All the panels are tentatively scheduled into our 2008 Programming Grid, but some still face the danger of cancellation due to lack of panelists, including many panels in the gaming and science tracks. The #1 Reason panels are scratched from the line up is a lack of panelists to sit them.

Go to http://www.michaell.org/schedule.phtml to sign up for panels that you'd like to be a part of, or just browse to start making plans of what to attend.

PANELS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

These are panels that currently have NO panelists signed up for them, and they WILL BE CANCELLED unless we have panelists in the next week.

• Censorship in Comics - The Past and Future (Comics)
• Ultimate Home Theatre - How to Build It (Science)
• Blurring of the Lines - CGI Backgrounds in Movies (Movies)
• Exploring FTL Drives (faster than light travel) Science
• The Pixar Panel - Wall-E and Pixar Movies (Movies)

PANELS ON THE BUBBLE

These are panels that have at least one panelist assigned, but we'd like to see more panelists on them to secure their place in the schedule.

• Scrapbooking (Project Room)
• Thrown a Controller or Manual Across the Room Lately? (Gaming)
• Comics as Movies (Movies)
• Young Adult Literature (Literature)
• Hogwarts’ Graduation (Harry Potter) (Literature)
• Closet Geeks... Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are! (Hot Dish)
• Dream Casting (Movies)
• Not all Munchkins Live in Oz - Collectable Card Games (Gaming)
• Backyard Astronomy (Science)
• History of Manga (Arts)
• Thunderbirds are Go! (Television)
• Homophobia and Racism in Online Gaming (Gaming)
• Gadget Gossip (New Electronics) (Science)
• Gosh, Golly Gee Whiz (Teen Noir Mysteries) (Literature)
• Imperfect Heroes (Hot Dish)
• Film Remakes - Exhuming the Past (Movies)
• Dangerous Days - How to Survive Zombie Attacks (Movies)
• Sci-Fi Saturday - Cult B Movies (Movies)
• Comics for Mature Audiences (Comics)
• Club Fan Faire - Come Promote Your Local Club (Hot Dish)
• Trilogy Limitations: What happened to the franchise? (Movies)

PANELS IN NEED OF PANELISTS

These panels have more than one panelists attached, but they are still open and we'd like to see more panelists added.

• Return of the Satellite of Love - MST3K spin-offs (Television)
• Wii: The Changing Face of Gaming (Gaming)
• Heroes: Volume Two (Television)
• Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition (Gaming)
• Fanzines Invented the Internet (Literature)
• Videogame Blogs and Podcasts (Gaming)
• 6 Impossible Things Before Breakfast (Literature)
• Star Trek: New Voyages - Fan Made Productions (Television)
• Songwriting and Filking (Arts)
• Emergent Genres and Movements (Literature)
• Paranormal Investigation as TV Journalism (Television)
• Geek as an Ensemble Character (Hot Dish)
• Which Non-Genre Films Should You See? (Movies)
• Etiquette at the Gaming Table (Gaming)
• Whither Open Gaming License (Gaming)
• Time Management 101 (Hot Dish)
• Where’s My Flying Car (Science)
• Cell vs. Chip - 2D vs. 3D animation (Hot Dish)
• Digital Distribution Debate (Science)
• Where to Shop? (Hot Dish)
• Weaponry of Star Trek (Science)

Again, you can sign up for panels at http://www.michaell.org/schedule.phtml. CONvergence programming is what our members make of it, so we encourage you to participate and get involved. Email us at programming@convergence-con.org if you have questions or would like to be involved.