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Friday
, September 1
1 - Northwest (500)
6:15pm •
Pop Parliament
8:00pm •
Cosplay Dance-Off
10:15pm •
Space Party
3 - North (250)
12:30pm •
AR Setup
1:15pm •
Re-Creating the Minority Report UI with Augmented Reality
3:45pm •
Dance Workshop
4 - West (250)
12:15pm •
Mold Making and Materials
2:00pm •
Behind the Mask
3:45pm •
Cosplay 101
5 - South (250)
10:45am •
Mechanical Morals: The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
12:00pm •
Co-existing with Technology
1:15pm •
Eclipse Across America: through the eyes of NASA
2:30pm •
Robots, AI, and Drones in Military SF
3:45pm •
Getting your Super Powers with Watson and AI Solutions
5:00pm •
Computers in Space - brought to you by BAE
6:15pm •
The (Virtually) Real Economy
7:30pm •
Making Video Games With Little Coding
6 - East (250)
3:45pm •
Do The Things You Own, Own You?
5:00pm •
Changing and sculpting the genome
6:15pm •
An Eternal Optimist: Arthur C. Clarke and the Search for What’s Next
7:30pm •
Science Fiction and the Technology of Matter Duplicators
Atrium
10:00am •
Board Gaming
11:00am •
Joseph Hurtgen Book Signing
Coolidge (100)
11:00am •
Short Films from the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival - Block 1
12:30pm •
Short Films from the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival - Block 2
2:15pm •
Brute Sanity (2016)
4:00pm •
Song of the Stars (2016)
5:15pm •
The Landing (2017)
7:00pm •
Robots in film and popular culture
8:15pm •
Magellan (2017)
Exhibit Hall
12:00pm •
DC Stunt Coalition Workshop
12:00pm •
Rockville Science Center's STEaM POWERed HEROES of all ages
12:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 1 : Storyboarding and Concept Art
LIMITED
2:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 2: Character and Set Building
LIMITED
3:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 3: Animation and Editing
LIMITED
3:30pm •
Catherine Asaro Book Signing #1
5:00pm •
Cryptoparty Workshop with James O'Keefe
Harding (100)
10:45am •
The History of Science Fiction: Perspectives from the 21st Century
1:15pm •
An Everyday Future: Including Popular Culture in Science Fiction
2:30pm •
Literary Representations of AI and Robotics
3:45pm •
Utopia vs. Dystopia
5:00pm •
Visions of the Future: Science Fiction Between Science and Scripture
6:15pm •
Science Fiction Criticism: Suvin and Beyond
8:45pm •
Tales from the Strange Planet Earth
Hoover (100)
8:30am •
Educator's Workshop
12:45pm •
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop A
1:45pm •
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop B
2:45pm •
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop C
3:45pm •
Boolean Girl Coding Workshop D
5:00pm •
The Expanse: How it Gets Science Right
7:30pm •
Drones in Education
Madison A
10:00am •
Escape the Room - SciFi Style
Madison B
12:00pm •
Museum of Science Fiction Gallery
Truman (40)
12:00pm •
Technology of the Soul and of the Self
3:45pm •
Literacy and Gaming - The value of bringing play into the classroom
5:00pm •
The Law of Virtual Reality
6:15pm •
DC Anime Club Presents: The 'Ghost in the Shell' Panel
7:30pm •
Trauma, Mental Health, and Disability
Wilson A (100)
10:00am •
Starship Horizons: Bridge Simulator
Wilson BC (190)
10:45am •
The Power Of Panels/ Mapping Out Your Comic Story with Keir Lyles
12:00pm •
Spotlight on Geppi's Entertainment Museum
1:15pm •
Drawing Characters with S.T.E.A.M.
2:30pm •
Hit Confirm: a Brief History of Character Design for Video Games
3:45pm •
Storytelling in Different Media
5:00pm •
Intro to Sci-fi Competitive Gaming, and eSports
6:15pm •
Insights Needed: Video Gaming & the Goldilocks Principle
7:30pm •
Science in Science Fiction Media: the Good, the Bad, and the Amusing
Saturday
, September 2
1 - Northwest (500)
9:30am •
What is 'Klingon'?
10:45am •
Joe Haldeman - Literary Guest of Honor
2:15pm •
Cas Anvar Guest Panel
3:30pm •
Morgan Gendel presents: Inner Light
5:00pm •
TD Sound Check
5:30pm •
Thomas Dolby: Unlocking the Genius Within
8:00pm •
Super Art Fight
10:15pm •
Science Fiction Trivia (Now with Stunts!)
1.5 Ballroom Entry
6:30pm •
Awards Pre-Party and Cocktail Hour
2 - SouthEast (500)
10:00am •
Cosfashion Show Tech rehearsal
11:45am •
Fashion Show Seating
12:00pm •
CosFashion Show
2:15pm •
Super Art Fight
4:30pm •
First Contact: An Improvised Epic
7:00pm •
2017 Film & Education Awards
10:00pm •
Dance Party
Atrium
10:00am •
Board Gaming
3:30pm •
Nick Kelly Book Signing #1
Coolidge (100)
12:15am •
Metropolis (1927)
11:00am •
Slightly Off Key: Great Soundtracks in Terrible SF Films
1:30pm •
The Big Score: The Evolution of the SF Soundtrack
3:00pm •
Tomorrow Ever After (2016)
9:15pm •
Doctor Whose Line is it Anyway?
Exhibit Hall
10:45am •
DC Stunt Coalition Workshop
11:00am •
Rockville Science Center's STEaM POWERed HEROES of all ages
12:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 1 : Storyboarding and Concept Art
LIMITED
1:15pm •
Sci-Fi Dough Ornaments
LIMITED
2:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 2: Character and Set Building
LIMITED
3:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 3: Animation and Editing
LIMITED
5:15pm •
Gamerfitness
Harding (100)
9:30am •
The Controversies of Hard Science Fiction
10:45am •
Diversity and Storytelling in Emerging Media
12:00pm •
Man As Machine: Androids & Cyborgs in Literature
1:15pm •
Young Adult Science Fiction Literature for Girls
2:30pm •
The Journal of Science Fiction/CESK Anthology
3:45pm •
Fantasic beasts and Exobiology
5:00pm •
Andrew Clark: Lego Fan to Set Designer
6:15pm •
Digital Ship in a Bottle
7:30pm •
Alternative Sports and Gaming
Hoover (100)
9:30am •
Education Workshop - Build a Robot
LIMITED
10:45am •
The Extreme Universe Animated - a Collaboration between Art Students and Astronomers
12:00pm •
Electronic Skin Technology
1:15pm •
2017 Space Odyssey
2:30pm •
From Nanotechnology to Quantum Computing: The Limits of Strong AI
3:45pm •
How did they Make That? 'Costume Edition'
5:15pm •
Science Worth Telling the Future About
6:30pm •
The Future of Drones
7:45pm •
Can you brew beer in space? And other critical concerns
Madison A
10:00am •
Escape the Room - SciFi Style
Madison B
11:00am •
Museum of Science Fiction Gallery
Southwest Foyer
12:00pm •
Joe Haldeman Autograph Signing
5:00pm •
Morgan Gendel Autograph Signing
Truman (40)
10:45am •
Cas Anvar VIP event
11:45am •
CosFashion show Green Room
2:15pm •
CosFashion Costume Evaluation and Feedback
5:15pm •
Ghost in the Matrix
Wilson A (100)
10:00am •
Starship Horizons: Bridge Simulator
Wilson BC (190)
9:30am •
Pokemon Go & Draw
10:45am •
Sci-Fi at a Top STEM High School
12:00pm •
- Kawaii + Create a Character Workshop
1:15pm •
Westworld: Cowboys and AI
2:30pm •
How to Draw Anime
4:30pm •
Afrofuturism: Butler and Beyond
6:45pm •
I, the Alien; or the Alien as Self
8:00pm •
What's Gender Got to Do With It?
Sunday
, September 3
3 - North (250)
10:00am •
Science Fiction as Science?
11:15am •
The Future of Finance
12:30pm •
TO SENTIENCE AND BEYOND: An Exploration Of AI In Star Trek
1:45pm •
Homesteading in Space
3:00pm •
Citizen Astronauts
4 - West (250)
11:45am •
Cosplay for Everyone
1:15pm •
Cosplay 201
5 - South (250)
11:00am •
A Crash Course in IP Law
12:15pm •
Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact: Living on Mars
1:30pm •
Surviving the Robo-pocalypse
2:45pm •
History of Science Fiction: Comic Book Edition
6 - East (250)
10:00am •
Rogue Missions, Millennials and the Falcon 9: Yoda one who can make it happen
11:15am •
Welcome to the Space Revolution! The Story Behind and Future of Musk, Bezos and the New Space Settlement Movement
12:30pm •
NIAC (NASA) Spotlight
1:45pm •
Cyborgs and Robots in Anime
3:00pm •
Inter-Faith Service
Atrium
10:00am •
Board Gaming
1:15pm •
Nick Kelly Book Signing #2
Coolidge (100)
12:00am •
Rocky Horror Picture Show
1:30pm •
Artificial Intelligence: How Close Are We...and How SAFE Are We?
2:45pm •
History of Science Fiction: Movie Edition
Exhibit Hall
10:00am •
Rockville Science Center's STEaM POWERed HEROES of all ages
10:00am •
DC Stunt Coalition Workshop
12:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 1 : Storyboarding and Concept Art
LIMITED
2:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 2: Character and Set Building
LIMITED
3:00pm •
Stop Motion Animation Part 3: Animation and Editing
LIMITED
Harding (100)
11:00am •
Rosarium Publishing - Introducing the World to Itself Since 2013
1:30pm •
Gender Portrayals in Sci-Fi Literature
2:45pm •
Shy Geeks Speak: How Cons Improved My Life
Hoover (100)
11:00am •
Is There Life Out There?
12:15pm •
Phasers and Sabers
1:30pm •
Insights Needed Wrap-Up: Give Us Your Feedback on Video Games and Engagement Preliminary Analysis
2:45pm •
What's in My Contract
Madison A
10:00am •
Escape the Room - SciFi Style
Madison B
11:00am •
Museum of Science Fiction Gallery
Wilson A (100)
10:00am •
Starship Horizons: Bridge Simulator
Wilson BC (190)
11:00am •
The Law of Star Trek
12:15pm •
Learning The Basics Of Animation
1:30pm •
The Art of Illustration
2:45pm •
Getting Started in Comics (Writers Workshop)
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