Events

Anime
Art Show
Con Suite
Concert/FILK
Dance
Dealer Room
Fan Tables/Parties
Fashion Contest
Gaming
Guests of Honor
Guests/Panelists
Hall Activities
Masquerade
Programming
Schedule
Writer's Workshop

Old 2011 Schedule below

For example use only. Will be updated in 2012.

Friday

Brittany Room       San Diego Vintage SF Presents The Thing From Another World (1951)

Crescent Room        "Nobody Knows Anything": The unpredictability of the film industry - Kevin Gerard, Janet Tait, Lynn Maudlin, Chris Farnsworth

Garden Salon I        Scientific vs. Supernatural Horror - Jean Graham, Cody Goodfellow, Richard Dean Starr, Victoria Waks

Crescent Room        What's With All The Zombies? - James Hay, Michael Dubisch, Chris Farnsworth, John Oliver

Garden Salon I        Darwinian SF - Larry Niven, William Stoddard, Victoria Waks, C. S. Marks, Calvin Johnson

Brittany Room       San Diego Vintage SF Presents The War of the Worlds(1953)

Crescent Room        Ebooks and the Future of Publishing - Janet Tait, Richard Dean Starr, Dave Duncan, Jennifer Martin, Jeanne Stein

Garden Salon I        How Much Science Can You Put In Your Fantasy, And How Much Should You? - Sharon Mock, Victoria Waks, Samantha Henderson, C. S. Marks, J. V. Jones

Brittany Room       San Diego Vintage SF Presents When Worlds Collide (1951)

Crescent Room        A Blender Full of Tropes: Media for a self referential, mash-up generation - Samantha Henderson, Elwin Cotman, Chris Farnsworth, Allison Lonsdale, Cody Goodfellow

Fairfield Room        Knitting (Reticule) and Crocheting (Gear Motif) 2 Hours - Nancy Hay and Nolly Mullican

Garden Salon I        Creationism vs Intelligent Design - Jean Graham, James Hay, Lynn Maudlin, Val Ontell, Michael Underwood

Ascot Room            Fantasy Worlds, Real Economies - William Stoddard, Dave Duncan, J. V. Jones, Sharon Mock

Crescent Room        Geo-engineering: Active measures to counter climate change - Gregory Benford

Garden Salon I        The Harder the Science the Harder the Story? - Eytan Kollin, Larry Niven, Calvin Johnson, Victoria Waks, Dani Kollin

Brittany Room       San Diego Vintage SF Presents Monsters From The Id (2008) - The film explores the psychological and cultural impact of 1950's Sci-Fi cinema in America and asks, "Where is science inspiration found today?"

Ascot Room            From Elfland to Poughkeepsie: Fantasy should sound like fantasy - Elwin Cotman, Scott Norton, Eric Shanower, Lynn Maudlin, Michael Underwood

Crescent Room        This Stage Left Intentionally Blank (Concert Setup)

Dealers' Room         Autographs - C. S. Marks, Victoria Waks

Fairfield Room        Reading - J. V. Jones

Garden Salon I        The Shape of People to Come: Cyborgs, androids and trans-humans - William Stoddard, Vernor Vinge, Kevin Gerard, John Oliver, Dani Kollin

Brittany Room       Extemporaneous Storytelling: Tales of science gone wrong - Cody Goodfellow, Judy Lazar, John Oliver, Chris Weber, Eytan Kollin

Crescent Room        Concert (See concert schedule for details).

Con Suite                 Meet the Guests

Brittany Room       The Myths Behind the Monsters: Folk origins of vampires, werewolves, and other traditional monsters - Jean Graham, Merrie Destefano, Jeanne Stein, Deborah Flores, Kiersten White

Garden Salon I        Regency Dance - Alice Massoglia, Marty Massoglia

Brittany Room       Gam3rs!: A one-act play - Walter Meyer

Saturday

Ascot Room            Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters) (2 hours) - Alexandra Sokoloff

Crescent Room        Creating A Non-Vanilla Hero - Marsheila Rockwell, Jefferson Swycaffer, Kevin Gerard, John Oliver

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Shelia Finch

Garden Salon I        Science Fiction as Predictor of Future Technology - Art Holcomb, Tamara Thorne, Dani Kollin, Merrie Destefano, Q. L. Pearce

Fairfield Room        Reading - Howard Hendrix

Crescent Room        The Science of Battlestar Galactica - Kevin Grazier

Brittany Room       Steampunk Before There Was Steampunk: The Victorian writers - Samantha Henderson, Bret Culpepper, Eytan Kollin, Michael Underwood

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Elwin Cotman, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: Care of Magical Creatures - Judy Lazar

Garden Salon I        The Killer Bs plus V and L: Four greats of hard science fiction sound off - David Brin, Gregory Benford, Vernor Vinge, Larry Niven

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: History of Magic: Magic artifacts - Karen Willson

Ascot Room            Gaming styles - RPGs as a literary activity - William Stoddard, Lisanne Norman, Allison Lonsdale, Scott Norton, Patricia Sallume

Brittany Room       Must I Wear a Corset? The feminine SteamPunk silhouette - Nancy Hay, Kate Morgenstern, Arabella Benson

Crescent Room        Christian F/SF - Ron Oakes, Sheila Finch, Marsheila Rockwell, Lynn Maudlin, Nancy Holder

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Gregory Benford, Samantha Henderson

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: Divination - Carolyn Dubisch

Garden Salon I        Putting the Science in Science Fiction: Getting the science right - Jefferson Swycaffer, Dave Duncan, Calvin Johnson, Howard Hendrix

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: Herbology - Atanielle Rowland

Ascot Room            Gothic Horror - Alexandra Sokoloff, Jean Graham, Chris Farnsworth, Eric Shanower

Brittany Room       Can Real Men Write Real Women (and vice versa)? - Lisanne Norman, Karen Willson, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Richard Dean Starr, Kevin Gerard

Crescent Room       Mad Science Fair! - James Hay, Judy Lazar, Eytan Kollin

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Nancy Holder, Dave Duncan

Garden Salon I        Modes of Faster than Light Travel - David Brin, David Ross, Vernor Vinge, Calvin Johnson.

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: Defense Against the Dark Arts - Denise Dumars

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts, Divination - Joy Reyes

Ascot Room            Fem-Bots and Faeries: Why hasn't feminism affected SF and fantasy art, or has it?- Sue Dawe, Atanielle Rowland, Sharon Mock, Allison Lonsdale, John Hart

Brittany Room       How I Learned to Love My Monsters: How different fantastic creatures inspired & influenced me - Kiersten White, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Chris Marie Green, Michael Dubisch, Cody Goodfellow

Crescent Room        Discoveries of the Cassini Explorer - Kevin Grazier

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Alexandra Sokoloff, David Ross

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: Care of Magical Creatures - John Oliver

Garden Salon I        Elizabethan Fencing Demonstration - Bankside School of Defense

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts, Herbology - Karen Schultz

Ascot Room            Conventions of Young Adult Fantasy - Kiersten White, Cindy Pon, Nancy Holder, Kevin Gerard

Brittany Room        It's A Rough Neighborhood, Maybe We Should Just Stay Quiet: The Fermi hypothesis & hostile aliens - Jefferson Swycaffer, Eytan Kollin, David Brin, Larry Niven

Crescent Room       Paranormal Investigation on TV - Tamara Thorne, Chris Farnsworth, Lisa Stoddard, Q. L. Pearce , Brian Hart

Dealers' Room         Autographs - J. V. Jones, Jeanne Stein

Fairfield Room        Hogwarts: Astral Projection - Art Holcomb

Garden Salon I        Victorian Dance Instruction - Russell Hedges

Ascot Room            Putting the Character into the Costume: Talking, moving and acting the art - Kate Morgenstern, Sue Dawe, Bret Culpepper, James Hay, Marc Biagi

Brittany Room       When Will The Singularity Come? - William Stoddard, Q. L. Pearce, Todd McCaffrey, Dani Kollin

Crescent Room        How To Do Paranormal Investigations The Skeptics Way - Brian Hart & Ross Blocher

Dealers' Room         Autographs - David Brin, Cindy Pon

Fairfield Room        SF Poetry Workshop - Deborah Flores, Samantha Henderson, Deborah Kolodji, Marsheila Rockwell, Denise Dumars

Garden Salon I        This stage left intentionally blank (Concert Set-up)

Ascot Room            Date Them or Destroy Them? Relationships in urban fantasy and paranormal romance - Chris Marie Green,

Nancy Holder, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Laura Luchau

Brittany Room       Changing Images Of Superhumanity - Tamara Thorne, Eytan Kollin, Dani Kollin, Jeanne Stein

Crescent Room        Privatization of Space - Gregory Benford, Howard Hendrix, John Hunter, David Ross, Joe Carroll

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Kiersten White, Michael Dubisch

Fairfield Room        SF Poetry Reading - Deborah Flores, Samantha Henderson, Denise Dumars, Deborah Kolodji, Marsheila Rockwell

Garden Salon I        Concert - The Eben Brooks Band

Garden Salon I        Masquerade

Crescent Room        Filk Circle

Garden Salon I        Victorian/Steampunk Dance

Sunday

Ascot Room            Writers' Workshop (2 hours) - Jeanne Stein, Kevin Gerard

Brittany Room       Tales From Behind The Lens: What really goes on during a film/video shoot? - Bret Culpepper, Gerry Williams, Lisa Stoddard, John Hart, Richard Dean Starr

Crescent Room        Writers as Readers - Merrie Destefano, Sherwood Smith, Sheila Finch, Marsheila Rockwell

Fairfield Room        Tom Swift and His Airship on the Silver Screen - James Keeline

Garden Salon I        Putting the Science in Science Fiction: Greatest mistakes of SF - Jefferson Swycaffer, Calvin Johnson, Judy Lazar, Dani Kollin

Brittany Room       It's Life But Not As We Know It: Extremophiles and strange life forms on Earth as models for aliens - Atanielle Rowland, Judy Lazar, Sheila Finch, James Hay, Sue Dawe

Crescent Room        Making your Gun Mod Unique - John Hart, Jefferson Swycaffer, Arabella Benson

Dealers' Room - Autograph: Eytan Kollin and Dani Kollin

Fairfeild Room        Masquerade Review - Nancy Hay

Garden Salon I        The Emergence of Cthulhu As A Folk Icon: You like him. You really like him! - Cody Goodfellow, Michael Dubisch, Allison Lonsdale, Denise Dumars, John Oliver

Ascot Room            Gaming Styles: Putting the role-playing first - William Stoddard, Laura Luchau, Janet Tait, Eben Brooks, Marc Biagi

Brittany Room       Reading - Elwin Cotman

Crescent Room        Images of Women on Fantasy Literature - Sharon Mock, Cindy Pon, C. S. Marks, John Oliver, Michael Underwood

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Merrie Destefano, Marsheila Rockwell

Fairfield Room        String Theory For Beginners - Calvin Johnson

Garden Salon I        Gregory Benford Interview - Gregory Benford, Vernor Vinge

Ascot Room            Book Repair - Dawn Meister

Brittany Room       The Science of Star Trek - Jefferson Swycaffer, Jean Graham, Karen Schultz, Victoria Waks

Crescent Room        And Now For Something Completely Different: Beyond the standard Steampunk tropes - Kate Morgenstern, James Hay, John Hart, Nancy Hay, Allison Lonsdale

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Vernor Vinge, Chris Marie Green

Garden Salon I        The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Past visions of the future - Gregory Benford, Larry Niven,

Stephen Potts, Bret Culpepper, Marty Massoglia

Regency Ballroom (Art Show) Art Auction

Ascot Room            Everyone Will Be Famous To Fifteen People: Famous in your small community - Arabella Benson, Val Ontell, Chris Weber, Allison Lonsdale, Scott Norton

Brittany Room       Q&A - Herb Jefferson Jr.

Crescent Room        Making It Real: How research makes a story come alive - Eric Shanower, Sherwood Smith, Dani Kollin, Cindy Pon, Jeanne Stein

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Bret Culpepper, Cody Goodfellow

Fairfield Room        Illustration Demo - Michael Dubisch

Garden Salon I        Why Do People Believe Weird Things? - Stephen Potts, James Hay, Atanielle Rowland, Todd McCaffrey, Jean Graham

Ascot Room            Pitch Session For Novelists - Denise Dumars

Brittany Room       The City As A High Fantasy Location - Sherwood Smith, Sharon Mock, Dave Duncan, Scott Norton, Elwin Cotman

Crescent Room        A Close Look At Mars - Gerry Williams

Dealers' Room         Autographs - Kevin Gerard, Todd McCaffrey

Fairfield Room        Reading - Lisanne Norman

Garden Salon I        When Is Hard Science Too Hard? - Gregory Benford, Victoria Waks, Jefferson Swycaffer, Calvin Johnson

Garden Salon I        Con Talkback