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Revised 26Feb 10:17(Changes in BOLD )

Friday

Noon

Balboa            Gaslight Romance: Victorian Fantasy - Arabella Benson, Samantha Henderson, Allison Lonsdale, Scott Norton (M)

Director’s        Looking Back at the Aughts: A Decade of Genre on TV - Janet Tait, Val Ontell, Chris Marie Green (M)

Executive        San Diego Vintage SF Presents: Jules Verne Film Festival: Mysterious Island (1961) [2 hrs] - Gerry Williams

1 PM

Balboa            Victorian Weaponry - Bret Culpepper, John Hart

Director’s        Crossing Genres: Science Fiction Mystery, Paranormal Romance, Etc. - Mat Nastos (M), Deborah Ross, David Trowbridge, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom

2 PM

Balboa            Science and Technology Before Its Time - C. J. Cherryh, William Stoddard, Jefferson Swycaffer (M), John Oliver, Bret Culpepper

Director’s        Transhuman Horror - Cody Goodfellow, Howard Hendrix, Lynn Maudlin (M)

Executive        San Diego Vintage SF Presents: Jules Verne Film Festival: Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) [2 hrs] - Gerry Williams

3 PM

Balboa            The Victorian Paranormal - Sue Dawe, William Stoddard, Allison Lonsdale, Samantha Henderson (M)

Director’s        The Necessities of World Building in Fantasy - David Trowbridge, Jane Fancher, Deborah Ross (M), Sharon Mock

Board              Knitting (Victorian coin purse) and Crochet (Fingerless gloves) Workshop - Nancy Hay, Nolly Mullican

4 PM

Balboa            Around the World in 80 Days: Steampunking the Rest of the Globe - C. J. Cherryh, Vernor Vinge, Arabella Benson (M), Shweta Narayan, Sue Dawe

Director’s        Animal Behavior Models For Alien Societies - Sheila Finch, Judy Lazar, David Trowbridge (M), Allison Lonsdale, Deborah Flores

Executive        San Diego Vintage SF Presents: Jules Verne Film Festival: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Czechoslovakia, 1958) [2 hrs] - Gerry Williams

5 PM

Balboa            Altered Alice and Odd Oz - Eric Shanower, Tom Kovac, Sheila Finch, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, James Hay (M)

Director’s        Faux Finishes - Arabella Benson, John Hart

Board              Roundtable: New Trek: Where do They Go From Here? - Laura Luchau

7 PM

Poolview         Meet the Guests [2 hrs]

7:30 PM

Balboa            Wizard Rock Concert [3½  hrs]

Director’s        Music Fantastic Concert [3 hrs]

8 PM

Executive        Mars in the Movies [2 hrs] - Gerry Williams

Saturday

10 AM

Garden Ballroom I                Pirate Republics: C. J. Cherry, William Stoddard, Matt Pallamary (M), Sherwood Smith, John Oliver

Garden Ballroom II              A Steampunk Civil War - Bret Culpepper, David Ross, Eytan Kollin (M), Jefferson Swycaffer

Director’s        The Art Of Procrastination: What Writers Do To Avoid Deadlines - Lynn Flewelling, Q. L. Pearce (M), Paul Stuart, Sharon Mock, Tamara Thorne

Executive        Biology and Ecology of Vampires: James Hay, Atanielle Rowland, Deborah Flores, Jane Fancher, Jean Graham (M)

11 AM

Garden Ballroom I                Ask The Next Question: Working Through The Ramifications Of Your Fantastic Changes - Sheila Finch (M), Lynn Flewelling, Shweta Narayan, Deborah Ross, V. J. Waks

Garden Ballroom II              Punking other Eras: Clockpunk, Lacepunk, Dieselpunk, etc. - Howard Hendrix, Sherwood Smith (M), Sharon Mock , Jefferson Swycaffer

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Divination (Pendulums) – Joy Reyes

Director’s        Victorian Visions: Victorian And Pseudo-Victorian Styles In Art - Sue Dawe, Tom Kovac (M), Allison Londsale, Ramona Szczerba

Executive        The Social Contract In Role-play Gaming - Janet Tait (M), P. J. Haarsma, Allison Lonsdale, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin

Autographs     Cody Goodfellow, Bret Culpepper

Noon

Garden Ballroom I                GOH talk - C. J. Cherryh

Garden Ballroom II              Wellsian Speculation and Vernian Extrapolation: Their Visions of the Future - Stephen Potts, Howard Hendrix, Calvin Johnson (M), Sue Dawe

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Debating “The Case for Ending Wizard/Muggle Separatism” – Lucius Malfoy (James Hay), Tully Steelyard (William Stoddard)

Director’s        Achieving a Victorian Silhouette - Dawn Devine (M), Julie Adams, Kathy Lear

Executive        One Of Your Crucial Character isn't Working: What do you do? - Tamara Thorne (M), Arthur Holcomb, Kevin Gerard, Dani Kollin, Jane Fancher

Autographs     P. J. Haarsma, Lisanne Norman

1 PM

Garden Ballroom I                Really Horrible Bad Guys: Achieving true evil in horror - Cody Goodfellow, Paul Stuart (M), Q. L. Pearce, Tamara Thorne, Matt Pallamary

Garden Ballroom II              19th Century Decadence - Allison Lonsdale, Michael Underwood (M), Dawn Devine, Samantha Henderson

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Muggle Studies (Muggle Eye for the Wizarding Guy) - Kate Morgenstern, John Oliver, Kathy Lear (M)

Director’s        Mars Exploration Rovers, Year Six: - Gerry Williams

Executive        Mowgli and Tarzan: The wild child in myth and literature- Stephen Potts, Deborah Ross (M), V. J. Waks, Sheila Finch

Autographs     Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin

2 PM

Garden Ballroom I                How To Change The Past Without Destroying The Future: Time travel as a plot device Arthur Holcomb (M), Vernor Vinge, Deborah Ross, Scott Norton, Ron Oakes

Garden Ballroom II              What Makes a Mad Scientist Mad?: Crazy Science?, Warped Goals? Extremism? James Hay (M), Atanielle Rowland, David Trowbridge, Calvin Johnson, Lynn Maudlin

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Herbology – Kathy Schultz

Director’s        Steampunk Costuming: Help Me! I'm Stuck!: Help with character and costume ideas - Q. L. Pearce, Arabella Benson, Maria Berry, Nancy Hay (M), Jefferson Swycaffer

Executive        Freedom to Offend - Tom Kovac, David Ross (M), Kevin Gerard, Val Ontell, Tamara Thorne

Poolview         Steampunk Tea

Autographs     Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Chris Marie Green

3 PM

Garden Ballroom I                Alternate History: Change Points - Sheila Finch, Stephen Potts, Scott Norton, David Ross, Fran Wasielewski (M)

Garden Ballroom II              What Fans Don't Know about Publishing: P. J. Haarsma, Matt Pallamary, Jean Graham, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom (M), Eric Shanower

Director’s        Victorian Men's Costuming - Julie Adams (M), Bret Culpepper, Kate Morgenstern

Board              Nano-Technology: The next scientific revolution? - Calvin Johnson, Todd McCaffrey, Jefferson Swycaffer, Dani Kollin (M)

Poolview         Poetry Workshop - Samantha Henderson, Deborah Kolokji, J. C. Runolfson, Deborah Flores

Autographs     Deborah Ross, V. J. Waks

3:30 PM

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Divination (Haruspication: Entrail Reading) -   Atanielle Rowland

4 PM

Garden Ballroom I                Failed Suspension of Disbelief: When do you stop reading/watching? - Vernor Vinge, Todd McCaffrey, Lisanne Norman, Lynn Flewelling, Jean Graham (M)

Garden Ballroom II              Victorian Society – Sherwood Smith, Kirsten Imani Kasai (M), Bret Culpepper

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Astral Projection - Arthur Holcomb

Executive        Mad Science Fair - James Hay (M), David Berry, Judy Lazar, Matt Pallamary

Board              Inventing A Visual Style for an Imaginary Culture - David Trowbridge, Ramona Szczerba, Shweta Narayan, John Oliver (M), Allison Lonsdale

Poolview         Victorian Poetry Salon - Deborah Flores, Samantha Henderson, Deborah Kolokji, J. C. Runolfson, Denise Dumars

Autographs     C. J. Cherryh, Jane Fancher

4:30 PM

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: History of Magic (The Life and Times of Merlin) - Kathy Lear

5 PM

Garden            Ballroom I Steampunk Dance Instruction – Russell Hedges

Garden            Ballroom II Classic Monsters, Classic Anxiety: What anxieties spawned the classic monsters? - Cody Goodfellow (M), Paul Stuart, John Hart, Eytan Kollin

Balboa            Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Ancient Runes (Modern Uses for Ancient Runes) - Fran Wasielewski

Director’s        Hat Goggle Workshop - Arabella Benson, Kate Morgenstern

Executive        True Ghost Stories (Come and share you encounter tales) - Q. L. Pearce, Tamara Thorne

Board            Roundtable: What Would You Like To See Made Into Movies? – John Oliver

Poolview         Victorian Salon: Open Readings. Bring something to share.

Autographs     Sheila Finch, Vernor Vinge

5:30 PM

Balboa           Hogwarts Educational Retreat: History of Magic (Great VIctorian Magicians) - Denise Dumars

7 PM

Executive        Sexuality and Gender in SF - V. J. Waks (M), Lisanne Norman, Jane Fancher, Sweta Nararyan, Kirsten Imani Kasai

7:30 PM

Garden Ballroom I                Masquerade

8 PM

Director’s        Filk Circle [3 hrs]

Executive        Are You a Werewolf? (Game) – Todd McCaffrey

9 PM

Garden Ballroom I                Victorian Steampunk Dance [3 hrs] – Russell Hedges

Balboa            Acoustic Wrock Concert [2 hrs]

Sunday

10 AM

Balboa            Adapting Fairy Tales - Michael Underwood, C. J. Cherryh (M), Kirsten Imani Kasai, Nancy Holder

Director’s        Victorian Science: Biology and medicine - James Hay (M), Judy Lazar, Atanielle Rowland, William Stoddard

Executive        Potter And Twilight: Do blockbusters bring in readers to SF and fantasy in general?- Chris Marie Green, John Oliver, Val Ontell (M)

Board              Writers Workshop [2 hrs] - Lynn Flewelling, Samantha Henderson

11 AM

Balboa            Arms Demonstration For The Fantasy Writer Both Published And Potential - Eytan Kollin

Director’s        Scavenging for Steampunk Costuming - David Berry (M), Arabella Benson, Nancy Hay, John Hart

Executive        Writing In a Previously Established Universe - Sheila Finch, Cody Goodfellow, Eric Shanower, Chris Weber (M)

Autographs     Nancy Holder, Kevin Gerard

NOON

Balboa            Armor Demonstration For The Fantasy Writer Both Published And Potential - Eytan Kollin

Director’s        Victorian Woman's Fashion - Kathy Lear, Kate Morgenstern (M), Dawn Devine

Executive      "Verne Among the Punks, or 'It's Not All Just Victorian Clockwork.'" - Howard Hendrix

Board              What fans don't know about making movies: Lynn Maudlin, Mat Nastos, Gerry Williams (M), Bret Culpepper

Autographs     David Ross, Deborah Flores

1 PM

Balboa            When Humans Are The Aliens: Alien characters encountering humans - C. J. Cheryh, Kevin Gerard, Nancy Holder (M), Vernor Vinge

Director’s        Steampunk Costuming Beyond The Victorian - Arabella Benson, Kate Morgenstern, Dawn Devine (M)

Executive        Art Auction

Board              Building on HP Lovecraft’s Mythos - Cody Goodfellow, Paul Stuart, Samantha Henderson, Atanielle Rowland (M)

Autographs     Todd McCaffrey, Lynn Flewelling

2 PM

Balboa            Extemporaneous Stories of Mad Science - Jefferson Swycaffer, Judy Lazar, Todd McCaffrey, Lynn Flewelling (M), Chris Weber

Director’s        Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Divination (Chinese Sticks) – Joy Reyes

Executive        The Weird Weird West: The American western in steampunk - Scott Norton (M), J. C. Runolfson, Stephen Potts, Bret Culpepper

Board              Never Offline: Living in a world of constant communication - Allison Lonsdale, Ron Oakes, Janet Tait, Karen Willson (M)

Autographs     Ramona Szczerba

2:30 PM

Director’s        Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Potions (Common Medicinal Potions & How to Brew Them) – Fran Wasielewski

3 PM

Balboa            Making Writing More Vivid and Memorable - Vernor Vinge, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Lisanne Norman, Sharon Mock (M)

Director’s        Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Potions (Candy Making) – Kathy Lear

Executive        New Ways of Watching TV: Online, HD, DVR; How does it change what we see? - J. C. Runolfson (M), Janet Tait, Arabella Benson, Nancy Holder

Board              Roundtable:  One Ring to Bring Them All: Tolkien’s cult endures. - Stephen Potts

3:30 PM

Directors     Hogwarts Educational Retreat: Charms (Magical Artifacts) Chris Weber and Karen Willson.

4 PM

Balboa            Convention Wrap-Up – Colleen Burks, Pearl Sticker, James Hay, The Hive Mind