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Jenipurr

Knitter, baker, herder of cats.

1:00pm PDT

Exploring Intersections between Games and Science Fiction: A Game Lab Panel Broadway

2:00pm PDT

New Horizons HawthorneRoy Torley

3:00pm PDT

Nonconformists and Utopians: the Future of Offworld Settlements Jeff/AdamsDave Davis • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross The Wired Brain HawthorneSonia Lyris • William Hertling • Kenneth Lett • Sean Robinson

4:00pm PDT

19th C. Medical Quackery 3 Sisters

5:00pm PDT

Mad Science Jeff/AdamsBob Brown • Dave Davis • Fonda Lee • Andrew P Mayer

6:00pm PDT

Anticipatory Anthropology HawthorneManny Frishberg • Rhiannon Held • Rhiannon Louve • John Lovett

7:00pm PDT

Going to Mars: What’s the Point? HawthorneBobak Ferdowsi • Kristin Landon • David D. Levine • G. David Nordley

8:00pm PDT

Tiny TARDIS Top Hats and Bow Ties! WashingtonJamie Bear • Emily Brier • Rebecca Ernst • Siobhan Ernst What Happened to Virtual Reality? HawthornePaul Abeyta • Karen Anderson • Sean Robinson • Sara Stamey

9:30pm PDT

Gallifreyan Lessons from the Time Lord Academy WashingtonKatie Klecker • Jess Knight • Paige Mackmer • Chantal Rochette

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 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

The Patent Office as a Historical Research Tool SellwoodGuy Letourneau Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson

12:00pm PDT

More Than Just Black and White: Humanizing Heroes and Villians RooseveltCarol Berg • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • David Boop • Wendy Wagner

1:00pm PDT

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

2:00pm PDT

Disasters, Crises, and Resultant Industrial Progress HawthorneGordon E Frye • Ari Goldstein • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley

3:00pm PDT

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

5:00pm PDT

Victoria's Other Secret Jeff/AdamsLaura Sinclair McShane

6:00pm PDT

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

7:00pm PDT

Spiritualism & the Victorian Occult WeidlerProfessor DR Schreiber

8:00pm PDT

How Much Math Is Really Necessary? HawthorneManny Frishberg • Sarah Gulde • Jordin Kare • Guy Letourneau • Roy Torley

10:00am PDT

Mars – The Dirt on Dirt HawthorneDave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Loretta McKibben • Sean Robinson

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

12:00pm PDT

Suborbital Tourism LincolnSamuel Coniglio • Dave Davis • Dan Dubrick • G. David Nordley The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology HawthorneAri Goldstein • Keith Henson • Guy Letourneau • Sara Stamey

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 One Man's Villian Is Another Man's Hero JacksonDiana Pharaoh Francis • Carol Berg • Devon Monk • Sara Mueller

2:00pm PDT

Zombies, Vampires, and Capitalism LincolnEmily Jiang • Bob Brown • Gwen Callahan • Andrew P Mayer • Erica Satifka

3:00pm PDT

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

4:00pm PDT

Power Satellites: Replacing Fossil Fuels with Solar Energy from Space HawthorneKeith Henson

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 Conjuring Connection: The History of Science's Influence on Magic 3 SistersProfessor DR Schreiber

12:00pm PDT

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