Panels > Geek stuff (21)
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| Geocaching | What is it? How do you play? |
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| Zombie Apocalypse Survival in the Fan Lounge (cricketk) | Create a kit out of everyday items and workshop defending the hotel. Participate at your own risk! Location: Fan Lounge |
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| Models / Product / Product Placement - fan toys |
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| Robo-rally |
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| You're the alien | How would you make contact? No panellists - not this year. |
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| Nanotechnology | What's achievable versus what's in the books. Postponed due to lack of panellists. |
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| The library of Alexandria | Mourning ancient, lost libraries. Not enough panellists for this. |
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| Technology for the Visually Impaired | What are we going to be using as we age? |
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| What if the Dinosaurs Had Lived? | Reimagining our world |
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| The top ten jobs of 2050 | Make up the job descriptions! No panellists - not this year. |
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| Necromancy Panel | "Getting your hands dirty" No panellists - not this year. |
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| We should microchip EVERYONE | Merged with http://2009.swancon.com.au/panels/98/ |
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| Change one thing about the human race | What would it be, Flying? Empathy? Green eyes? Floppy hair? A third arm? Better noses? |
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| So you have your own spaceship. | Crew? Maiden voyage? Essential packing? Merged into http://2009.swancon.com.au/panels/169 |
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| The Boardgame Geek - Beyond Settlers (Michael O'Brien) | Do you know your Euro from your Ameritrash? Does the word CRT give you a warm feeling? Do you have dreams of Essen Spiel, or maybe Martin Wallace is your poster boy? Gaming and Fandom have always shared a space. Michael O'Brien presents an talk on the vast and popular world of boardgaming that will be of interest to the uninitiated and the dedicated ... |
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| Battlestar Galactica (Maia Bobrowicz) | Apocalypses and Sustainable Population. |
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| Rock Band (Brendan Ragan) | It rocked the house at GenghisCon and now Brendan will bring the Rock Band to Swancon! Participate at your own risk! |
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| Apollo 11 Turns 40, But Did It Happen At All? (Paul Talbot) | July 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. In preparation for increased media coverage and renewed speculation, Paul Talbot will make a presentation on the various claims that the mission was a hoax. |
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| Grant, Danny and John Do Stuff (John Robertson) | Merged into http://2009.swancon.com.au/panels/73 "MHM III or "Grant, Danny and John Do Stuff" " |
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| Grass-Cast Gaming Podcast (Jon Hayward) | Come join John Robertson, Paul Turner, Chris Hayward, Mike Browner and special guest Greg Tannahill as they discuss video gaming in all its forms and guises. With permission the panel will be podcasted to www.grass-cast.com the following week. And you might even get a laugh out of it... |
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| Sorcerers and Storytellers (Dave Cake) | The astonishing crossover between magic in fantasy fiction, and magic as practiced by real occult practitioners. Some modern magicians work spells from Lovecrafts Necronomicon (despite knowing it doesn't exist), or embrace the cosmology of Michael Moorcock. Gods and monsters from 20th century fiction are being used for the same magical purposes as ancient ... |
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