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MaggieD (Meghan Lancaster)
Friday
, July 1
9:00am PDT
Registration
Halsey
Helen Umberger
12:00pm PDT
Creating Tactile, 3D Fantasy Environments
Hawthorne
John Lovett • Sean Robinson
1:00pm PDT
Coloring Titanium with Electricity
Washington
Kenneth Lett
2:00pm PDT
The Art of Theresa Mather Slideshow
Jeff/Adams
Theresa Mather
Costuming with Unconventional Fabrics
Sellwood
Theresa Halbert • Betty Bigelow • Sandra King • Andrea Letourneau
Bustle Hustle: How to Make a Quick Last-Minute Bustle with Flair and Style
Washington
Joy Knight-Richards
Mer People Meet and Greet
Poolside
Orchid Cavett • Sally Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yl'luria WaterSong
3:00pm PDT
Tesla Coil Demonstrations
3 Sisters
Don Anderson
Nonconformists and Utopians: the Future of Offworld Settlements
Jeff/Adams
Dave Davis • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross
The Wired Brain
Hawthorne
Sonia Lyris • William Hertling • Kenneth Lett • Sean Robinson
4:00pm PDT
Pattern Drafting Software
Sellwood
Andrea Letourneau
Braids, Falls, and Hair Flowers
Washington
Wolfcat
The Celestia Space Simulation Program
Hawthorne
Roy Torley
5:00pm PDT
Steampunk Mystery Game - Scene 1
Weidler
Danielle Nicole Arthun • Amanda Bednarz
6:00pm PDT
Make Your Own: Sonic Screwdriver, Shades, Lipstick?
Washington
Jamie Bear • Karen Black • Emily Brier • Rebecca Ernst • Siobhan Ernst
Opening Ceremony
Mult/Holl
Alexander James Adams • Bobak Ferdowsi • David D. Levine • Lea Rush • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross
Anticipatory Anthropology
Hawthorne
Manny Frishberg • Rhiannon Held • Rhiannon Louve • John Lovett
7:00pm PDT
Going to Mars: What’s the Point?
Hawthorne
Bobak Ferdowsi • Kristin Landon • David D. Levine • G. David Nordley
8:00pm PDT
Tiny TARDIS Top Hats and Bow Ties!
Washington
Jamie Bear • Emily Brier • Rebecca Ernst • Siobhan Ernst
9:00pm PDT
Vanitys Vaudeville Vixens
Mult/Holl
Vanity Thorn
Saturday
, July 2
10:00am PDT
The Art of Dress
Washington
Heather Burgess • Chad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Jess Knight • Joy Knight-Richards • Johanna Mead • Wolfcat
11:00am PDT
Building Art Cars
Jackson
Samuel Coniglio • Katherine the Great
Mer People Meet and Greet
Poolside
Orchid Cavett • Sally Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yl'luria WaterSong
All Punked Out
Weidler
Sarina Dorie • Paul Guinan • Andrew P Mayer
From Prehistory to Shamanism: Theology in Search of Human Uniqueness
Hawthorne
Liz Argall • Ari Goldstein • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones
12:00pm PDT
GEAR Con Tea Parlour
Gearcon Parlour
Flori Lima-Steele
GoH : John Scalzi Reading
Ross Island
John Scalzi
1:00pm PDT
GoH Artist: Amusements and Diversions in the Age of Steam
Jeff/Adams
Theresa Mather
Steampunk Mystery Game - Scene 2
Weidler
Danielle Nicole Arthun • Amanda Bednarz
The Scientist vs The Authors: Intellectual Brawl of the Century
Mult/Holl
David D. Levine • Bobak Ferdowsi • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross
2:00pm PDT
Power Station Open House
3 Sisters
Don Anderson
Waisted Effort
Weidler
Laura Sinclair McShane
Conscious and Unconscious Elements of the Creative Process
Roosevelt
Karen Anderson • Mark Chapman • Manny Frishberg • James Glass
3:00pm PDT
Crowdfunding for Artists
Sellwood
M. Scott Hammond • Hazard • Lee Moyer • Jeff Sturgeon
GoH Artist : Docent Tour
Art Show
Theresa Mather
Fun with Pleather!
Morrison
Kyle Engen • Carol Mathewson • Kevin Roche • Wolfcat
Star Trek Jeopardy
Jeff/Adams
Bobak Ferdowsi • Paul Guinan • John Scalzi
Tesla Coil Demonstrations
3 Sisters
Don Anderson
4:00pm PDT
Intro to Fandom Quilting
Washington
Contessa Paxton Timmerman • Emily Brier • A.M. Brosius
5:00pm PDT
Creativity and Mental Health
Roosevelt
Blythe Ayne • Langley Hyde • Kristin Landon • Erica Satifka
6:00pm PDT
A Tour of Hells and Underworlds
Jackson
Emily Jiang • Crystal Connor • Charlie Stross • Tom Whitmore
Social Justice Warrior
Ross Island
Frog Jones • Amber Clark • Jim Minz • Anthony Pryor • Sienna Saint-Cyr
The Wild and Wonderful Weird West
Sellwood
S. A. Bolich • David Boop • Gordon E Frye • Scott Woodard
7:00pm PDT
Steampunk Scrapheap Challenge!
Washington
Hazard • Kenneth Lett • Paige Mackmer
Masquerade
Mult/Holl
David D. Levine • Alexander James Adams • Andrea Letourneau
Sunday
, July 3
10:00am PDT
Goggles and Gears and Brown, Oh My
Sellwood
Steven Criss • Betty Bigelow • JD Hughes • Flori Lima-Steele • Johanna Mead
Mars – The Dirt on Dirt
Hawthorne
Dave Davis • Dan Dubrick • Loretta McKibben • Sean Robinson
11:00am PDT
Docent Tour: Mark Ferrari
Art Show
Mark J. Ferrari
Mer People Meet and Greet
Poolside
Orchid Cavett
Vacuum Tubes and the Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil
3 Sisters
Don Anderson
Future Laws
Hawthorne
Ari Goldstein • William Hertling • Andrew P Mayer • Sean Robinson • Erica Satifka
SF as a Stealth Delivery Platform
Ross Island
Liz Argall • Sunni Brock • James Glass • John Scalzi
12:00pm PDT
GEAR Con Tea Parlour
Gearcon Parlour
Flori Lima-Steele
The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology
Hawthorne
Ari Goldstein • Keith Henson • Guy Letourneau • Sara Stamey
Has Star Trek Left Us With an Enduring Mythology?
Ross Island
Sunni Brock • Sarina Dorie • Langley Hyde • Patrick Swenson
1:00pm PDT
Building Real Steampunk Objects
3 Sisters
Kinetic Sculpture Races
Art Show
Mark Chapman
Neologism and Linguicide: How the Dominant Language Mutates and Assimilates Other Languages
Ross Island
Jason V Brock • Amber Clark • Angela Hardy • John Lovett
2:00pm PDT
Arlin Robins Art Demo
Jackson
Power Station Open House
3 Sisters
Don Anderson
Hubble
Hawthorne
Loretta McKibben
3:00pm PDT
State Of the Art: Digital Imagery
Jackson
Mark J. Ferrari • Michael Brugger • L. Pierce Ludke
Astrobiology and the Problem of the Fermi Paradox
Hawthorne
Ctein • Bobak Ferdowsi • James Glass • Jordin Kare
5:00pm PDT
Essential Tips for Fitting Yourself
Sellwood
Wolfcat • Theresa Halbert • Sandra King • Flori Lima-Steele • Richard Stephens
6:00pm PDT
Steampunk Mystery Game - Scene 3
Weidler
Danielle Nicole Arthun • Amanda Bednarz
The Cabaret of Curiosities
Mult/Holl
The Leisure Society: Phantom or Just Around the Corner?
Ross Island
Bob Brown • Rhiannon Louve • Paige Mackmer • Erica Satifka
7:00pm PDT
Intermediate Prop-Making
Sellwood
Jesse Lagers • Geahk Burchill • Mark Chapman • Chin Chin • Sandra King • Kevin Roche
8:00pm PDT
Make it Work
Ross Island
Elizabeth Adams • Theresa Mather • Liv Rainey-Smith • Professor DR Schreiber
9:00pm PDT
Match Game SF
Jeff/Adams
Kevin Standlee • Lynn Gold • Lisa Hayes • David D. Levine • Lee Moyer • Kevin Roche • Andy Trembley • Wolfcat
Monday
, July 4
10:00am PDT
Cosplay or Costuming
Sellwood
Amber Clark • John Lovett • Johanna Mead • Kevin Roche
Baron Munchausen
Hamilton
Nat Saenz
The Anthropogenic Extinction
Hawthorne
Gregory Gadow • Keith Henson • Charlie Stross
11:00am PDT
Prop-Making 101
Sellwood
Mark Chapman • Chin Chin • Sandra King
Mer People Meet and Greet
Poolside
Orchid Cavett
12:00pm PDT
Twisted History
Sellwood
Andrea Letourneau • Chin Chin • Flori Lima-Steele • Johanna Mead
Human Speciation in an Interstellar Culture
Hawthorne
Howard Davidson • Hugh S. Gregory • Loretta McKibben • G. David Nordley
Replicator Economics
Ross Island
Elizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi
1:00pm PDT
The Ukrainian Bandura: How Stalin's Henchmen Tried to Destroy a Bardic Tradition
Oregon
Joan Gaustad • Roy Torley
Sherlock Holmes on Steampunk
Weidler
Danielle Nicole Arthun • Flori Lima-Steele • John Lovett • Mac McGowan
Space Travel and Religion
Hawthorne
Gregory Gadow • Guy Letourneau • Sean Robinson • Jennifer Willis
2:00pm PDT
Costume Exchange
Sellwood
Andrea Letourneau
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