily • Manny Frishberg • Mike Moscoe • Sara Stamey • Jeff Sturgeon • Daniel H. Wilson Future Laws HawthorneAri Goldstein • William Hertling • Andrew P Mayer • Sean Robinson • Erica Satifka SF as a Stealth Delivery Platform Ross IslandLiz Argall • Sunni Brock • James Glass • John Scalzi Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Hospitality - Lunch Room 1555 Visiting Food Carts Outside the Ballroom Lobby entrance

12:00pm PDT

Suborbital Tourism LincolnSamuel Coniglio • Dave Davis • Dan Dubrick • G. David Nordley

1:00pm PDT

Neologism and Linguicide: How the Dominant Language Mutates and Assimilates Other Languages Ross IslandJason V Brock • Amber Clark • Angela Hardy • John Lovett Writing Workshops and Critique Groups: What to Look For LincolnLiz Argall • S. A. Bolich • Tod McCoy • Lindsay Schopfer

2:00pm PDT

Evolution of fandom BroadwayGene Armstrong • Petrea Mitchell • Tom Whitmore • Ben Yalow Guest of Honor Autograph: David Levine AutographsDavid D. Levine

3:00pm PDT

State Of the Art: Digital Imagery JacksonMark J. Ferrari • Michael Brugger • L. Pierce Ludke Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox HawthorneCtein • Bobak Ferdowsi • James Glass • Jordin Kare

5:00pm PDT

Terminator or Wall-E: What is the Future of AI? HawthorneHoward Davidson • William Hertling • Sean Robinson • Daniel H. Wilson

6:00pm PDT

Concert: Frank Hayes PNW BallroomFrank Hayes The Leisure Society: Phantom or Just Around the Corner? Ross IslandBob Brown • Rhiannon Louve • Paige Mackmer • Erica Satifka

8:00pm PDT

Literary Beer GatherG. David Nordley

7:00am PDT

Hospitality - Breakfast Room 1555

9:00am PDT

Art Show Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby

10:00am PDT

The Anthropogenic Extinction HawthorneGregory Gadow • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

11:00am PDT

Autographs AutographsNina Kiriki Hoffman • Mike Moscoe • Wendy Wagner GoH: Science Tourism Experiences Jeff/AdamsDavid D. Levine

12:00pm PDT

Art Auction Mult/Holl Human Speciation in an Interstellar Culture HawthorneHoward Davidson • Hugh S. Gregory • Loretta McKibben • G. David Nordley Replicator Economics Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi How to Get and Keep an Agent LincolnSunni Brock • James Fiscus • Mike Moscoe

1:00pm PDT

Space Travel and Religion HawthorneGregory Gadow • Guy Letourneau • Sean Robinson • Jennifer Willis

2:00pm PDT

Costume Exchange SellwoodAndrea Letourneau Whither conventions? BroadwayGene Armstrong • Mir Plemmons • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Tom Whitmore Onion and Orchids Ross IslandLea Rush • Helen Umberger

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GoH Science : Juno Viewing Party Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi