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Eva Almgren-Friedman

Portland, Oregon
Friday, July 1
 

1:00pm PDT

Conventions of the Pacific Northwest Ross IslandKaren Anderson • Gene Armstrong • Gregory Gadow • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

3:00pm PDT

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

4:00pm PDT

Battle Scenes LincolnMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • S. A. Bolich • Jim Doty • Fonda Lee
 
Saturday, July 2
 

10:00am PDT

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

11:00am PDT

Long Series - Why We Love Them, Why We Hate Them RooseveltEsther Jones • Stoney Compton • Mike Moscoe • Sara Mueller

1:00pm PDT

World Building: Science Fiction vs Fantasy RooseveltHugh S. Gregory • Rhiannon Held • Langley Hyde • Jason LaPier

2:00pm PDT

Disasters, Crises, and Resultant Industrial Progress HawthorneGordon E Frye • Ari Goldstein • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley Violence in Fantasy JacksonJim Doty • Anthony Pryor • John Shirley • Wendy Wagner

5:00pm PDT

Super-Powered Television LincolnEsther Jones • Emily Jiang • Andrew P Mayer • John Shirley Xenoarchaeology in SF HawthorneKeith Henson • Sharon Joss • Jim Minz • Sean Robinson

6:00pm PDT

A Tour of Hells and Underworlds JacksonEmily Jiang • Crystal Connor • Charlie Stross • Tom Whitmore
 
Sunday, July 3
 

11:00am PDT

Cosmic Horror in Mainstream Media JacksonGwen Callahan • Crystal Connor • Andrew Fuller • Devon Monk SF as a Stealth Delivery Platform Ross IslandLiz Argall • Sunni Brock • James Glass • John Scalzi

12:00pm PDT

Black Cinderella and the New Jim Crow: Media Representation in Post-Racial America WashingtonElizabeth Adams • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford

2:00pm PDT

Evolution of fandom BroadwayGene Armstrong • Petrea Mitchell • Tom Whitmore • Ben Yalow

3:00pm PDT

Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox HawthorneCtein • Bobak Ferdowsi • James Glass • Jordin Kare

5:00pm PDT

Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Ross IslandDavid Boop • Bobak Ferdowsi • Lizzy D Hill • Katrina Spillman

7:00pm PDT

Science Fiction Movies Ross IslandMichael Brugger • Jason LaPier • Tod McCoy • Jennifer Willis
 
Monday, July 4
 

10:00am PDT

The Anthropogenic Extinction HawthorneGregory Gadow • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross

12:00pm PDT

Human Speciation in an Interstellar Culture HawthorneHoward Davidson • Hugh S. Gregory • Loretta McKibben • G. David Nordley