Sessions will include both skill development workshops, open forums, Blue Pencil sessions with authors based on questions and answers in an intimate setting.
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Workshops sorted by presenter [PDF]
FRIDAY May 17th, 2024
3:00 PM-
5:00 PM
SATURDAY May 18th, 2024
9:00 AM-
9:45 AM
9:30 AM-
9:45 AM
Keynote Saturday: Why Everyone Should Read Science Fiction
Ballroom
Science fiction is not what you think. Since the dawn of the genre, SF has been at the forefront of social-justice debates. If you suppose you know what science fiction is all about bec…
Robert J. Sawyer
10:00 AM-
11:15 AM
10:00 AM-
11:15 AM
10:00 AM-
11:15 AM
11:30 AM-
12:45 PM
11:30 AM-
12:45 PM
Make your Story a Page Turner: Add Tension to your Writing by Tapping into Fear
Hudson Room
S.M. Freedman
11:30 AM-
12:45 AM
2:30 PM-
3:45 PM
2:30 PM-
3:45 PM
PANEL: AI: Love it, Hate it, or Tolerate it?
Monashee Room
2:30 PM-
3:45 PM
2:30 PM-
3:45 PM
3:45 PM-
5:00 PM
3:45 PM-
5:00 PM
3:45 PM-
5:00 PM
6:00 PM-
10:00 PM
Saturday Evening Banquet – Awards & Entertainment
Ballroom
Kenthen Thomas
Shari Ulrich
Sheri-D Wilson
SUNDAY May 19th, 2024
12:30 PM`-
1:45 PM
9:30 AM-
10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Conversation with Robert J. Sawyer: The Writing Life: Past, Present, and Future
Room 130
Robert J. Sawyer
10:45 AM-
12:00 PM
10:45 AM-
12:00 PM
10:45 AM-
12:00 PM
10:45 AM-
12:00 PM
12:30 PM-
1:45 PM
12:30 PM-
1:45 PM
12:30 PM-
1:45 PM
1:50 PM-
2:30 PM
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