Convolution2014: Full Schedule

12:00 PDT

Gender diversity in fandom and media.

The Wachowski Brothers are now the Wachowskis. 2014 saw the first transgendered Emmy nominee. As definitions of gender become more fluid, how is the media (and fandom) keeping pace?

Guests

Jean Batt

DJ, Artist, Voice Over, Model, Cybermantic Collective and Smashwolf Productions and Studios

Jean Batt has been a DJ though out the bay area and around the world for 21 years and a third generation member of fandom. She is also a gender and intersex activist. She has worked in film as a costumer, actor and worked on a few soundtracks.

Lance Moore

Westercon 66

Lance thinks his inner kid is pretty pleased that he's done marketing for a Westercon, after starting with a wooden shuttlecraft and a hardcopy fanzine back in the day. He's currently very active in the transgender community, providing support and outreach to newcomers, and putting... Read More →

Jean Marie Stine

Saturday September 27, 2014 12:00 - 14:00 PDT
SandPebble D

Panel, social issues, diversity, media

10:00 PDT

Bend it like Bechdel

Finding an alternative to the Bechdel test. The Mako Mori test isn't quite right either. We know when we've found a movie or story that we feel is at least some better representation of women. But it doesn't always pass the test. So, what does it need? What do we want? Or, what are we willing to accept? This has probably been done to death...

Guests

Elanor Hughes

Elanor works for an audio manufacturer by day. By night she makes costumes, writes novels, and takes care of her grandmother. Her current novels in progress are about ancient Thrace and the time before the Vikings.

Lance Moore

Westercon 66

Michael Rhodes

Juliette Wade

Writer, DAW

Juliette Wade's debut novel Mazes of Power will come out in 2020 from DAW books. Her short fiction has appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction, Clarkesworld and several times in Analog magazine. Her nonfiction has appeared in Analog and in Lightspeed's special issue, Women Destroy... Read More →

Sunday September 28, 2014 10:00 - 12:00 PDT
Sumac

Panel, social issues, diversity, media

12:00 PDT

Harassment- And we're going to keep talking about this

Continuing the discussion about harassment in fandom, the changes being made and those still needed.

Moderators

Stephen "Dirk" Libbey

Gaming Manager, Sound United

Stephen was dragged to his first convention by a girl. For some reason he married her anyway. Since then he has worked on several conventions including helping his wife run the newsletter for the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention (Renovation). He is an avid gamer, occasional podcaster... Read More →

Guests

Amy Sterling Casil

Amy Sterling Casil is a 2002 Nebula Award nominee and recipient of other awards and recognition for her short science fiction and fantasy, which has appeared in publications ranging from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction to Zoetrope. She is the author of 26 nonfiction books... Read More →

Gregg Castro

Director, Salinan T'rowt'raahl

Gregg Castro [t'rowt'raahl Salinan/rumsien Ohlone], has been involved in the preservation of his California Indigenous cultural heritage for over two decades. He represents his late Mother’s family’s interests in the protection of cultural heritage in their rumsien Ohlone homeland... Read More →

Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche has been making costumes since he was 8 (and has the photographic evidence to prove it!). He was honored with the International Costumers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. At Gallifrey One, Kevin is somewhat infamous as creator of the Tiki Dalek, and as one founder... Read More →

SonyaLynn

SonyaLynn was just a garden variety geek and IT drone when small pastel horses came into her life, surprising everyone…her most of all. A child of the '80s, if you had told her she'd ever even like anything bearing the My Little Pony name, she would have laughed in your face. Then... Read More →

Sunday September 28, 2014 12:00 - 14:00 PDT
Sumac

Panel, conventions, diversity, social issues

12:00 PDT

Multi-cultural Fans of Sci Fi. How can we encourage people to find Sci-Fi and Fantasy?

People of Color often are not as visiable at Sci Fi Cons as you would hope. How do we as a community encourage more people to find Sci-Fi and share their love of the Genre?

Moderators

Wanda Kurtcu

Writers Workshop, Pleasant

Hello and welcome aboard! Here’s a little bit about me! My 15 minutes of fame is from ‘A Matter of Honor’, a Star Trek: Next Generation episode I wrote back in 1984. I have been involved with Baycon as the Writers Workshop maven and on panels focused diversity in science fiction... Read More →

Guests

Jon Del Arroz

Rislandia Books

Science Fiction, Steampunk, Baseball, Comics

Marisa Garcia

Bradford Lyau

Heidi L. Stauffer

Teacher, Lydian Academy

Heidi Stauffer is a science and math teacher at Lydian Academy, a small private middle andhigh school in Menlo Park, CA. She co-manages the science lab for the school and is the leadfor the science professional learning community. She holds a PhD in Earth Science, specializingin climate... Read More →

Sunday September 28, 2014 12:00 - 14:00 PDT
Pine

Panel, conventions, diversity, literature, social issues