Pocket Program

MONDAY
Robot BattlesTM: Competition
Mon 11:30 am; Reg. VI–VII [H]; 5.5 Hrs
SCI-FI LITERATURE (SFL)
FRIDAY
Welcome to SF Lit!
Fri 10:00 am; Embassy AB [H]
Young Adult, Old Adult
D. Viguié, D. Dawson; Fri 11:30 am; Embassy
AB [H]
History of SciFi
L. Martindale, V. Plexico, C. Jackson; Fri 1:00
pm; Embassy AB [H]
Remembering Philip Jose Farmer
S. Stirling, J. Gates, Bill Ritch; Fri 2:30 pm;
Embassy AB [H]
TOR to come
C. Eddy; Fri 2:30 pm; Reg. V [H]
Everything Old Is New Again (Idea-wise)
C. Jackson; Fri 4:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Military SF Tech
J. Ringo, M. Williamson, Dr. C. Gannon, M.
Edelheit; Fri 5:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
How Hard is Hard....Science?
Dr. C. Gannon, S. Ortega, T. Roberts, K.
Grazier; Fri 7:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Showcase - Robert Sawyer
R. Sawyer; Fri 8:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Bookclub-Ready Player One!
J. Hudgens, V. Plexico; Fri 10:00 pm; Embassy
AB [H]
Erotic Science Fiction
(Mature Audiences Only) J. Gates; Fri 11:30
pm; Embassy AB [H]
SATURDAY
Build an Alien
T. Biondolillo, Dr. C. Gannon, T. Roberts, L.
DeRosier; Sat 1:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Getting it Wrong and Living to Tell About
It
J. Ward, A.J. Hartley, M. Davis, L.M. Davis, R.
Chokshi; Sat 2:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Baen Books Travelling Slide Show and
Prize Patrol!
T. Weisskopf, T. Daniel; Sat 2:30 pm; Reg. V
[H]; 2.5 Hrs
Short or Long? How do You Know?
S. Ahern, T. Zahn, A. Sowards, M. Resnick,
G. Rinehart, J. Gates, F. Wilde; Sat 4:00 pm;
Embassy AB [H]
SF Jeopardy
V. Plexico; Sat 5:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
What’s New from Ace and Roc
A. Sowards; Sat 7:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Constructing the Self: Gender and
Artificial Intelligence
Sat 8:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Engineering Intelligence
Dr. C. Gannon, T. Roberts, Scicurious; Sat
10:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
SUNDAY
Literary Comfort Food
E. Friesner, G. Martin, L. Martindale; Sun
10:00 am; Embassy AB [H]
Novelizing the Media
C. and S. Griffith, S. Saffel, A. Kontis, D.
Dawson; Sun 11:30 am; Embassy AB [H]
Hugo and Nebula Awards Minus Fifty
B. Fawcett, V. Plexico, Bill Ritch, W. Delmater;
Sun 1:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
First Contact Improv!
J. Butcher, Dr. C. Gannon, T. Roberts; Sun 2:30
pm; Reg. VI–VII [H]
Writing with Scientists
R. Sawyer, Dr. S. Granade, Dr. C. Gannon, E.
Macdonald, T. Roberts; Sun 4:00 pm; Embassy
AB [H]
Starship Showdown
V. Plexico; Sun 5:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
The Best of Military Science Fiction
J. Ringo, B. Fawcett, S. Stirling, M. Williamson,
D. Afsharirad, K. Ezell, M. Edelheit; Sun 7:00
pm; Intl. N [H]
Kicking You Out - What Throws You Out
of a Story?
J. Ward, C. Jackson, T. Woldridge; Sun 8:30 pm;
Embassy AB [H]
The Writing Process
L. Martindale, E. Flint, L. Anders, L. Gresh, J.
Hartness, D. Linton; Sun 10:00 pm; Embassy
AB [H]
MONDAY
Galactic Empires in SF
Bill Ritch; Mon 10:00 am; Embassy AB [H]
When is Science NOT Science Anymore?
T. McCaffrey, L. Martindale, C. Jackson, A.
White; Mon 11:30 am; Embassy AB [H]
SF Win, Lose or Draw!
J. Ward; Mon 1:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
Why Fandom?
K. David; Mon 2:30 pm; Embassy AB [H]
What Worked and What Did Not
Mon 4:00 pm; Embassy AB [H]
SCIENCE (SCI)
32 Dragon Con 2016
FRIDAY
The Social Aspects of Space Colonization
Dr. C. Gannon, B. Davis, L. DeRosier, K. Hari;
Fri 10:00 am; 210–211 [Hil]
Scientific Fantasy Novels
Dr. P. Gay, M. McKinnon, Scicurious; Fri 11:30
am; 210–211 [Hil]
Creating Robots
C. Ramey, T. Roski, G. Munson, J. Meany, M.
Oehrlein; Fri 1:00 pm; 210–211 [Hil]
The Expanse - The Science, Real and
Unreal
Fri 1:00 pm; M301–M303 [M]
Warfare and Science
Dr. C. Gannon, T. Roberts; Fri 2:30 pm;
210–211 [Hil]
The Year in Science
Dr. P. Gay, Dr. S. Granade, E. Macdonald,
Scicurious, K. Hari; Fri 2:30 pm; Grand Salon
East [Hil]
The Many Miracles of the Microelectronics
Revolution
Fri 4:00 pm; 210–211 [Hil]
The Zika Virus and Why Mosquitoes Suck
J. Parilla; Fri 5:30 pm; 210–211 [Hil]