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| 1 | 9:00am - 9:55am | RECEPTION OPENS | RECEPTION OPENS | | 9:00am - 9:55am | Fashion
on the Edge - Haute Couture for the bleeding edge: Fashion of the
Cyberpunks is more than just leather trenchcoats and mirrorshades.
(Kaneda, Sheldon Gill, John Parker) | Mein Leopard
ist sehr groß - Mad German WWII plans and how they helped Hitler lose
the war: Projects like Ratte (A 2000 Ton Tank mounting battleship guns
as primary armament with a crew of 60) and the Silverbird (An orbital
bomber designed to skim along outside the atmosphere, and bomb targets
in the US) drew precious resources and helped the Axis forces lose the
war. Here is a look at the sillier project and how much they changed
the war, but not in ways their designers wanted. (Paul Kidd, Lee
Battersby) | |
| 2 | 10:00am - 10:55am | Opening Ceremony / Welcome / So it's your first con. (John Parker, Simon Oxwell, Stephen Dedman) | Opening Ceremony | | 10:00am - 10:55am | The
New Wave - Cyberpunk v2.0: Authors like Cory Doctorow and Charles
Stross have joined resurging authors like Bruce Sterling to create a
new, relevant and vibrant SF scene. We examine some of the works and
styles of this new wave. (Dave Cake, Darren Jorgensen) | An Intimate Interview with Simon - A look at our Fan Guest of Honour courtesy of an interview with him by Grant Watson. | |
| 3 | 11:00am - 11:55am | Stephen Dedman GoH Speech / Launch (Stephen Dedman) | Stephen Dedman GoH Speech | | 11:00am - 11:55am | The
Western Front - Media portrayal of Cyberpunk in Western Culture:
Bladerunner, The Matrix, Jonny Mnemonic. Where the west gets it right
and wrong. (Laura Gladstone, Damian Magee) | I'm
only interested in her mind - Love and AIs: As strong AIs emerge, will
we see blossoming relationships between those of Flesh and Bone and
those of Chrome and Carbon? On the net nobody knows you are an
artificial neural ganglion analog? (Ju, Stephen Dedman) | |
| 4 | 12:00pm - 12:55pm | Cyberpunk...
IS DEAD: A presentation on the first wave of Cyberpunk, what it was and
where they got it so terribly terribly wrong. (Dave Cake) | Cyberfeminism
101: the herstory of cyberfeminism from VNS Matrix and the Old Boys
Room to cyberfeminism now (CyPEC)(Sarah Xu, Helen Merrick) | | 12:00pm - 12:55pm | The
Eastern Front - Media portrayal of Cyberpunk in Eastern Culture: Ghost
in the Shell, Patlabor, The Returner, Serial Experiments Lain. Why is
Cyberpunk so damn good in Japanese productions? (as well a a look at
Chinese, Korean and other cultural portrayals) (Damian Magee, Grant
Watson) | Meet the Ancestors: where did the
cyberpunks get their ideas from? Brunner, Clarke Heinelin and other
influences on the "classic" cyberpunk worlds. (Helen Merrick, Lee
Battersby) | |
| | | LUNCH | LUNCH | | | LUNCH | LUNCH | |
| 5 | 2:30pm - 3:25pm | We
Know Your Every Thought - Privacy in the Digital Age: A discussion on
Privacy, Cryptography, Data Mining and Rights in the age of Google and
Facebook. (Kate Raynes-Goldie, Dave Cake) | Being
Frankenstein (or, I'd rather be a cyborg than a goddess): how science
& society work to configure bodies (especially women's bodies) as
monstrous and 'carnival' (Tess Williams, Cynthia Verspaget) | | 2:30pm - 3:25pm | The
Obligitary Singularity panel - A factual presentation on the
Singularity: Why do so many authors get all twitchy when the
singularity is mentioned? What is it? Why is it so important? Why will
it happen? Why won't it happen? (Dave Cake, Simon Oxwell, Jeremy Byrne) | 16
Bit Commandos - Cyberpunk in videogames: Looking over the portrayal of
cyberpunk worlds in videogames. System Shock, Deus Ex, Shadowrun,
Uplink and Neuromancer. With one of the Shadowrun for SNES authors on
board! (Paul Kidd, Matthew Jones, Grant Watson) | |
| 6 | 3:30pm - 4:25pm | Zeroes
and Ones will take us there - The music and sounds of Cyberpunk: In the
late eighties and early ninties, starting in the alternative music
scene, some of the same influences shaping the cyberpunk writing scene
were shaping the music. In return the music was shaping the writing. A
look at the alternative music scene of the time and what the influences
were. Front 242, FLA, NWA, Jesus Jones and much much more. (Sheldon
Gill, John Parker) | Bingo! - the importance of
subversive humor in cyberfeminism, culture jamming and on-line activism
(Sarah Xu, Cathy Cupit and virtual guest Lara Hopkins) | | 3:30pm - 4:25pm | Packing
for the Apocalypse: What would you take to the end of the world? A car
of booze, ammo and women is a favourite for some, for others it's the
protein pills and the silver radiation suit. (Sarah Parker, Elaine
Kemp, Lyn Battersby) | The Future's so bright I
gotta wear Mirrorshades - A look at emerging technologies: Presenting
and discussing the various positive discoveries and achievments that
have either just occurred, or are in the process of occurring now.
Examples will include power generation, medical advances, computing
discoveries and ways to get the hell off this planet. (Rob Masters,
Steve G, Chris Creagh | |
| 7 | 4:30pm - 5:25pm | Marginalia
- Readings from a new novel by Laney Cairo:If you’re scratching out a
life on the margins of Sydney, like Quint, having a corporate employee
as a lover is damned useful. Water, solar panels, decent food, hot sex
and a twisted interest in body-modding; Quint couldn’t think of
anything else he could want from his lover, Bailey. There are more
important things than food and sex, though, like getting out of
Immigration detention, but it’s going to take more than money for
Bailey to rescue Quint.The novella “Marginalia” will be published in
the Torquere anthology Spiked, available January 2008. | Open Source for grrls: open source software and open source culture (Kate Raynes-Goldie, Sarah Xu, Dave Cake) | | 4:30pm - 4:45pm | Closing Ceremony | | |
| 8 | 5:30pm - 6:25pm | Dodge the Cliches: What they are, who wrote them and how to avoid stepping in them (Stephen Dedman, Lee Battersby) | Advocacy, Feminism and Transformative Works: How an
internet community engages with real-world social
systems. (Cathy Cupitt, Helen Merrick) | | | | | |
| | | DINNER | DINNER | | | | | |
| 9 | 8:00pm - 8:55pm | Dogs,
Judges and Warlocks - 2000AD the comic: 2000AD was a hellish
pressurecooker that ate young writers and artists and somehow managed
to churn out some of the greatest stories ever. The list of talent
promoted by them includes: Alan Moore, Steve Yeowell, Alan Davis,
Carlos Equezerra, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison and many,
many more! (Drhoz, Grant Stone, Craig Stephenson) | Roleplaying
In the Chrome Age:Comparing the various RPG systems out there, their
worlds and comparing them to see what works and what doesn't:
Cyberpunk, GURPS Cyberpunk, ICE Cyberspace, Shadowrun and others. (Dave
Cake, Peter Kelly) | | | | | |
| 10 | 9:00pm - 9:55pm | Fetishpunk:
The fetish scene adopted and modified many cyberpunk tropes and made
them their own. Don't believe me? Watch the nightclub scene in Matrix
Reloaded again.(John Parker, Elaine Kemp) | | | | | | |
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