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Thursday, July 6
 

12:30pm

Invasive Species DoubleTree Atrium 4 Weaponry in Cinematic Sci-Fi & Fantasy DoubleTree Edina

2:00pm

Doctor Strange Fan Panel DoubleTree Atrium 6 Religion in the Future DoubleTree Atrium 4 Storytelling Podcasts DoubleTree Edina

3:30pm

AI in Science Fiction: From Evil Overlords to Companions DoubleTree Atrium 7 The Cosmic Perspective DoubleTree Atrium 4

5:00pm

Apocalyptic Plagues: Threat or Ghost? DoubleTree Atrium 6 Movies and the Problem of Evil DoubleTree Atrium 7 What IS a Space Opera? DoubleTree Bloomington

7:00pm

Gaming as a Gateway Drug DoubleTree Plaza 1 Science Education: The Next Generation Sheraton Ames

8:30pm

Don't Go There: Taboo Topics and Triggers In Art DoubleTree Atrium 6 Rick Riordon Worlds of Young Adult Adventure and Mythology DoubleTree Atrium 7 Speculative Fiction as a Guide for Resisting Fascism and Autocracy DoubleTree Bloomington

10:00pm

Fantasy TV DoubleTree Atrium 4 Xenobiology 101 DoubleTree Atrium 7

11:30pm

New Anime DoubleTree Atrium 2
 
Friday, July 7
 

9:30am

Astroculture: Farming for Space Farers DoubleTree Plaza 1 How Real is that Magic? DoubleTree Bloomington

11:00am

Celebrating the Coen Brothers DoubleTree Bloomington Gravity in Fact and Fiction DoubleTree Plaza 3 Weta Digital: A Look Behind the Pixel Curtain DoubleTree Plaza 1

12:30pm

American Gods DoubleTree Atrium 6 Creating the Perfect Monster DoubleTree Plaza 1 New Technology in Media DoubleTree Atrium 4

2:00pm

Firefly At 15 DoubleTree Bloomington Foresight is 2020: From Speculation to Reality DoubleTree Atrium 7 Take a Pew, Pew, Pew! Organized Religion in SciFi/Fantasy DoubleTree Edina

3:30pm

Dark Tower Fan Panel DoubleTree Edina Space Opera as Serious Literature DoubleTree Plaza 1

5:00pm

Props and Practical Effects in Film DoubleTree Atrium 4 Stranger Things Fan Panel DoubleTree Atrium 6 What to do When They're Watching You DoubleTree Bloomington

7:00pm

Best Indie Comics DoubleTree Atrium 4 Marvel on Netflix DoubleTree Edina Opera in Space: Music and Art of Alien Races DoubleTree Plaza 1

8:30pm

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 20th Anniversary Panel DoubleTree Bloomington Fantastic Beasts Moive Fan Panel DoubleTree Edina Story-Driven Spacecraft Design DoubleTree Atrium 4

10:00pm

Doctor Who This Season and Beyond DoubleTree Edina Walking Dead Fan Panel DoubleTree Atrium 4

11:30pm

Robert Heinlein's Works DoubleTree Atrium 2
 
Saturday, July 8
 

9:30am

Law in Science Fiction DoubleTree Bloomington

11:00am

Of a Certain Age DoubleTree Atrium 7

12:30pm

Internet of Things (In)Security DoubleTree Atrium 7 Orphan Black in Review DoubleTree Edina

2:00pm

Ancillary Justice Sheraton Whalon It's a CONspiracy: Our Abduction DoubleTree Edina Star Wars 40th Anniversary DoubleTree Atrium 6 VR: Fad or Staying? DoubleTree Atrium 2 Why Dystopia is Not Dead DoubleTree Atrium 7

3:30pm

Battlestar Galactica - Designing for Global Annihilation DoubleTree Atrium 4 Punk Variations and Space Opera Sheraton Whalon

5:00pm

Asian Folklore 101 DoubleTree Plaza 3 The Great Beyond: Discussing Death in Popular Culture DoubleTree Bloomington

7:00pm

Anime for the Sci-Fi Fan DoubleTree Plaza 3 Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 DoubleTree Atrium 6 The Exorcist Comes to TV DoubleTree Atrium 7

8:30pm

Local Urban Fantasy Sheraton Whalon The Making of Kung Fu Zombies vs. Cannibals DoubleTree Atrium 7 Truth That's Weirder Than Fiction DoubleTree Plaza 1

10:00pm

Space Opera Anime and Manga DoubleTree Atrium 2 The Rise of Women's Comic Book Clubs Sheraton Ames

11:30pm

Horatio Hornblower...IN SPACE! Sheraton Ames
 
Sunday, July 9
 

9:30am

Laomagination: Building Southeast Asian Speculative Arts Movements Sheraton Whalon The Many Failures of Dungeons & Dragons DoubleTree Plaza 1

11:00am

Finding Inspiration in Genre DoubleTree Plaza 1

12:30pm

Eastern vs. Western Horror Tropes DoubleTree Plaza 3 Norse Mythology in Contemporary Society DoubleTree Atrium 2