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What should people talk to me about? If it has any vague passing relation to anything at this event, I will probably be happy to discuss it.

9:00am PDT

Registration HalseyHelen Umberger

11:00am PDT

Makeup Tips and Techniques SellwoodAmber Clark • Theresa Halbert

12:00pm PDT

Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

1:00pm PDT

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

2:00pm PDT

Bustle Hustle: How to Make a Quick Last-Minute Bustle with Flair and Style WashingtonJoy Knight-Richards Academia Duellatoria: Italian Knife Fighting and Knife Defense Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodJeff Richardson

3:00pm PDT

Steampunk for the Casual Fan WeidlerLindsay Schopfer • Jeffrey Cook Forgiving History LincolnGibbitt Rhys-Jones • James Fiscus • Sarah Gulde • Frog Jones • John Scalzi 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

3:30pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: English Style Sabre Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodJeff Richardson • Angel Tanner

4:00pm PDT

Behind the Scenes: Vintage Tomorrows WeidlerAlan Winston • Samuel Coniglio Meet the Steampunks! Gearcon Parlour Battle Scenes LincolnMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • S. A. Bolich • Jim Doty • Fonda Lee

5:00pm PDT

Goofy Patents of the Steampunk Age 3 SistersGuy Letourneau Mad Science Jeff/AdamsBob Brown • Dave Davis • Fonda Lee • Andrew P Mayer If the Pen is Mightier Than the Sword, What Have You Stabbed Lately? RooseveltS. A. Bolich • Manny Frishberg • G. David Nordley • Sara Stamey Short Fiction Markets LincolnCrystal Connor • Andrew Fuller • Keffy R. M. Kehrli • Devon Monk

6:00pm PDT

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

7:00pm PDT

Stump the Master Costumer SellwoodRichard Stephens • Betty Bigelow • Janet Borkowski • Jesse Lagers • Johanna Mead

8:00pm PDT

Brewery Crawls EventCharlie Stross Flirting 101 Ross IslandSonia Lyris

9:00pm PDT

Vanitys Vaudeville Vixens Mult/HollVanity Thorn Sex Positivity Ross IslandDr. Jamie Hardy • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Sienna Saint-Cyr

10:00pm PDT

Doctor Who Fandom Celebration: Tiptoe Through the TARDIS WashingtonJamie Bear • Katie Klecker • Ellen Klowden • Jess Knight • Chantal Rochette

11:00pm PDT

Stand Up for Geeks WashingtonTristian Spillman

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 Empathetic Diversity Chat Ross IslandAmber Clark • Sarah Gulde • Abbie Normal • Cat Rambo • Roget Ratchford Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby

11:00am PDT

Mad Science: Curious Concoctions MorrisonHunter Mayer • Timothy Storey Mer People Meet and Greet PoolsideOrchid Cavett • Sally Newman • Rachel Phillips • Yl'luria WaterSong The Patent Office as a Historical Research Tool SellwoodGuy Letourneau Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson Long Series - Why We Love Them, Why We Hate Them RooseveltEsther Jones • Stoney Compton • Mike Moscoe • Sara Mueller Visiting Food Carts Outside the Ballroom Lobby entrance

11:30am PDT

Ears for Wigs WashingtonSiobhan Ernst • Jamie Bear • Emily Brier • Rebecca Ernst

12:00pm PDT

Cover and Interior Illustration Art in the Age of Digital Publishing JacksonMichael Brugger • Robert Plamondon • Jeff Sturgeon Costuming 101 SellwoodSandra King • Andrea Letourneau • Johanna Mead • Kevin Roche • Richard Stephens Beyond Victoriana - A Multicultural Perspective on Steampunk WeidlerAnina Bennett • Jeffrey Cook • Paul Guinan • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford GEAR Con Tea Parlour Gearcon ParlourFlori Lima-Steele More Than Just Black and White: Humanizing Heroes and Villians RooseveltCarol Berg • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • David Boop • Wendy Wagner

1:00pm PDT

GoH Artist: Amusements and Diversions in the Age of Steam Jeff/AdamsTheresa Mather The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Costuming in Hollywood SellwoodMark Chapman • Theresa Halbert • Jesse Lagers • Laura Sinclair McShane Grimm Discussion Ross IslandJohn Shirley • John Lovett • Micky Shirley • Alan Winston

2:00pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Self-Defense Against the Knife Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodDiana Hauer • Heidi Young Victorian Working Girls: History of Victorian Prostitution Jeff/AdamsHeidi Davisson Violence in Fantasy JacksonJim Doty • Anthony Pryor • John Shirley • Wendy Wagner

3:00pm PDT

Satire to Striptease: The History of Burlesque in the Victorian Era WeidlerVanity Thorn LGBT in Fandom Ross IslandGene Armstrong • Amber Clark • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

4:00pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: Victorian Self-Defense Swords for Scribes Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer Steampunk Horror WeidlerPaul Abeyta • Geahk Burchill • Gwen Callahan • Montana Marshall Does an Advanced Civilization Really Need Sex? HawthorneMike Moscoe • G. David Nordley • Abbie Normal • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

5:00pm PDT

Victoria's Other Secret Jeff/AdamsLaura Sinclair McShane Xenoarchaeology in SF HawthorneKeith Henson • Sharon Joss • Jim Minz • Sean Robinson

6:00pm PDT

Animation from Around the World HamiltonNat Saenz Social Justice Warrior Ross IslandFrog Jones • Amber Clark • Jim Minz • Anthony Pryor • Sienna Saint-Cyr The Wild and Wonderful Weird West SellwoodS. A. Bolich • David Boop • Gordon E Frye • Scott Woodard

6:30pm PDT

Animation from Around the World HamiltonNat Saenz

7:00pm PDT

Masquerade Mult/HollDavid D. Levine • Alexander James Adams • Andrea Letourneau Touring Beer Establishments Event Animation from Around the World HamiltonNat Saenz Obligatory Paranoia Panel Ross IslandAri Goldstein • Frog Jones • Rhiannon Louve • Erica Satifka

8:00pm PDT

How Much Math Is Really Necessary? HawthorneManny Frishberg • Sarah Gulde • Jordin Kare • Guy Letourneau • Roy Torley Flirting 102 Ross IslandSonia Lyris

9:00pm PDT

Interstellar Art Trade Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • L. Pierce Ludke • Brigid Nelson • Tom Whitmore Literary Beer GatherFrog Jones

10:00am PDT

Goggles and Gears and Brown, Oh My SellwoodSteven Criss • Betty Bigelow • JD Hughes • Flori Lima-Steele • Johanna Mead Academia Duellatoria: Women's Self-Defense Seminar Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodDiana Hauer • Heidi Young Fan Tables Ballroom Lobby Fantasy In the City LincolnDiana Pharaoh Francis • Rhiannon Held • Phyllis Irene Radford • Jennifer Willis Formidable Women RooseveltLangley Hyde • Kristin Landon • John Lovett • Mike Moscoe

11:00am PDT

Art Show Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Vacuum Tubes and the Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson Frog Jones Reading MadisonFrog Jones SF as a Stealth Delivery Platform Ross IslandLiz Argall • Sunni Brock • James Glass • John Scalzi Dealers' Room Exhibit Hall across from the main lobby Visiting Food Carts Outside the Ballroom Lobby entrance Realistic Dialogue RooseveltCarol Berg • Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • Stoney Compton • Rhiannon Held • William F. Nolan

12:00pm PDT

Black Cinderella and the New Jim Crow: Media Representation in Post-Racial America WashingtonElizabeth Adams • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford World of Steampunk HamiltonNat Saenz Game Design With Steampunk WeidlerPaul Abeyta • Angela Hardy • Dr. Jamie Hardy GEAR Con Tea Parlour Gearcon ParlourFlori Lima-Steele 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

12:30pm PDT

World of Steampunk HamiltonNat Saenz

1:00pm PDT

World of Steampunk HamiltonNat Saenz Professional Steampunks Dogpile Mult/HollJonathon Burgess • Jeffrey Cook • Mac McGowan • Professor DR Schreiber Young Adult Fantasy We Read RooseveltEmily Jiang • tina connolly • Esther Jones • Fonda Lee Neologism and Linguicide: How the Dominant Language Mutates and Assimilates Other Languages Ross IslandJason V Brock • Amber Clark • Angela Hardy • John Lovett

2:00pm PDT

Gender Roles in Steampunk Fiction and Victorian Moral Climates WashingtonPaige Mackmer • Anina Bennett • Raven Bond • Chad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Ellen Klowden • Jess Knight • Rhiannon Louve World of Steampunk HamiltonNat Saenz Zombies, Vampires, and Capitalism LincolnEmily Jiang • Bob Brown • Gwen Callahan • Andrew P Mayer • Erica Satifka Worldbuilding RooseveltS. A. Bolich • Ctein • Ru Emerson • Rhiannon Held

3:00pm PDT

Anime Theme Songs, From 'Tank!' to 'Take My Revolution!' WashingtonChantal Rochette • Karen Black • Katie Klecker • Ellen Klowden • Guy Letourneau • Petrea Mitchell • Nora • Roget Ratchford • Ayla Jade Spillman Book Discussion: Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley LincolnJohn Hertz Books Into Audiobooks Broadwaytina connolly • Lynn Gold • Sharon Joss

4:00pm PDT

Up Close and Personal SellwoodWolfcat • Theresa Halbert • Sandra King • Flori Lima-Steele • Johanna Mead Regency Dance Jeff/AdamsJohn Hertz Doctor Who for Steampunks WeidlerJohnn Fultz • Danielle Nicole Arthun • Dr. Jamie Hardy Swords for Scribes: Rapier Fighting Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer Toxic Masculinity as Villain Ross IslandDavid D. Levine • Sara Mueller • Sienna Saint-Cyr • Sara Stamey

5:00pm PDT

Hayao Miyazaki Discussion Ross IslandDavid Boop • Bobak Ferdowsi • Lizzy D Hill • Katrina Spillman The End is Now: Images of the World After in Popular Media WashingtonKaren Black • Manny Frishberg • Robert Plamondon • Roget Ratchford • Jeff Sturgeon Ultimate Steampunk: Could the Victorians Have Built a Flying Carriage? WeidlerGuy Letourneau Victorian Underwear 3 SistersSarina Dorie

6:00pm PDT

SF&F Films HamiltonNat Saenz The Cabaret of Curiosities Mult/Holl The Conjuring Connection: The History of Science's Influence on Magic 3 SistersProfessor DR Schreiber The Leisure Society: Phantom or Just Around the Corner? Ross IslandBob Brown • Rhiannon Louve • Paige Mackmer • Erica Satifka

7:00pm PDT

Crossplay, Gender, and You WashingtonEllen Klowden • Sheri Budrow • Heather Burgess • Amber Clark • Ari Goldstein • Jess Knight • Rhiannon Louve • Chantal Rochette • Richard Stephens Science Fiction Movies Ross IslandMichael Brugger • Jason LaPier • Tod McCoy • Jennifer Willis

8:00pm PDT

Make it Work Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Theresa Mather • Liv Rainey-Smith • Professor DR Schreiber Quiz Show: Can You Survive a Journey Through Time? WashingtonTristian Spillman • Manny Frishberg • Ari Goldstein • Ellen Klowden • Ayla Jade Spillman • Katrina Spillman Touring Beer Establishments Event

9:00pm PDT

Costuming from Your Kitchen SellwoodBetty Bigelow • Gail Glass • Brigid Nelson • Richard Stephens Late Night Anime Sunday HamiltonNat Saenz

10:00pm PDT

Putting the Oomph into Your Smut: a Fanfic Writing Panel WashingtonHeather Burgess • Catherine Chandler • Ari Goldstein • Ellen Klowden • Tristian Spillman • Debra Stansbury

10:00am PDT

Broadsword Swinging and Etiquette WashingtonA.M. Brosius • Michael Brugger • Mark Chapman • Tristian Spillman 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

Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? Ross IslandChristian Lipski • L. Pierce Ludke • Robert Plamondon • Lindsay Schopfer Prop-Making 101 SellwoodMark Chapman • Chin Chin • Sandra King Adapting for Comics LincolnLiz Argall • Anina Bennett • Paul Guinan

12:00pm PDT

The 52 Project: Writing a Short Story Every Week for a Year (and Publishing the Best!) WashingtonKenneth Lett • Ellen Klowden Replicator Economics Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi

1:00pm PDT

Space Travel and Religion HawthorneGregory Gadow • Guy Letourneau • Sean Robinson • Jennifer Willis Geeks and Feminism Ross IslandLiz Argall • Amber Clark • Ari Goldstein • Langley Hyde Someone Else's Universe RooseveltMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff • Anina Bennett • David Boop • Robert Plamondon

2:00pm PDT

Costume Exchange SellwoodAndrea Letourneau Local Food Sustainability & Community-Building WashingtonEllen Klowden • Liz Argall • Karen Black • A.M. Brosius • Guy Letourneau • Robert Plamondon Whither conventions? BroadwayGene Armstrong • Mir Plemmons • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones • Tom Whitmore Academia Duellatoria: Swords for Scribes: Arms vs. Armor Swords Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Kim Switzer

3:00pm PDT

Kitten Kaboodle: Portrayals of Cats and Their People in Popular Culture WashingtonEllen Klowden • Katie Klecker • Flori Lima-Steele • Contessa Paxton Timmerman Closing Ceremonies Mult/HollLea Rush Steampunk In Portland WeidlerStephen Couchman • Julie McGowan • Professor DR Schreiber

7:00pm PDT

GoH Science : Juno Viewing Party Jeff/AdamsBobak Ferdowsi

8:00pm PDT

Open Filking: Dead Dog OregonLinnea Thompson