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Thursday Bram

Urgency Inc.
Co-founder & Word Nerd
Portland, Oregon
Websitet.co/O9Zo5WEMxL
Prone to random written acts
Friday, July 1
 

9:00am PDT

Registration HalseyHelen Umberger

12:00pm PDT

The Mechanical Shutter WeidlerSteven Criss

1:00pm PDT

Coloring Titanium with Electricity WashingtonKenneth Lett

2:00pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: Italian Knife Fighting and Knife Defense Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodJeff Richardson

3:00pm PDT

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

4:00pm PDT

19th C. Medical Quackery 3 Sisters

4:30pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: Spanish Sabre Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden

5:00pm PDT

How Being an Engaged Patient Can Save Your Life HawthorneJanet Freeman-Daily • Ari Goldstein • Frog Jones • Ellen Klowden • Jennifer Willis If the Pen is Mightier Than the Sword, What Have You Stabbed Lately? RooseveltS. A. Bolich • Manny Frishberg • G. David Nordley • Sara Stamey

6:00pm PDT

Opening Ceremony Mult/HollAlexander James Adams • Bobak Ferdowsi • David D. Levine • Lea Rush • John Scalzi • Charlie Stross Queer Identities After the Apocalypse: Trans Health Care & Queer Reproductive Choices Ross IslandAmber Clark • Keffy R. M. Kehrli • Abbie Normal

9:00pm PDT

Vanitys Vaudeville Vixens Mult/HollVanity Thorn
 
Saturday, July 2
 

10:00am PDT

Empathetic Diversity Chat Ross IslandAmber Clark • Sarah Gulde • Abbie Normal • Cat Rambo • Roget Ratchford

11:00am PDT

Building Art Cars JacksonSamuel Coniglio • Katherine the Great All Punked Out WeidlerSarina Dorie • Paul Guinan • Andrew P Mayer

12:00pm PDT

Contract Pitfalls to Avoid LincolnJames Fiscus • David D. Levine • John Lovett

12:30pm PDT

High Tech Victorian Firearms 3 SistersGordon E Frye

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

Victorian Working Girls: History of Victorian Prostitution Jeff/AdamsHeidi Davisson

3:00pm PDT

Satire to Striptease: The History of Burlesque in the Victorian Era WeidlerVanity Thorn Paranormal Romance JacksonDiana Pharaoh Francis • S. A. Bolich • Gwen Callahan • Sarina Dorie

4:00pm PDT

Does an Advanced Civilization Really Need Sex? HawthorneMike Moscoe • G. David Nordley • Abbie Normal • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

6:00pm PDT

Social Justice Warrior Ross IslandFrog Jones • Amber Clark • Jim Minz • Anthony Pryor • Sienna Saint-Cyr The Changing Face of the Computer Interface HawthorneHoward Davidson • Frank Hayes • Kenneth Lett • Roget Ratchford
 
Sunday, July 3
 

10:00am PDT

Academia Duellatoria: Women's Self-Defense Seminar Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodDiana Hauer • Heidi Young

11:00am PDT

Future Laws HawthorneAri Goldstein • William Hertling • Andrew P Mayer • Sean Robinson • Erica Satifka

12:00pm PDT

Black Cinderella and the New Jim Crow: Media Representation in Post-Racial America WashingtonElizabeth Adams • Emily Jiang • Roget Ratchford The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology HawthorneAri Goldstein • Keith Henson • Guy Letourneau • Sara Stamey

1:00pm PDT

Academia Duellatoria: The Rapier System of Gerard Thibault Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden

2:00pm PDT

Evolution of fandom BroadwayGene Armstrong • Petrea Mitchell • Tom Whitmore • Ben Yalow Zombies, Vampires, and Capitalism LincolnEmily Jiang • Bob Brown • Gwen Callahan • Andrew P Mayer • Erica Satifka

3:00pm PDT

Books Into Audiobooks Broadwaytina connolly • Lynn Gold • Sharon Joss

4:00pm PDT

Toxic Masculinity as Villain Ross IslandDavid D. Levine • Sara Mueller • Sienna Saint-Cyr • Sara Stamey

6:00pm PDT

The Leisure Society: Phantom or Just Around the Corner? Ross IslandBob Brown • Rhiannon Louve • Paige Mackmer • Erica Satifka
 
Monday, July 4
 

10:00am PDT

Academia Duellatoria: German Pole Axe Mt Bachelor/Mt HoodMatthew Howden • Heidi Young

12:00pm PDT

Human Speciation in an Interstellar Culture HawthorneHoward Davidson • Hugh S. Gregory • Loretta McKibben • G. David Nordley Replicator Economics Ross IslandElizabeth Adams • Manny Frishberg • Ken Lizzi • John Scalzi

1:00pm PDT

How the Hugo Awards Work BroadwayKevin Standlee • David D. Levine • Ben Yalow 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

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