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Craig Glassner

National Park Service
Digital Media
San Francisco

7:00am PDT

Hospitality - Breakfast Room 1555

11:00am PDT

Hospitality - Lunch Room 1555

12:00pm PDT

The Mechanical Shutter WeidlerSteven Criss

12:30pm PDT

The Coincidence Rangefinder WeidlerSteven Criss

2:00pm PDT

Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Fannish Inquisition RooseveltAndy Trembley • Ben Yalow

3:00pm PDT

Star Wars Origami WashingtonCatherine Chandler • Katie Klecker • Paige Mackmer • Chantal Rochette Tesla Coil Demonstrations 3 SistersDon Anderson Forgiving History LincolnGibbitt Rhys-Jones • James Fiscus • Sarah Gulde • Frog Jones • John Scalzi

4:00pm PDT

Photo Booth 3 SistersHelen Umberger

6:00pm PDT

Opening Ceremony Mult/HollAlexander James Adams • Bobak Ferdowsi • David D. Levine • Lea Rush • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross Anticipatory Anthropology HawthorneManny Frishberg • Rhiannon Held • Rhiannon Louve • John Lovett

7:00pm PDT

Amateur Radio Meetup Ross IslandGuy Letourneau • John Lovett

9:00pm PDT

Match Game SF Jeff/AdamsKevin Standlee • Jim Doty • Manny Frishberg • Andrew Fuller • Lynn Gold • Lisa Hayes • David D. Levine • Debra Stansbury

11:00pm PDT

Stand Up for Geeks WashingtonTristian Spillman

10:00am PDT

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

11:00am PDT

Mad Science: Curious Concoctions MorrisonHunter Mayer • Timothy Storey Visiting Food Carts Outside the Ballroom Lobby entrance

12:00pm PDT

GoH : John Scalzi Reading Ross IslandJohn Scalzi

1:00pm PDT

The Scientist vs The Authors: Intellectual Brawl of the Century Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Bobak Ferdowsi • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross

2:00pm PDT

Ctein Reading MadisonCtein

3:00pm PDT

Star Trek Jeopardy Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi • Paul Guinan • John Scalzi

4:00pm PDT

Photo Booth 3 SistersHelen Umberger

6:00pm PDT

Social Justice Warrior Ross IslandFrog Jones • Amber Clark • Jim Minz • Anthony Pryor • Sienna Saint-Cyr

6:30pm PDT

Vintage Tomorrows Jeff/Adams

11:00am PDT

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 Visiting Food Carts Outside the Ballroom Lobby entrance

12:00pm PDT

The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology HawthorneAri Goldstein • Keith Henson • Guy Letourneau • Sara Stamey

1:00pm PDT

Parties at Cons BroadwayGene Armstrong • Lynn Gold • Frog Jones • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

2:00pm PDT

Evolution of fandom BroadwayGene Armstrong • Petrea Mitchell • Tom Whitmore • Ben Yalow Radio Intelligence During the Prohibition Ross IslandGuy Letourneau

3:00pm PDT

Book Discussion: Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley LincolnJohn Hertz Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox HawthorneCtein • Bobak Ferdowsi • James Glass • Jordin Kare

4:00pm PDT

GoH : Charles Stross Reading JacksonCharlie Stross

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

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

7:00pm PDT

Science Fiction Movies Ross IslandMichael Brugger • Jason LaPier • Tod McCoy • Jennifer Willis

8:00pm PDT

3 Unwise Men Livecast LincolnDavid Boop • Frog Jones • Grant Riddell • Reiter Seaman

9:00pm PDT

Match Game SF Jeff/AdamsKevin Standlee • Lynn Gold • Lisa Hayes • David D. Levine • Lee Moyer • Kevin Roche • Andy Trembley • Wolfcat

11:00am PDT

Australian Aboriginals as First Astronomers HawthorneJames Glass SFWA Business Meeting BroadwayCat Rambo • James Fiscus

12:00pm PDT

Replicator Economics Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi

1:00pm PDT

MemeTown Express WashingtonEmily Brier • Siobhan Ernst How the Hugo Awards Work BroadwayKevin Standlee • David D. Levine • Ben Yalow

2:00pm PDT

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

3:00pm PDT

Closing Ceremonies Mult/HollLea Rush

7:00pm PDT

GoH Science : Juno Viewing Party Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi

8:00pm PDT

Open Filking: Dead Dog OregonLinnea Thompson