Our folks in Programming have come with a number of great ideas for panels this year.   What is available below is the current tentative panel.   Remember, this schedule may change between now and the date of the convention due to partcipants schedules.   This information is provided here to assist you in planning your convention participation.   Please also check out our list of autograph session, evening event, anime and children's programming scheduling.   If you have any questions, feel free to contact our programming staff at Programming@loscon.org.

Friday, November 26th
Anarquia: An alternate history novel of the Spanish Civil War w/endorsements by Bradbury & Turtledove with a Kelly Freas Cover	11:30 am	Suite A
Wendy Pini Reading for Children	11:30 am	La Jolla
Karen E. Taylor Reading	11:30 am	Palm Desert
Care & Feeding of your book collection: Basic book repair	11:30 am	Philadelphia
The Car as a metaphor for the Spaceship	11:30 am	St. Louis
Cartoons from the Silent Era	11:30 am	Saddle Brook
Classics of Science Fiction Books: What are some of the classics of SF? Why?	11:30 am	Washington
Guilty Pleasures, a discussion on what we are ashamed to admit we like: Would you admit you like The Partridge Family? (not an adult oriented panel)	11:30 am	Miami
Manned vs. Unmanned Space Missions: Which road should we be taking	11:30 am	New York
United Nations: Living with a World Government	11:30 am	Suite C
Was Heinlein right? Are we living in the Crazy Years?	11:30 am	Suite B
Character Development, Movement and Choreography for costume presentation	1:00 pm	New York
David Gerrold Interviewed by Tadao Tomomatsu	1:00 pm	Suite C
First Contact: Xenophiles vs. Xenophobes	1:00 pm	Washington
From Dark Star to Halloween 9: The Films of John Carpenter	1:00 pm	Miami
Heinlein's values in the real 21st Century: How close are we?	1:00 pm	Suite B
Non Static Wall Art: Art in Motion: Flash Animation	1:00 pm	Saddle Brook
Page 119: if you read from any random page of a book would you think enough of it to read it?	1:00 pm	St. Louis
Marv Wolfman Reading	1:00 pm	Long Beach
Science Fiction out of the gutter: What happens when SF/F becomes mainstream does the genre become marginalized?	1:00 pm	Suite A
The Spiritual Side of Fandom	1:00 pm	Philadelphia
Website Promotion: Turning your fannish passion into an online store	1:00 pm	Palm Desert
Keith Hartman Reading	1:00 pm	La Jolla
Are comics Art, Literature, or both?	2:30 pm	St. Louis
Astronomy 101: Astronomy for the Layman	2:30 pm	Palm Desert
Fanthropology 101: The Anthropology of Fandom. Examining how basic tribal beliefs & philosophies affect its customs & practices.	2:30 pm	Suite A
Harry Potter: The phenomenon of the books & movies	2:30 pm	New York
Is Star Trek Dead?: A look at the show, it's philosophy & it's future	2:30 pm	Washington
LA Story: Movies with LA Settings	2:30 pm	Miami
Opening Ceremonies	2:30 pm	Suite C
Rapier/Sword Demo with Tima Beychok, Bev Jensen	2:30 pm	Century Pavilion
Barbara Hambly Reading	2:30 pm	La Jolla
Michael Z. Williamson Reading	2:30 pm	Long Beach
Who Made 'a da Painting: The Greatest SF/F Artists That Nobody Has Ever Heard Of	2:30 pm	Philadelphia
Friends Don't Let Friends Run Conventions	2:30 pm	Suite B
Comedy in Speculative Fiction	4:00 pm	Suite B
Curses Foiled Again - Creating a costume out of Aluminum Foil	4:00 pm	New York
FX & Pyrotechnics Demo	4:00 pm	Century Pavilion
Fannish Etiquette: What are good fannish manners	4:00 pm	Suite A
Godzilla & other Japanese Movie Monsters	4:00 pm	Miami
David Gerrold Reading	4:00 pm	La Jolla
Maria Alexander Reading	4:00 pm	Long Beach
Researching your writing: Getting the details right to make your writing believable	4:00 pm	Philadelphia
The New Wave of Miniature Figure Gaming: What is the appeal	4:00 pm	Washington
What elements make a good children's story?	4:00 pm	Palm Desert
Writes, Camera, Action: Science Fiction & Fantasy Books you would like to see made into movies (Audience Participation making a list & voting)	4:00 pm	Saddle Brook
Writing for Animation: What you need to know	4:00 pm	St. Louis
Radio Dramatization Sponsored by Writers of the Future - 1 Hour Performers: Karen Black, Tim Powers, John Goodwin, Todd McCaffrey, Elise toth, Tadao Tomomatsu	6:00 pm	Cappricio / 1st Floor Lobby
Ice Cream Social	7:30 PM	Suite A-F
I am a Star: Star Gazing with Robert Gounley	8:00 pm	Pool Area
Shall We Dine? : Great Cuisine Scenes in Science Fiction/Fantasy & Horror	8:00 pm	Miami
Lux Presents "A Spaceman's Home Companion" Rock Dance Folowing	8:00 PM	Suite A-F
Regency Dance	8:30 pm	Cappricio / 1st Floor Lobby

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Saturday, November 27th
Basic Chain Mail Demo with Matt Paulas	10:00 am	Century Pavilion
Best Time Travel Story Ever: A discussion	10:00 am	Washington
Picking Up the Pieces: Stories or Movies where some Cataclysm Befalls our World	10:00 am	Miami
Brad Linaweaver Reading	10:00 am	Long Beach
Keith Hartman Reading	10:00 am	La Jolla
Recreating a Movie Costume like Lord of the Rings: Where do You Start?	10:00 am	New York
Tai Chi with Steve Barnes	10:00 am	Pool Side
The Art Of Graphic Novels	10:00 am	Suite A
The Best Books of 2004: What to recommend for the Hugo's	10:00 am	Suite C
The Fantasy Realm: What elements are needed to create it	10:00 am	Suite B
The Future of Photography: From film to digital to what?	10:00 am	St. Louis
The God Gene: A discussion of the controversial new book	10:00 am	Philadelphia
The Nanotech Dream: Will it be our worst nightmare?	10:00 am	Dallas
The Serious and Funny Side of Hollywood shown by Tom Safer	10:00 am	Saddle Brook
Trailer Park by Jeff Walker	10:00 am	Suite D,E,F
Aids Project LA Auction	11:30 am	Suite B
Being a Neo-Pro or published small fry: Publishing your first writing endeavor	11:30 am	Suite A
Blog!: The APA of the 21st Century	11:30 am	Washington
Costuming for Beginners and Children: The fundamentals of making a costume	11:30 am	New York
Flint Knapping Demo: Dr Susan "Arizona" Gleason	11:30 am	Century Pavilion
High Schoolers in a Strange World: Standard premises in anime & shows that break new ground	11:30 am	St. Louis
Kathryn & James Daugherty Interviewed by Rick Foss	11:30 am	Suite C
Kong, Kong, Kong: Why does Hollywood keep doing Remakes?	11:30 am	Miami
Moi-chandising: Collecting all of the memorabilia of your favorite movie/tv show	11:30 am	Dallas
Fiona Avery Reading	11:30 am	La Jolla
J Kent Hastings Reading	11:30 am	Long Beach
Wearable Computers or why are your shorts ringing	11:30 am	Palm Desert
What's Happening Now in Biotechnology?	11:30 am	Saddle Brook
Writers of the Future 20th Anniversary Retrospective	11:30 am	Suite D,E,F
Writing for children & Young Adults: Plot complexity levels, Vocabulary, Point of View, what editors look for	11:30 am	Philadelphia
Alternate History Panel	1:00 pm	Suite D,E,F
Available Children's Literature: The best or worst of current publications	1:00 pm	Suite B
Fannish Legends: A look at some of our most prominent fans	1:00 pm	Washington
Favorite Aliens: Why we love them	1:00 pm	Suite A
Fencing Demo with Tina Beychok, Bev Jensen	1:00 pm	Century Pavilion
From Pony Express to Phones, to Internet to What? (Implanted Communications)	1:00 pm	Dallas
How to Create Characters: From Inspiration to development	1:00 pm	St. Louis
Illustrating Fiction: The Creative Process	1:00 pm	Philadelphia
Make Your Own Light Saber Workshop	1:00 pm	Palm Desert
Organizing and working with large costuming groups - even long distance!	1:00 pm	New York
Sharon King Reading	1:00 pm	Long Beach
Steve Boyett Reading	1:00 pm	La Jolla
Science Fiction in Education: How does it work	1:00 pm	Saddle Brook
Shooting Your Own Low-Budget Movies: From pre production to post production to distribution	1:00 pm	Miami
The X-Prize: A New Hope and what it means for space travel (encouraging private space travel)	1:00 pm	Suite C
Writing Workshop with Deirdre Saoirse-Mien	1:00 pm	Marina del Rey
Barry Gold & Steve Savitzky Concert	1:00 pm	Chicago
Hour 25 with Warren James and GoH	1:00 pm	Cappricio/ 1st Floor Lobby
A Look at Heinlein Juveniles	2:30 pm	Palm Desert
Costuming on a Budget: How to put together a costume with little funds	2:30 pm	New York
Did You Hear That? - Horror Panel	2:30 pm	Miami
Does the Star Trek Prime Directive make sense?	2:30 pm	Suite A
Trivia for Chocolate (Play for Chocolate) - Hosted by Christian McGuire with John Hertz & Milt Stevens as Judges	2:30 pm	Dallas
Lynn Maudlin Concert	2:30 pm	Chicago
Open Source Software: What has changed, where are we now & where are we going?	2:30 pm	Philadelphia
Private Space Experiments/Exploration/Tourism/Colonization: Where are we now?	2:30 pm	Suite B
John Vornholt Reading	2:30 pm	Long Beach
Sheila Finch Reading	2:30 pm	La Jolla
Science Fiction Mysteries: Why we like them so	2:30 pm	Saddle Brook
Surge of Power Movie (94 min.)	2:30 pm	Suite D,E,F
The SCA Heavies - Heavy Armor fighting with Pole Rattan Weapons	2:30 pm	Century Pavilion
Tim Powers Interviewed by Mike Glyer	2:30 pm	Suite C
Worlds of Tomorrow: A book by Forrest J Ackerman & Brad Linaweaver	2:30 pm	Washington
Writing Comics for All Ages: The Method & Implimentation	2:30 pm	St. Louis
Writers Workshop by George Clayton Johnson	2:30 pm	Marina del Rey
100 Greatest Speculative Fiction Books of all time: Panel attendees bring your own list	4:00 pm	St. Louis
Asking the unanswerable question: What is Science Fiction?	4:00 pm	Suite A
Half Café Decaf Cappuccino with a twist-Future Food Panel	4:00 pm	Suite C
I love the Knight Life: What makes Camelot so compelling?	4:00 pm	Suite B
Internet for Writers: How to Use the Internet to publish your works	4:00 pm	Philadelphia
Low-Tech Props and Accessories for your costumes	4:00 pm	New York
Moira Stern Harp Concert	4:00 pm	Chicago
Denise Dumars Reading	4:00 pm	Long Beach
Todd McCaffrey Reading	4:00 pm	La Jolla
Why are the Science Fiction movies of the 1950's still popular?	4:00 pm	Dallas
XCOR Panel: Latest developments in Rocketry	4:00 pm	Saddle Brook
Reading by George Clayton Johnson	4:00 pm	Marina del Rey
Deborah Ross Reading	4:00 pm	Palm Desert
Justin Lloyd Round Table	8:00 pm	Marina del Rey
Vamp Lit: Romance or Horror?	8:00 pm	Miami
Masquerade	8:00 pm	Suite A-F
The Vampire Myth: Why Do We Love Them	10:00 pm	Miami

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Sunday, November 28th
Mass wih Father John R. Blaker	9:30 am	St. Louis
Costuming without Sewing	10:00 am	New York
How not to do weapons: What is cliche, what is outdated & what is just flat out wrong when portraying weapons in literature & film	10:00 am	Saddle Brook
How the Game is Played: The future of sports	10:00 am	Washington
Life Styles of the Rich & Famous: New Future Homes	10:00 am	Dallas
New Art Mediums:Using Acid On Metal & Other Unique Materials	10:00 am	Philadelphia
Mel Gilden Reading	10:00 am	Long Beach
Nancy Ellis Taylor Reading	10:00 am	La Jolla
Spaceship One: Advocating Manned Space Flight	10:00 am	Suite B
Ten Rules for Surviving in Hollywood: A look at the steps that can be taken to get somewhere in Hollywood	10:00 am	Miami
The Nuts and Bolts of programming a Convention: How do they do it	10:00 am	Suite A
Where is Filking today & where is it going?	10:00 am	Chicago
Why do we like Anime so much?	10:00 am	St. Louis
Your greatest influences: Authors who had the greatest Science Fiction influences on your writing	10:00 am	Suite D,E,F
Archaeology of a Convention	11:30 am	St. Louis
Bet you can't read just one: A discussion on the best books you never heard of	11:30 am	Suite A
Foam Armor & Other Armor Cheats Workshop	11:30 am	Palm Desert
From Dr Who, Time Tunnel & The Time Machine is travel through time inevitable?	11:30 am	Suite B
High Tech Futuristic Gadgets in Modern Films	11:30 am	Dallas
Read by kids? How is writing Kid Lit different than writing for grownups? Or a la "Enders Game" is there a difference?	11:30 am	Miami
Tom Hopp Reading	11:30 am	Long Beach
The Art of Art: A Debate on Oil to Graphic to Animation	11:30 am	Philadelphia
The Earth Moved Me: Potential Future Disasters	11:30 am	Washington
They Saved Farscape!: Fan Campaign to save shows, how effective are they?	11:30 am	New York
Who's your agent? How to sell your story	11:30 am	Saddle Brook
Wendy Pini Interviewed by Mike Glyer	11:30 pm	Suite C
Art Show Auction	12:30 - 2:30 pm	Suite D,E,F
Movie: Robot Stories by Greg Pak	1:00 am	Suite C
From Page to Stage - the complete costuming process	1:00 pm	New York
Goth: Not Your Grandma's Vampires	1:00 pm	Miami
How to steal your friends lives for fiction	1:00 pm	Dallas
Ian Banks the premier unknown best selling author	1:00 pm	Suite B
LASFS 70th Anniversary	1:00 pm	Suite A
Making & Displaying a Diorama Workshop	1:00 pm	Palm Desert
Movies from Comics: What Should Be Next?	1:00 pm	St. Louis
Margaret Bonanno Reading	1:00 pm	Long Beach
Tim Powers Reading	1:00 pm	La Jolla
Science Fiction as a reading motivation	1:00 pm	Saddle Brook
Ten best Scientific/Technological advances in the next 10 years & why	1:00 pm	Philadelphia
The Dr who wouldn't die: The Return of Dr Who	1:00 pm	Washington
Allan Rothstein Memorial & Auction hosted by Tadao Tomomatsu	2:30 pm	Philadelphia
By Jove! A Look at Roman & Greek Mythology & How it Relates to Science Fiction & Fantasy	2:30 pm	Dallas
Loscon 31 Post Mortem	2:30 pm	Suite A
Masquerade 101: how to create a presentation to go on stage	2:30 pm	New York
Mark London Williams Reading	2:30 pm	Long Beach
Screening of the Movie "Finding the Future: A Science Fiction Conversation" presented by Joseph Formichella	2:30 pm	Suite D,E,F
Why Hollywood (Still) Can't Get It Right: Translating Books to Movies	2:30 pm	Suite C
Women in Horror & Dark Fantasy: What are women's roles & where are they going	2:30 pm	Miami
Your Traveling to another planet without hyper sleep what 3 books would you take to read?	2:30 pm	Washington
Bill Patterson Reads Chapter 21 of "The Man Who Learned Better"	2:30 pm	La Jolla

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