Monday

Mo0001rw-alamo.c Open Gaming
Play any game you want to bringcards, roleplaying games, boardgames. And be sure to look in on continuous demonstrations of the new Portal introductory set for Magic: The Gathering (run by Wizards of the Coast) and the Middle-Earth trading card game (Iron Crown Enterprises).
Marriott Riverwalk Alamo Ballroom Sec. C 12:01AM-2:51PM

Mo0800rc-12 Continental Science Fiction Assn. Meeting
Marriott Rivercenter Room 12 8:00AM-9:50AM
Robert E. Sacks*

Mo1000cc-202 Showcase-Michael Flynn Reading
Convention Center Room 202 10:00AM-10:25AM
Michael F. Flynn*

Mo1000cc-203 Kids' Art Class: Make Ojo-de-Dios
Convention Center Room 203 10:00AM-10:50AM
Sherlock*

Mo1000cc-204 For Kids: Creative Writing
Convention Center Room 204 10:00AM-10:50AM
Rob Chilson, Vera Nazarian

Mo1000cc-205 The New Shows: Will we love them or hate them?
Convention Center Room 205 10:00AM-10:50AM
Jerrie Marchand, Glen Oliver, Herbie J. Pilato*, Tony Steele

Mo1000cc-206 Showcase-Mary Rosenblum Reading
Convention Center Room 206 10:00AM-10:25AM
Mary Rosenblum*

Mo1000cc-207 Masquerade Debriefing
Convention Center Room 207 10:00AM-11:50AM
Peggy Kennedy*

Mo1000cc-208 Slide Show: The Development of SF
Dave Kyle uses slides of origianl publications and other material to tell about what attracted the first fans.
Convention Center Room 208 10:00AM-10:50AM
Dave Kyle

Mo1000cc-209 Artist Workshop on Anodizing
Jewelry guaranteed to get a reaction! Anodizing the reactive metals. Advance sign-up required.
Convention Center Room 209 10:00AM-11:50AM
Angela Jones*

Mo1000cc-centro What it means to be civilized
Convention Center Centro 10:00AM-10:50AM
James Brunet, Linda J. Dunn, Eileen Gunn

Mo1000cc-exhibit Autographings
Convention Center Exhibit Hall 10:00AM-10:50AM
Scott Edelman, Richard Gilliam, James C. Glass, David G. Hartwell, Mike Moscoe

Mo1000cc-fiesta.a Jacking In: Direct neural interfaces
What would it be like to have a mental link with a computer, or computer enhanced memory or senses. how much do we need to learn about the brain before such things become possible. biologists have already shown that they can make direct connections between nerve cells and electronic circuts. Technology is rapidly moving in this direction. how expensive would it be, and how many people would have it done?
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. A 10:00AM-10:50AM
Pat Cadigan, Susan Smith*

Mo1000cc-fiesta.b Finding Time to Write
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. B 10:00AM-10:50AM
Michael Capobianco, Phyllis Eisenstein, Thomas K. Martin, Frederik Pohl*

Mo1000cc-fiesta.e WSFS Main Business Meeting 3
Open to all convention members.
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. E 10:00AM-11:50AM
Don Eastlake III*, Zanne Labonville, Kevin Standlee

Mo1000cc-patio.a Showcase-Allan Cole Reading
Convention Center Patio Sec. A 10:00AM-10:25AM
Allan Cole*

Mo1000cc-patio.b Showcase-Suzy McKee Charnas Reading
Convention Center Patio Sec. B 10:00AM-10:50AM
Suzy McKee Charnas*

Mo1000cc-plaza.a Upcoming Warner Releases with Betsy Mitchell
Convention Center Plaza Sec. A 10:00AM-10:50AM
Betsy Mitchell*

Mo1000cc-river.a Will Reading and Writing Survive another 100 Years?
Convention Center River Sec. A 10:00AM-10:50AM
Arlan Andrews, Sr.*, Kathy Ice, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Lynn Ward

Mo1000rc-11 Friends of Bill
Marriott Rivercenter Room 11 10:00AM-10:50AM

Mo1000rw-bonham Kaffeeklatch with Hal Clement
Advance sign-up required.
Marriott Riverwalk Bonham 10:00AM-10:50AM
Hal Clement*

Mo1000rw-milam Kaffeeklatch with Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Advance sign-up required.
Marriott Riverwalk Milam 10:00AM-10:50AM
Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Mo1030cc-202 Showcase-Peter Heck Reading
Convention Center Room 202 10:30AM-10:55AM
Peter J. Heck*

Mo1030cc-206 Showcase-Wilhelmina Baird Reading
Convention Center Room 206 10:30AM-10:55AM
Wilhelmina Baird*

Mo1030cc-patio.a Showcase-Thomas W. Knowles Reading
Convention Center Patio Sec. A 10:30AM-10:55AM
Thomas W. Knowles*

Mo1100cc-202 Showcase-James C. Glass Reading
Convention Center Room 202 11:00AM-11:50AM
James C. Glass*

Mo1100cc-205 Showcase-Steven Gould Reading
Convention Center Room 205 11:00AM-11:50AM
Steven Gould*

Mo1100cc-206 Ethics in SF: Repressive societies and resistance
Convention Center Room 206 11:00AM-11:50AM
David Brin, John Gibbons*, Pamela Hodgson, Evelyn C. Leeper, Bradford Lyau, Louise Marley, C. J. Mills, Mike Resnick

Mo1100cc-208 For Kids: Gems and Minerals
Convention Center Room 208 11:00AM-11:50AM
Geri Jeter*

Mo1100cc-centro Weird Culture and Weird Fiction
Convention Center Centro 11:00AM-11:50AM
Uncle River, Scott Edelman, Mark L. Van Name, Don Webb*

Mo1100cc-exhibit Autographings
Convention Center Exhibit Hall 11:00AM-11:50AM
P. N. Elrod, Peter J. Heck, George R. R. Martin, Betsy Mitchell

Mo1100cc-fiesta.a Work for Hire
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. A 11:00AM-11:50AM
Roger MacBride Allen, Barbara Hambly, Jason Henderson, Susan M. Shwartz*

Mo1100cc-fiesta.b Guest of Honor Event: Neal Barrett, Jr.
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. B 11:00AM-12:50PM
Neal Barrett, Jr.*

Mo1100cc-patio.a Live from Turkey City: A quarter century of Austin's homegrown writers' workshop
Convention Center Patio Sec. A 11:00AM-11:50AM
Lawrence Person*, Bruce Sterling

Mo1100cc-patio.b Pediatric AIDS Auction by Fractures in Rhyme Organization
Pick up some really cool art treasures and benefit central Texas AIDS victims at the same time!
Convention Center Patio Sec. B 11:00AM-12:50PM
Lee Seed, Victoria White

Mo1100cc-plaza.a The horror you have always with you: Why SF and Fantasy can't always be positive
Convention Center Plaza Sec. A 11:00AM-11:50AM
Bradley Denton, Tim Powers, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rochelle Marie Uhlenkott, Connie Willis

Mo1100cc-river.a History of Texas Fandom
Convention Center River Sec. A 11:00AM-11:50AM
Gregory Benford, Terry Floyd, Al Jackson, Willie Siros, Robert Taylor*, Bob Wayne

Mo1100cc-river.b Out on the Fringes: Outlaw Sex and SF/F
Convention Center River Sec. B 11:00AM-11:50AM
Ellen Datlow, Kij Johnson, Dave Smeds, Wendy Wheeler*

Mo1100rc-office WSFS Mark Protection Committee Meeting 2
Marriott Rivercenter Convention Offices 11:00AM-11:50AM

Mo1200cc-101 Fandom Online
Discussion of fanac you can do on the netnewsgroups, Webzines, mailing lists and moreand how not to lose your job or your friends while you do.
Convention Center Room 101 Noon-12:50PM
Earl Cooley III, Janice Gelb*, Sharon Sbarsky, Joe Siclari

Mo1200cc-202 Showcase-Jack L. Chalker Reading
Convention Center Room 202 Noon-12:50PM
Jack L. Chalker*

Mo1200cc-203 Showcase-George R. R. Martin Reading
Convention Center Room 203 Noon-12:50PM
George R. R. Martin*

Mo1200cc-204 For Kids: Storytime
Grownups tell stories or read books to the kids attending the con.
Convention Center Room 204 Noon-12:50PM
Kij Johnson, Tasha Kelly

Mo1200cc-205 Conservation: it's not another dirty word: Care and feeding of your new art acquisition.
Convention Center Room 205 Noon-12:50PM
Mitchell Davidson Bentley, Tim Corbett*, Jane Frank, Butch Honeck, Erle Melvin Korshak, Ellisa Mitchell, Ingrid Neilson

Mo1200cc-206 The Ink is Black, The Paper's White
Convention Center Room 206 Noon-12:50PM
Elizabeth Danforth, Brad W. Foster, Joe Mayhew*, Erin McKee

Mo1200cc-207 Quantum Physics Weirdness: The Best Game in Town
A lab in England has just proved that 2 quanta are linked at a distance of at least 10 miles. what if they can prove the quanta are linked at a distance of 1 million or 1 billion miles, and there is no time delay between the links. isEinstein wrong about quantum physics, Will causality be upset be quantum wierdness. will physicist jump out of skyscrapers. prepare to be mentally warped if you come to this panel.
Convention Center Room 207 Noon-12:50PM
Ron Collins, John Cramer, Rick Crownover*, Jerry Emerson Loomis

Mo1200cc-208 Where is the Dark Matter?
Did you know that the universe is out of balance! At least our understanding of it. Galaxies are rotating too rapidly for the amount of matter that we can see or postulate that exists in them. This includes our own galaxy, the 'Milky Way". Does this mass consist of burnt out stars, brown dwarfs, trillions of tiny cometary snowballs, exotic matter, or matter in another 'dimension" that we might be able to reach. If we can solve the dark matter problem, will we begin a new revolution in physics or is the answer mundane. Can this panel solve the problem in 1 hour!
Convention Center Room 208 Noon-12:50PM
Catherine Asaro*, Patrick O'Leary, Robert J. Sawyer

Mo1200cc-210 For Kids: Worldbuilding
Convention Center Room 210 Noon-12:50PM
Christopher McKitterick*

Mo1200cc-exhibit Autographings
Convention Center Exhibit Hall Noon-12:50PM
David A. Cherry, Don Maitz, Elizabeth Moon, Roy Tackett, Janny Wurts

Mo1200cc-fiesta.a Gripe Session
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. A Noon-1:50PM
Fred Duarte, Sue Francis, Teddy Harvia, Debbie Hodgkinson, Tim Illingworth, Jim Mann, Karen Meschke*, Bill Parker, Teresa Patterson, Peggy Rae Pavlat, Randy Shepherd, Nina Siros, Patty Wells, Noel Wolfman, Ben Yalow

Mo1200cc-patio.a Electronic Frontier Foundation forum
Convention Center Patio Sec. A Noon-12:50PM
Steve Jackson*

Mo1200cc-plaza.a My Favorite Monster
Convention Center Plaza Sec. A Noon-12:50PM
Bob Eggleton, Brad Linaweaver, Warren Spector*

Mo1200cc-river.a Forensic Alien Anthropology
Convention Center River Sec. A Noon-12:50PM
K. B. Bogen, Gail Gerstner-Miller, Pat MacEwen*, John J. Miller, Charles S. Tritt, Lori Wolf

Mo1200cc-river.b Going for the roots of the world tree: Mining mythologies for material
Convention Center River Sec. B Noon-12:50PM
M. Shayne Bell, D. E. Dabbs, Julia S. Mandala, Sasha Miller, Nina Romberg, Josepha Sherman*, K. D. Wentworth*

Mo1200rw-valero Kaffeeklatch with Algis Budrys
Advance sign-up required.
Marriott Riverwalk Valero Noon-12:50PM
Algis Budrys*

Mo1300cc-205 Showcase-Laura J. Mixon Reading
Convention Center Room 205 1:00PM-1:50PM
Laura J. Mixon*

Mo1300cc-206 Showcase-G. David Nordley Reading
Convention Center Room 206 1:00PM-1:50PM
G. David Nordley*

Mo1300cc-210 Alexandria Digital Literature Presentation
Convention Center Room 210 1:00PM-1:50PM
Dave Howell*, Kathy Ice

Mo1300cc-centro Skit by the Amalgamation of Non-Aligned Lifeforms
Convention Center Centro 1:00PM-1:50PM
George Spicuzza*

Mo1300cc-fiesta.b Ethics in SF: Empowering marginalized characters
Convention Center Fiesta Sec. B 1:00PM-1:50PM
Robin Wayne Bailey, Kent Brewster, Lois McMaster Bujold*, Linda J. Dunn, Howard V. Hendrix, Alexis Glynn Latner, Diann Thornley, Mark W. Tiedemann

Mo1300cc-plaza.a Calamities and bright futures
Convention Center Plaza Sec. A 1:00PM-1:50PM
Susan Casper, Michael F. Flynn*, Christopher McKitterick, John Moore

Mo1300cc-river.a Showcase-Elizabeth Moon Reading
Convention Center River Sec. A 1:00PM-1:50PM
Elizabeth Moon*

Mo1300cc-river.b SF Musicals: All Singing! All Dancing!
The big effects and cinema techniques that help make today's sci-fi extravaganzas.
Convention Center River Sec. B 1:00PM-1:50PM
Janice Gelb, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, Lori Wolf*

Mo1400cc-centro Closing Ceremonies
Convention Center Centro 2:00PM-2:50PM
Neal Barrett, Jr., Algis Budrys, Fred Duarte, Don Maitz, Karen Meschke*, Michael Moorcock, Peggy Rae Pavlat, Randy Shepherd, Roy Tackett