CONvergence 2002 Panels

This is a tentative listing of panels for CONvergence 2002. Official program schedules will be published and available at the convention. You can check the panels on this page you are interested in and refresh the list to get a list of just the panels you are interested in.

Do not consider any times or panelists listed as definitive. If you think that there are any errors or problems with the schedule, please let us know.

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Time	Room	Panel
Fri 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A4 HotDish	Coins of the Realm - How do you reward volunteers? What makes volunteering valuable at a convention? How can you encourage it? Windy Merrill, Joyce Scrivner
Fri 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A8 Kids	Drawing with Christopher Jones Join Connie's "Daddy" at the drawing table. He tells great stories while drawing. Chris Jones
Fri 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A3 Arts	How to get more bang for your buck at the art show What is the best way to get the best value for your money at the art show? Jennifer Menken, Joyce Scrivner
Fri 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A7 Science	We Love Our TiVo Do you watch television differently when you get new digitial recorders? Are there shows that you've discovered after you get one? Do you find that you watch more TV with a TiVo around? Tom Hogan, Laurel Krahn, Michael Lee
Fri 1:30pm - 2:30pm	Bloom TV	Farscape: Not Pigs In Space Discuss the latest events from this Sci-Fi Channel series. How is the new season going? Eryn Hildebrand, Amy Johnson, Stephanie Lindorff, Jen Manna, Matt Savelkoul
Fri 1:30pm - 2:30pm	Edina Lit	Internet Resources for Aspiring Writers Hitchhiking on the Information Superhighway - focusing on internet sites for writers. Bring your favorite sites, and find out what other people like. Melinda Kimberly, Lyda Morehouse, Dan Reising
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A2 Gaming	Kill that Gazebo! DM: "You see a small gazebo in the clearing ahead" Barbarian: "I attack it!" (Rolls dice) "I do 12 pts of damage. Is it still moving?" Roundtable discussion of your favotie RPG stories - make fun of your fellow game players! Jim Danielson, Brian Hurt, David Kingsley
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A3 Arts	What won't you paint? Is there any sort of situation you wouldn't do? Nene Thomas
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A4 HotDish	How to be a panelist Want to get involved with a convention in a fun way? Come learn how little it takes to be a panelist -- all you need is an opinion. Margaret Eastman, Marguerite Krause, Erik Pakieser, Matt Waterhouse
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A6 Movies	Star Trek: The Legacy What has Star Trek's impact on science fiction television been, and on the genre in general? Magenta Griffith, David Lowery, Sean Novack
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A8 Kids	Coloring Connie 2002 Connie Coloring Book. Come and color pictures of our mascot drawn by Christopher Jones
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Edina Lit	An Hour with Diane Duane & Peter Morwood Spend an hour with with our guests of honor. Diane Duane, Peter Morwood
Fri 3:00pm - 4:00pm	P2 Movies	Pros and Cons of DVD What is the process behind making a DVD? What features are good, which ones aren't? Can a good DVD presentation improve the original? Can there be too many special features? Mojo , Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett, Daren Dochterman
Fri 4:00pm - 5:30pm	P4 Movies	The Specials (with Introduction by Mark Altman) Cinema Rex will be showing this movie, introduced by its creators. Mojo , Mark Altman
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A3 Comics	The demise of the comics code? Marvel Comics recently switched from using the old comics code to a more movie-style rating system. Has it been completely abandonded? Why was it there to begin with? Jeremy Bement
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A4 HotDish	So you want to throw a room party When a high body count means you're not dead -- how do you put together a good party? Melissa Kaercher, Sean Novack, Laurie Richardson, Michael Williamson
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A6 Movies	Harry Potter Movie Did the first Harry Potter movie live up to expectations? How is it compared to the book? What do you think the future movies will be like? Mary Bertelson, Theora Hildebrand, Elizabeth Lowery, Jules Raberding, Eowyn Ward
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A7 Science	Leaving the Cradle When are we going to return to the Moon? Or go to Mars? What is the future of manned space exploration? Rich Brown, David Buth, Ben Huset, Paul Knight, Hank Lederer
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A8 Kids	Make a zine (Orientation) Help put together a CONvergence fanzine. Meet here to learn all about it and decide what to write about. Lexi MacDonald, Matt Waterhouse
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	Bloom TV	Worst Episode Ever Let's see, there is the one where Paris turned into an amphibian. And how about when McCloud beheaded the avenging angel or Spock loses his brain. Select a series and feel free to rant. David Kingsley, Bill Young
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	Edina Lit	What about e-books? How's the transition from paper to screen going? What are the advantages to electronic distribution? Marguerite Krause, Anthony Ravenscroft, Kathy Sullivan, Heidi Waterhouse
Fri 4:30pm - 5:30pm	P2 Movies	Designing Planetfall: No Money Solutions to Digital SciFi Problems Carschool Film-O-Rama and crew discuss the work that went into creating a science fiction world on chump change, and how to do the same for your own low-budget or fan-made pictures Michael Heagle, Gordon Smuder, Jeremy Stomberg
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A2 Gaming	Everquesting for online games. What is the future in online gaming? Tom Bruno, Kevin McColl, Geoff Tuffli
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A4 HotDish	Microprogramming for Dummies What is microprogramming? What sorts of clever little things can you do to make the convention unique? Ryan Alexander
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A7 Science	Weird Science What makes 'pseudo-science' so appealing? What are some examples, and why is it nonsense? Jay Curry, Hank Lederer, Jody Nye, Dan Reising
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	Bloom TV	TV Series on DVD What are some good television series on DVD? What would you like to see released in the future? What series made an absolutely awful translation to DVD? Adam Kooyer, David Margosian, Matt Savelkoul, Jason Tucker
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	Edina Lit	Something about Science Fiction Awards Which awards are important? Why are they important? Should you pay attention to them? How can you participate? Eleanor Arnason, Lyda Morehouse, Joyce Scrivner
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	MnStg MainStg	Mark Time Radio Show Live Radio Show! Jerry Stearns
Fri 6:00pm - 7:00pm	P2 Movies	Inside the Fellowship Discuss the Fellowship of the Ring as a movie. Robert Meyer Burnett, Sean Novack, Susan Sizemore
Fri 7:00pm - 8:00pm	MnStg MainStg	Opening Ceremony Welcome to the show! Starts at 7:00 PM Chris Jones, Perrin Klumpp, Windy Merrill, Jeremy Stomberg, Pat Wick, Tim Wick, Ishmael Williams
Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm	A2 Gaming	New Games We Love What's your favorite Munchkin story? Kneepads of Allure anyone? What are your favorite games out there? Kevin McColl
Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm	A3 Comics	What graphics novels should be in the library? What are the graphic novels that everyone, not just comic fans, should have on hand? Jeremy Bement, David Kingsley, Joyce Scrivner
Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm	A4 HotDish	Paying attention to mainstream mores? Do science fiction and fantasy books have a morality that is different from the rest of society? If so, how is it different? Naomi Kritzer, Colleen Palmer, Todd Suomela, Michael Williamson
Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm	A7 Science	Living in a SF World Reality appears to be coming closer to both the promises and dangers presented in science fiction works over the years. Leigh Kimmel, Thaadd Powell, Dan Reising
Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm	Bloom TV	Xena: Where Do We Go From Here? The show's been off the airwaves for over a year now and the main character lost her head...literally. How would you like to see the series return, if at all? What are the stars and producers up to now? Come and discuss your thoughts on the finale and future of Xena:Warrior Princess... Erika Jensen, Amada Marquez, Matt Savelkoul
Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm	Edina Lit	Can anyone write a standalone fantasy anymore? Or do there have to be five trillion sequels? Jim Danielson, Jody Nye, Kathy Sullivan, Geoff Tuffli, Lars Walker
Fri 9:00pm - 10:00pm	A3 Comics	Web comics What are your favorite online comics? Many follow the style of newspaper comics, but can they better support longer storylines? Ryan Alexander, Tom Bruno, Jen Manna, Marcus Morgan
Fri 9:00pm - 10:00pm	A4 HotDish	Six Degrees of Separation Challenge each other with this game of connecting one thing to another. Not just through Kevin Bacon, of course.. Kat Pepmiller, Joyce Scrivner
Fri 9:00pm - 10:00pm	A6 Movies	Dreamcasting Lord of the Rings has been done. Wolverine has been done. How would you cast new movies based on your favorite works? What would you like to see done? Ed Eastman, David Kingsley
Fri 9:00pm - 10:00pm	Edina Lit	Beyond Buffy - Other Vampire Stories In Television, Movies and the Written word -- where are the vampires? Kristi Bruno, Colleen Palmer, Susan Sizemore, Rick Whitnable
Fri 9:00pm - 10:00pm	P2 TV	Anime Music Videos Showcasing various videos explaining the differences in style and different technical things that are being done (special effects, mixing of songs), Amiee Fielder
Fri 10:30pm - 11:30pm	A4 HotDish	UFO's - The Ultimate Secrecy Conspiracy A discussion of UFO conspiracy theories. Joel Henry
Fri 10:30pm - 11:30pm	Bloom HotDish	Filking Sing along
Sat 9:00am - 10:00am	A4 HotDish	Are online communities destroying the fan club? How are fans getting together? Leigh Kimmel, Joyce Scrivner
Sat 9:00am - 10:00am	A6 Movies	Raiders of the Lost Ark Is it a great film, or is it over rated. And what about that Temple of Doom? Karen Bogen, Michael Heagle, Mike Helde, Tim Wick
Sat 9:00am - 10:00am	Edina Lit	Getting Your Foot in the Door The basics of writing query letters and synopses. How do you sum up a 95,000 word manuscript in one paragraph so you can pitch it to the right person? Uses a specific example of a novel and run through the process of focusing in on key players and events. Therese Francis, Melinda Kimberly, Anthony Ravenscroft, Kathy Sullivan, Michael Williamson
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	A2 Gaming	100 figures of lead on the wall Discuss your favorite SF/Fantasy miniature games such as Warhammer and Chainmail, painting techniques such as wet blending and non-metal metal techniques, and perhaps even a bit of a show-and-tell at the end. Peter Lee, Dan Reising
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	A4 HotDish	Guilty Secrets What have you never read, or never seen that you think you should? Ed Eastman, Lyda Morehouse, Heidi Waterhouse
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	A6 Movies	How Christmas Stole The Grinch Forget the plot, get me the happy meals. An exploration of how marketing and merchandising control the movies. Peter Gregg, Eric Larson, David Margosian, Tim Wick
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	A7 Science	Egyptology in Science Fiction and Fantasy From the Staff of Ra, to Stargate, to the Pyramids of Mars -- what makes the mythology so appealing? Eleanor Arnason, Karen Bogen, David Lowery, Jennifer Menken, Windy Merrill, Susan Sizemore
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	A8 Kids	T-Shirt Decorating We still have some first year volunteer shirts that we will be using paints to personalize and redecorate.
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	Bloom TV	Dude, where's my Whitestar? Why did interest in Babylon 5 evaporate? Is there any future for new Babylon 5 after the Sci-Fi Channel movie, or is it gone for ever. Neil Belsky, Magenta Griffith, Rick Whitnable
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	Edina Lit	Animals as characters How are books with animals as central characters interesting? Rhonda Danielson, Diane Duane, Jody Nye
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	P2 Audio	Making an Audio Have a discussion with the challenges of producing audios on a budget. Bill Baggs, Jerry Stearns, Rob Withoff
Sat 10:30am - 11:30am	P4 Movies	Free Enterprise Starting at 11:00AM in Cinema Rex. Introduced by Robert & Mark, the producers. Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett, Daren Dochterman
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A2 Gaming	Out of the Dungeon If you're tiring of dungeon crawls, 10ft poles and ever larger corpses, then why not switch to a story telling mystery solving game? One reason might be your players, holding their +10 Swords Of Everything-Must-Die and insisting on wholesale slaughter. Come along and discuss ways to ease your group into a more thoughtful game before you give up on Roleplaying. Jim Danielson, David Lowery, Marcus Morgan, Laura Thurston
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A4 HotDish	What makes a good Villain? The bad guys are always more fun -- discuss your favorites. Neil Belsky, Amada Marquez, Matt Savelkoul, Chris Stroth, Lars Walker
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A6 Movies	Matching what is in the Minds Eye Visualizing popular books like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. Is it possible to be true to the book and to the audience at the same time? Marguerite Krause, Susan Sizemore, Matt Waterhouse
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A7 Science	Scientific Researchers More on what they really do. William Crolley, Winifred Halsey, Lynn Hartweck, Erin Lorenz, Michael Walsh
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	Bloom TV	Cartoons We Want Back What we wish we were watching instead of Scooby Doo and the Flinstones on the Cartoon Network Ryan Alexander, Margaret Eastman, Alfred Richard, Gordon Smuder
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	Edina Lit	Lovecraft was right! H.P. Lovecraft included just enough reality in his stories to make you doubt (just for a moment) they were fiction. Come find out which parts he didn't make up! This year we examine one of his most science-fictiony tales: "The Dreams in the Witch-House." Learn what quantum mechanics and the Salem witch-trials have in common! Guy Bock, Jeff Hildebrand, Melissa Kaercher, Dan Reising
Sat 12:00pm - 1:00pm	P2 Movies	Star Trek: The Motion Picture Directors Edition Get a look at what went into the production of the new version of the first Star Trek film on DVD. Mojo , Daren Dochterman
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A2 Gaming	Computer Game Nostalgia Who can forget forget those famous flying bird warriors of Joust. What sorts of classic computer games make you install the Atari Emulator? Ryan Alexander, Dustin Backlund, Kevin McColl, Matt Waterhouse
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A3 Arts	Cover that Book! Why don�t they relate to content of the novel? Why does it seem that they never relate, or when they do, they give away the content of the book? Steve Johnson, Naomi Kritzer, Lyda Morehouse, Susan Sizemore
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A4 HotDish	Living History and Historical Reinactment clan tartan & sca type groups Marty Byers, Rae Lundquist, Diana Steben, Geoff Tuffli, Jaimie Zaugg
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A6 Movies	Oscar and Science Fiction - why aren't genre films good enough? Were Ghandi, Chariots of Fire, Annie Hall, A Beautiful Mind and Gladiator really better films than E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Why can't genre films get a break? Wasn't The Matrix one of the five best films of 1999? What will it take to have these films get more than a dramatic presentation Hugo award? Amanda Gordon, Leigh Kimmel, Tim Wick, Jody Wurl
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A7 Science	Attack of the Clones [not the movie] What is the technological background for cloning? How does it work, and how far along are we? Should we schedule a trip to Isla Nublar yet? David Buth, Matthew Dahlquist, Winifred Halsey
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A8 Kids	Slime Make some slime using corn starch.
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	Bloom TV	Enterprise + Nemesis: Is Star Trek Dead? They dropped the "Star Trek" name. They added a theme song with lyrics. But is it still just Star Trek as usual? Would you let a dog run around unprotected around strange new worlds? And what about the new Star Trek movie? Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett, Jules Raberding, George Richard
Sat 1:30pm - 2:30pm	Edina Lit	Hooking them early Keeping up with youth fiction -- what's good if you are in the 9-12 age range? Kathy Sullivan, Heidi Waterhouse
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A2 Gaming	What has WOTC wrought? D20 Gaming A discussion of the consequences of the D20 game system that WOTC is using for the new edition of AD&D. Josh Dubin, Ed Eastman, David Lowery
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A3 Comics	Fictitious Forms: Females in Sci-Fi Discuss the creation of female form in fictitious materials. This will focus on comic books, cartoons, and movies. Female characters seem to be cookie-cutter copies, and even the movie characters- which should have some basis in reality since they need to use actresses- are part of a very simple formula regarding form and function. Women's bodies are their sole identity, to which they are assigned only a limited number of possible characteristics. Heidi Fellner, Sidney Matrix, Tracy Molm, Kara Ulrich, Erin Warhol
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A4 HotDish	Raiders of the Lost Intellectual Property Rights What sorts of surprising things happen with intellectual property laws? How does it impact what you can see and read? Matthew Dahlquist, Brian Hurt, Todd Suomela
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A6 Movies	Sis'kill and Kill'bert at the Megaplex Join the Empire's renowned critics as they review the best and the worst films the Klingon Empire. Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Or thumbs off? Crew of IKV Rakehell
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A7 Science	Beyond Sliced Bread Everything you use has been invented by somebody. Rank your top five, and prepared to duke it out. William Crolley, Magenta Griffith
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A8 Kids	Make a Zine (Production) Actually put it together Matt Waterhouse
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Bloom TV	Doctor Who: Dimensions in Space Channel 2 started airing Doctor Who in 1982. 20 years later, is there still a place for Doctor Who on television? How do the audios, books, and video releases keep the series alive? Greg Bakun, Paul Ebbs, Robert Franks, Peter Gregg, Jason Tucker
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Edina Lit	Writing when you have a life? What are the challenges of having a baby in the house, or a real day job, or or busier schedules and trying to be a writer? Jim Danielson, Naomi Kritzer, Jody Nye, Anthony Ravenscroft, Michael Williamson
Sat 3:00pm - 4:00pm	P2 Movies	Video Games Into Film What are the particular challenges of making a movie based on a video game? Find out about House of the Dead from one of our guests of honorl Mark Altman
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A2 Gaming	What's New In PC/Console Gaming Xbox, Gamecube, PS/2, and don't forget that old fashioned PC. What's fun? Dustin Backlund, Kevin McColl
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A3 Arts	How do you make money with this? How can artists make a living to remove starving from the title? Gail Hildebrand, Dan Reising, Nene Thomas
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A4 HotDish	Hypnosis in the 21st Century What is hypnosis? How does hypnosis work? Come with questions, comments, experiences and your interest to this discussion and experiential panel. Paul Knight
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A6 Movies	Can Star Wars Be Saved? Has George redeemed himself, or should we send the clones after him. The Obligatory Attack of the Clones Panel Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett, Eric Larson, Jeremy Stomberg
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A7 Science	Sonic Fiction: The Co-Evolution of Electronic Sonic Media and Sci Fi What is the role of electronic sound, music, and special effects in Sci Fi? This discussion features guest panelists from the Sonic Circuits annual event series. Our guests will discuss the history of electronic sound devices, the evolution of electronic music, and local electronic sonic performance communities. Emily Pulins, Lorren Stafford, Chris Strouth DM
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	A8 Kids	Computer Guts? Take a trip though the circuits and processors of computerland Michael Malver, Anton Petersen
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	Bloom TV	To Frell or to Fight II A study of the characters and relationships in Farscape. Join the Delvian Seek for a no holds barred discussion of just what makes these guys and gals in the Uncharted Territories tick. Dave Hall, Anjila Kozel, Kristi Peterson, Carla Simonson, Jon Sloan
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	Edina Lit	What would make a good SF library? What are the essential titles you think a science fiction section of a library should have? Eleanor Arnason, Perrin Klumpp, Joyce Scrivner, Jody Wurl
Sat 4:30pm - 5:30pm	P2 Audio	Inside the Mark Time Awards Introducing this years nominees and winners. Jerry Stearns
Sat 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A3 Comics	Wonder Woman Panel The archetypal female superhero has endured despite being a mishmash of amazonian and American iconography. What do the reinterpretations of the character over the years say about the role society and the comics industry want her to fulfill? Alex Larson, Lauren Lenzen, Amada Marquez, Heidi Zarse
Sat 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A4 HotDish	Collectibles At Lightspeed: Collectible toys, props, and more in SF&F Toys...In....Space: Toys are a great commodity, with legions of fans who not only play with them, but collect and horde them. There is also an entire industry of 'bootleg' toys - knock-offs of the real thing - come here to learn what to avoid, and what not to. Chris Doyle, Erik Pakieser, Jeremy Stomberg
Sat 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A7 Science	Just Because We Can, Does that Mean We Should We can clone Fluffy, we can engineer our food, we can grow a herd of Wilburs for human organ transplantation - - but should we? David Buth, Winifred Halsey, Paul Knight, Jody Nye
Sat 6:00pm - 7:00pm	A8 Kids	Make up with the Gravediggers Union Do some make up before the masquerade
Sat 6:00pm - 7:00pm	Bloom TV	Buffy Back From The Dead Discuss the recent season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Michael Lee, Stephanie Lindorff, Windy Merrill, George Richard, Jody Wurl
Sat 6:00pm - 7:00pm	Edina Lit	Heinlein Panel The past year has been a very good year for Robert A. Heinlein. Three retro-Hugos, Heinlein Chair in Aerospace Engineering, and more. [more description!] Tawn Johnson
Sat 7:00pm - 9:00pm	MnStg MainStg	Masquerade See all the costumes. Starts at 7:00 PM Kat Pepmiller
Sat 7:30pm - 8:30pm	A2 Gaming	Cheapass games: Which ones still cost too much? What are your favorite games from this game publishing company? Which ones aren't cheap enough? Ryan Alexander
Sat 7:30pm - 8:30pm	Bloom TV	Famine to Feast? There is perhaps more science fiction and fantasy on television than ever before. Are there more good things to watch, or is it mostly garbage? Neil Belsky, Jim Danielson
Sat 7:30pm - 8:30pm	Edina Lit	The Golden Age for the Golden Age of SF With the birth of awards like the 'retro hugos', and publishers reissuing old books and stories not seen in print for years, the last year has been a banner year for the Golden Age authors. Discuss some of the things that've happened in the last year.... Tawn Johnson, Todd Suomela
Sat 9:00pm - 10:00pm	A7 Science	Life online? How does your life change when you have most of it online; from electronic friendships to having much of your life visible online. Is it worth it, and would you do it again? Ryan Alexander, Chris Doyle, Jen Doyle, Thaadd Powell, Matt Savelkoul, Heidi Waterhouse
Sat 9:00pm - 10:00pm	Edina Lit	Trash Talk the Book. These Books Suck. What books have you wanted to throw across the room? Bring your list of "favorites" to rant about. Margaret Eastman, Naomi Kritzer
Sat 10:30pm - 11:30pm	A4 HotDish	Hypnotism Show Hypnotist Paul Knight, Master of the Mind performs his hilarious stage hypnosis show for CONvergence. Members of the audience will be hypnotized and taken on a wonderful, humorous, journey of the mind. Paul Knight
Sat 10:30pm - 11:30pm	Bloom HotDish	Drum Jam I don't want to work. Jeff Muehleck
Sat 11:00pm - 11:59pm	P4 Movies	Trailer Park See some trailers for upcoming movies in Cinema Rex, as introduced by our guests of honor. Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett
Sun 12:00am - 1:00am	A6 HotDish	Chocolate Ritual lots and lots of chocolate Michelle Clark
Sun 12:00am - 1:00am	Edina HotDish	The Beth Eastman Memorial Punnel It's like a car accident -- you can't help yourself but watch. Ed Eastman, Margaret Eastman, Michael Williamson
Sun 9:00am - 10:00am	Edina Lit	The End of the Beginning? How do you grab the readers' attention at the start of the story and how do you leave 'em applauding and wanting more at the end? Melinda Kimberly, Kathy Sullivan, Lars Walker
Sun 10:30am - 11:30am	A3 Comics	Comics to films Is anybody's spidey-sense tingling? How would you rate the current batch of comic-based films? Is this a particularly good time to make these films? Is it good for comics? Jeremy Bement, Chris Jones, David Kingsley, Michael Lee
Sun 10:30am - 11:30am	A4 Audio	The art of the voice Voice acting - in animation and radio, the only link with the actor is their voice. How is this different from physical acting? Karen Bogen, David Margosian, Gordon Smuder
Sun 10:30am - 11:30am	A6 Movies	The Matrix's New Clothes Lots of people have said that the Matrix is one of the most inventive science-fiction movies of the last several years. Can they all be wrong? Nate Melcher
Sun 10:30am - 11:30am	A7 Science	Print on demand How does this technology affect publishing industry and what is available? Is it the future? Jay Curry, Anthony Ravenscroft, Kathy Sullivan, Geoff Tuffli
Sun 10:30am - 11:30am	Bloom TV	TV Archeology Fans are keeping old television series alive. By unearthing ancient episodes, recording and swapping tapes, and taking advantage of the Internet, series fans are preserving the history of their favorite shows. Greg Bakun, Robert Franks, John Molyneux
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A2 Gaming	Post-Masquerade Preen Discuss your favorite bits of the masquerade, and your costumes. Kat Pepmiller
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A3 Arts	An Hour with Nene Spend an hour with our guest of honor and discuss her work. Nene Thomas
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A4 HotDish	We're a Couple of Misfits What can S/F fans do when they put the book down or leave the theater? What sorts of activities does MISFITS, the sponsoring organization for CONvergence do? David Kingsley, Erin Lorenz, Emily Stewart, Tim Wick
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A6 Movies	The Modern Animated Film 2002 was the first year that the Oscars include a feature length category for animated motion pictures. Have computer graphics made for a new golden age of animated film beyond Disney, or are we seeing the end of cell animation? David Margosian, Jason Tucker
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A7 Science	Why aren�t we dead yet? With all of the scary things out there that should have killed us, how do we survive? Suitcase Nukes, Asteroids from Space, and Killer Diseases oh my! David Buth, Brian Hurt, Paul Knight, Erik Pakieser, Todd Suomela
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	A8 Kids	Salt Dough Sculpture Come play with salt dough and food coloring to mold the image of your dreams Heidi Waterhouse
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	Bloom TV	Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Media Theory I Learned By Watching Dr Who So you missed the Doctor Who class offered at the University of Minnesota this summer. Shame on you. Now is your chance to see what you missed out on. What does Doctor Who bring to the world of media theory? How do new theories of television production and reception fit into our understanding of Doctor Who has a television product? Can I really learn everything I need to know about media theory by watching Doctor Who? The answer, of course, is yes. Peter Gregg
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	Edina Lit	Religion in SF/F: Taboo or Tradition? Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction was published in 1974. Yet there's this sense that science fiction and fantasy writers are "beyond" writing about real-life religions. What's the value in writing about religion in the future? Detriments? Who is doing it and why? Josh Dubin, Naomi Kritzer, Lyda Morehouse, Colleen Palmer, Charles Piehl
Sun 12:00pm - 1:00pm	P2 TV	Mojo's Special Effects Extravaganza Get more behind the scenes on special effects. Mojo
Sun 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A4 HotDish	Post-Mortem Usual wrap-up of the convention Chris Jones, Perrin Klumpp, Windy Merrill, Jeremy Stomberg, Pat Wick, Tim Wick, Ishmael Williams
Sun 1:30pm - 2:30pm	A6 Movies	The Rebirth of Fantasy Films Will there be a rebirth of fantasy films post Harry Potter and Lords of the Rings? Has technology advanced where fantasy can be done on the big screen realistically, and what sorts of fantasy films would you like to see? Eleanor Arnason, Neil Belsky, Naomi Kritzer
Sun 1:30pm - 2:30pm	Bloom TV	Smallville - Superboy meets Buffy How is this depiction of the adventures of Superman as a boy different from other versions? How is it like other current television series? David Kingsley, Lyda Morehouse, Matt Savelkoul
Sun 1:30pm - 2:30pm	Edina Lit	Working with a Licensed Property What are the unique challenges when working with a licensed property? Or is it just the same as writing any other sort of fiction? Diane Duane, Paul Ebbs, Peter Morwood, Jody Nye
Sun 1:30pm - 2:30pm	P4 Movies	Free Enterprise Commentary With live commentary from Mark & Robert. Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett
Sun 3:00pm - 4:00pm	A8 Kids	Smorgasboard Catch up any projects you have missed. Maybe paint the back of your t-shirts.
Sun 3:00pm - 4:00pm	Bloom TV	West Wing as an SF Show west wing panel - why do so many fans like it? Kate Carey, Laurel Krahn, Kat Pepmiller, Susan Sizemore, TJ Starbuck
Sun 5:00pm - 6:00pm	MnStg MainStg	Closing Ceremony Farewell, see you next year! Chris Jones, Perrin Klumpp, Windy Merrill, Jeremy Stomberg, Pat Wick, Tim Wick, Ishmael Williams

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