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12:00am EDT

Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show Woodrow Wilson B

9:00am EDT

Science Fiction and Fantasy Characters as Dramatis Personae Woodrow Wilson D Be Your Own Intelligence Analyst in the Era of Fake News Annapolis 4 Envisioning Sustainable Futures in Science Fiction Film Woodrow Wilson B NASA's Saturn Mission: Exploring Saturn and its Moons Woodrow Wilson A The National Science Foundation’s Night of the Living Limb- How Bioengineering Can Solve the Zombie Apocalypse Problem Baltimore 3 Full Metal Panic: Invisible Victory (1-5) Baltimore 1

10:00am EDT

Cosplay for Everyone Woodrow Wilson B Artist Alley Stage Fright: Running Your First Table Annapolis 4 How Not To Build a Renegade Computer: HAL 2018 Baltimore 3 In Saturn's Rings, a film for IMAX theaters: The Kubrick, Science & Tech Woodrow Wilson A Do You Believe in Magic?: The Narrative Construction of Magical Worlds, Creatures, and Characters Woodrow Wilson D Science Fiction Writing Workshop for TeensLIMITED Annapolis 3 Cosmic Encounter®: The Days of Future Past Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter) Cosmic Encounter®: Quick Start / Alien Combos / Play Designers Exhibit Hall - Booth A2 (Cosmic Encounter)

11:00am EDT

Harry Potter vs. Spike Spiegel: Comparing Mythic Tropes in Japanese Anime vs. the West Woodrow Wilson C The Toxic Jungle: The Shadow of the Atomic Bomb over Sci-fi Anime Baltimore 2 Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project) The Futurism of Walt Disney Annapolis 4 What the U.S. Navy Taught Me About Starfleet Baltimore 3 The Hunt for Groot: Astrobiology at NASA Woodrow Wilson B Butterfly Kisses Screening and Q&A Woodrow Wilson A Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans (Season 2:26-32) Baltimore 1

11:30am EDT

Intro to Game Design Theory (So You Want To Make Games?) with Jake HeagyFULL Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)

12:00pm EDT

Rebuilding History: Gundam Style Baltimore 2 Seminal Sketch SciFi Woodrow Wilson C Color Theory for Costuming and Cosplay Woodrow Wilson B Artificial Bodies in Contemporary Media Annapolis 4 Electromagnetic Rail Guns, Fact and Fiction, History and Potential Baltimore 3 6 Blind Men, or How Will we Know Life on Other Planets? Woodrow Wilson D Winners, Escape Velocity Film Festival Annapolis 3

1:00pm EDT

A Very Special Episode of the Cosplay Cast -- Anime Cosplay vs. Western Cosplay Woodrow Wilson C A Wrinkle in Time Open Forum Woodrow Wilson B No Man's Sky - Every Developer's Dream and Nightmare Baltimore 3 Disability in Science Fiction Woodrow Wilson D Desperately Seeking 21st Century Sci-Fi Annapolis 4 Fight of the Century: Sports in Science Fiction with Nick Allen & Troy-Jeffrey AllenLIMITED Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)

2:00pm EDT

Board Games... in SPAAAAAACE!!! Woodrow Wilson B Cal Poly Architecture Designs for the Museum of Science Fiction Exhibit Hall - Booth B16 (Cal Poly Architecture Design Project) Why Are They Spiritual Machines? AI and Religion Woodrow Wilson D Changing The World Through (Fan-)Fiction Annapolis 4 DC Stunt Coalition Exhibit Hall - B18 (Stage) Starship Troopers: What’s All the Fuss? Baltimore 3

2:30pm EDT

World Development in Fantasy & Sci-Fi Story Telling with Tyrone SelbyFILLING Exhibit Hall - Booth C18 (Art Way Alliance)

3:00pm EDT

How Did They Make That?! Woodrow Wilson B A Brave New World - For Video Games Baltimore 3 Transtemporal and Transdimensional Worlds Woodrow Wilson D