Philcon Program Grid

Friday

ArtshowFreedom BallroomLiberty DLogans 1Logans 2Lojban SuiteParlor AParlor BParlor CSalon 1Salon 2Salon 9Seminar A
3:00 PMJunior Gaming with LEGO: QuikWars
4:00 PMBuilding Toys 101
6:00 PMGaming 101 - It's not the Devil!Lojbanic Software DevelopmentJunior Gaming with: Star Munchkin
7:00 PMPhila. Science Fiction Society Meeting with John ScalziDid Roddenberry Change the Universe?The Apollo Guidance ComputerGame: NanoFictionaryFun with Drawing: Exquisite CorpseRobert E. Howard is 100 Years OldOff To A Bad Start:Copyright Issues For ArtistsCutting Edge Science Fiction
8:00 PMMilitary SF: Is Pacifism dead or has it just stopped selling?Computer/Internet SecurityJoss Whedon: King of All Media!Discussion: Do Lojbanists Have Interests In Common and If So, Why?Fun with Music: ThereminsAim for the...: Preparing for the NecropocalypseSlashing Mary Sue: Fanfic, SF, and FandomThe Lighter Side of HorrorThin, Fat, Strong and Tall!Filk Concert: Mattie's Favorite SongsWriting as a Hobby versus Writing for a Living
9:00 PMMeet the ProsThe Oldest Profession in Space!The Appeal of the SupermanWhat is this Lojbanist Thing (SlideShow)What happened to the fear?Beyond Traditional Media; Webcomics and MoreWhat is Time?The Supernatural: Storytelling vs. BeliefFilk Round Robin: Follow this!Earning a Living by Giving It Away
10:00 PMMeet the Pros (Continued)PhilPromThese Are A Few Of My Favorite ScenesSF Quiz ShowDesign Brainstorming for samxarmujErotic Horror BitesPitfalls of Game DesignAlternative Life ChemistryThe Economics of Online Publishing
11:00 PMPhilPromThese Are A Few Of My Favorite Scenes (continued)SF Quiz (continued)Erotica Out of This WorldAll Night FilkingFantasy From Ballads
11:59 PMPhilPromScience Fiction Poetry SlamEye of Argon Reading

Saturday

ArtshowFreedom BallroomHorizon RooftopLiberty DLogans 1Logans 2Lojban SuiteParlor AParlor BParlor CSalon 1Salon 10Salon 2Salon 9Seminar A
9:00 AMCloning: Will the Promise be Fulfilled?
10:00 AMArt DemosGolden Ages Come and GoNative American Influences on Science FictionSF & Fantasy Cartoons And Why We Love ThemSFWA Meeting - Members onlyGame: la cibyskaFun with: Puppets from the Dungeon DimensionsNavigating AmazonBreaking InLive Journal Meet N GreetCare of Your ArtAdults Reading Kid's BooksVirtual Worlds 101: Introduction to the Metaverse
11:00 AMWhen is Humor "Not Funny"?Philcon 101Has Science Fiction swung to the right?Battle in Toon TownSFWA Meeting - Members only (cont'd)Lojbanic Software Development: Priorities & Directions - Part TwoWhat Makes a Good SF/F Pet?The Influence Of Japanese Culture On Western Science Fiction & FantasyWrite with emotion--Damn It!Live Journal Meet N Greet (Continued)Exotic MythologiesTechno-Sex in SFEvolution of Virtual Worlds
12:00 PMThe Rise of the Hive MindAuthors Who Have Confronted Evil First HandIf it's Tuesday, This Must Be Jupiter: A Tour of the Solar SystemWriter BewareWhat are you Reading and Why?Graphic Tales: Comics, Graphic Novels, and SFThe Art of Business; The serious side of earning a living from your art.Revenge of the best films you've never heard ofThe Supernatural Lifestyle NovelScience Fiction of Another ColorContent Creation in Virtual Worlds
1:00 PMFilk Concert: Tom SmithIf I Ran the Space ProgramNinja, Pirate, Monkey, Robot!What Does the Future Hold For You know WHO?Harry Potter and The Menace of PubertyGame: Lojban LingoWriters WorkshopDo Editors Shape Popular Taste or Merely Reflect It?The science of ghost huntingTeleportation is more than a way of getting somewhereSo Ahab kills the whale and gets the girl in the end!Virtual Reality, Real Problems
2:00 PMFilk Concert: Tom Smith"Sci-Fi" For the Queer GuyHow Did that Piece of Crap Get to be a Classic?.Rich Fantasy Lives: How SF saved my lifeLeave Them Laughing!Logical Language Group Meets the Klingon Language InstituteWhat Are You Writing and How?Writers Workshop (cont'd)Dark Matter and Dark EnergyShatner: The Man, the Myth, the RugsFilmmaking vs. Digital Moviemaking ?All that glitters... Economies of virtual worlds
3:00 PMArtist Guest of Honor Slide Show"Balonium"Why Do People Believe in "Weird" Things?The Future of Mars ExplorationFun with: Hover Disc GamesWhy won't they leave it alone?Pointy Headed Intellectual Fiction For the Pretentious EliteWebsites For WritersKlingon 101: Talk Like An AlienIn Their Own Voices...The Business of Voice ActingEducational Institutions In Virtual Worlds
4:00 PMPrincipal Speech--Charles StrossTime Travel RomancesStar Trek: 40 Years Of Boldly Going…Where?What are you Watching and Why?Queer TalesWebComics: No, it doesn't mean Spiderman!Bad Writing Habits and How to Avoid ThemThe Roots of "Funny Fantasy"Voice Acting WorkshopVirtual Worlds As A Therapeutic Tool
5:00 PMDigital Art is Here to Stay!Science Fiction and its take over of popular cultureWhere Lojban Fits in the History of Invented LanguagesEverything You Always Wanted To Know About Anime (...but were afraid to ask)Gaming as an educational toolQuantum RealitySometimes The Science Just Does Not MatterWhat You Should Be Reading: The New Good StuffOffice Meltdown: Real Business In A Virtual World
6:00 PMSpace Isn't Star TrekSpeed Meeting the ProsLojban Class with Mark ShoulsonFun with Music: Theme Song Sing-AlongThe Fiction of Charles StrossThe Mysteries of GravityThe Rising Body CountGoverning the Metaverse
7:00 PMLojban Class by Mark Shoulson (Continued)Lost: Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale...And so the story goes...A Diva Muse, a Fear Monger, and a Time Trap Walk Into a Bar....Horror Art: Why we want to make scary stuff.Mixed Realities -- Virtual and Real Worlds Collide
8:00 PMjbocradi PodcastFun with Drawing: RobotsShe's In Love With A Geek: Social & Dating Tips For NerdsSuccessful Media Tie-Ins in Science Fiction LiteratureDid Science Fiction Invent The Flying Saucer?Filk Concerts: Dr. SETI and Roberta RogowComputer Gaming As A Social Tool
9:00 PMMasqueradeHow to Stir Up Local Interest in Lojban
10:00 PMMasquerade (Continued)Bad Anime, Bad!!Gaming books are books tooMy Other Car Is A Rocket: How to live a fannish life. Gender & Sexuality Issues In Virtual Reality
11:00 PMMasquerade (Hour 3)Bad Anime, Bad!! (continued)Scarlet G 2More All Night FilkingI Was Dead, But I Got Better....
11:59 PMPlease Tell Me That's Not A Tentacle!: Alternative lifestyles in fandom Midnight Madness Reading (2 hours)Versus II : The Revenge

Sunday

Freedom BallroomLogans 1Logans 2Lojban SuiteParlor AParlor BParlor CSalon 1Salon 2Salon 9Seminar A
10:00 AMHolocaust and After in Science FictionTime Travel for IdiotsGame: Selection by the ParticipantsJunior Gaming with LEGO: QuikWarsParents & GamingThe World Next Door: Parallel UniversesState of The Arts at ConsMasquerade Debrief
11:00 AMSam Will Kill Him If He Tries Anything: Blogging and SFSingle Stage to Orbit: State of the ArtThe Next Generation of Science FictionLogical Language Group MeetingJunior Gaming with: Star MunchkinIf God is Dead, Will He Stay That Way?By Fans...For FansNetworkingGreat Forgotten Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors.How to Lose Agents and Infuriate Editors
12:00 PMThe Last Science Fiction WriterThe Flatlander's Guide to the HyperverseSaving The World Through Science FictionPromoting Your Work (just) short of a Tattoo on Your ForeheadBy Fans...For Fans (continued)Children Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus: Raising kids in fandomDo you believe in Psychics?How to Make Science Fiction FunnyThe moral behind the madness...?
1:00 PMScience Fiction Preparing Society For Social ChangeStargate: 10 years of wormholes and puddle jumpingWhy Do We Still Need Editors?Voice Over IP conversation with LojbanistsFun with Folding: OrigamiInsert Deity Here: Religion in Science Fiction and FandomThis Preview is for All AudiencesAvoiding Publishing ScamsThe Books You Are Not Supposed to ReadIron FilkerBe Careful What You Write, It Just Might Happen!
2:00 PMDo You Believe in the Singularity?Religions Created For Fantasy or Science FictionHow Would a Galactic Empire Really Work?Won't the Real Superhero Please Stand Up?Gaming as a gateway drug to genre literatureFifty Ways to Leave Your Reader...Filk Concerts: Rob Balder and Mark MandelShouting in the Jungle - the SETI Transmission Debate
3:00 PMPolitically Incorrect, but I Loved ItMansquito vs. Boa in the Alien Apocalypse: What Happened to the Sci-Fi Channel?Philly GeekJunior Gaming with: SF/F BingoHow SF Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombThe Long Tradition of the Anti-Hero in Science FictionGetting Classic Science Fiction to the Next GenerationHistory Of Anime
4:00 PMGripe Session