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| Track
| Title
| Description
| Possible Panelists |
| 1 | anime | Old Cartoons vs. New Cartoons | Last year this panel was such a hit that we didn't get to discuss everything. Come join us again as we discuss old cartoons and their newer remakes! | Aubrey Kelly |
| 2 | anime | The history of Anime | How has this genre evolved (or not) over the years and why is is so popular now? | |
| 3 | anime | Naruto | The show is about overcoming your inner demons, the power of friendship, and pushing yourself top be the best you can be, not for yourself, but for those you love. No wonder this show is so popular. Or is it? Panelist discuss the ups and downs of this popular Anime. | |
| 4 | anime | My Little Pony: FIM | Why is this show so popular? Does it have anything in common with the original? Come join our panelists as they discuss My Little Pony Frienship is Magic! | |
| 5 | anime | TNMT | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Are they making a comeback? Discuss. | |
| 6 | anime | American Cartoons | The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, American Dad, Futurama - we all have our guilty favorites from American late night cartoons. Which one's yours? | |
| 7 | childerns | Children's' Groundbreaking TV | Howdy Doody and other ground breaking children's' tv shows. | |
| 8 | comics | Movies based on popular series | What do you think of the various comics that have been turned into movies? Did the script writers do a good job? Or did the movies need more? | |
| 9 | costuming | Internet resources for costumers and prop makers | Internet Resources for costumers and prop makers. Using the internet for research for costumes and props, as well as where to find materials etc.. | Robb Cupp (Robb Lopaka FB) |
| 10 | costuming | Audacity, the soundtrack of costuming | Using the program Audacity to create sound tracks for masquerade skits | Robb Cupp (Robb Lopaka FB) |
| 11 | costuming | I Think I Want to Make a Costume—What do I do Next? | A basic introduction to making costumes. | |
| 12 | costuming | Futuristic Fashion and Wearable Art | Fashion that can collect and broadcast video, bio-genetic art, LED tattoos… what’s coming around the bend in RL and visible now in the latest science fiction? | |
| 13 | costuming | Drag 101 | Have you ever wanted to know what it was like to be a “King” for a day? Or maybe a “Queen” for a night? Well your opportunity has arrived. Come watch him become her and get tips along the way. | |
| 14 | education | Teaching SF: Give the Kid a Book | Tomorrow your nephew will be 12. Do you give him a Golden Duck-winner or a classic? What books did you read? How about your niece? | |
| 15 | education | There, Their, They're: The Lost Art of Spelling and Punctuation. | Do you look at social sites or receive a text and think to yourself, "I wonder if that person paid attention in elementary school?" Do you find yourself grading your child's teachers? Share your stories, pet peeves and recommendations in this panel! | Karen Smith |
| 16 | FIAWOL | SYFYisNOT even at cons | Come discuss what should and should not be at sci-fi/fantasy conventions. Should we have wrestling or roller girls? How far is Ok just to get people to come? | |
| 17 | FIAWOL | Done to Death: Program Topics that have Out-Stayed Their Welcome | Which common panel topics should be retired and why? When does a topic become outdated and cliched?
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| 18 | FIAWOL | Fandom Online: Is the Argument Over? What Was (Is?) the Argument About? | Many SF fans are part of the online community too. Yet we seem to keep emphasising opposition rather than overlap. Are some of us always looking for a fight or is there still real cause for concern? | |
| 19 | FIAWOL | Online Networking Before Social Networks | Before MySpace, LinkedIn and Facebook, there were CompuServe, AOL, GEnie and USENET. Yes, people were married, divorced, friended and unfriended (remember kill files?) online before 2005. | |
| 20 | FIAWOL | Inspiration for Your Song/Art/Story/Game | Since they don’t sell that at the store, where DO you get ideas from? Panelists share their thoughts on the creative process. | |
| 21 | FIAWOL | Fans on the Job | So you're a raging fangirl, fanboy, otaku, what have you. How do you deal with people that don't get your geek at work? The world is shrinking, everything is changing – so what does the future hold? A look at geeky jobs in the near future of a smaller world. What are the best places for professional geeks to live and work? What are the best jobs where your inner geek can be your outer geek? | |
| 22 | FIAWOL | Starting a fannish business | Comic shops, freelance artists, and more. Gather experts from different fannish businesses for a roundtable. | |
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| 25 | gaming | Live Action vs Table Top Gaming | What's the appeal of Live Action Gaming? Why is it better/worse than the table top versions of the games? | |
| 26 | gaming | The History of Gaming | A discussion of the history of gaming. Who and what started it all? | |
| 27 | gaming | Chicks w/ Joysticks! | The few, the proud. A look inside the female mind and why we play the games we play. Don’t worry guys, you can come too. | |
| 28 | general | | Polyamory panel | |
| 29 | general | What is Steampunk? | What exactly is Steampunk? And how do you make a general costume? | |
| 30 | general | Conan the Barbarian! | Why are barbarians such a popular figure to use in SF&F? | |
| 31 | general | Groundbreaking TV Shows | Panelists will discuss various tv shows that were groundbreaking for their generes. For example being: Star Trek and it's many firsts on television. | A. Kelly |
| 32 | general | The Moral Aesthetics of Steampunk | Steampunk is frequently realized as an idealized, shiny version of the Victorian era, with quite a few of the nasty bits missing or obscured. The real Victorian age was a mix of great wealth and progress with poverty, workhouses, and more. What does it say about us when the latter are left out? | |
| 33 | general | What’s Up with Zombies? | Why are zombies so popular anyway and what is it about all these mash-ups? Is this the future of the field?
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| 34 | general | An Introduction to the Society for Creative Anachronism | The Society for Creative Anachronism, an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts, skills, and traditions of pre-17th-century Europe, was founded by fans in 1966. Our panelists provide a perspective on the SCA from its origins to the present day. | |
| 35 | general | So You Believe in Evolution… Or Do You? | A discussion of where our actions do not support this belief—from what we eat to where we live to how we live our lives. One size does not fit all and yet we are constructing a culture that acts like it does. What we should really be thinking about when we talk about evolution. | |
| 36 | general | Women at the End of the World or What that Boy Can do with His Dog | We've come a long way since "A Boy and His Dog' but not as far as many of us would like. Tank Girl, Major Eden Sinclair in "Doomsday," Katniss Everdeen, Loup Garron of Santa Olivia and Sarah Connor are some of the most recent post-apocalyptic women but are they enough to get us past being victims/food? Come talk about the post-apocalyptic you love or hate and what you'd like to see next. | |
| 37 | just4fun | Insult Contest | An contest of Insults or an Insult of contests? Pit yourself against other people in a battle to see who can insult the best, (Costumed Characters Recommended.) Please sign up for this contest by sending your name and Costumed Character (if you have one) to moderator. | |
| 38 | just4fun | Liar’s Panel | Panelists attempt to come up with the most outrageous prevarications in an ongoing quest to best the other panelists. | |
| 39 | just4fun | Ear worm. Aka I got that song stuck in my mind | Those songs that weasel their way into your head like uninvited guests and then proceed to stink up the inside of your cranium by playing themselves there over. And over. And over. And over. Come share your most hated and most welcome. Share the ways you get ride of the unwanted worms. | |
| 40 | just4fun | Pirates vs. Ninjas | THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Whether you love dressing in black and hiding in the shadows, or wenches and grog: show up and defend you honor, or lack thereof. | |
| 41 | just4fun | Plots: Fact or Fiction? | A panel where the participants are read a description of a potential book or movie, and then have to guess if it is real or not. | |
| 42 | just4fun | It's a wonderful apocalypse | There are so many wonderful ways the world can go 'boom'. Which is your favorite? What's your survival plan? Is there a survival plan that will work for all disasters? | |
| 43 | literary | The Wheel of Time... Is it finally over? | The Wheel of Time Book Series has lasted decades and now its come to a close. Your thoughts? How has it effected you? Also a Wheel of time game Are You a Dark Friend? | Anna Herbst |
| 44 | literary | Shakespeare the original SF&F Writer | How has medieval literature inspired modern day Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature? | |
| 45 | literary | Apocalypse Why? | Dystopias and post-apocalypses are all the rage in fiction right now, especially YA. What draws both writers and readers to these bleak tales? What are some classic stories in this vein? | |
| 46 | literary | Hunger Games | Come discuss the differences between the book and the movie and why it has become so popular. | Aubrey Kelly |
| 47 | literary | Better than Sex: Platonic Relationships | Here's a chance to discuss how authors build and develop platonic relationships in their writing. Friends only- No sex allowed! | |
| 48 | literary | Tourists: Creating Characters and Stories in an Existing World | Writers discuss working within the confines of an already existing world. They’ll discuss how they create something unique and original within the space of something already established and loved. What are the issues at work in that situation? What freedoms exist there that don’t exist when creating a completely original work? | |
| 49 | literary | The 1960s, 50 Years On | The 1960s saw a number of great SF writers come into the forefront—Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick, Samuel Delany, Ursula Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, and others. It also saw huge changes in SF, with the coming of the New Wave and the reactions for and against it. Looking back, how do we view 1960s SF. | |
| 50 | literary | The Necessity of Reviewers | Ten or twenty years ago, information was scarce by today’s standards. The reviews in Locus, F&SF, and other magazines were the primary source of information for readers. In today’s environment of blogs and Amazon reader reviews, what is the role of the reviewer in the traditional magazines and their online peers? | |
| 51 | literary | Law and Order through Space and Time | The legal system underpins our daily lives in ways both visible and not. What might a future legal and law enforcement system look like? What issues would confront and shape such a system spanning planets or galaxies? | |
| 52 | literary | The Future of Cities | Our panel discusses the challenges facing urban populations around the world and how they translate into interesting story settings. | |
| 53 | literary | Humor in Science Fiction and Fantasy | Everyone loves to laugh. How do you lighten up, as an author? What authors do humor in fantasy really well? How do you tell a good joke in prose? | |
| 54 | literary | The Now and Future Lovecraft | Why is Lovecraft still popular after all these years, despite his tangled prose and very debatable racial undertones? What draws people to write (and read!) about Cthlulhu and its minions over and over again? | |
| 55 | literary | Favorite Fiction | We all have our favorite books and movies, you know the ones that made you a fan of Sci-fi and/or Fantasy in the first place. Come join our panelists as we discuss what made us fans in the first place. | A. Kelly |
| 56 | literary | Dark Crystal Fan-Fiction | There has been a large amount of fan-fiction written over the years about all our favorite fictional universes. One that has only just started becoming popular is Dark Crystal Fan-Fiction. | Trace Hagemann |
| 57 | media | | Farscape has been off the air since 2004, but it retains a strong fanbase because of its compelling characters and unique fearlessness to be completely alien. | Emily Lydic, Vicki Meece |
| 58 | media | Sookie Stackhouse, Girl you read my mind! | The show True Blood has been a huge hit, How does the show compare to the Book Series on which it is based? | Anna Herbst |
| 59 | media | Groundbreaking Movies | Our panelists will discuss movies that have presented firsts in their fields. | |
| 60 | media | Beyond Doctor Who: The Rest of British SF on TV | We’re not tired of tales of the Tardis or Torchwood, we just want more. What are the even later, greater genre shows from over the big water? What’s cooler, the original Being Human or Primeval? How is Brit TV different from North American TV—better dialog, even worse class structure? How many extra sexiness points just for the accents? | |
| 61 | media | Sports and Science Fiction | Panel will discuss stories about sports including Quidditch in Harry Potter, roller ball in Solar babies, and many more. How well does sports coexist with science fiction and fantasy?
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| 62 | media | How I learned to stop worrying and love the spoilers | Are we doing ourselves a disservice in avoiding spoilers? In our fear of spoilers, do we cut ourselves off from some wonderful journalism? Is it fair to others to silence water cooler conversations if we haven't seen or read something yet? Ultimately, does knowing the plot really spoil our enjoyment? | |
| 63 | media | Doctor Who : The Early Years | Looking back at the early years of Doctor Who. What took this cheap children's TV show and turned it into a sci-fi masterpiece. We will look into the early years and talk about what new fans need to know about those halcyon days. | John Hamilton, Andrew Raymond, Rhonda Scarborough |
| 64 | media | Doctor Who: surviving past middle-age. | 2013 is the 50th anniversary year of Doctor Who, and it's still going strong. how has Doctor Who survived the half-century. What can it do to keep it up for 50 more. Why is it such an eternal story and what is keeping everyone interested in this universal character of the Doctor. | John Hamilton, Andrew Raymond, Rhonda Scarborough, Lee Shamblin |
| 65 | media | Sequels, Prequels and more Sequels | Star Wars 1 - 6, Star Trek - the never ending now in re-makes, Harry Potter 1 - 8, Fast and the Furious 1 - 6, Under World 1 - 6, The Matrix 1 - 4, The Chronicles of Riddick; When is enough, enough? Come and discuss your favorite (or least favorite) movie dynasties. | A.Kelly |
| 66 | media | Firefly | Why did they cancel the series? Was the movie everything you wanted as a fan? Come discuss this popular series. | |
| 67 | science | Green Chemistry | Many technologies have a negative impact on human health and the environment. Safe, benign technologies are currently Science Fiction. Can green chemistry help drive sustainable technologies and sound environmental practice? John C. Warner, holder of over 200 patents, leads the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and the Beyond Benign Foundation. | |
| 68 | science | Space and the Biological Economy | How does space exploration drive the United States’ biological economy? What do the advances in telemedicine and the biological sciences driven by NASA mean to our nation’s long-term economic and physical health? | |
| 69 | science | Infections and Viruses that Could Doom Humankind | What could create the next pandemic? A virus from animals? Food-borne illness? An engineered retrovirus? | |
| 70 | science | Technology After the Apocalypse | What to take with you beyond the end of the world: A giant Mad Max car might be fun, but when gas is scarce you'll get farther with bicycles. Guns are great against zombies, but melee weapons never run out of ammo. Discuss some unlikely technologies that have popped up in post-apocalypse fiction and weigh in what makes the best tech in a world where phones, lights and motorcars are a thing of the past. | |
| 71 | science | The Science of Fringe | Are the technologies of the Alternate Universes possible in our own? What about building a gate between universes? Come and discuss what modern science can and cannot do, and where our technology is heading. | |
| 72 | unsure | The history of the SCA | The Society for Creative Anachronism was one of the first historical recreational groups. Come learn about how they forged a path for many others, their history and what they currently do. | |
| 73 | unsure | SCA vs Ren Fairs | What is the SCA? What is a Ren Fair? Why are the two in Fiction and in reality, almost always presented as being at odds with one another? | |
| 74 | unsure | Unpanel: Be Your Own Panelist or Bring Your Own Content | Are you that audience member who's not ready to step up to a panel but still jumps at the chance to participate? During this "unpanel" we'll brainstorm topics, split up in small groups, discuss said topics, and then present each back to the larger group.
Could be placed in the general track but it might be nice to have a little bit of direction? I'm personally most interested in literary and education oriented random discussions. | I'm happy to moderate but no actual panelists are needed -Erin Reilly-Sanders |
| 75 | unsure | Hey, you got Sci-Fi in my Horror! Well you got Horror in my Sci-Fi! | Do these flavors go good together? How much is to much or does it just make it better? | |
| 76 | unsure | From Synthesizer to Symphony: the Evolution of the Sci-Fi and Fantasy soundtrack | Cover the history of music within the genre of science fiction and fantasy, from Flash Gordon to Star Wars to Battestar Galactica, and the composers and directors whose vision helped push the audio frontier. | Harvey Addams, open to others interested |
| 77 | unsure | Cryptology....Do you believe. | Cryptology. Bigfoots in Ohio and other creatures. What do you think. Have you seen one and have evidence. | |
| 78 | unsure | So the Mayans were right, It doesn't stop here! | So the 13th B'ak'tun has completed. What now? How has science-fiction show the days after the apocalypse. How does the human race survive, and what is beyond those frontiers | |
| 79 | x-files_in_real_life | Apocalypse Predictions for the Near Future, and Past Ends of the World | A look at some of the real-world beliefs about the upcoming end of days: The Mayan Calendar. Super volcanoes. Giant asteroids. Climate change. 7 Billion Living Humans. That guy who bought all those signs on the sides of buses. Also, a look back at humanity's fascination with its own impending (yet never-quite-occuring) demise. | |