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Friday, Sept 26th, 2008

Time Kona Lahaina Meetups Pacific/Surf
10:00AM        
10:30AM        
11:00AM        
11:30AM        
12:00PM        
12:30PM        
1:00PM   What shall we do with the Broken Soldier?
Stoney Compton, Sharon T. Gaffney, Eytan Kollin
   
1:30PM      
2:00PM      
2:30PM   Historical Models and Military SF
Stoney Compton, Rick Galli, William H. Stoddard
Meetup: Tiki
Belle, James Stanley Daugherty
Writing in Concert
Cody Goodfellow, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, John Skipp
3:00PM  
3:30PM  
4:00PM   History of Military SF/F
David Drake, Rick Galli, William H. Stoddard
Pitch Session / Agent Q&A
Mike "OnyxHawke" Kabongo
Guerrilla Good Guys?
Sharon T. Gaffney, Cody Goodfellow, James H. Hay, Janet Tait
4:30PM  
5:00PM  
5:30PM [Room closed for Meet the Guests Set-Up]
Presenting your Costume on Stage: Music, Movement and Mime
Belle, Kate Morgenstern
  Zombie Ninja Monkey Pirate Robots
Mike "OnyxHawke" Kabongo, Batton Lash, Martin Young
6:00PM  
6:30PM  
7:00PM Meet the Guests
David Drake
     
7:30PM      
8:00PM Concerts
Allison Lonsdale, Eben Brooks, Lynn Maudlin
Mars in the Movies
Gerry Williams
   
8:30PM    
9:00PM    
9:30PM    
10:00PM Iron Hack
Allison Lonsdale, David Drake, Cody Goodfellow, James Nelson-Lucas, Martin Young
     
10:30PM      
11:00PM      
11:30PM        
0:00AM Eye of Argon Reading
Albert C. Baker III
     
0:30AM      

Saturday, Sept 27th, 2008

Time Kona Lahaina Meetups Pacific Surf Autographs
10:00AM Character Creation
David Drake, Cody Goodfellow, Jean Graham, John Skipp, Greg van Eekhout
The Mars Society -- Not Your Every Day Pro-Space Advocacy Organization
Jeff Berkwits, Gerry Williams
  The Cartographic Imperative in Fiction
Eben Brooks, Lynn Maudlin, Sherwood Smith
The Science and Art of Logistics
Stoney Compton, Rick Galli, Mike "OnyxHawke" Kabongo, Jefferson P. Swycaffer
 
10:30AM    
11:00AM    
11:30AM Human-Invented Human Organs
Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Judy Lazar, Nathaniel Smith, Adina Sobo
Writers' Groups: How and Why
Mike "OnyxHawke" Kabongo, Shweta Narayan, Greg van Eekhout
Meetup: Star Wars
James Floyd
Mercs
Jason Cordova, Rick Galli, J'nae Rae Spano, Martin Young
How Not To Costume
Belle, BetNoir, Kate Morgenstern
 
12:00PM  
12:30PM  
1:00PM Classics: who needs them?
Lynn Maudlin, Stephen W. Potts, Sherwood Smith, William H. Stoddard, Chris A. Weber
So There I Was...
Jason Cordova, David Drake, J'nae Rae Spano
Reading: Stoney Compton
Stoney Compton
Costuming from your closet: Quick and Dirty Steam Punk
Belle, Sandra Childress, Kate Morgenstern
Amateur Online Board Game System
Albert C. Baker III
Autographing: Batton Lash
Batton Lash
1:30PM
2:00PM  
2:30PM Why is Science still Scary?
Cody Goodfellow, James H. Hay, Judy Lazar, Stephen W. Potts, John Skipp
Are Our Expectations Too High?
Stoney Compton, James Stanley Daugherty, R. Mitchell Evans, Adina Sobo, Vernor Vinge
Meetup: Fiber Arts
BetNoir
We Once Sent Books to War
Jeff Berkwits, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Martin Young
Publishing Beyond Paper -- Free the Bound Periodicals!
Allison Lonsdale, Batton Lash, Janet Tait, Greg van Eekhout
Autographing: David Drake
David Drake
3:00PM
3:30PM  
4:00PM Out from our Mothers' basements
Amy Berner, Jackie Estrada, Jean Graham, Chris A. Weber
Storytelling Concert
Patti Christensen, Fred Laskowski, Marilyn McPhee, James Nelson-Lucas
Reading: Dani and Eytan Kollin
Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin
Sorting out The Clone Wars
James Floyd, Mary Jo Fox, Matt Kirk
Beading Workshop
Laura Luchau, Bearwoman
Autographing: Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge
4:30PM
5:00PM  
5:30PM [Room closed for Masquerade Set-Up]
Are There Any New Stories?
Sharon T. Gaffney, Jean Graham, John Skipp, Sherwood Smith
Meetup: Whedonverses
R. Mitchell Evans
Passing for Mundane
BetNoir, Sandra Childress, Judy Lazar, Laura Luchau, Martin Young
Lesser-Known Mediums
Lynn Maudlin, Shweta Narayan, James Nelson-Lucas, Chris A. Weber
 
6:00PM  
6:30PM  
7:00PM            
7:30PM            
8:00PM Masquerade
         
8:30PM          
9:00PM          
9:30PM          
10:00PM TBD
Allison Lonsdale, Sandra Childress, Jason Cordova, Jefferson P. Swycaffer
         
10:30PM          
11:00PM          

Sunday, Sept 28th, 2008

Time Kona Lahaina Meetups Pacific Surf
10:00AM Military in other genres
Jason Cordova, David Drake, Mike "OnyxHawke" Kabongo, Martin Young
You have Been Assimilated
Jeff Berkwits, Amy Berner, James Stanley Daugherty, Jackie Estrada, Janet Tait
Meetup: Westercon and Worldcon
Sandra Childress
Silly Weapons
Eben Brooks, James H. Hay, Jefferson P. Swycaffer
Star Wars Trivia Game
Whitney Barnes, James Floyd, Edgar Gallego
10:30AM
11:00AM
11:30AM Where Do Ideas Come From?
Sharon T. Gaffney, Jefferson P. Swycaffer, Greg van Eekhout, Martin Young
Is Planetary Invasion Feasible?
R. Mitchell Evans, Rick Galli, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Albert C. Baker III
Battlestar Galactica
Amy Berner, James Floyd, Stephen W. Potts, J'nae Rae Spano, Janet Tait
Fannish collecting
Jeff Berkwits, Sandra Childress, Judy Lazar
12:00PM
12:30PM
1:00PM Future Weapons
David Drake, James H. Hay, Vernor Vinge
Where has all the science gone?
Mike "OnyxHawke" Kabongo, Lynn Maudlin, Stephen W. Potts, Nathaniel Smith, William H. Stoddard
Meetup: Christian Fans
Dice + Mice: Tabletop RPGs Enriched by Online Tools
R. Mitchell Evans, Shweta Narayan, Janet Tait
Art Auction
1:30PM
2:00PM
2:30PM Space Navies Are All Wet
David Drake, J'nae Rae Spano, William H. Stoddard
Technologies of Life and Death
James H. Hay, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, Vernor Vinge
Meetup: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sharon T. Gaffney
What's after Proteomics?
Judy Lazar, Nathaniel Smith, Adina Sobo
Anime and Manga 101
Jackie Estrada, Laura Luchau
3:00PM
3:30PM
4:00PM Hiss and Purr: Con Feedback
       
4:30PM        
5:00PM