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Renate Fiora

Orono High School
Physics Teacher
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Physics and science education, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Faerie Tales, Diplomacy
Thursday, July 6
 

12:30pm CDT

Invasive Species DoubleTree Atrium 4

2:00pm CDT

CONvergence for the Socially Anxious DoubleTree Bloomington LGBT+ People in Utopian Societies DoubleTree Atrium 7 Non-Compliant Geek's Guide to Self Care DoubleTree Plaza 1

3:30pm CDT

Can Fandom Change the World? DoubleTree Bloomington

5:00pm CDT

Cat-themed Card Games DoubleTree 2202 Table D Apocalyptic Plagues: Threat or Ghost? DoubleTree Atrium 6 It's Been Written Before DoubleTree Atrium 4 What IS a Space Opera? DoubleTree Bloomington

7:00pm CDT

Science Education: The Next Generation Sheraton Ames

8:30pm CDT

Don't Go There: Taboo Topics and Triggers In Art DoubleTree Atrium 6 Speculative Fiction as a Guide for Resisting Fascism and Autocracy DoubleTree Bloomington Squirrel You Know It's True DoubleTree Plaza 1 State of Science DoubleTree Atrium 4

10:00pm CDT

Cleavage Optional: Gender, Cosplay, and Genderbending Cosplay DoubleTree Edina Fantasy TV DoubleTree Atrium 4 Philosophies of Dune DoubleTree Atrium 2 Superheroes Rated R DoubleTree Bloomington Xenobiology 101 DoubleTree Atrium 7

11:30pm CDT

Current Events Affecting Comics DoubleTree Atrium 7 Pan Galactic Gargle Blasted with Douglas Adams DoubleTree Bloomington
 
Friday, July 7
 

9:30am CDT

Bridget Landry's Kids Science Corner DoubleTree Atrium 4 Listing D&D on Your Resume DoubleTree Plaza 3

11:00am CDT

Gravity in Fact and Fiction DoubleTree Plaza 3 This Canon is Fired: Redefining the 'Must Reads' of SF/F and Comics Canon DoubleTree Atrium 4

12:30pm CDT

Fire the Head Canons DoubleTree Atrium 7 I Want To Be Ms. Frizzle: Using Sci-fi and Fantasy as Teaching Tools DoubleTree Atrium 2

2:00pm CDT

Foresight is 2020: From Speculation to Reality DoubleTree Atrium 7

3:30pm CDT

Gender Swapping in in Movies DoubleTree Atrium 4 Space Opera as Serious Literature DoubleTree Plaza 1 Star Trek Retrospective DoubleTree Atrium 6

5:00pm CDT

Stranger Things Fan Panel DoubleTree Atrium 6

7:00pm CDT

Marvel on Netflix DoubleTree Edina Opera in Space: Music and Art of Alien Races DoubleTree Plaza 1 Romance and Adventure DoubleTree Atrium 7 CONvergence Poetry Slam Sheraton Gibson

8:30pm CDT

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 20th Anniversary Panel DoubleTree Bloomington To Infinity Sheraton Ames

10:00pm CDT

Doctor Who This Season and Beyond DoubleTree Edina Shipping and Anti-Shipping DoubleTree Atrium 2 Women of Color in Comics: Race, Gender and the Comic Book Medium DoubleTree Atrium 7

11:30pm CDT

BDSM: So You Want to Enter the Kink Community? DoubleTree Atrium 7 Menstruation Representation in Post Apocolyptic, Dystopian, and Futuristic Media DoubleTree Plaza 3 Revenge of the Nerdlesque (18+) Sheraton Gibson
 
Saturday, July 8
 

9:30am CDT

Table-top Catapults DoubleTree Plaza 2 The Life of a Mermaid DoubleTree Atrium 2

11:00am CDT

Of a Certain Age DoubleTree Atrium 7 I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue DoubleTree Edina

12:30pm CDT

Beyond Creation: Diversity in Media DoubleTree Atrium 6 Geeks in the Arts Scene DoubleTree Plaza 3

2:00pm CDT

Educational Apps DoubleTree Plaza 3 Movie Year in Review DoubleTree Bloomington VR: Fad or Staying? DoubleTree Atrium 2

3:30pm CDT

How Do You Blow Up a Space Cruiser? DoubleTree Bloomington Why Do We Game? DoubleTree Atrium 2

5:00pm CDT

(Fake?) Science in the News DoubleTree Atrium 6 Creating Appealing Scientific Subjects DoubleTree Atrium 7 The Great Beyond: Discussing Death in Popular Culture DoubleTree Bloomington

7:00pm CDT

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 DoubleTree Atrium 6 Ingress - Augmented Reality Cat-Herding Sheraton Ames Stargate Fan Panel DoubleTree Plaza 1 Storytelling, Slam Poetry, and Spoken Word Artists Sheraton Whalon

8:30pm CDT

Grimm: The Final Season Sheraton Ames Local Urban Fantasy Sheraton Whalon

10:00pm CDT

Androids, AI, And Gender Theory DoubleTree Plaza 3 From Fetishism to Feminism: Horror, Anime and Beyond DoubleTree Edina Minnesota Awkward: Conversation and Mingling Tips for the Socially Challenged DoubleTree Bloomington Peele-ing back 'Get Out' DoubleTree Atrium 6

11:30pm CDT

Star Wars Counseling DoubleTree Edina
 
Sunday, July 9
 

9:30am CDT

Parenting in Troubled Times DoubleTree Plaza 3

11:00am CDT

Star Trek: Discovery DoubleTree Atrium 6

12:30pm CDT

Disney's LGBT+ Problem DoubleTree Bloomington Legion DoubleTree Edina Mythic/Spiritual Visions in Film DoubleTree Atrium 4 Norse Mythology in Contemporary Society DoubleTree Atrium 2 Reading - Taylor Cisco Sheraton Ames

3:00pm CDT

Reverend Matt's Monster Science: The Zoology of the Galactic Empire DoubleTree Main Stage

3:30pm CDT

Hitchhiker's Guide Fan Panel DoubleTree Plaza 1