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Programming


Various interesting panels, beginning Friday afternoon, will be scheduled for your enlightenment and enjoyment. Subjects range from the serious to the sublime. See below for some of this year's highlights.

If you would like to be part of a panel, have a programming suggestion, or a question about InConJunction's programming in general, contact our programming chairperson via e-mail or write to:

InConJunction XXVIII -- Programming
P.O. Box 68514
Indianapolis, IN 46268-0514

To view a printable copy of the program grid, click HERE.
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Programming Schedule Grid


Friday, July 4th
Time Main Programming Suite 3 Suite 4-5 Suite 6 Theater / Conference Center Suite 15 Dr. Who Room Anime Room Con-Suite
2:00 PM

Short Films: "Star Trek vs. Batman" and "First They Came For"

Bionic Woman vs. The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Smallville

Magnets

Sci-Fi vs. Sci-Fact

DOCTOR WHO with William Hartnell: "An Unearthly Child"

Karas: The Prophecy

2:30 PM
3:00 PM

Robotics and Modern Toys: Training the Next Generation of Mad Scientists

What is Sci-Fi?

Compelling Horror Illustration

Cheesiest Monster

Super Powers

3:30 PM

Karas: The Revelation

4:00 PM

What Happened to the Wheel?

Prop Discussion

Comic Science

Effective Storytelling

Xenolinguistics

WHOOSIER NETWORK PANEL: SEASON 4 IN REVIEW!

4:30 PM
5:00 PM

Charity Auction

Top Ten Monster List

Writer's Dilemma - Where Imagination and Fact Meet

Religion and Science - Can There Ever Be Peace Between the Two?

Science of Music

Real Parasites of Earth

DOCTOR WHO: "Partners in Crime" UNCUT!

Magikano 1-5

5:30 PM
6:00 PM

Why is the Sky Blue

Jekyll and Hyde - Science of the Split Man

Science of the Soul

Top Ten Mad Scientists

It's Alive! Is It Wrong to Play God?

GREETINGS FROM THE WHOOSIER NETWORK !

6:30 PM

THE WEAKEST LINK - DOCTOR WHO EDITION

7:00 PM

Opening Ceremonies

Which is the Better Cinematic Frankenstein?

Does the Dryer Really Eat Socks?

Young Characters in Science Fiction

MOVIE: Titan A.E. (2000, 95 min, animated)

Presentation and Discussion: Cosplay Costuming

7:30 PM

DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL: "Do You Remember the First Time?"

8:00 PM

Bill & Brenda Sutton in Concert

What is Our Reliance on Science?

What's Happening at Steve Jackson Games

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Time Crash" and "Voyage of the Damned" UNCUT!

Lucky Star 1-4

8:30 PM
9:00 PM

Weird Science

Prior Service Required?

The Realities of EMP

Nurturing an Online Audience

Personal Paranormal

9:30 PM

The Hand of Fear

Miss Critical Moment

10:00 PM

Readings from Dark Erotica

Massage

MOVIE: The Last Man on Earth (1964, 86 min, B&W)

Appleseed Ex-Machina

10:30 PM

Open Filk

11:00 PM

What's New with Buffy and Angel?

Science of the Mind - Brain vs. Mind

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "School Reunion"

11:30 PM

MOVIE: Metropolis (1927, 115 min, B&W, silent)

12:00 AM

Paprika

12:30 AM
1:00 AM
1:30 AM

Witchblade 1-4

2:00 AM
2:30 AM
3:00 AM

Red Garden 1-4

3:30 AM
4:00 AM
4:30 AM
5:00 AM

Black Blood Brothers 1-4

5:30 AM
6:00 AM
6:30 AM
Saturday, July 5th
Time Main Programming Suite 3 Suite 4-5 Suite 6 Theater / Conference Center Suite 15 Dr. Who Room Anime Room Con-Suite
7:00 AM

Buso Renkin 1-4

7:30 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM

Starfleet Meeting

Blood Drive

DOCTOR WHO with Jon Pertwee: "The Time Warrior"

Flying Phantom Ship

9:30 AM
10:00 AM

Kendo Workshop

Creative Artwork

Building Lego Robots

What CSI Does Wrong: Picking Apart Television Science

Optical Illusions

Tales From Earthsea

10:30 AM
11:00 AM

Starship 2

Art of Adaptation

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poisoned Sky" UNCUT!

LiveJournal Meet & Greet

11:30 AM
12:00 PM

Computer Talk

Monsters, Faeries, and Angels

Wormholes, Warps, and Hyperspace

Discussion: The Fourth Native Japanese Theater/What is Anime?

12:30 PM

DOCTOR WHO with Sylvester McCoy: "Silver Nemesis"

1:00 PM

John Scalzi Q&A

Cartoon Physics

Yoga for Geeks

Alan M. Clark Reading

Time Travel

Innocent Venus 1-4

1:30 PM
2:00 PM

Alan M. Clark & Steve Gilberts Art Demonstration

Battlestar Galactica Props and Costumes

Dystopian vs Utopian

Harry Potter Chemistry

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A SCI-FI GEEK ? 2

2:30 PM

Venus Versus Virus

3:00 PM

Charity Auction

Nature of Mutations

Evolution of the Universal Movie Monsters

Anthropology of Harry Potter

WHOOSIER NETWORK PANEL: COMPANIONS

3:30 PM
4:00 PM

Science of War

Writer's Workshop Hour 1: Writing

Better Living Through Chemistry

Video Trivia

Inventions that Come from Sci-Fi

DOCTOR WHO with Tom Baker: "Robot"

4:00 PM

Pumpkin Scissors 1-4

4:30 PM
5:00 PM

What if I were Tom Smith: Bill and Brenda Sutton and Special Guests

Medicine and Foods

Create Your Own Props

Free Content Business Model

Top Ten Worst Movies of the Year

Writing for the Gaming Industry

5:30 PM
6:00 PM

AI Discussion

Kit Bash

How the Body Works: System Coordination

Anthropology of Star Trek

Demonstration and Discussion: Computer-Aided Manga Drawing

6:30 PM

Art Auction

DOCTOR WHO with Patrick Troughton: "The Seeds of Death"

7:00 PM

John Scalzi's Real Life Honest Money Advice

MOVIE: The Black Hole (1979, 98 min)

Anthropology of Star Wars

Heroic Age (pronounced "Eiji") 1-5

7:30 PM
8:00 PM

Masquerade

Mad Scientist

8:30 PM
8:30 PM

TV EPISODES: Flash Gordon (1954)

9:00 PM

Robotics and Modern Toys for Big Boys: Encouraging Today's Mad Scientists

Gender and Transgender in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Harry Potter Alchemy

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead"

Flag 1-4

9:30 PM
10:00 PM

Why Can't We?

Open Filk

Massage

Could the Firefly Universe Actually Come to Be?

What's New in Harry Potter

10:30 PM

Dance

DOCTOR WHO with Jon Pertwee: "Doctor Who and the Silurians"

Vexille

11:00 PM

The Thin Line Between Genius and Insanity

11:30 PM
12:00 AM

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

12:30 AM

Devil May Cry 1-4

1:00 AM
1:30 AM
2:00 AM

MOVIE: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966, 88 min)

Tekkonkinkreet

2:30 AM
3:00 AM
3:30 AM
4:00 AM

Welcome to the N-H-K

4:30 AM
5:00 AM
5:30 AM
Sunday, July 6th
Time Main Programming Suite 3 Suite 4-5 Suite 6 Theater / Conference Center Suite 15 Dr. Who Room Anime Room Con-Suite
6:00 AM

Moonlight Mile 1-4

6:30 AM
7:00 AM
7:30 AM
8:00 AM

Ramen Fighter Miki 1-4

8:30 AM
9:00 AM

Non Denominational Service

DOCTOR WHO with Colin Baker: "Mark of the Rani"

9:30 AM

Tweeny Witches 1-4

10:00 AM

Alan M Clark Q&A

Science of Magic

Science of Food

Music in Sci-Fi

Mr. Wizard

10:30 AM

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Midnight"

11:00 AM

Howard Tayler Q&A

Morality of Cloning

Yoga for Geeks

Adaptability of Animals

EVP: Electronic Voice Phenomena

Writer's Workshop Hour 2: The Business of Writing

Shattered Angels 1-4

11:30 AM

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Turn Left"

12:00 PM

Trailer Park

Quantum Leap vs. Journeyman

Green Technologies

My First Science Fair Project

Pagan Service

12:30 PM

WHOOSIER NETWORK DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS!

1:00 PM

Tom Smith Singalong: Bill and Brenda Sutton and Special Guests

Do We All Have a Hyde Inside?

Playing God: Science in the Real World

How to Set Up Your Own Sci-Fi Club

Massage

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant:"Two-part series finale"

Discussion: Culture Shocks and Delights

1:30 PM
2:00 PM

Rap with the Conchair

Are We In a New Age of Magic?

Battlestar Galactica

Seto no Hanayome

2:30 PM
3:00 PM

Circle of Janus Meet and Greet

Lost

Oddities of the Natural World

Sound Effects Through History: From Radio to the Internet

3:30 PM

Programming Schedule Listing


Friday, July 4th
2:00 PM Main Programming

Short Films: "Star Trek vs. Batman" and "First They Came For"   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: G)
First thrill to Chris Allen's comedic fan film feature "Star Trek vs. Batman" where the USS Enterprise arrives in 1967 only to be made a pawn in The Joker's fiendish plans. Then watch "First They Came For", a short film set in a not so distant future where a nondescript regime takes various discriminated groups out of everyday situations where they are creating no crime while the narrator watches this injustice happen and struggles between standing up and saving himself.

Suite 3

Bionic Woman vs. The Sarah Connor Chronicles   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson, Maurice Broaddus. What Worked and What Didn't.

Suite 4-5

Smallville   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Jonathan Fesmire. Retelling the Superman story from the bottom up.

Theater / Conference Center

Magnets   (1 Hour - Family Friendly Activity - Rating: G)
David Bonner. How they work and what can be done with them.

Suite 15

Sci-Fi vs. Sci-Fact   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
John Scalzi, Vicki Merriman, Karen Nagel, Michael Baugh, Tom Lee. What's real in Sci-Fi and what's Sci-Fi in reality.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with William Hartnell: "An Unearthly Child"   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: G)
On November 23rd, 1963, the landscape of British television changed forever when two curious schoolteachers, eager to learn the true nature of one of their pupils, entered an abandoned police call box... and an adventure beyond imagination. Join us as we relive that great moment 45 years ago this November as we kick off this weekend celebration of DOCTOR WHO!

Anime Room

Karas: The Prophecy   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video)
The balance between Tokyo's spiritual and human dimensions has long been upheld by the city's guardian crow Karas and his masters. But that balance has been thrown into disarray as Eko, a former Karas, has attempted to seize power. The entity Yurine, who represents the will of the people, stands in his way with her newly risen Karas.

3:00 PM Suite 3

Robotics and Modern Toys: Training the Next Generation of Mad Scientists   (1 Hour - Family Friendly Activity - Rating: G)
Joe Greene. How to become the next great mad scientist.

Suite 4-5

What is Sci-Fi?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson, Tom Huber, Susan Baugh, Dan Gamber, Darwin A. Garrison. How is it distinguished from other genre fare?

Suite 6

Compelling Horror Illustration   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
Alan M. Clark, Bob Freeman. The dos and don'ts of horror art.

Theater / Conference Center

Cheesiest Monster   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Mark Williams. Vote for the best monster ever.

Suite 15

Super Powers   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Michael West, Mike Suess, Rosemary Laurey, Steven Marsh, TammyJo Eckhart. Can They Exist in Real Life? How do writers make them realistic?

3:30 PM Anime Room

Karas: The Revelation   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video)
Eko unleashes his wrath on the humans in Tokyo as the Yurines of surrounding regions observe and other spiritual beings decide whether or not to intervene in the epic battle.

4:00 PM Suite 3

What Happened to the Wheel?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
John Belden, Vicki Merriman, Darwin A. Garrison. Discussion of its absence and the birth of the flying car.

Suite 4-5

Prop Discussion   (1 Hour - General Discussion - Rating: G)
Mark Shidler, Mike Moore. Discussion of props and media.

Suite 6

Comic Science   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler, Mike Suess, Steven Marsh. Discussions of the science in comics.

Theater / Conference Center

Effective Storytelling   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Michelle Gussow, Alan M. Clark, Bob Freeman, Jackie Gamber, Michael West, Rosemary Laurey. How the written and the visual come together to tell a story.

Suite 15

Xenolinguistics   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Daryl G. Frazetti, Jonathan Fesmire, Tracy Canfield. Discussion of alien languages.

Dr. Who Room

WHOOSIER NETWORK PANEL: SEASON 4 IN REVIEW!   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Mark Dooley. So what do you think of Season 4 so far? Are you satisfied with how the Sci-Fi Channel is presenting it? Donna Noble - most ingratiating companion or most off-putting? Let's get together and sort it all out!

5:00 PM Main Programming

Charity Auction   (1 Hour - Rating: G)
Kathie Thompson. Buy cool stuff and help out a good cause.

Suite 3

Top Ten Monster List   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Mark Williams. Vote for the best monster ever.

Suite 4-5

Writer's Dilemma - Where Imagination and Fact Meet   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Michelle Gussow, Alan M. Clark, Jackie Gamber, Rosemary Laurey, E. E. Knight, TammyJo Eckhart. The thin line between reality and fantasy.

Suite 6

Religion and Science - Can There Ever Be Peace Between the Two?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Ben Avery, Dan Gamber, Deb Hunt, Maurice Broaddus, Wendy Carson, Tom Lee. The differences, similarities, and where they meet.

Theater / Conference Center

Science of Music   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
David Bonner. What is music really made of?

Suite 15

Real Parasites of Earth   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Laura Hohman. A look at all the real life suckers in the world.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO: "Partners in Crime" UNCUT!   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: G)
The fourth series (or 30th, depending how picky you are) begins with the Doctor and Donna Noble (comedy superstar Catherine Tate) reuniting during their own individual investigations into a diet pill manufacturer who claims "the fat will just walk away". Say what you will about their methods, there's truth in advertising...

Anime Room

Magikano 1-5   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-14)
Average middle school student Haruo has been kept in the dark by his three sisters that his is a family of magic users, since he seems to have no powers. His life changes with the arrival of Ayumi, who needs to awaken Haruo's powers by turning him into a "real man", to relieve herself of a curse, and she's not happy about the necessity. Innuendo and fan service used to humorous effect.

6:00 PM Suite 3

Why is the Sky Blue   (1 Hour - Family Friendly Activity - Rating: G)
David Bonner. Why not magenta or puce? What makes the color?

Suite 4-5

Jekyll and Hyde - Science of the Split Man   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Susan Baugh, James S. Dorr. Can one side live without the other? Are they truly separate?

Suite 6

Science of the Soul   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler, Harry Bunn, Jessica Bunn, Samuel Travis Clemmons, Darwin A. Garrison. What is it? How is it expressed? Can it be proven to exist?

Theater / Conference Center

Top Ten Mad Scientists   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Karen Nagel. Have a favorite mad scientist? Show 'em some love and vote.

Suite 15

It's Alive! Is It Wrong to Play God?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Tom Huber, Jackie Gamber, Michael West, Wendy Carson. How far does the science go in science fiction?

Dr. Who Room

GREETINGS FROM THE WHOOSIER NETWORK !   (30 Minutes - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Mark Dooley, Mark Williams. Yep, we're back again for another great weekend of classic and brand-new Doctor Who! Come join us for Doctor Who news updates, club activities, and lots more, Hosted by Mark "De Boss" Dooley!

6:30 PM Dr. Who Room

THE WEAKEST LINK - DOCTOR WHO EDITION   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: PG)
She was lampooned in the Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf"... and now the "Anne-Droid" savors her revenge when Miss Robinson brings the cast of Doctor Who together for a round of Britain's top game show. And you'll never believe who wins this one!

7:00 PM Main Programming

Opening Ceremonies   (1 Hour - Presentation - Rating: G)
Alan M. Clark, Ben Avery, Bob Freeman, Dan Gamber, Daryl G. Frazetti, Howard Tayler, Jackie Gamber, Joe Greene, John Scalzi, Jonathan Fesmire, Lynette Cowper, Maurice Broaddus, Michael West, Robert "Gunner" Reynolds, Rosemary Laurey, Randy Porter, Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton, Karen Nagel, Mike Moore, Susan Baugh, Steven Marsh. Introduction of guests and start of the convention.

Suite 3

Which is the Better Cinematic Frankenstein?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Casey Criswell. Which follows the story and who does it better?

Suite 4-5

Does the Dryer Really Eat Socks?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson. The science of lost laundry.

Suite 6

Young Characters in Science Fiction   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Tom Huber, Laura Edwards, Darwin A. Garrison. Discussion of the young people in Sci-Fi.

Theater / Conference Center

MOVIE: Titan A.E. (2000, 95 min, animated)   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
In 3028 a young man named Cale is drawn into a mission to find the Titan, a spaceship that holds the secret to saving the human race from the vicious Drej. The screenplay was written by Ben Edlund (The Tick and Supernatural), John August, and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Serenity).

Anime Room

Presentation and Discussion: Cosplay Costuming   (1 Hour - Expert Panel)
Taking your favorite character from an image to something wearable.

7:30 PM Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL: "Do You Remember the First Time?"   (30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
David Tennant hosts an introspective edition of DW Confidential, speaking with current and past writers of Doctor Who, including Russell Davies, Phil Collinson, Steven Moffat, and Dead Ringers stars Jon Culshaw and Nev Fountain.

8:00 PM Main Programming

Bill & Brenda Sutton in Concert   (1 Hour - Performance - Rating: G)
Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton. Come hear the Suttons play their music.

Suite 4-5

What is Our Reliance on Science?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
John Scalzi, Howard Tayler, Joe Greene, Vicki Merriman. How strongly do we lean on it or give it credence?

Suite 15

What's Happening at Steve Jackson Games   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Steven Marsh. Come find out what's new at Steve Jackson Games.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Time Crash" and "Voyage of the Damned" UNCUT!   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
The 2007 Christmas special starring world-reknowned singer Kylie Monogue comes to the Who-Net room, along with the Children-in-Need prologue, "Time Crash" guest-starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor!

Anime Room

Lucky Star 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-PG)
Konata is an athletic and intelligent high school girl too dedicated to her favorite primetime animes and games to excel in anything but otaku culture. She and her friends explore the unexplored by questioning the ordinary. Another romp from the makers of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

9:00 PM Main Programming

Weird Science   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Expert Panel - Rating: EXPLICIT)
Robert Pyatt. Mad Scientist Dr. Rob Pyatt leads another discussion featuring some of the strangest scientific studies with a theme of sex and food. This year we'll discuss "Sounding gay; pitch properties of the speech of gay and straight men", "The Beefburger Injury", and "Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lapdancers" along with our own annual InCon weird science experiment.

Suite 3

Prior Service Required?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Darwin A. Garrison. A discussion of whether or not true military science fiction must be written by those who have firsthand knowledge of the military.

Suite 4-5

The Realities of EMP   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Tom Huber, Joe Greene. What can electromagnetic pulses really do? How wide spread can it be?

Suite 6

Nurturing an Online Audience   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
John Scalzi, Howard Tayler, TammyJo Eckhart. How to show love and keep a relationship with online fans.

Theater / Conference Center

Personal Paranormal   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Jeri Picha, Michelle Gussow, Susan Baugh, E. E. Knight. Things that go bump in the night and how they're real.

9:30 PM Dr. Who Room

The Hand of Fear   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
We said some fond farewells in 1976 to one of the Doctor's best companions, Sarah Jane Smith (Elizabeth Sladen) as she and the Doctor battled it out with the ancient and powerful Eldrad...

Anime Room

Miss Critical Moment   (30 Minutes - Video)
Weird Science for a Chinese girl living in Tokyo who keeps getting into bizarre life-threatening situations. A voice-over narrator explains the chemistry, physiology and physics of her various perils.

10:00 PM Suite 4-5

Readings from Dark Erotica   (1 Hour, 45 Minutes - Author Reading - Rating: R)
Samuel Travis Clemmons, TammyJo Eckhart, Karen Nagel. Readings from two of our authors. You will hear the work of Samuel Travis Clemmons read by Karen Nagel and the author himself. TammyJo Eckhart will read from her short story collection "Day Unto Night", vampire stories with an erotic edge.

Suite 6

Massage   (1 Hour - Demonstration - Rating: ADULT)
Michael Baugh. Learn the benefits and techniques of massage. (Parental warning: Bare skin and full body massage may be part of this panel.)

Theater / Conference Center

MOVIE: The Last Man on Earth (1964, 86 min, B&W)   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
The first of three screen adaptations of Richard Matheson's classic 1954 novel "I Am Legend". You may have seen the recent Will Smith version ... come see the original! Starring Vincent Price as a doctor who spends his days fighting the monsters that now rule the world and his nights locked up in his house, trying to stay alive.

Anime Room

Appleseed Ex-Machina   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: PG-13)
Special Forces soldiers Deunan, Briareos and Tereus battle to preserve peace in the city-nation of Olympus, until a stealth attack by zealots turns the city into a war zone. A film by John Woo and Shinji Aramaki.

10:30 PM Main Programming

Open Filk   (2 Hours, 30 Minutes - Audience Participation - Rating: G)
Come sing to your heart's content.

11:00 PM Suite 3

What's New with Buffy and Angel?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Bob Freeman, Jessica Bunn, Jonathan Fesmire, Maurice Broaddus, Michael West, Samuel Travis Clemmons. What's new in the Buffy and Angel verses.

Suite 15

Science of the Mind - Brain vs. Mind   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Michael Baugh, Harry Bunn. How they work together and against each other.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "School Reunion"   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: G)
...and then welcomed her back with open arms nearly thirty years later in the new series, although the reunion with the Doctor turned bittersweet...

11:30 PM Theater / Conference Center

MOVIE: Metropolis (1927, 115 min, B&W, silent)   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: PG)
Director Fritz Lang's masterpiece showing a world of the future divided between those who live in luxury and those who toil underground to maintain it.

12:00 AM Anime Room

Paprika   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: R)
After a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream is stolen, A detective and a therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a "dream terrorist". Satoshi Kon's latest exploration of the boundary between reality and imagination.

1:30 AM Anime Room

Witchblade 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-MA)
Masame Amaha is a woman on the fringe of society, struggling to build a life with her daughter, with no memory of her past. But she has been chosen as the host for the ancient artifact Witchblade, which will forever scar her future.

3:00 AM Anime Room

Red Garden 1-4   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-MA)
Four women follow a swarm of crimson-colored butterflies that only they can see to find a woman who tells them that they were all murdered and that they must now do her bidding - kill strange man-beasts with their bare hands and leave no evidence.

5:00 AM Anime Room

Black Blood Brothers 1-4   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-MA)
It's been a decade since the sacred war between humans and vampires. Vampire brothers Jiro and Kotaro travel to the Special Zone, where vampires and humans live in peace, but become involved in a battle with the re-emerging Kowloon Bloodline, monsters with an infectious bite.

Saturday, July 5th
7:00 AM Anime Room

Buso Renkin 1-4   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-14)
High school student Kazuki Muto is killed while trying to save a girl from a monster, not realising that she was a monster hunter trying to lure it. The girl revives him by replacing his heart with an alchemical device called a kakugane, which enables him to form his own alchemical weapon called a Buso Renkin. He joins the girl, Tokiko Tsumura, in her fight.

9:00 AM Main Programming

Starfleet Meeting   (1 Hour - Audience Participation - Rating: G)
Meeting of Starfleet.

Suite 15

Blood Drive   (5 Hours - Rating: PG-13)
Kathie Thompson. Give blood. Save lives.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with Jon Pertwee: "The Time Warrior"   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: G)
The newly remastered DVD release with new SFX (done with the blessing of classic DW producer Barry Letts!). The Doctor, with the help of new companion Sarah Jane Smith (Elizabeth Sladen), uncovers a plot that spans the centuries as an alien invader seeks to hand 20th Century technology and weapons over to a brutal medieval warlord. Meet the Sontarans for the first time!

Anime Room

Flying Phantom Ship   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: G)
Fast-moving children's movie from 1969, notable as the first film that Hayao Miyazaki made a significant contribution to, as key animator. The first 10 minutes, with "haunted" house and goofy great Dane, seems like a prototype for Hanna-Barberra's Scooby-Doo, which premiered in the USA four months later. The plot quickly shifts to military-industrial conspiracies, giant robots, toxic soda pop, a kamikaze kanojo, a boss-monster in the ocean and, of course, the flying phantom ship.

10:00 AM Main Programming

Kendo Workshop   (1 Hour - Demonstration - Rating: PG)
Melissa Kocias. A demonstration of kendo.

Suite 3

Creative Artwork   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Alan M. Clark. Art as part of great storytelling. Audience participation as part of the creative process.

Suite 4-5

Building Lego Robots   (2 Hours - Audience Participation - Rating: PG-13)
Joe Greene. Contest: six contestants competing to build the best robot.

Suite 6

What CSI Does Wrong: Picking Apart Television Science   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
Ricky Lile, Robert Pyatt, Mike Medler. Can you really find a killer from a fiber?

Theater / Conference Center

Optical Illusions   (1 Hour - Audience Participation - Rating: PG)
Kathy Hohman. Try various optical illusions at different stations.

Anime Room

Tales From Earthsea   (2 Hours - Video)
2006 feature film from Studio Ghibli based loosely on the Earthsea series by Ursula K. Leguin. The Balance has been magically disturbed and both people and animals are doing strange and violent things. A king's son on the run from having killed his father meets a wizard and a strange girl. Secrets abound. Some are revealed.

11:00 AM Main Programming

Starship 2   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: G)
Mark Racop. The long awaited sequel is finally here.

Suite 6

Art of Adaptation   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Ben Avery, E. E. Knight. How comics and film come from books.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poisoned Sky" UNCUT!   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
The Sontarans come roaring back with a vengeance when the Doctor and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) unite with Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) and UNIT to uncover the mystery of the time warriors' seemingly nonsensical attack on Earth. After too long a time, UNIT is back!

Con-Suite

LiveJournal Meet & Greet   (1 Hour - Round Table Discussion - Rating: G)
John Belden, Wendy Carson. Come meet all your LiveJournal friends in real life.

12:00 PM Suite 3

Computer Talk   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Tom Huber, Stephen Kendall, Tom Lee. Computer geeks talk shop.

Suite 6

Monsters, Faeries, and Angels   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Jeri Picha, Bob Freeman, Dan Gamber, Harry Bunn, Jessica Bunn. Discussion of the spiritual and magical. Are they real? Can we prove it? Should we prove it?

Theater / Conference Center

Wormholes, Warps, and Hyperspace   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson, Mike Suess. How they work and are they possible?

Anime Room

Discussion: The Fourth Native Japanese Theater/What is Anime?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel)
How does it relate to other Japanese forms?

12:30 PM Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with Sylvester McCoy: "Silver Nemesis"   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
The Doctor and Ace find themselves up to their necks in leftover Nazis, medieval time-traveling sorceresses and their serfs, deadly artifacts, and, oh, yeah... Cybermen!

1:00 PM Main Programming

John Scalzi Q&A   (1 Hour - Q & A - Rating: G)
John Scalzi. John Scalzi answers all your questions.

Suite 3

Cartoon Physics   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Chris Canary, Howard Tayler, Wendy Carson. How are they different from the physics of reality, and why?

Suite 4-5

Yoga for Geeks   (2 Hours - Workshop - Rating: G)
Lisa Meece, Stephanie Frye. Discuss and practice the art of yoga.

Suite 6

Alan M. Clark Reading   (1 Hour - Author Reading - Rating: G)
Alan M. Clark. Alan reads his work.

Theater / Conference Center

Time Travel   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Ben Avery, Jackie Gamber, Mike Suess, Samuel Travis Clemmons. Is it possible? What are its limitations and why are we so fascinated by it?

Anime Room

Innocent Venus 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-14)
A mass of ultra-violent storms has wiped out over half of the world's population, leaving the remainder in a broken and barren existence. But in Japan, there is an exception. Here, the wealthy rule with war machines and suppress the masses. And they have a very dark secret. Caught in the middle is an innocent girl, codenamed Venus, whom rebels have determined to protect. What is her purpose and power?

2:00 PM Main Programming

Alan M. Clark & Steve Gilberts Art Demonstration   (1 Hour - Demonstration - Rating: G)
Alan M. Clark, Steve Gilberts. Come see art in the making.

Suite 3

Battlestar Galactica Props and Costumes   (2 Hours - Presentation - Rating: G)
George Starkey, Kevin Spencer. Two hours of the props and costumes of Battlestar Galactica

Suite 6

Dystopian vs Utopian   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
Jessica Bunn, Michael West, James S. Dorr, E. E. Knight. Which is more likely? More realistic?

Theater / Conference Center

Harry Potter Chemistry   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Anjala Dick. Create your own potion.

Dr. Who Room

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A SCI-FI GEEK ? 2   (1 Hour - Contest - Rating: G)
Mark Dooley. Cowboy up, you trivia experts! Cool prizes and vast shanks of learning are in store for those who can challenge De Boss' amazing trivia prowess!

2:30 PM Anime Room

Venus Versus Virus   (1 Hour, 50 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-14)
Sumire is a schoolgirl who has the power to sense demons, or virus, around her. She teams up with Lucia, a virus-fighter from the Venus Vanguard. They will learn from each other why a life is worth saving. They will learn from their enemies that they each have their own potential for evil.

3:00 PM Main Programming

Charity Auction   (2 Hours - Rating: G)
Kathie Thompson. Buy cool stuff and help out a good cause.

Suite 6

Nature of Mutations   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Mike Suess, Karen Nagel. How they happen, why they happen, and are they good or bad.

Theater / Conference Center

Evolution of the Universal Movie Monsters   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Bob Freeman, Jonathan Fesmire, Mark Williams. How Dracula and Frankenstein came to be, and how they started it all.

Suite 15

Anthropology of Harry Potter   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Daryl G. Frazetti. The cultures of Harry Potter.

Dr. Who Room

WHOOSIER NETWORK PANEL: COMPANIONS   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Mark Dooley, Stephen Kendall. Obviously, we're gonna talk about the Doctor's second wheels, particularly the most recent. It's run the gammit in a short four years, from shopgirls to omnisexual time agents to doctors (MEDICAL doctors, that is) to office temps. Who do you think has served the TARDIS best over 45 years?

4:00 PM Suite 3

Science of War   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Jeri Picha, Harry Bunn, John Belden. Does mankind have the capability to destroy itself?

Suite 4-5

Writer's Workshop Hour 1: Writing   (1 Hour - Workshop - Rating: G)
Ben Avery, Jackie Gamber, Michael West, Rosemary Laurey, Jonathan Fesmire, James S. Dorr. Learn the ins and outs of the art and business of writing. Limit 12 people who have signed up before the event.

Suite 6

Better Living Through Chemistry   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Wendy Carson, Vicki Merriman. How chemistry can help one live better.

Theater / Conference Center

Video Trivia   (1 Hour - Contest - Rating: PG-13)
Chris Canary, Jeff Thompson, Robert Pyatt. Flex your movie trivia muscles with Rob, Jeff, and Engineer Chris. The top 8 places will win great prizes like DVDs, action figures, and posters.

Suite 15

Inventions that Come from Sci-Fi   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Dan Gamber, Mike Suess, Darwin A. Garrison. The real world inventions that come from Sci-Fi.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with Tom Baker: "Robot"   (2 Hours, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
The Brits were in mourning at the end of Planet of the Spiders... who could possibly replace the dashing Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, and who was this young curly-haired upstart who regenerated in his place? The Whoniverse was on the brink of a new dawn as the Fourth Doctor launched himself into an investigation of a fascist society that has employed a giant robot to do its dirty work! Followed by the excellent documentary on Tom's first episode, "Are Friends Electric?"

4:20 PM Anime Room

Pumpkin Scissors 1-4   (1 Hour, 40 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-14)
The Empire lies shattered. In the aftermath of the Great War, Lt. Alice Malvin is charged to take command of the Imperial Army's Intelligence Section Three, codenamed Pumkin Scissors. Her mission: to expose the corrupt power-mad nobility who prey on the weak in their local areas. But as Malvin starts to peel away the layers of a government cover-up involving a defunct super-soldier program, she discovers technology decades ahead of what the Army has.

5:00 PM Main Programming

What if I were Tom Smith: Bill and Brenda Sutton and Special Guests   (1 Hour - Performance - Rating: G)
Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton. Come hear the Suttons play their music and help Tom Smith pay his bills.

Suite 3

Medicine and Foods   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Wendy Carson, Vicki Merriman, Karen Nagel. The reality of medicine and additives in our food.

Suite 4-5

Create Your Own Props   (1 Hour - Workshop - Rating: G)
Mark Shidler, Mike Bollin, Mike Moore. Make a prop and take it home.

Suite 6

Free Content Business Model   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler. How do you earn a living when people can access your content for free? Howard does it, and explains how it works.

Theater / Conference Center

Top Ten Worst Movies of the Year   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
Chris Canary, Jeff Thompson, Robert Pyatt. Join Chris, Jeff, and Rob as they dissect the best of the worst from Hollywood, including Xanadu, Black Samurai, and The Green Slime.

Suite 15

Writing for the Gaming Industry   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Steven Marsh. Learn the ins and outs of writing for RPGs.

6:00 PM Suite 3

AI Discussion   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler, Joe Greene, Tom Huber, Tracy Canfield. Is artificial life more advanced than we think?

Suite 4-5

Kit Bash   (2 Hours - Contest - Rating: G)
Scott Picha. Build a model from miscellaneous parts and compete for prizes.

Suite 6

How the Body Works: System Coordination   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Michael Baugh. How all the systems of the body work together.

Suite 15

Anthropology of Star Trek   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Daryl G. Frazetti. The cultures of Star Trek.

Anime Room

Demonstration and Discussion: Computer-Aided Manga Drawing   (1 Hour - Demonstration)

6:30 PM Main Programming

Art Auction   (1 Hour - Rating: PG-13)
Judy Eudaly. Bid on and buy some cool art.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with Patrick Troughton: "The Seeds of Death"   (2 Hours, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
No DW celebration would be complete without an episode of the second Doctor, and this is one of his best, featuring the much-neglected Ice Warriors of Mars!

7:00 PM Suite 6

John Scalzi's Real Life Honest Money Advice   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
John Scalzi. Learn how to manage and keep your money as a writer.

Theater / Conference Center

MOVIE: The Black Hole (1979, 98 min)   (1 Hour, 45 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
Robert Forster, Anthony Perkins, Maximilian Schell, and the voice of Roddy McDowall star in Walt Disney's spectacular answer to Star Wars. It was more expensive and more adult-oriented than anything Disney had done at the time. An Earth probe ship finds another Earth ship derelict, sitting motionless impossibly close to a black hole, and must solve the mystery.

Suite 15

Anthropology of Star Wars   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Daryl G. Frazetti, Jonathan Fesmire. The cultures of Star Wars.

Anime Room

Heroic Age (pronounced "Eiji") 1-5   (2 Hours - Video)
After an advanced race, the Golden Race, left to explore other reaches of space, the human race became threatened with extinction. Since the Golden Race left, the Silver Race has long since been the most dominant race, calling themselves the Golden Race's successors. The young princess of the Iron Race, Dhianeila, searches for the one mentioned in her family's history; the messianic individual that holds the power to save her people. This person she looks for is the only human to have been raised by the Golden Race before they departed from the universe. (source-wikipedia)

8:00 PM Main Programming

Masquerade   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Performance - Rating: G)
Randy Porter. Dress up and compete for prizes.

Suite 3

Mad Scientist   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler, Susan Baugh, Darwin A. Garrison. A discussion of the role of the mad scientist in science fiction.

8:45 PM Theater / Conference Center

TV EPISODES: Flash Gordon (1954)   (1 Hour, 15 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
Three episodes: "Deadline at Noon", "Flash Gordon and the Planet of Death", and "Flash Gordon and the Brain Machine"

9:00 PM Suite 3

Robotics and Modern Toys for Big Boys: Encouraging Today's Mad Scientists   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
Joe Greene. What today's mad scientists are up to.

Suite 6

Gender and Transgender in Science Fiction and Fantasy   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG-13)
Tracy Canfield, TammyJo Eckhart. What do we know - or think we know - about gender in the real world? How have science fiction and fantasy played with these models, and what other models have been explored?

Suite 15

Harry Potter Alchemy   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: R)
Deb Hunt, Kathy Hohman. A PowerPoint presentation of the dos and don'ts of alchemy in the Harry Potter universe.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead"   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
If you want a glimpse of what a Steven Moffat-run Doctor Who will be like in 2010, this is a pretty good choice. Alex Kingston (E.R.) guest-stars as the Doctor and Donna arrive at "The Library", a planet-sized repository of all the books in the universe. But where are the readers? What unspeakable monstrosity lurks in the shadows? How does an arriving archaeologist know so much about the Doctor? And why does all of this exist only in a young girls' mind?

Anime Room

Flag 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-PG)
In the mountainous Asian country of Uddiyana a civil war rages with no end in sight until a photojournalist, Saeko Shirasu, snapped an iconic image that would come to be known simply as "Flag". Hope arises as the many factions involved begin an approach to peace, rallying behind the featured flag. When an unknown sect steals this symbol of unity, a U.N. unit is dispatched using the latest in military technology, a transforming bibedal exoskeleton. Recruited to document this mission is Saeko. The story is told in documentary style by another photojournalist using his and her combined archives.

10:00 PM Suite 3

Why Can't We?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Harry Bunn, Tom Huber, Samuel Travis Clemmons, TammyJo Eckhart. What we imagine can become real ... or can it?

Suite 4-5

Open Filk   (4 Hours, 30 Minutes - Audience Participation - Rating: G)
Come sing to your heart's content.

Suite 6

Massage   (1 Hour - Demonstration - Rating: ADULT)
Michael Baugh. Learn the benefits and techniques of massage. (Parental warning: Bare skin and full body massage may be part of this panel.)

Theater / Conference Center

Could the Firefly Universe Actually Come to Be?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Carrie Rapp, Jessica Bunn, Stephen Kendall. Is Joss Whedon just a master storyteller, or is he seeing something we're not?

Suite 15

What's New in Harry Potter   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: R)
Deb Hunt, Kathy Hohman. What's new in J. K. Rowling's universe.

10:30 PM Main Programming

Dance   (3 Hours, 30 Minutes - Audience Participation)
Tony Patterson. Come dance and have a blast!

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with Jon Pertwee: "Doctor Who and the Silurians"   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: G)
Completely remastered by the by BBC Restoration team! The Third Doctor's second episode has never looked better as he encounters the ancient Earth-race, the Silurians! Awakened after a million years liedown, they have returned to reclaim mastery over the Earth!

Anime Room

Vexille   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: PG-13)
In 2067, Japan isolates herself from the eyes of the world in the face of international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. In 2077, Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D. to determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology.

11:00 PM Suite 3

The Thin Line Between Genius and Insanity   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Brian Davidson, Howard Tayler, Susan Baugh, Darwin A. Garrison. Does one need the other? Where does on end and the other begin?

12:00 AM Theater / Conference Center

The Rocky Horror Picture Show   (2 Hours - Audience Participation - Rating: R)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the longest running theatrical release in history ... come see why! Shout back at the screen with your fellow audience members, sing along with the songs, and do the Time Warp again.

12:30 AM Anime Room

Devil May Cry 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-MA)
Cursed by his half-monstrous, half-human nature, Dante must spend his life fighting the forces of darkness-demons. Big ones, sly ones, smelly ones, crafty ones, sexy ones. Well-done game adaptation.

2:00 AM Theater / Conference Center

MOVIE: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966, 88 min)   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: PG)
A low-budget western/horror film. Outlaw Jesse James hides out in Baron Frankenstein's granddaughter's castle. How can you not go to see a movie entitled "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter"?

Anime Room

Tekkonkinkreet   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: R)
In Treasure Town, life can be both gentle and brutal. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two street urchins who watch over the city, doing battle with an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins vying to rule the decaying metropolis. Award-winning film from Studio 4oC.

4:00 AM Anime Room

Welcome to the N-H-K   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-MA)
Sato's life is going down the drain. A college dropout, he rarely goes outside, sleeps sixteen hours a day, and has become convinced that a sinister broadcast company known as "the NHK" is trying to transform their viewers into jobless, societal recluses. In his darkest hour, Sato has a chance encounter with a beautiful girl named Misaki, who claims that she can cure him of his perverse ways. Is she really an angel of mercy? Or a devilish agent of the NHK? Outstanding Satire.

Sunday, July 6th
6:00 AM Anime Room

Moonlight Mile 1-4   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-MA)
For daredevil mountain climbers Goro Saruwatari and Jack "Lostman" Woodbridge, conquering the highest peaks on Earth is just the beginning. When a virtually limitless energy source is discovered on the moon, and the world's space agencies join forces to launch a mining operation, Goro and Lostman see their next frontier. But can the superpowers of the world really share such a valuable resource?

8:00 AM Anime Room

Ramen Fighter Miki 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-PG)
Miki Onimaru works at her parent's noodle shop, making deliveries, waiting tables, and attracting customers. Somehow, Miki can't complete even one of these simple tasks without the full employment of her extensive martial arts moves and penchant for unleashing distruction. Can Miki get through the day without messing up and angering her Mom, who makes her look like a gentle kitten in comparison?

9:00 AM Suite 6

Non Denominational Service   (1 Hour - Audience Participation - Rating: G)
Lynette Cowper, Mike Cowper. Service for anyone interested in worship.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with Colin Baker: "Mark of the Rani"   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: G)
The cantankerous Sixth Doctor and Peri discover that someone is trying to sabotage the dawn of the machine age... the Time Lady known as the Rani! And just to put some stank in it, enter the Master...

9:30 AM Anime Room

Tweeny Witches 1-4   (1 Hour, 30 Minutes - Video - Rating: TV-PG)
Don't let the title put you off. 11-year-old Arusu has always believed wholeheartedly in magic, so when she falls into a magical world while trying to retrieve a Book of Spells left to her by her absent father she regards it as the greatest thing ever. Soon, though, she discovers that the witches of this realm enslave fairies and use their body parts to power their magic. Not content to let the system stand as it is, Arusu determinedly sets out to find a better way while also just as determinedly learning to use magic. Partly by happenstance and partly by assignment she falls in with two young witches, the unconfident Eva and stern Discipline Officer Sheila. Features a clever balance of fantastic wonder and darker themes. (source-Anime News Network Review)

10:00 AM Main Programming

Alan M Clark Q&A   (1 Hour - Q & A - Rating: G)
Alan M. Clark. Alan answers your questions.

Suite 3

Science of Magic   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler, Bob Freeman. How does it work? Could it work in real life?

Suite 4-5

Science of Food   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Vicki Merriman, Karen Nagel. What's in it? Who makes it? What does it really do?

Suite 6

Music in Sci-Fi   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson, Michelle Gussow. Talking about its role and contribution; a discussion of the how and why it's used.

Suite 15

Mr. Wizard   (1 Hour - Family Friendly Activity - Rating: G)
David Bonner. Family fun with science experiments.

10:30 AM Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Midnight"   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: G)
The Doctor and Donna visit the leisure planet Midnight, with its golden spas, diamond landscapes and anti-gravity restaurants. But when the knocking on the wall begins, Sky Silvestry (the only person who seems to understand) challenges the Doctor to make a sacrifice...

11:00 AM Main Programming

Howard Tayler Q&A   (1 Hour - Q & A - Rating: G)
Howard Tayler. Howard Tayler answers your questions.

Suite 3

Morality of Cloning   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Harry Bunn, Karen Nagel, Wendy Carson, Darwin A. Garrison. Is it wrong? Do clones have souls?

Suite 4-5

Yoga for Geeks   (2 Hours - Workshop - Rating: G)
Lisa Meece, Stephanie Frye. Discuss and practice the art of yoga.

Suite 6

Adaptability of Animals   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Laura Hohman, Mike Suess, Tracy Canfield. How do species survive in different situations?

Theater / Conference Center

EVP: Electronic Voice Phenomena   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Bob Freeman. Is it a real phenomenon, or are we seeing what we want to see?

Suite 15

Writer's Workshop Hour 2: The Business of Writing   (1 Hour - Workshop - Rating: G)
Ben Avery, Dan Gamber, Jonathan Fesmire, Michael West, Rosemary Laurey, James S. Dorr. Learn the ins and outs of the art and business of writing. Limit 12 people who have signed up before the event.

Anime Room

Shattered Angels 1-4   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: TV-14)
Kuu Shiratori often fantasizes and dreams of her "prince", and longs to meet him as her ordinary school life in the school-city of Academia proceeds. One day, a young man, Kyoshiro Ayanokoji, transfers to her class, and strangely enough, bears a striking resemblance to the prince of her dreams. Kuu is elated, but soon after things start to not go her way, as she finds out that Kyoshiro is different from how she imagined him to be. However, after Kyoshiro saves her when she gets caught in the middle of a fight involving mechanical creatures and magic she has never witnessed before, she begins to appreciate him once again. (source-Anime News Network) By the author of Kannazuki no Miko.

11:30 AM Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant: "Turn Left"   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: G)
Attending a carnival on the "Chino-planet of Shan Shen" exposes the Doctor and Donna to flags, pagodas and local colour, but when Donna visits a fortune teller her fortune begins to change ... retroactively, and decidedly not for the better. Guest stars Billie Piper as Rose Tyler.

12:00 PM Main Programming

Trailer Park   (1 Hour - Video - Rating: G)
Jeff Thompson, Robert Pyatt. Relax and nurse your Sunday hangover with trailers of Hollywood B movies of yore (not the Hunter from the Future) and this year's summer blockbusters. Hosted by Jeff and Rob.

Suite 3

Quantum Leap vs. Journeyman   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Jessica Bunn, Jonathan Fesmire, Mike Suess. The similarities and differences. Why one worked when the other didn't.

Suite 6

Green Technologies   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Alan M. Clark. How they work, where they fit in, and the effect on the environment.

Theater / Conference Center

My First Science Fair Project   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Rebecca Chike, Karen Nagel, Michael Baugh. Memories of high school and before.

Suite 15

Pagan Service   (1 Hour - Rating: G)
Kat Robertson. Come celebrate Pagan style.

12:30 PM Dr. Who Room

WHOOSIER NETWORK DOOR PRIZE DRAWINGS!   (30 Minutes)
Hope you got your tickets, because we have some terrific prizes ready to be raffled off!

1:00 PM Main Programming

Tom Smith Singalong: Bill and Brenda Sutton and Special Guests   (1 Hour - Performance - Rating: G)
Bill Sutton, Brenda Sutton. Sing along with the Suttons as they play the music of Tom Smith.

Suite 3

Do We All Have a Hyde Inside?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Dan Gamber, Jackie Gamber, Jessica Bunn, Mike Suess. Discussion of the constant struggle between light and dark.

Suite 4-5

Playing God: Science in the Real World   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Wendy Carson, Susan Baugh, Darwin A. Garrison. Is cloning moral? Are stem cells really just cells?

Theater / Conference Center

How to Set Up Your Own Sci-Fi Club   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Alan Samm, Casey Criswell, Samuel Travis Clemmons. The dos and don'ts of club life.

Suite 15

Massage   (1 Hour - Demonstration - Rating: ADULT)
Michael Baugh. Taking care of you after giving a massage.

Dr. Who Room

DOCTOR WHO with David Tennant:"Two-part series finale"   (2 Hours - Video - Rating: PG)
If we told you what we know about the last regular Doctor Who we'll be getting until 2010, we'd have to kill you. And I'm just too old and too worn out putting this schedule together to mess with you. Just get ready for unexpected allies, enemies, and possibly the most shocking ending of any Doctor Who series ever! Man up, Whovians and Whoosiers, this one'll be like playing with Nitro Nine!

Anime Room

Discussion: Culture Shocks and Delights   (1 Hour - Expert Panel)
The 20007 Worldcon in Japan. J-drama/comedy vs. American styles.

2:00 PM Main Programming

Rap with the Conchair   (1 Hour - General Discussion - Rating: G)
Lynette Cowper, Ellen Patterson, Kat Robertson. Discuss the pros and cons of the convention.

Suite 3

Are We In a New Age of Magic?   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson, Stephen Kendall, Vicki Merriman, Steven Marsh. How we're surrounded by things that just work.

Suite 15

Battlestar Galactica   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Jonathan Fesmire. What can we expect in the final season? Who is the final Cylon? What, exactly, is Starbuck? What is Earth? How are the final five different?

Anime Room

Seto no Hanayome   (2 Hours - Video)
A young boy gets saved from drowning by a mermaid but, according to mermaid law, if a human sees a mermaid's true form, both have to be killed. The only solution to the problem is for him to marry her but her father, an undersea yakuza, is violently opposed to the union. Various undersea factions follow the betrothed young couple and infiltrate their school. Wacky comedy ensues.

3:00 PM Main Programming

Circle of Janus Meet and Greet   (1 Hour - General Discussion - Rating: G)
Brian Davidson, Ellen Patterson, Rebecca Margedant, Ricky Lile, Gary Kitchen, Stephen Kendall, Jessica Bunn, Kathie Thompson, Kat Robertson, Lynette Cowper, Reed Hartman, Tony Patterson, Lane M. Wickliff, Crystal Walter, Samantha Thompson, Jeff Thompson, Mike Suess, Robbin Speed, Tim Simpson, Angalee Shepherd, Kathleen Robertson, Kent Raquet, Randy Porter, Robert Pyatt, Gary Plumlee, Roseann Packer, Cheryl Miller-Andrews, Vicki Merriman, Gordon Huxford, Deb Hunt, Robert Hubbard, David Herrington, Drew Happli, Amy Grubb, Judy Eudaly, Dillan Dick, Anjala Dick, Stanley Derran, Mike Cowper, Megan Cowper, Wendy Carson, Chris Canary, Harry Bunn, Robin Brunner, John Belden, Andy Andrews, David Williams. Come meet the club that puts the convention on. A brief business meeting will be held at the beginning.

Suite 3

Lost   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: PG)
Bob Freeman, Michael West. What exactly is going on?

Suite 4-5

Oddities of the Natural World   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Laura Hohman. The weird stuff around us.

Suite 15

Sound Effects Through History: From Radio to the Internet   (1 Hour - Expert Panel - Rating: G)
Mark Racop, Chuck Burdeau. Discussion of the history of sound effects in the media.


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