Project Runway - Swancon edition: Work in teams to transform mundane and boring everyday items into fabulous couture of the 25th century to send down the runway! BYO scissors.

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It's The Future and you're in the brainstorming session for the latest pet craze! Does the market want a cat with wings? A dragon? A pocket unicorn? Easy! Three artists take audience suggestions and turn them into visual reality in their own very different styles. But there's a twist - some of the artists have animal ethical and wildlife watchdogs observing ...

Lois McMaster Bujold freeform role-playing (2 hours)

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We should go to the stars... or should we, how are we going to make that work?

A step through practical demonstration workshop of how to get your image onto a bunch of items - I'd like to show how easy it is for people who already have their image. I'm sure I only scratch the surface with my online shops and the fun I have with the weekly shirt competition. I'd like to give a taste as to how it's done.

Drawing workshop where a comic artist walks you through drawing your own character.

Flashing your firmware, bashing you box - Welcome to the wonderful world of modding. We look at simple hacks for your phone, camera and game console. A reprise of the panel at Wasteland II: Age of Iron.

Child-friendly martial arts workshop run by Kaneda - ages 4 and up welcome (child must be able to stand up)

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Aerobics and dancing game. Get some exercise and humiliate yourself in public - go on, you know you want to. Think of all that pizza last night.

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Come along and watch or participate as our panellists guide audience participants on how to run panels.