excitedPanel 1: Thu 8/24 2:30 PM, 60-90 minutes.
Title: THE GENIUS BAR, COSTUMING STYLE
Participants: Janet Wilson Anderson
Joy Day
Kent Elofson
Dana MacDermott
Pierre E. Pettinger
Sandy Pettinger
Kevin Roche
Precis: Bring your problems. Let's figure out how to solve them.
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Panel 2: Fri 8/25 11:30 AM, 60-90 minutes.
Title: COSTUMING WITH LEATHER
Participants: Kent Elofson
Leanne Mallory
Kevin Roche
Precis: How to make costumes with leather.
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Panel 3: Sat 8/26 1:00 PM, 60-90 minutes.
Title: BEGINNING COSTUMING
Participants: Cat Devereaux
Lisa Deutsch Harrigan
Bridget Landry
Bruce MacDermott
Jess Miller
Kevin Roche
Precis: Now that you've seen the masquerade, here's how to get
started in science fiction costuming: methods, resources,
ideas for beginners, including extra tips for hall costumes
and masquerade presentations.
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Panel 4: Sun 8/27 1:00 PM, 60-90 minutes.
Title: SPINTRONICS: UNDERSTANDING THIS NEW SPIN ON ELECTRONICS WITHOUT GETTING DIZZY
Participants: Kevin Roche
Precis: Spintronics -- technology that harnesses electron spin as
well as its charge -- has already dramatically changed the
world we live and work in today. IBM Almaden Research
Center scientist Kevin Roche will introduce you to this
emerging technology: what spin is, what it does and how we
are beginning to harness it, as well as a virtual tour of
his laboratory and the giant robots they use to study these
nano-engineered materials. He also promises to do it in
terms that won't make your head spin.
I'm also hoping to be scheduled into
kevin_standlee's Match Game SF shows.PLUS, of course:
Wednesday night:
hollister2008 partyThursday night:
loeg partyFriday night: MASQUERADE
