PANELS at LOSCON 30

LOSCON 30 will have many different tracks of panel programming.   These will range from panels on Costuming, Civilization, History, Science Fiction, Fandom, Writers, Science, Art, and Media.   Below you can find the current (11/11/03) programming schedule.   This schedule is of course subject to change between now and the beginning of the convention.

FRIDAY, November 28

TIME	PANEL TITLE	LOCATION
11:30 A.M.	A Tribute to Poul Anderson	Gala
	Astral Navigation	Festival
	Building a Model Civilization - Really we're going to build a model	Vine A
	Kaffeklatche with Todd McCaffrey	Burbank
	Now We're Cooking - Literary Cookbooks	Celebration
	Opening Ceremonies	Academy
	Publication Alternatives - E-Books, Print on Demand, etc.	Sunset A
	What are the Elements of a Successful Civilization?	Jubilee
	Writer's Block - Couldn't think of a catchy title, or plot either	Sunset B
	Yoga	Outside
1:00 P.M.	A Reading by Maria Alexander	Vine A
	Bringing new blood to Fandom: The challenge of generating interest in SF/Fantasy	Sunset B
	Cramming for the Tome - Before you write what you know, you have to know it	Gala
	Fencing Demo	Outside
	High and Low Points of Technology - Windmills have gone high tech.   Are there other examples of old tech with new uses?	Festival
	Kaffeklatche with Harry Turtledove	Burbank
	Meet the Guest of Honor Fred Saberhagen	Academy
	Tenn Forward	Jubilee
	What Kind of Costumer can I be	Sunset A
2:30 P.M.	Failed Science Fiction TV Shows: Why did they fail?	Festival
	Hall Costuming to Masquerade - The differences & similarities	Sunset A
	Kaffeklatche with Jack Chalker	Burbank
	Reading by Wil Wheaton	Academy
	SF, Fantasy & Religious Belief - Is this effective story telling or is it a crutch?	Gala
	Shipwrecked on an Uncharted Planet - What is needed to survive	Jubilee
	The Life and Art of Teddy Harvia	Celebration
	The Morphing of the Written Word: Are literary values declining in SF & popular literature?	Vine A
	Vogon Poetry Reading	Sunset B
4:00 P.M.	An Introduction to Ian Banks & Other British SF Greats unknown in the U.S.	Sunset B
	Kaffeklatche with Larry Niven	Burbank
	Lord of the Rings from Book to Screen	Sunset B
	Out of the Closet - Closet Costumes, jewels on the hanger	Sunset A
	Pop Him Like a Zit: Violence in SF	Jubilee
	The Future of Open Source Programming: Getting started with Linux	Festival
	The Vision of SF/Fantasy through the artist's eyes	Vine A
	Writers of the Future Panel & Reception	Gala
6:00 P.M.	Filking	Jubilee
7:00 P.M.	Fundamentals of Costume Design: A Two day costuming Work Shop	Vine A
	Open Roundtable w/ Justin Lloyd	Burbank
8:00 P.M.	Author Services Dramatic Reading	Celebration
9:00 P.M.	Hour 25 Presents the Loscon 30 Talk Show	Academy

SATURDAY, November 29

TIME	PANEL TITLE	LOCATION
10:00 A.M.	Finding Your Story Improv - based on three family facts from the audience	Sunset A
	Generating Story Ideas	Festival
	How to Enjoy Loscon 30	Burbank
	Padawan Training - Light Saber	Outside
	Spy vs. Spy: Intelligence for Dummies - Military Intelligence 101	Sunset B
	The Current State of SF in TV	Celebration
	The Fundaments of Costume Design: Costuming Workshop	Vine A
	The History of Mahjong	Jubilee
	The Life & Writings of Fred Saberhagen	Academy
	The Tale that goes on forever: Fictional Series, would you start a series today if you knew it would take you a decade?	Gala
11:30 A.M.	History of Anime in America	Sunset B
	History of Costuming in SF	Celebration
	Kaffeklatche with Sue Dawe	Burbank
	Manned vs. Unmanned Space Exploration	Festival
	Non Traditional Art Medium - The use of such things as natural medium for art projects, i.e. using rocks, feathers & twigs	Sunset A
	Playing in Somebody Else's Sandbox: Writing in someone else's universe	Gala
	The Obligatory Buffy Panel: The Buffy Phenomenon - Why it Worked	Academy
	Web Radio Discussion	Jubilee
	Yoga	Outside
1:00 P.M.	Are Kids Still Reading? Getting Kids Interested in Literature	Vine A
	Computer Generated Art Demo	Celebration
	Developing a Costume for a Specific SF Environment	Sunset A
	Fantasy that Breaks the Mold	Gala
	Flintknapping: A demo of the art of making stone tools	Outside
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Discussion	Jubilee
	Kaffeklatche with Teddy Harvia	Burbank
	Tom Safer Presents Films of the Canadian Film Board	Sunset B
	Women's Role in Science	Festival
2:30 P.M.	Breaking into Print	Academy
	Capitalist Pigs in Space - Economics in SF: Are all Aliens Capitalists?	Jubilee
	Creating a Video Game - from conception to completion (lecture)	Vine A
	EEK! There's Science in my Fantasy! Writing Cross-Genre Stories. Is it really science?	Festival
	Kaffeklatche with William Wu	Burbank
	Saberhagen's Dracula Unbound - An Analysis of Fred Saberhagen's Interpretation of the Dracula Mythos	Gala
	The Art of Kelly Freas	Celebration
	The Nuts & Bolts of Costuming - Planning your costume design	Sunset A
	What to Nominate for the Hugo's - A retrospective of the SF of 2003	Sunset B
4:00 P.M.	Cyborg & Robots - What Role will they play in our Present / Future?	Gala
	David Gerrold's Charity Auction	Festival
	Duct Tape Costuming - Creating a costume from a completely different medium	Vine A
	It IS Rocket Science - Demonstration	Sunset A
	Modern Animation in TV & Movies	Celebration
	Reading by William F. Wu	Sunset B
	Rum Molasses & Slaves - What trade goods have historically been profitable & which ones will still be profitable in the future? How about when the trade is between planets?	Jubilee
	Scratching at the Door: Monsters vs. Aliens, what scares you more?	Burbank
7:00 P.M.	Vampire Panel	Burbank
8:00 P.M.	Trivia for Chocolate	Gala
9:00 P.M.	Masquerade w/ Tadao Tomomatsu	Academy
	Regency Dancing	Celebration/Festival

SUNDAY, November 30

TIME	PANEL TITLE	LOCATION
10:00 A.M.	Having it all - Juggling Family & Career	Gala
	Mars Exploration Rover Project	Academy
	Pulp to CDRW - Discussing the fate of paper fanzines in the digital world	Sunset A
	Remnants of a Convention - A demo of Archaeology as applied to Loscon 30	Jubilee
	Save Farscape	Festival
	SFWA Business Meeting	Sunset B
	The Ancient Art of Chinese Noodle Fighting	Outside
	The Blank Canvas - Drawing	Vine A
	The Fan Boy Syndrome	Celebration
11:30 A.M.	Chain Mail Demo	Outside
	Introduction to Furry Fandom	Celebration
	Kaffeklatche with Fred Saberhagen	Burbank
	Location! Location! Location! Moving Loscon to a new hotel	Festival
	Media Novelizations - What do tie-in novels contribute to SF?	Gala
	The Art & Craft of Writing	Sunset B
	The Dawn Project - Ion propelled spacecraft exploring the asteroid belt	Jubilee
	The Expression of a Generation: A Look at the Art, Science & Genre Literature that shape our world	Sunset A
	The Heinlein Maneuver - The works of Robert A. Heinlein	Vine A
	The Wreck of the SS Poseidon - Film	Academy
1:00 P.M.	Dissecting the Torcon's 100 Greatest SF Movies of the 20th Century List	Gala
	Got Science? Popular interest in SF is on the rise & yet interest in hard science is going down	Jubilee
	High Tech Art Marketing - Using tech to prepare art for printing or presentation	Vine A
	Kaffeklatche with Marv Wolfman	Burbank
	Masquerade Post Mortem	Festival
	Meet the Fan Guest of Honor - Interviewed by Rick Foss	Academy
	Reading by Todd McCaffrey	Sunset A
	The 40th Anniversary of Dr. Who	Celebration
2:30 P.M.	Kaffeklatche with Amy Thomson	Burbank
	Literary Roots of Media Successes: Explore the seeds of literary ideas that blossomed into successful media vehicles	Jubilee
	Loscon 30 Overview	Festival
	Paint Brush or Pixels - Computer Art & Its Applications	Celebration
	Plotting a Series as opposed to a stand-alone book	Academy
	Reading by David Gerrold	Vine A
	The Beginnings of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS)	Gala
	Youth Writing Panel - Helping to develop young scribe talent	Sunset B
4:00 P.M.	Closing Ceremonies	Academy

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