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Escape Velocity 2017

Marv Zelkowitz

Prof of Computer Science (retired)
College Park, Maryland

Con chair for Balticon, Baltimore Maryland, May 2018

10:45am PDT

The History of Science Fiction: Perspectives from the 21st Century Harding (100)

11:00am PDT

Short Films from the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival - Block 1 Coolidge (100)

12:00pm PDT

Museum of Science Fiction Gallery Madison B Spotlight on Geppi's Entertainment Museum Wilson BC (190)

12:30pm PDT

Short Films from the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival - Block 2 Coolidge (100)

1:15pm PDT

Re-Creating the Minority Report UI with Augmented Reality 3 - North (250)

2:30pm PDT

Robots, AI, and Drones in Military SF 5 - South (250)

3:45pm PDT

Utopia vs. Dystopia Harding (100)

5:00pm PDT

The Expanse: How it Gets Science Right Hoover (100) Computers in Space - brought to you by BAE 5 - South (250) The Law of Virtual Reality Truman (40)

7:00pm PDT

Robots in film and popular culture Coolidge (100)

7:30pm PDT

Science in Science Fiction Media: the Good, the Bad, and the Amusing Wilson BC (190)

9:30am PDT

The Controversies of Hard Science Fiction Harding (100)

10:45am PDT

Joe Haldeman - Literary Guest of Honor 1 - Northwest (500)

12:00pm PDT

Man As Machine: Androids & Cyborgs in Literature Harding (100)

1:15pm PDT

2017 Space Odyssey Hoover (100)

2:15pm PDT

Cas Anvar Guest Panel 1 - Northwest (500)

2:30pm PDT

The Journal of Science Fiction/CESK Anthology Harding (100) From Nanotechnology to Quantum Computing: The Limits of Strong AI Hoover (100)

3:00pm PDT

Tomorrow Ever After (2016) Coolidge (100)

3:45pm PDT

Fantasic beasts and Exobiology Harding (100)

5:15pm PDT

Science Worth Telling the Future About Hoover (100)

10:00am PDT

Science Fiction as Science? 3 - North (250)

11:00am PDT

A Crash Course in IP Law 5 - South (250) The Law of Star Trek Wilson BC (190)

11:15am PDT

The Future of Finance 3 - North (250)