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9:00am EDT

Marc Okrand: Klingon and other SF languages Main Events (WW A)MARC OKRAND Invasions: Other Worlds of Military Science Fiction Panel 4 (Balt 5)Luke Shabro • Phillip Pournelle • CPT Steven Modugno • Christopher Weuve Science Fact: The Cyberpunk Fiction that has Become Reality Panel 3 (WW D)Nick Kelly • Mike Blevins • Erica Massey Weather on Earth and Weather in Space Panel 5 (Mag 1)Carolyn Y Ng • Sarah Jones, PhD • Dr. Yariska Collado-Vega • Kristen Weaver Costuming/Cosplay 201 Panel 6 (Mag 2)Lindsay Bartleson • Tom Jewell • Marianne Pease • Melissa Williams • Rusty Weir • Robotic Unicorn Saint Seiya Soul of Gold (1-6) Anime USA Film (Balt 1)Crunchyroll Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (Feature) Film Festival (Ann 4)

10:00am EDT

A Brief History of Anime Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Brent Newhall Exhibit Hall - VIP Access Exhibit Hall Museum Gallery - VIP Access MOSF Gallery (Ann 1-3) Matrix Game – The Future History of Sol Gaming Room (Balt 3)Phillip Pournelle Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator Bridge Simulator (Balt 4)Fred Beebe

10:05am EDT

What do intelligent space probes think about in the empty expanses of space? Main Events (WW A)Dr. Marco Lanzagorta • Morgan Gendel • Joe Marshall • Michael Bear • Steven Danziger The Curse of Mary Sue Panel 4 (Balt 5)LG Ransom Dance Workshop- Hip Hop Panel 5 (Mag 1)Tony Dortch The Law of Science Fiction Inventions Panel 2 (WW C)Charles Hildebrandt • Brian Weissenberg • Nari Ely • Bethany Bengfort • Mark Lemley Neurodiversity: Cognition, Alterity, and Ability in Science Fiction Literature Panel 3 (WW D)Aisha Matthews • Melinda C. Hall • Michael Bérubé • Sami Schalk

10:35am EDT

Teaching Science through Worldbuilding Panel 6 (Mag 2)John Monahan

11:00am EDT

Cloud Age Symphony: Steampunk and Anime Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Sarah Hodge-Wetherbe • Chris Needham Robot Dance School Demonstrations, Exhibit hall, C12Pongos Learning Lab Pokemon Go & Draw Art Way Alliance, Exhibit hall, A16Art Way Alliance Captain Harlock (1-9) Anime USA Film (Balt 1)Crunchyroll Museum Gallery - Open Access MOSF Gallery (Ann 1-3) Cosmic Encounter Galactic Championship Tournament Cosmic Encounter Zone, Exhibit Hall, A14 Exhibit Hall - Open Access Exhibit Hall

11:10am EDT

Sewing Workshop Panel 2 (WW C)Melissa Williams • Rusty Weir Intro to Video Game Programming with Scratch Jr. Panel 4 (Balt 5)Joan Indiana Rigdon • Laura Wilhelm • Great Adventure Lab Raqs Nerd - A Fusion Belly Dance Demo + Lesson Panel 5 (Mag 1)Jessica Small • Andriel Hartwick The Present and Future of 3D Printing Panel 1 (WW B)Brent Newhall The Quantum Revolution Main Events (WW A)Paul Stimers • Dr. Matthew Putman • Nicholas Farina • Dr. Marco Lanzagorta

11:40am EDT

Women Writers: The Works of Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Joanna Russ Panel 3 (WW D)Christy Tidwell • Meg Elison • Sarah Canfield • Anna Bedford • Melinda C. Hall • Robin Ann Roberts

12:00pm EDT

STEM in Anime Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Oluchi Ofoha-Haimbach • Ugochi Ofoha • Ijeoma Ofoha • Uchenna Ofoha • Matthew Haimbach TAG Labs game development workshop T.A.G. Labs, Exhibit hall, C11T.A.G. Labs

12:15pm EDT

STEM-O-LOGY™ Panel 2 (WW C)Zanethia Eubanks Dominique Tipper Spotlight Main Events (WW A)DOMINIQUE TIPPER Mind Control, Surveillance, and Big Data: The Dark Side of the Federation Panel 5 (Mag 1)Dan Delaney • Rebecca Tushnet • Mark Lemley Visions for the Future of Work Panel 1 (WW B)David Peterson • John Monahan • Anton Korinek

12:45pm EDT

Gamer's Curation Panel 6 (Mag 2)Daniel Greenberg

1:00pm EDT

Q & A with an Anime Expert Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Brent Newhall Cosplay Chess Demonstrations, Exhibit hall, C12Brittany Azzato The History and Art of Anime Styles Art Way Alliance, Exhibit hall, A16Pauli Kohberger • Art Way Alliance DUST Short Film Series Film Festival (Ann 4)

1:10pm EDT

Early African American Science Fiction (Pauline Hopkins, George Schuyler) Panel 3 (WW D)Aisha Matthews • André Carrington • Qiana Whitted • Seo-Young Chu

1:20pm EDT

Generative Systems: An Intro to Code-Driven Art Panel 2 (WW C)Brandon Morse Mars As a Home for Past or Present Life Main Events (WW A)DAVID GRINSPOON, PhD • Jennifer Stern • Heather Graham • Michael Meyer Book Release Party for Brian Koscienski & Chris Pisano from Treehouse Publishing Group Panel 4 (Balt 5) Ghostbusters 101 Panel 5 (Mag 1)Bobby Petersen Technology and the Human Condition Panel 1 (WW B)Robert Zelenka • Peggy Zelenka • Lee Cannon • Edward Celarier

1:50pm EDT

Cosplay Cosmetics Panel 6 (Mag 2)Julia Klag • Kurenai Kiba • Karina Noelle Dar Juan • Robotic Unicorn

2:00pm EDT

Do It for The Culture: Intro to Afro-Kawaii Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Amy Rei • Bettina Lotomey • Jillian Johnson Aldnoah.Zero (1-9) Anime USA Film (Balt 1)Crunchyroll

2:15pm EDT

Space Opera: Culture of the Sci/Fi Tragedy-Comedy Epics Panel 3 (WW D)Aisha Matthews • Iain Marcks • Kristi Chadwick • Patrick Sharp • GIGI EDGLEY

2:25pm EDT

Video Game Programming with Scratch Panel 2 (WW C)Joan Indiana Rigdon • Laura Wilhelm • Great Adventure Lab 3D Printing in Movies & TV: Science Fiction or Fact? Panel 4 (Balt 5)Ryan Sochol • Todd Blatt • Ethan Reggia • Joshua Hubbard • Abdullah Alsharhan • Andrew Lamont • Michael Restaino WHY-FI (Why is this Fictional?) – Interplanetary Edition Main Events (WW A)Morgan Gendel • DAVID BRIN, PhD • Dr. Connie Bertka • C. ALEX YOUNG, PhD • Dr. John Bracht • DAVID GRINSPOON, PhD • Richard S. Miller • Dr. Gregory Harry Evolution of Starfleet Panel 5 (Mag 1)Adam Hennessy

2:30pm EDT

Saber Legion Demonstration Demonstrations, Exhibit hall, C12

2:55pm EDT

Master Replicas: The world of Sci-Fi collecting Panel 6 (Mag 2)Steve Dymszo

3:00pm EDT

The Toxic Jungle: The Shadow of the Atomic Bomb over Sci-fi Anime Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Sarah Hodge-Wetherbe • Chris Needham Drawing Anime Fan Art Art Way Alliance, Exhibit hall, A16Art Way Alliance Melee & Wizard at Escape Velocity Gaming Room (Balt 3)John Brent Macek • Charles Hildebrandt

3:20pm EDT

Environmental Science Fiction Panel 3 (WW D)Christy Tidwell • Eric Otto • Patrick Sharp • Rebecca Evans

3:30pm EDT

Stop Motion Animation Workshop Panel 2 (WW C)Pongos Learning Lab Everything in the Verse: A Firefly Triva Panel 4 (Balt 5)Nyx Wolff Jabberwocky Audio Theater - Live Audio Production - Nostromo 2: Electric Alien Boogaloo Panel 1 (WW B)Bjorn Munson • Anna Coughlan • Antonio Villaronga • Belen Pifel • Brooks Tegler • Elizabeth Farrington • Kevin Murray • Nick DePinto • John Maestri • William R. Coughlan • GIGI EDGLEY Spaceteam with Pixel Pop Maid Cafe Gaming Room (Balt 3)Maid Maple • Maid Mana • Maid Rubi • Maid Suzume • Maid Mochi

4:00pm EDT

A Science Fiction Fan's Guide to Anime Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Brent Newhall Positive diverse role models and heroes in video games Panel 6 (Mag 2)George Hutchins • Jessica Echols TAG Labs game development workshop T.A.G. Labs, Exhibit hall, C11T.A.G. Labs

4:10pm EDT

The Elysium Effect/Saving the Earth from Space - Will the 1% Run or Open Space for Everyone? Panel 5 (Mag 1)Rick Tumlinson

4:35pm EDT

Technology and Culture in YA Science Fiction Panel 4 (Balt 5)LG Ransom • Eric Otto • Meg Elison • Robin Ann Roberts

5:00pm EDT

Intermediate Cosplay Armor Making -- The Devil is in the Details Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Lena Volkova How to Draw Chibi Sci Fi Characters Art Way Alliance, Exhibit hall, A16Dennis Johnson • Art Way Alliance Star Driver (1-6) Anime USA Film (Balt 1)Crunchyroll Film Festival Awards and Fashion Show Main Events (WW A)Kaydee Stratis • Tony Dortch • Mythril Arts • Penny Weir • Calixta Starr • Jessica Small • Andriel Hartwick • Adam Hennessy • Pixel Pop Maid cafe • Randy Jennings • Sam Salman • Joe Harvey • Maid Maple • Maid Mana • Maid Rubi • Maid Suzume • Maid Mochi • Jamie Bonsignore

5:40pm EDT

The Supernatural in SF Literature (Nalo Hopkinson, NK Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor) Panel 4 (Balt 5)Aisha Matthews • Micah Donohue • Rebecca Evans • Anna Bedford • Cassandra Jones

7:00pm EDT

Room is Combined with Panel 1 Panel 2 (WW C) Room is Combined with Panel 2 Panel 1 (WW B) Alien Universe Short Films Panel 1 & 2 (WW B/C)Charles de Lauzirika Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (1-9) Anime USA Film (Balt 1)Crunchyroll

7:30pm EDT

Tabletop for the End of the World LIVE Panel 4 (Balt 5)Jemarc Axinto • Mitch Monin • Manuel Lugo • Kevin Heil

7:45pm EDT

Doctor Whose Line Main Events (WW A)Joe Von Dühm • Dan Hepler • D.J. Hinckle • Brian Tepe • Silke Maus • B.G. Wooten

7:50pm EDT

NSDMG - Near Future Game Panel 6 (Mag 2)Merle Robinson • Robert Mosher • Mark McDonagh

8:00pm EDT

My Hero Academia and the Subversion of the Superhero Trope Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Melissa Lazaro • Priscilla Pertica

8:30pm EDT

Spaceteam with Pixel Pop Maid Cafe Gaming Room (Balt 3)Maid Maple • Maid Mana • Maid Rubi • Maid Suzume • Maid Mochi

9:00pm EDT

Dark Frequencies: The Strange World of Shortwave Numbers Stations Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Sarah Hodge-Wetherbe

9:30pm EDT

Cosplay Dance Off Main Events (WW A)Jason McClain • GIGI EDGLEY • Calixta Starr • Rusty Weir • Sarah Halley • Sarah Mackay • Alexandro Cano • Swaraj Dhumne • Daniel Dresser • Mary Lagdameo • Nicholas Rivera-Miller • Brittany Azzato • Tony Dortch • Marianne Pease • Karina Noelle Dar Juan • Jessica Small • Andriel Hartwick • Brittany Petersen • Melissa Williams • Tyrone Cleveland • Barbara Mabie-McClain

10:00pm EDT

Animate the Future: When Science Fiction and Anime Meet Anime USA Panels (Balt 2)Robotic Unicorn Parasyte (1-6) Anime USA Film (Balt 1)Crunchyroll Occupants (Feature) Film Festival (Ann 4)

11:15pm EDT

Space Dance Main Events (WW A)Kylos Brannon • Barbara Mabie-McClain • Jason McClain