Jim and I will be at the 2009 World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal from August 6-10. The convention schedule is up, and both of us will be speaking on panels of various stripes.
James L. Cambias:
Friday, August 7, 1 - 1:30 pm: Autographing
Friday, August 7, 3:30 - 5 pm: Reading
Saturday, August 8, 9 - 10 pm: What Our Things Say About Us
That collection of kibble you are hiding under the bed
is a lot more revealing than your palm.
Sunday, August 9, 11 am - noon: Library Thing: Good Reads
What cataloguing system do you use?
Sunday, August 9, 12:30 - 2 pm: Lots of Planets have a North
Too much SF depicts a planet-wide civilization as being
one homogenous unit. We know how diverse human civilization is;
shouldn't alien worlds be the same?
Sunday, August 9, 3:30 - 5 pm: Economics of the Star Traders
How do you keep an interstellar economy going?
Monday, August 10, 11 am - noon: Non-Fiction for SF Fans
What non-fiction should SF fans be reading? The panel
recommends and discussed recently published books and perennial
classics.
Diane A. Kelly:
Friday, August 7, 3 - 4 pm: First Contact: Create and Design Aliens
A workshop conceptualizing other beings: What sort of
biology are aliens likely to have? What might they look like? What
personalities/behaviors? How will this effect our communications?
Saturday, August 8, 6:30 - 8 pm: Assistive Technology, or When is a Cyborg?
Better, faster, stronger. Has it happened? In 2008, the
International Olympic Committee was debating whether to bar a
double-amputee sprinter because his artificial legs supposedly gave
him an advantage. Our panelists will discuss current and near-future
advances in assistive technology and speculate on how soon they may
give "disabled" people capabilities beyond those of typically-abled
individuals and may offer better senses to all of us.
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