Philcon Program Schedule By Track

Main

• Cory Doctorow on Copyrights (PSFS Meeting) [Fri 8:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Guest Artist Frank Wu Presentation [Sat 3:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Igor's Egg Concert [Sun 2:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Interview of Principal Speaker Catherine Asaro and of Donald Wolcott [Sat 4:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Masquerade and Concert with Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott - Hour 1 [Sat 8:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Masquerade and Concert with Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott-Hour 2 [Sat 9:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Masquerade and Concert With Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott-Hour3 [Sat 10:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Meet the Pros [Fri 9:00 PM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Patricia Wake Concert [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Pennsylvania Jedi [Sat 12:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Special Guest L.A. Banks Speech [Sun 12:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Theramin Concert with Kip Rosser [Sun 10:00 AM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Video Rave (Playable Dancing and Games) [Fri 10:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Video Rave (Playable Dancing and Games) Hour 2 [Fri 11:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• What was Good and Not so Good about Philcon [Sun 4:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]

Literary

• "Outsider" Fiction [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• 200 Years Of Phobias [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• A Science Fiction Curriculum For New Comers [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Agents And Editors Panel [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Are We Headed for the Post-Literate World? [Sat 2:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Beyond The Nation State [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Book Discussion Ideas [Sun 3:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Books We Love To Hate [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Buck Rogers Rides Again [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Charles Dickens and Science Fiction [Fri 9:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Computer Gaming Meets Science Fiction [Sat 2:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Do Science Fiction and Rock and Roll Explore Similar Themes? [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• East Coast Regional SFWA Meeting [Sat 9:00 AM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Editing Anthologies [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Explaining Why It's Good [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Eye of Argon Reading [Fri 11:59 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Fantasy Based on Non-European Sources [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Foundation Book Discussion [Sun 12:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• Frivolous Uses Of High Technology [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• From Gothic Fiction to Paranormal Romance [Fri 9:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Future Sin [Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Hot Alien Sex [Fri 9:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• How Faithful are Graphic Adaptations of Popular Novels? [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza I (One)]
• In the Beginning Was the Word [Sat 7:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Insert Tab B Into Slot A [Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Is It Possible To Make The Devil Scary? [Sat 7:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Is The Short Story On Its Way Out? [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• J. R. R. Tolkien: The Saga Goes Ever On and On [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Law and The Future: Getting it Right [Sat 10:00 AM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Lovecraft as Mass Culture [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Making it With Vampires, Shapeshifters and Other Creatures [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Making the Most of Your Writers Group [Sat 10:00 AM in Executive Suite 823]
• Microfiction: The Next Big Thing? [Sun 2:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• Monsters in (or Out) the Closet [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Networking for Novice Authors [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Paranoid Science Fiction [Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Philip K. Dick As Classic Literature [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Plausible Alien Life Forms in Hard SF [Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Poe's Poetry [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Post Supernatural Horror [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Pulped! [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Recommended Reading [Sun 10:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Regional Science Fiction [Sun 10:00 AM in Plaza I (One)]
• Riding a Wave of Looking Backwards [Sat 10:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Science At The Heart of Science Fiction [Sat 5:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Science Fiction Abides [Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Literary Fads [Sun 12:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Science Fiction for the Post Human Future [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Science Fiction Writers Writing About Other Art Forms [Sun 10:00 AM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Social Changes No One Saw Coming [Sat 3:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• The Art Of The Collaboration [Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• The Books We Come Back To [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• The Current Economic Downturn and What it Means to Science Fiction [Sat 12:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• The Editors Panel (Short Fiction) [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• The Future of Money [Fri 9:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• The Future of Print Genre Magazines [Sun 3:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• The Importance of Cash Flow For the New Author [Sun 11:00 AM in Executive Suite 823]
• The Influence of 1950s and 1960s B Movies on Literature [Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• The Invasion of the Janeites [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• The Lasting Appeal of Dick (Philip K., That Is) [Fri 8:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• The Merits of ""Hard Science"" vs. Balonium in Science Fiction Literature [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• The New Feudalism [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• The New Generation Of SF Writers [Sun 12:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• The Poe Legacy in Short Fiction [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• The Science of Zombies [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• The SF Quiz Show [Fri 10:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• The Stories That Changed Everything [Sun 3:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• The United States In A Thousand Years [Sun 11:00 AM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• The Use of Science Fiction in Education [Sat 7:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Theme Parks, Entertainment, and Utopia [Sun 3:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Was Philip K. Dick right? [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza III (Three)]
• What Price Immortality? [Sun 1:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Where will the Romance Science Fiction/Fantasy Connection Go? [Sun 1:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• Who Is Your Favorite Forgotten Author? [Sat 7:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Who was John W. Campbell and Why Does He Still Matter? [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Why Aren't We Writing About the Future Anymore? [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Why Isn't Science Fiction More International? [Sun 12:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Why Science Fiction Is Not Finished [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Writers That Should Have Quit When They Were Ahead [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Writers Workshop [Sat 1:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• Writers Workshop (Second Hour) [Sat 2:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• Zombie Jamboree [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Zombies of a Different Color [Sat 1:00 PM in Grand Ballroom A ]

Readings

• Bud Sparhawk Reading [Sun 12:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Catherine Asaro Reading [Sun 2:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Charles E. Gannon Reading [Sat 8:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Cory Doctorow Reading [Sat 2:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Danielle Ackley-McPhail Reading [Fri 7:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• David Louis Edelman Reading [Sun 11:00 AM in Executive Suite 623]
• Dina Leacock reading [Sun 3:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Ef Deal Reading [Sun 10:00 AM in Executive Suite 623]
• Eric Kotani Reading [Sat 10:00 AM in Executive Suite 623]
• Genevieve Iseult Eldredge 18+ Reading [Sat 9:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Gregory Frost reading [Sun 1:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Jonathan Maberry Reading [Sat 4:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Keith R.A. Decandido Reading [Fri 8:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• L.A. Banks Reading [Sat 3:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Michael F. Flynn Reading [Sat 5:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• MIchael Swanwick Reading [Sat 1:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Nick Wolven Reading [Fri 9:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Tom Purdom Reading [Fri 10:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]
• Ty Drago Reading [Sat 11:00 AM in Executive Suite 623]
• Victoria Jannsen Reading [Sat 12:00 PM in Executive Suite 623]

Anime

• Anime And The Revolving Door of Culture [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Anime Princesses Rule...Disney Princesses Drool [Sat 6:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Bad Anime, Bad!! [Sat 10:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• In Their Own Words - The Business of Voice Acting [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• My Cartoon Stereotypes Are More Offensive Than Yours [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza I (One)]
• SF & Fantasy Cartoons And Why We Love Them [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza I (One)]
• These Are A Few Of My Favorite Scenes [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• Zenkaikon/Delaware Anime Society Meet & Greet [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]

Art

• Art Auction/Taff Auction [Sun 1:00 PM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Art Demo: Alan Beck [Sat 3:00 PM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Art Demo: J. Andrew World [Sat 12:00 PM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Art Demo: Luke Stelmaszek [Sat 1:00 PM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Art Show Tours [Sat 1:00 PM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Digital Art Photography: How is it affecting the illustration market? [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Drawn to the Dark: The Appeal Of Horror Art [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Guided Tour of the Art Show [Sat 11:00 AM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Kyle Cassidy Slide Show [Sat 4:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Making the Unreal Real: Illustrating things that don't exist. [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Mark Rogers Slide Show [Sat 11:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Participation Demo: Dot Painting Fantasy Theme [Sat 10:00 AM in Art Show (Grand Ballroom B)]
• Steampunk Art: Who's Doing It and Why We Like It. [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• The Business of Art: Marketing & Promotion [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• The Evolution of Artworks: From Concept to Finished Piece [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• The Value of Art: Traditional vs. Digital Media [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza III (Three)]

Children's Programming

• Best Animated Movie of 2009 [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Book vs. Movie - YA Edition [Fri 5:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Costuming for Kids (H1) / Toon (G2 H2) [Sun 12:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Costuming for Kids (H2) / Origami (S2) [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Digging Dinos for Kids [Fri 6:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• DIY Low-Tech Animation [Fri 4:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Free Build with LEGO Bricks [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Lightsaber Demo by PA Jedi [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• NASA for Kids [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Origami for All Ages (Session 1) [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: Clay-O-Rama "Q" [Sun 3:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: Plastic Brick Adventures [Sat 6:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: Toon (Game 1, Hour 1) [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: Toon (Game 1, Hour 2) [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: Toon (Game 2, Hour 1) [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 1) [Sat 9:00 AM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 2) [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 3) [Sun 9:00 AM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Play: yoreHERO (Demo, Hour 4) [Sun 10:00 AM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Sing-A-Long Filk with Roberta Rogow and Friends [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• Storytelling with Patient Creatures [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• What Have You Been Reading? [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]

Comics

• Marvel/Disney: What Does It Mean For Comics? [Sun 2:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• The Best Webcomics [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• What Makes a Webcomic Last? [Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]

Costuming

• Costume Workshop: Fabric Flowers [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Doing a Lot of Costuming With Practically Nothing [Fri 5:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Hand-Sewing: Old-Fashioned & Authentic [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Historical Corsetry [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Makeup Mini-Demo [Sat 12:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• Masquerade Presentation Problem-Solving [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Masquerade Show & Tell [Sun 12:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• New Trends In Costuming: Steampunk, Gothic Lolita, Variations [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• Notions in Costuming [Sun 10:00 AM in Plaza V (Five)]
• This To That:Hot Glue & Adhesives [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• What is SF Costuming & Why Do We Care About It? [Fri 6:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]

Cutting Edge

• Can You Repeat That Mr. President? My Twitter Feed Was Down. [Fri 7:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Discuss Dr. Horrible Sing a Long [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Dr. Horrible Sing-A-Long [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Fantastic Internet: SF On The Web [Sun 11:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Pirate, Ninja, Supervillain, Vampire [Sat 3:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Social Network Social [Fri 10:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• The Age of Anonymous [Sat 11:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Vampires: Geesh, We just can't get rid of them [Sat 9:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Want some SF? Get out of the SF section! [Fri 5:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• What My Cat Had For Breakfast. [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Why Call It A "Singularity" If There Are So Many of Them? [Fri 6:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]

Fandom

• Apocalypse Pretty Soon? [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Are You Ready for the Zombie/Vampire/Alien/Eldrich Apocalypse? [Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Diversity in SF and Fandom [Sat 1:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway... Healthy Living For Fans [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• MMO Nation [Fri 7:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• Philcon 101 [Sat 10:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Philly Geek: What's going on in Philly Fandom? [Sun 2:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Scifi Saved My Life [Sun 11:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Sex and the Single Fan: Is Fandom... different? [Sat 11:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Steampunk for Simpletons [Sat 12:00 PM in Plaza II (Two)]
• The Fannish Generation Gap [Sat 11:00 AM in Executive Suite 823]
• The Music of the Fantastic [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza V (Five)]
• The Weird Science Fair! [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza II (Two)]
• What's a hot Orion like you doing in a cantina like this?... Flirting and Dating [Sat 10:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Your Internet Presence and You [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]

Filk

• A Filk Concert [Sat 3:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Another Filk Concert [Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Conventional Filk [Sat 1:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Dead Dog Filk [Sun 2:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Filk Concert - Saturday Night [Sat 7:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Friday Open Filking [Fri 11:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Let' s Write a Filk Song [Fri 9:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Naughty Bits [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Saturday Night Open Filk [Sat 10:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Song Sequitur [Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Stalking the Wild Filk [Sat 11:00 AM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• Sunday Filk Concert [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• To the Moon and Beyond [Sat 8:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• You Don't Have to Sing [Sun 11:00 AM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• You Wrote a Song About What?? [Sat 2:00 PM in Plaza VII (Seven)]

Gaming

• Classic Games You Want to Play Again [Sun 10:00 AM in Plaza III (Three)]
• Delaware Valley Gaming Groups [Sat 4:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]
• LARPs: Keeping them interesting [Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• MMO 101 – WoW, EVE, Everquest, and Beyond! [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza III (Three)]
• MMO 201 – World of Warcraft, The Gold Standard of Fantasy MMORPGs [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza II (Two)]
• Who are You When You're Not Yourself? [Sat 5:00 PM in Executive Suite 823]

Media

• Chuck vs. The New Intersect [Sat 6:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• From 2001 To A Galaxy Far, Far Away... [Sat 12:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• Hollywood Goes Green! Wait, They’re Remaking What?! [Sun 12:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• How Great Is BBC America For Fandom? [Sat 5:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Influences on Dr. Who [Sat 9:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Kaaaaaaate! We Have to Go Baaaaaaack! [Sun 1:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Star Trek: Where Does It Boldly Go Now? [Sat 4:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• The Art of the Audio Drama [Sat 10:00 AM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• This Blood's for You [Fri 9:00 PM in Plaza VI (Six)]
• VS. [Sat 11:00 AM in Grand Ballroom A ]
• We Started This Cult Film S***! [Fri 10:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]
• Y, Syfy? Y? [Sun 10:00 AM in Plaza VII (Seven)]
• You Never Forget Your First Doctor... [Fri 8:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four)]

Science

• A Briefer History of Time [Sun 10:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Biological Computers [Sat 11:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Great Mysteries of Science [Sat 6:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• How to Build a Time Machine [Fri 7:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Is Hydrogen the Future of Energy? [Fri 8:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Is Hydrogen the Future of Energy? [ 12:00 AM in ]
• Space Inc.: Is Private Enterprise the Future of Space Development? [Sat 3:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Stem Cells: Research and Progress [Sat 1:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• The Biology of Obesity [Sun 12:00 PM in Plaza I (One)]
• The Large Hadron Collider [Sat 7:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two]
• The Planck Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory [Sat 2:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]
• Towards a Theory of Quantum Gravity [Sun 12:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Three]

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