Opening Ceremonies
Fir/Oak   Friday   2:00 PM

Patterson, Amy (Moderator)

What Ten Books Would You Take to a Desert Island?
So you have to read only ten books for the next fifty years. Which ones could you read over and over again.
Monterey   Friday   2:30 PM

Moscoe, Mike (Moderator)
Perkins, Gerald
Gilligan, ElizaBeth

Developments Science Fiction Has Failed to Predict
Yes, Clarke predicted global satellites and Cartmiller predicted the atom bomb. But what technologies did science fiction overlook and why.
Fir/Oak   Friday   2:30 PM

Ctein
Freeman, Jay (Moderator)
Landry, Bridget
Butler, Paula

Faith and Fandom: Do you have to be an atheist to be an SF Fan?
The humanist, scientific, rationalist view of the world is not the only world view that is still consistant with future technology. Come and hear other points of view.
Pine   Friday   2:30 PM

Blaker, John R. (Moderator)
Heydt, Dorothy J.

APAs and Fanzines and Ezines, Oh, My!
The evolution of fannish publishing.
San Juan   Friday   2:30 PM

Brewster, Kent (Moderator)
Daverin, Brenda
Mailander, Jane

Sex and the Single E. T.
Warning: This lecture contains graphic language. PG-13 [Slide Show] Want to build a better alien? Why not start with his/her/its sex life? Examples include hypodermic sex, explosive copulation, gender benders­all drawn from known terrestrial examples.
Carmel   Friday   2:30 PM

MacEwen, Patricia

Writing 201
Things we wish some pro had told us when we were starting out.
San Carlos   Friday   2:30 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca

Hidden and Forgotten Technologies
We can save the world with Steam! Well, maybe not, but what other technologies are there that can save us and may have been forgotten.
Monterey   Friday   4:00 PM

Nordley, Gerald "G. David" (Moderator)
Lyau, Bradford
Crowley, Dr. John

Lowering the Bar: Are Our Expectations for Greatness Dropping?
If you can make the front cover of the National Enquirer for having a tortilla with the face of Jesus on it, what makes the great truly stand out? Is fifteen minutes of fame too long for those that take the center stage of our consciousness.
San Carlos   Friday   4:00 PM

Pearce, Gerald (Moderator)
Ctein
Perkins, Gerald
Mailander, Jane

Walking on Knives: Fairy tales before Disney
They don't call them Grimm for nothing.
Cedar   Friday   4:00 PM

Csernica, Lillian
Edgerton, Teresa (Moderator)
Smith, Brenda Gates
Monk, Devon

Artists' Fantasy Panel
If you could draw the illustrations for any book, which would it be and why?
Pine   Friday   4:00 PM

Thomas, Nene Tina (Moderator)
Lurz, Frank
Hershey, Allison
Phanara, Selena

A REAL Seduction of the Innocent?
Modern media and what it's teaching our children. How can a child understand death when their character comes back after inserting another quarter?
Carmel   Friday   4:00 PM

Robinson, Nicky (Moderator)
Moesta, Rebecca
MacEwen, Patricia

Protecting the Internet from Kids
How can children that bid ridiculous amounts on Ebay be taught that the things they do online have adult consequences and are not just a video game?
Fir/Oak   Friday   4:00 PM

Clements, Linda (Moderator)
Canning, Janet
Moscoe, Mike

Clarion: The Writers Workshop
San Juan   Friday   4:00 PM

Brewster, Kent
Blum, R. S.

Procrastinator's Panel
Trying to stop procrastinating? Trying to cut back? Try this panel.
Santa Barbara   Friday   5:00 PM

SF/F Cultural Literacy
Remembering the past in our favorite genre. Remember Doc Smith?
San Carlos   Friday   5:30 PM

Pearce, Gerald (Moderator)
Lyau, Bradford
Nordley, Gerald "G. David"

Science Fiction Poetry
Not all science fiction is prose. Come find out about the rhymers with a futurist bent.
San Juan   Friday   5:30 PM

Etchemendy, Nancy
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki (Moderator)
Oestreicher, Joy

Christian BoF
San Jose   Friday   5:30 PM

Blaker, John R.
Csernica, Lillian

Meet the Guests
These are our Guests. Come and see them up close and personal.
Fir/Oak   Friday   8:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca
Thomas, Nene Tina
Price, Jan
Brewster, Kent

Neon City LARP Start
San Juan   Friday   8:00 PM

Dead Rats on Stix
The German techno-mettallic phenomena!
Pine/Fir/Oak   Saturday   12:01 AM

Boffer Panel
Cedar   Saturday   12:01 AM

Days on the Calendar Are Closer Than They Appear
Perceptual Problems in Fandom (continued from 1998)
Santa Barbara   Saturday   7:30 AM

Miss Manners in the New World: Manners for the Coming Age
How do you answer a flaming email? What do you call the cousin of your second ex-husband's sister? Bring questions of comtemporary ettiquette and our esteemed panellists will give you guidelines for the modern era.
Carmel   Saturday   10:00 AM

Csernica, Lillian (Moderator)
Hartlove, Denisen
Blaker, John R.

Don't Pick Your Nose with a Broadsword: The Worst Common Mistakes in Fantasy Writing
Why do writers make their heros use a weapon that the writers have never seen? And then they use it badly. Come and learn some of the basic weapons and how they should be used!
San Juan   Saturday   10:00 AM

Canfield, Michael (Moderator)
Radford, Irene Greer, Ray

Send More Chuck Berry
We think we have plenty to share with aliens, but what do you think their first message to us would be?
Fir/Oak   Saturday   10:00 AM

Shostak, Seth (Moderator)
Read, Wolf
Butler, Paula

Making the Leap: Becoming a Full Time Writer
Do you think that qutting your job will give you enough time to actually finish that great novel? There may be a few other things to consider before leaping off the corporate bus.
Pine   Saturday   10:00 AM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca
Paxson, Diana L. (Moderator)

Diseases and Death Sentences
Once, flu would kill you. Then it was syphilis. In a day when even AIDS might be survivable, what's coming next?
Monterey   Saturday   10:00 AM

MacEwen, Patricia (Moderator)
Gilligan, ElizaBeth
Waters, Elisabeth

Reading 101
So you read science fiction and fantasy, but have you read THESE?
Monterey   Saturday   11:30 AM

Whitmore, Tom (Moderator)
Goodman, Sarah
Lyau, Bradford

Implications of Recent Technology
Every movie and television show has a character talking on a cellphone. What other technologies will be so commonplace in five years that they become cultural norms?
Carmel   Saturday   11:30 AM

Glass, Brett
Daniel, Hugh (Moderator)
Clements, Linda

Can We Ever Justify Censorship?
Should the internet, the press, and the media say anything they want to? Should every man, women, and child be able to read or hear it? Are there any lines that should be drawn and if so, where?
Fir/Oak   Saturday   11:30 AM

Ctein
Perkins, Gerald (Moderator)
Perrin, Steve

Editors Wanted: A Million Channels and Nothing to Watch
Books and magazines have editors, why not the net? Anyone can put up a web site and trillions have. How can an experienced person guide people to really interesting information and get paid for it.
Cedar   Saturday   11:30 AM

Oestreicher, Joy
Brewster, Kent
Etchemendy, Nancy
Gilligan, ElizaBeth (Moderator)

Klingons and the Religious Right: Alternative Hereafters
So it's not all the big guy on the throne with the beard and the pearly gates. How are other afterlives portrayed in science fiction.
Pine   Saturday   11:30 AM

Hershey, Allison
Paxson, Diana L.
MacArthur, Thena (Moderator)
Radford, Irene

Docent Tour for Adults
Come and learn all the fascinating places to see at Baycon.
Foyer   Saturday   11:30 AM

Bushore, Kierin

Fan Clubs
How do you keep them going, and how do you keep the membership fresh? (Yalow, Whitmore, etc, etc, etc)
San Juan   Saturday   11:30 AM

Standlee, Kevin
Mortensen, Liz
McGuire, Christian (Moderator)
Southwick, David

Make A LARP (Mac Blue)
Design a live-action RPG from the ground up and play it the next day.
San Carlos   Saturday   11:30 AM

The Pre-Dune Saga
Want to know what happened before the Atredies moved to Dune? Our Guest of Honor can tell you.
Cedar   Saturday   1:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.

Porn: Has it tainted or expanded the Internet
The first best-selling VHS tapes were porn. Porn exploded the 900 number business. But somehow communities want to say "STOP" to porn on the internet. Has porn tainted or expanded the internet.
San Juan   Saturday   1:00 PM

Canning, Janet (Moderator)
Etchemendy, Nancy
Templeton, Brad

Research 101: Finding Your Grain of Salt
The Net is the home of everything and you can't find anything! How to find information in this pool of lime jello.
Monterey   Saturday   1:00 PM

Gilligan, ElizaBeth (Moderator)
Csernica, Lillian
Nelson, Raymond L.

Docent Tours for Kids
Come and learn all the fascinating places to see at Baycon.
Foyer   Saturday   1:00 PM

Cooke, Angela

You Can Make a Spacesuit from your Pajamas
Adapting patterns and the clothes in your closet for a good hall costume.
San Carlos   Saturday   1:00 PM

Hartlove, Denisen
Bass, Trystan (Moderator)
Landry, Bridget

Jargonspeak
The mystical languages of various professions, or what the heck is a Best Boy?
Carmel   Saturday   1:00 PM

Blaker, John R.
Davidson, Howard
Greer, Ray (Moderator)

Women in Science and Enginering: Overcoming Stereotypes and Prejudices
Business and universities say they want more women engineers and scientists, but do they really? How hard is it to be a woman engineer? And what can we do about it?
Pine   Saturday   1:00 PM

Clements, Linda (Moderator)
Butler, Paula
Robinson, Nicky
MacEwen, Patricia

Artist's GoH Panel
Our Artist Guest of Honor is a fine illustrator. Please come and hear how she learned her skills and what's she's working on now.
Fir/Oak   Saturday   1:00 PM

Thomas, Nene Tina

SCA Demo A
Demo Area   Saturday   1:00 PM

Canfield, Michael

Nothing Lasts Forever: Has the Star Trek franchise finally run out?
Deep Space Nine is winding down and the Captain wants to abandon Voyager. Is it finally the time to say "He's Dead, Jim" to this universe?
Fir/Oak   Saturday   2:30 PM

von Braskat, Sabre
Coe, Wolfgang

Filk 101
Yes, we sing and we write songs, too. Come and hear some and sing some yourself.
Monterey   Saturday   2:30 PM

Mar, Kathy
Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn (Moderator)
Mailander, Jane

Worldcons 101
So you think Baycon is large? How would you like to know more about a really large convention? The Bay Area hosted the World Science Fiction convention in 1993 and we are about to do it again in 2002.
San Juan   Saturday   2:30 PM

Whitmore, Tom (Moderator)
Standlee, Kevin
McGuire, Christian
Mortensen, Liz

Battling the Great Satan: What Should be Done about Microsoft
Does Bill Gates deserve the Nobel Prize for Economics or 10,000 years in a high-security prison? Is Microsoft the one company that spread technology to the home or the one company that should be broken into dozens of smaller, less competitive companies?
Cedar   Saturday   2:30 PM

Glass, Brett (Moderator)
Blaker, John R.
Higashi, Mike

Stupid User Tricks: Tech Support Horror Stories
Yes, you heard about the floppy disk and the magnet and the broken cupholder, but have you heard about TelepathyNet? Hear some modern tales of terror.
Carmel   Saturday   2:30 PM

Cratz, Tony
Howlett, Craige (Moderator)
McGuire, Seanán

Professor Destructo
Watch small electronic devices reduced to their component parts. Great fun for kids of all ages.
San Carlos   Saturday   2:30 PM

Daniel, Hugh (Moderator)

CONTACT: Cultures of the Imagination Panel
Pine   Saturday   2:30 PM

Nordley, Gerald "G. David" (Moderator)

High Art or Low: Breaking the Laws of Comics
First comics were in rows of boxes, then they weren't. First comics were funny or serious, now then can be both. What are the "laws" and how are they being broken today.
San Juan   Saturday   4:00 PM

Lopez, Dan (Moderator)
Buhalis, Rev. Lois
MacArthur, Thena
Orzechowski, Tom

Artists' Favorites
Artists discuss their favorite artists.
San Carlos   Saturday   4:00 PM

Thomas, Nene Tina
Lopez, Dan
Robins, Arlin (Moderator)

Dramatization 101
Now that you've got the costume, how do you make it come alive? Being in character while in costume.
Monterey   Saturday   4:00 PM

Hartlove, Jay
Bass, Trystan

Aliens: Good, Bad, and Believable
Writing aliens that make sense.
Cedar   Saturday   4:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
MacEwen, Patricia
Fesmire, Jonathan
Simpson, Don (Moderator)

Hidden Gems
Little-known books that shouldn't be forgotten.
San Jose   Saturday   4:00 PM

Lyau, Bradford
Oestreicher, Joy
Moscoe, Mike (Moderator)

Valuing Our Differences
No, we're not all the same. This is a good thing. This may seem obvious, but it isn't always. Classism vs. different roles in life.
Carmel   Saturday   4:00 PM

Goodman, Sarah (Moderator)
Radford, Irene
Saidak, Sandra

Looking Into the PAST: Astronomy and Space Exploration
Real time travel happens every night through the lenses of telescopes around the world. Find out how.
Pine   Saturday   4:00 PM

Shostak, Seth
Davidson, Howard
Nordley, Gerald "G. David"
Freeman, Jay (Moderator)

Mars Pathfinder Slide Show
Slides from JPL. (Missing specific information - just come check it out!)
Fir/Oak   Saturday   4:00 PM

Landry, Bridget

B&D in S/F BoF
Carmel   Saturday   5:30 PM

B5/Crusade BoF
Friends of J. Michael
San Carlos   Saturday   5:30 PM

Portables, PDAs, and Gadgets BoF
San Juan   Saturday   5:30 PM

Dr. Who BoF
San Carlos   Saturday   5:30 PM

Masquerade
Cedar/Pine/Fir   Saturday   8:00 PM

Bass, Trystan
Anderson, Kevin J.
Brewster, Kent
Hartlove, Denisen
Hartlove, Jay
Moesta, Rebecca
Thomas, Nene Tina
Price, Jan

Eye of Argon Reading
Foyer   Sunday   12:01 AM

Simpson, Don

Sunrise Services with John
Carmel   Sunday   8:30 AM

Blaker, John R.

When Games Go Too Far
First there was Pong and who could hate a little round dot. Then there was PacMan and they were pretty cute, too. Now violence and horror are the norm. Are there any games that really go too far and exactly where is that?
Cedar   Sunday   10:00 AM

Robinson, Nicky (Moderator)
Greer, Ray
Perrin, Steve

Invent a Religion
No, no, you don't have to believe it, but your characters do! What are reasonable and consistant ideas to incorporate in a religion. This is a workshop, so come prepared to work seriously.
San Juan   Sunday   10:00 AM

Fesmire, Jonathan
Oestreicher, Joy (Moderator)
Pearce, Gerald

Fantasy Cliches
Why so many damn elves and bearded wizards? Aren't there some other ways to tell a fantasy story?
Carmel   Sunday   10:00 AM

Smith, Brenda Gates
Radford, Irene
Paxson, Diana L. (Moderator)

The Classical Saber Fencing Lesson
Fir/Oak   Sunday   10:00 AM

Lurz, Frank

Global Warming 101: What's Really Happening?
[Slide Show] Hear and see the latest information about this worldwide concern.
Pine   Sunday   10:00 AM

MacEwen, Patricia

Lest We Forget
San Jose   Sunday   10:00 AM

Blaker, John R.

Mac Blue LARP
San Carlos   Sunday   10:00 AM

Anime 101
Do you have to speak Japanese to appreciate this? NO! Come and find out what's new, what's old and what's good in this popular animation form from Japan.
Monterey   Sunday   11:30 AM

Hoffman, Nina Kiriki (Moderator)
Standlee, Kevin
Patterson, Ken
Shintani, Tomoko

The Future of Artistic Media
What's next when computers become old hat?
Cedar   Sunday   11:30 AM

Daugherty, James Stanley
Robins, Arlin
Lopez, Dan (Moderator)

Three Filks Everyone Should Know
Our panelists pick their three choices and discuss why they're important.
San Carlos   Sunday   11:30 AM

Mar, Kathy (Moderator)
Bohnhoff, Jeff
McGuire, Seanán

Cryptography and Privacy on the Net
You have a secret. You want to pass it to someone else. How can you keep a secret and pass it on, too. Why would you want to? And why is the government trying to stop you from doing so?
Pine   Sunday   11:30 AM

Daniel, Hugh
Simpson, Don
Templeton, Brad (Moderator)

Fear of Science
Millions of people are afraid of their computer. Millions of people are afraid of biotechnology. How can you become a more informed citizen and a less frightened one.
Carmel   Sunday   11:30 AM

Landry, Bridget (Moderator)
Crowley, Dr. John
Butler, Paula

GoH Panel
These are our Guests. Come hear them speak.
Fir/Oak   Sunday   11:30 AM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca
Thomas, Nene Tina
Price, Jan
Brewster, Kent
Patterson, Amy

Collage 101
San Juan   Sunday   11:30 AM

Costuming 101
Do I have to look like a model? Do I have to be able to sew? Do I have to spend a million? NO. Come and find out how imagination and found objects can lead to entertaining costumes.
Monterey   Sunday   1:00 PM

Bass, Trystan
Hartlove, Jay (Moderator)
Cordero, Mary

Buffy, Xena, and Raven: Celebrity Deathmatch
They're hot. They're tough. They're clever. And that's just the panelists.
Cedar   Sunday   1:00 PM

Mailander, Jane (Moderator)
Robinson, Nicky
Radford, Irene
Saidak, Sandra

What Ten Pieces of Technology Would You Take to a Desert Island?
San Juan   Sunday   1:00 PM

Davidson, Howard (Moderator)
Glass, Brett
Freeman, Jay

Is Photography Commerce or Art?
Photography used to show the world as it really is. Now it can show us things that didn't happen or couldn't happen. But is it art?
San Carlos   Sunday   1:00 PM

Ctein (Moderator)
Daugherty, James Stanley
Perenne, Luise

Stupid Fannish Tricks
We don't care if someone else has done it before, don't do it!
Carmel   Sunday   1:00 PM

Standlee, Kevin
Clark, David (Moderator)
Mortenson, Liz

Milestones in SF/F
Which creations sparked revolutions in the genre?
Pine   Sunday   1:00 PM

Goodman, Sarah (Moderator)
Nordley, Gerald "G. David"
Read, Wolf

SETI Institute
Yes, they are out there and we are looking for them. Let us tell you where and how we are looking and what we expect to find.
Fir/Oak   Sunday   1:00 PM

Shostak, Seth

SCA Demo B
Demo Area   Sunday   1:00 PM

Canfield, Michael

Charity Auction
Foyer   Sunday   1:00 PM

Siladi, Michael
Lopez, Dan

GoH Autographs
Kevin J. Anderson and Robevva Moesta sign for you!
Foyer   Sunday   1:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J.
Moesta, Rebecca

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
You better have seen it because here we disect it all.
Fir/Oak   Sunday   2:30 PM

Raising Unpopular Children: Parenting for Fans
So you weren't a cheerleader. Chances are your kids won't be voted Most Popular either. How can you help your children grow up sane when they are probably smarter and more esoteric than their peers.
San Carlos   Sunday   2:30 PM

Brewster, Kent (Moderator)
Moscoe, Mike
Edgerton, Teresa
Von Braskat, Kitty

Writing in Someone Else's Universe
Why should they let you play in their sandbox?
Cedar   Sunday   2:30 PM

Anderson, Kevin J. (Moderator)
Moesta, Rebecca
Waters, Elisabeth

Death of the Generalist
In this day and age of exponential increase of information, is it possible to be a jack-of-all-trades? Is it necessary? Can society survive without creating a new type of generalist?
Monterey   Sunday   2:30 PM

Perkins, Gerald
Daugherty, James Stanley (Moderator)
Landry, Bridget
Read, Wolf

Maintaining Cultural Literacy
Keeping track of what happened in the past.
San Juan   Sunday   2:30 PM

Etchemendy, Nancy (Moderator)
Perrin, Steve
Lyau, Bradford

The Dumbing of America: Public Schools, Private Schools, and Homeschooling
Reading, writing, and arithmetic is no longer enough. Now there is Self-Esteem, Environmentalism, and Sex Education. And the idea of separate tracks for college bound students is also dying. What are the options for making sure that your children get the best education that they can.
Carmel   Sunday   2:30 PM

Gilligan, ElizaBeth
Schoenhuth, Spring (Moderator)
Monk, Devon

Writing 101
What you need to know about putting one word after another to make someone else want to read them.
Monterey   Sunday   4:00 PM

Moscoe, Mike
Perkins, Gerald
Etchemendy, Nancy (Moderator)
Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn

When Do You Tell Your SO, Your Boss, Your Parents that You Are a Fan?
San Juan   Sunday   4:00 PM

Landry, Bridget (Moderator)
Daverin, Bob
Hartlove, Jay

Solar Systems - We are Not Alone
The solar system found out by Andromeda and what that means.
Cedar   Sunday   4:00 PM

Nordley, Gerald "G. David"
Shostak, Seth
Freeman, Jay (Moderator)

Teen Age Angst: We ALL Had It
Were you a geek? Were you a chess master? Were you a cheerleader? Even then, did you feel left out? So, how do you cope?
Carmel   Sunday   4:00 PM

Hershey, Allison
Goodman, Sarah
Monk, Devon (Moderator)
Saidak, Sandra

Hollywood on Parade
Trailers, and filmclips, and gossip, oh, my!
Fir/Pine/Oak   Sunday   4:00 PM

Knight, Chris

Online Bookstores: No More Browsing with Caffeine?
Will the local chain store, who only carries 1,000 copies of the latest Danielle Steel book, crush the local specialty bookstore? Or will amazon.com and barnesandnobel.com replace all bookstore browsing? What's good and bad (and inevitable) about online bookstores.
San Carlos   Sunday   4:00 PM

Whitmore, Tom (Moderator)
Templeton, Brad
Clark, David

Extreme Competitive Trivia
So you think you know science fiction? Play stump the panelists and YOU could end up sitting on the panel yourself.
Foyer   Sunday   5:30 PM

Standlee, Kevin
Mailander, Jane
Howlett, Craige

Who Should Draw It?
Artists discuss who they'd like to see drawing science fiction and fantasy classics in literature.
San Carlos   Sunday   5:30 PM

Perenne, Luise
Thomas, Nene Tina (Moderator)
Lurz, Frank

Satire or Infringement
When does a drawing based on copyrighted characters cross the line between parody and copyright infringement?
San Juan   Sunday   5:30 PM

Lopez, Dan (Moderator)
Orzechowski, Tom
Livingston, Monica

What's With the Weapons, Anyway?
Weapons-free cons are becoming the norm. Is it a reflection of fandom's fixation or something else?
Monterey   Sunday   5:30 PM

Cratz, Tony
Canfield, Michael (Moderator)
Hartlove, Jay
Cordero, Mary

A Shot Rang Out
The Round Robin Story Telling Classic Cedar   Sunday   5:30 PM

Csernica, Lillian (Moderator)
MacEwen, Patricia
Bass, Trystan

Bailing Out of the Rat Race and Living Like a Human Being
Think you haven't any time for a life? Think you haven't any time for friends and family? Think you haven't got an alternative than working for Octopus, Inc.? Well, come and listen to some people who have found a way to live AND enjoy what they are doing.
Carmel   Sunday   5:30 PM

Glass, Brett
Moesta, Rebecca (Moderator)
Clements, Linda

Belly Dancing Jam
Like to dance? Like to watch? Come join the jam!
Foyer   Sunday   8:00 PM

Sunday Rock Dance - "A Contact Moment"
Pine/Fir   Sunday   8:00 PM

Regency Dance
Carmel/Monterey   Sunday   8:00 PM

Winston, Alan

Neon City LARP End
Cedar   Sunday   8:00 PM

Music and Science Fiction: It's More than just Filk
Filk started out as parody song-writing, but there is more, much more to science fiction music than filk.
Carmel   Monday   10:00 AM

Bohnhoff, Maya Kaathryn
McGuire, Seanán (Moderator)
Bohnhoff, Jeff

Time Capsule
Nothing too big. Nothing too messy. What would you be glad to see in ten years?
Cedar   Monday   10:00 AM

Patterson, Amy (Moderator)
Price, Jan
Siladi, Michael

Art for the Untalented
Think you can't draw? Think again. Bring your sketchbook and be prepared to draw. We'll bring the model. And a few artists to help out.
Monterey   Monday   10:00 AM

Robins, Arlin
Phanara, Selena

From Skylark to Skywalker - Epic SF We Love
There is nothing like planets, solar systems, and universes in dire conflict. Why do we like scenes of large-scale conflict and what are some of the best examples of this genre.
Pine   Monday   10:00 AM

Anderson, Kevin J. (Moderator)
Radford, Irene
Moesta, Rebecca

Weapons and Wounds
Weapons of the medieval period and the wounds they cause.
San Juan   Monday   10:00 AM

Lurz, Frank (Moderator)
Canfield, Michael
MacEwen, Patricia

Linux Install Fest
Bring your machine and get a free version of mini-Linux and FreeS/WAN (an IPSEC for linux).
San Carlos   Monday   10:00 AM

Daniel, Hugh (Moderator)
Higashi, Mike

Y2K: Of course there will be looting...Oh, no there won't!
We're heard the prognosticators, we've read the articles, now here's OUR opinion.
Pine   Monday   11:30 AM

Siegal, Alex
Canning, Janet
Templeton, Brad (Moderator)

The Anthology: Thriving or Dying Out?
Just how difficult it is to get published in a book of short stories? Who do you have to impress to get into one?
Carmel   Monday   11:30 AM

Brewster, Kent
Oestreicher, Joy (Moderator)
Perkins, Gerald

The Future of Libraries
Card catalogs are dead, books are getting more expensive, and the amount of information is escalating dramatically. What will libraries look like in the future?
Monterey   Monday   11:30 AM

Gilligan, ElizaBeth
Read, Wolf (Moderator)
Nelson, Raymond L.

Denial and Desire: The New Victorians
We read every word of the latest sex scandal and hold our politicians to difficult moral standards. Are we schizophrenic about our morality? Are we any different than the Victorians?
San Juan   Monday   11:30 AM

Csernica, Lillian (Moderator)
Pearce, Gerald
Ayers, Hilary

The Shape of Tech to Come
Come and discuss what might be next. Be prepared to play with ideas.
Cedar   Monday   11:30 AM

Freeman, Jay
Glass, Brett (Moderator)
Moscoe, Mike
Butler, Paula

Star Wars, Babylon 5, and Star Trek: Celebrity Deathmatch
Jihad! It's a religious issue.
Cedar   Monday   1:00 PM

Anderson, Kevin J. (Moderator)
Ayers, Hilary
Cordero, Mary

We Can Fix Anything: 1001 Uses for Duct Tape, Bailing Wire, and Chewing Gum
Mufflers, fenders, and the occassional space craft are all things that can be fixed by the equivalent of your grandmother's bobby pins.
Pine   Monday   1:00 PM

Canfield, Michael
Ctein (Moderator)
Goodman, Sarah
Hunter, Damon

Unobtainium: What to Use When Your Hero is Up a Creek Without a Water Moving Implement
Monterey   Monday   1:00 PM

Moscoe, Mike (Moderator)
Brewster, Kent
Read, Wolf
Gilligan, ElizaBeth

Books That Suck
So they told you they were great, they were bestsellers. Rip the dustjacket off these icons and reveal their sleazy interiors.
Carmel   Monday   1:00 PM

Nelson, Raymond L.
Mailander, Jane

Large-Scale Engineering Projects
Do we have the guts to take on the big jobs which have great long-term potential but are monetary sinkholes in the short term?
San Juan   Monday   1:00 PM

Davidson, Howard (Moderator)
Landry, Bridget
Crowley, Dr. John

Will the Private Sector Save Our Future in Space?
Do they need to? Has the government (ours or anyone's) abandonned space? How can we put the focus back on the frontier?
Cedar   Monday   2:30 PM

Shostak, Seth
Nordley, Gerald "G. David"
Davidson, Howard
Freeman, Jay (Moderator)

Wrap Panel
Another year, another Baycon! Tell us what you liked.
Cedar   Monday   4:00 PM

Patterson, Amy (Moderator)
Siladi, Michael

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