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John Tessier

Abbott
Staff Engineer, Software Verification
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
My interests: Software Testing, Boardgaming, computers, computer and console gaming, Television and Movies.
Thursday, July 6
 

12:30pm CDT

Weaponry in Cinematic Sci-Fi & Fantasy DoubleTree Edina

2:00pm CDT

How Military Experience Influences Storytelling DoubleTree Plaza 3

3:30pm CDT

Alton Brown Fan Panel Sheraton Whalon

5:00pm CDT

Cassini: End of an Era DoubleTree Plaza 1

7:00pm CDT

Geeky Spending Sheraton Whalon This Year in Board Games DoubleTree Atrium 7

8:30pm CDT

State of Science DoubleTree Atrium 4

10:00pm CDT

Fantasy TV DoubleTree Atrium 4

11:30pm CDT

Ask a Submariner: Foul-Mouthed Sailor Edition DoubleTree Edina
 
Friday, July 7
 

11:00am CDT

Celebrating the Coen Brothers DoubleTree Bloomington Plug-in Electric Vehicles Sheraton Whalon Weta Digital: A Look Behind the Pixel Curtain DoubleTree Plaza 1

12:30pm CDT

Electric Cars Up Close Sheraton Outdoors Soundtracks in Film DoubleTree Edina Is Anyone There? Searching for Life on Mars with the 1976 Viking Landers DoubleTree Plaza 3

2:00pm CDT

Gerry Anderson's Firestorm DoubleTree Plaza 1

2:30pm CDT

TryForce Sheraton Gibson

3:30pm CDT

Star Trek Retrospective DoubleTree Atrium 6

5:00pm CDT

Props and Practical Effects in Film DoubleTree Atrium 4

7:00pm CDT

Lasers DoubleTree Plaza 2 Pixar's Story Writing Rules DoubleTree Plaza 3 Tactics in Space Sheraton Ames

8:30pm CDT

Enterprising Individuals Live!: The Wrath of CON! DoubleTree Plaza 3 Story-Driven Spacecraft Design DoubleTree Atrium 4

11:30pm CDT

Robert Heinlein's Works DoubleTree Atrium 2 Revenge of the Nerdlesque (18+) Sheraton Gibson
 
Saturday, July 8
 

9:30am CDT

Modern Treknology DoubleTree Edina

11:00am CDT

Harisen Daiko Preview DoubleTree Garden Court - Southeast

12:30pm CDT

Internet of Things (In)Security DoubleTree Atrium 7 Scoring in Films DoubleTree Plaza 1 Universal Design Principles IN SPACE! DoubleTree Atrium 2

2:00pm CDT

Movie Year in Review DoubleTree Bloomington Star Wars 40th Anniversary DoubleTree Atrium 6 VR: Fad or Staying? DoubleTree Atrium 2

3:30pm CDT

Battlestar Galactica - Designing for Global Annihilation DoubleTree Atrium 4 Jodorowsky's Dune DoubleTree Atrium 7 Animating Batman Through Music DoubleTree Edina

7:00pm CDT

Ingress - Augmented Reality Cat-Herding Sheraton Ames

8:30pm CDT

Truth That's Weirder Than Fiction DoubleTree Plaza 1 VR in Movies and Games DoubleTree Plaza 3
 
Sunday, July 9
 

11:00am CDT

Fantasy and Sci-Fi Mapmaking Sheraton Ames Star Trek: Discovery DoubleTree Atrium 6

12:00pm CDT

Star Wars Fan Film Festival DoubleTree Plaza 4

1:00pm CDT

Harisen Daiko Drum Group DoubleTree Main Stage

2:00pm CDT

Meet The Real-Life Honor Harringtons DoubleTree Atrium 4 Wubba Lubba Dub Dub: The Rick & Morty Fan Panel DoubleTree Bloomington Picking up the Spare: New Horizons at Pluto DoubleTree Plaza 1

3:30pm CDT

Aging Poorly: Pop Culture and the Test of Time DoubleTree Atrium 6
 
Sunday, July 8
 

8:30am CDT

Space Battleship Yamato DoubleTree Atrium 1