Programme as at 10 May 2012. We do not expect the programme to change between now and the convention
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unCONventional Programme
1 June | FRIDAY | ||
During The Afternoon |
– – – – – – – – R e g i s t r a t i o n O p e n s – – – – – – – – – – -Getting to know you kaffeklatsche with Trudi Canavan- – – – – -Video Stream in Cornwall Room- – – – – -Board Gaming in Dorset Lounge- – – |
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Cornwall Room | Dorset Lounge | ||
5pm | History of NZ SF/F/H Fandom | Your First Convention? | |
6pm | – – –D i n n e r B r e a k– – – | ||
7pm | Opening Ceremony | ||
8pm | Opening Mixer | LARP – UFO Conspiracy Game | |
9pm | |||
10pm | RHPS – Audience Participation | Filking | |
11pm | |||
2 June | SATURDAY | ||
Cornwall Room | Sussex Room | Dorset Lounge | |
9am | NZ in 2020 (part 1) | Get Real | Readings by Authors |
10am | Overpopulation in SF | NZ Literary SF/F | |
11am | Best Con Guest Stories | Instant Crossovers | Writers’ Workshop |
12noon | SFX Overload : Weta | Video Stream – Fan Movie | |
1pm | – – –L u n c h B r e a k– – – | ||
2pm | Small Presses | Floating Market setup | RPG Competition |
3pm | Women in Fantasy & SF | Floating Market | |
4pm | Fan GoH Speech – Lorain Clark | ||
5pm | Worldbuilding | ||
6pm | – – –D i n n e r B r e a k– – – | Costume prep area & DIY Costume Building |
– – –D i n n e r B r e a k– – – |
7pm | Cosplay event Zombies and Vampire Ball |
Board Gaming | |
8pm | |||
9pm | Video Stream | Filking | |
10pm | |||
11pm | |||
3 June | SUNDAY | ||
Cornwall Room | Sussex Room | Dorset Lounge | |
9am | Plot Holes | Armageddon as Allegory | Fandom Introspective |
10am | Getting Published | Astronomy | Bad Con Horror Stories |
11am | Promoting Your Book | Eating Toads | Design your Dream Con |
12noon | SpecFicNZ Gathering | NZSFA | Fan Entitlement |
1pm | – – –L u n c h B r e a k– – – | ||
2pm | Geography in SF/F | Book Launch – "Light Touch Paper" | Time Travel |
3pm | Quiz | Group Signing | Readings by Authors |
4pm | |||
5pm | GoH Speech – Trudi Canavan | ||
6pm | – – –D i n n e r B r e a k– – – | ||
7pm | Cocktail Party (Begins 7.30pm) | Video Stream | Board Gaming |
8pm | |||
9pm | Sir Julius Vogel award ceremony | ||
10pm | Cocktail Party Continues… | Filking | |
11pm | |||
4 June | MONDAY | ||
Cornwall Room | Dorset Lounge | ||
9am | NZ in 2020 (part 2) | Vampires: Done to Death? | |
10am | SFFANZ AGM (2014 Convention Selection begins 11.30am) |
Board gaming | |
11am | |||
12noon | Closing Ceremony |
Author Readings Schedule | |
When | Who |
Saturday 9.00am | Russell Kirkpatrick |
Saturday 9.30am | Beaulah Pragg |
Saturday 10.00am | Steve Wheeler |
Saturday 10.30am | Edwina Harvey |
Sunday 3.00pm | Darusha Wehm |
Sunday 3.30pm | Simon Petrie |
Sunday 4.00pm | Helen Lowe |
Sunday 4.30pm | Mary Victoria |