Conflux 6 Programme

(2009)

  • Workshops

  • Kaffeeklatsches

  • Social Events

  • Whole membership events

  • Guest appearances

  • Media

  • Launches

  • Presentations and talks

Kaffeeklatsches and Literary Beers: Numbers are limited. You must pre-register at Registration to join in. BYO Beer

Friday

Time Room A Room B Room C Room D
(Dealers)
Room D
(Creative Corner)
9am Set up
10am Workshop
Maxine McArthur - God Is In The Details or How To Stay On The Editor's Good Side
Workshop
Alan Baxter - Write The Fight Right
Workshop
Russell Sykes from RSM Bird Cameron Chartered Accountants - Taxation For Writers and Artists
Room Opens
Noon Break
12:30pm Workshop
Jack Dann - The Keys To The Kingdom
Workshop
Chris Barnes - The Noble And Nightly Art of The Long Sword
Workshop
Marc McBride - How To Draw Monsters
3pm Break
3:30pm Workshop
Sean McMullen - Words to Screen
Workshop
Gillian Polack - Reasearching And Writing Secret History - How to Convince People That Conspiracies and Other Hidden History is Real
(1) Literary Beer with Jim Minz
5:30pm Rooms closed to set up for Opening Ceremony (2) Panel
Secret Identities
Mystery Panelists
6:30pm Opening Ceremony Room Closed for Opening ceremony
7:00pm (3) CSFG Gauntlet (4) Mystery Science Theatre 3 Thousand Room reopens for trading
9pm CSFG 10th Birthday Party: 9:00pm to late Room Closed

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Saturday

Time Room A Room B Room C Room D
(Dealers)
Room D
(Creative Corner)
9am Kaffeeklatsch
Karen Nikakis
Kaffeeklatsch
Alan Baxter
Dealers' area open for trading Nintendo DS Lite in Creative Corner - time to share a game or two
10am (5) Panel
Vampires
Keri Arthur, Tracey O'Hara, Jane Virgo (c)
(6) Panel
Writing for Youth and Young Adults
Jack Heath, Rachel Kerr(c), Dave Luckett, Sean McMullen, Tara Ott, Tycho Petrie
Author in Residence: Crisetta MacLeod
11am (7) Panel
Conventions In Australia
Garry Dalrymple, Karen Herkes (c), Ian Nicholls
(8) Panel
Torchwood and Other Secret Organisations
Carol Bott (c), Lawrie Brown, April Herzog, Danny Oz
Guest of Honour
Emily Rodda
Author in Residence: Karen Nikakis Dalek Making with Karen Vaughan in Creative Corner
Noon Lunch Break Aussiecon 4
To celebrate next year's big event, join us for a drink at the bar!
12:30pm Book Launch
Subversive Activity
By Dave Luckett
(9) Panel
Setting the Seen
Alan Baxter, Jack Dann, Richard Harland, Sean McMullen, Cat Sparks(c)
(10) Talk
How NASA Faked the Moon landings - literally
Peter Barrett
Author in Residence: Ian Nicholls
1:30pm (11) Panel
Animals Who Are Not People
Maxine McArthur, Marc McBride, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Anna Tambour (c)
(12) Panel
Secrets of Predicting The End Of The World
Carol Bott (c), Karen Herkes, Jane Virgo
Guest Of Honour
Baen Travelling Slide Show
Jim Minz
2:30pm Guests
Canberra Showcase Panel
Richard Harland (c), Special Guests: Jack Heath, Maxine McArthur, Tracey O'Hara, Simon Petrie, Gilian Polack
(13) Panel
Who is Dr Who?
Carol Bott, Lawrie Brown, Danny Oz (c)
(14) Panel
Markets for Artists and Trends in the Industry
Marc McBride, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Nic Stathopoulos
Author in Residence: Christian Tamblyn Dalek Making with Karen Vaughan
3:30pm (15) Panel
Authors and Editors
Jim Minz, Stephanie Smith, Richard Harland, Robert Hood
(16) Panel
The Norma K Hemming Award
Sean McMullen, Gillian Polack, Bill Wright(c)
(17) Panel
Short Story Writing
Mark Farrugia, Yaritji Green, Kathleen Jennings, Simon Petrie, Cat Sparks(c)
Artists in Residence: Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride
4pm (18) Panel
Sexuality in SF
Maxine McArthur, Sean McMullen, Gillian Polack, Bill Wright(c)
Reading
Jenny Blackford
4:30pm Set up for banquet - rooms closed Mass Book Signing
5:30pm Website Launch by Richard Harland Author in Residence: Duncan Lay
7pm BANQUET Dr Who / Torchwood Freeform RPG Room closes for evening
8pm MAGIC Game session
9pm
10pm Second World Headbands Challenge
Narrator: Karen Herkes
11pm Mafia Game (when Banquet winds down)
Narrator: Jim Minz

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Sunday

Time Room A Room B Room C Room D
(Dealers)
Room D
(Creative Corner)
9am Kaffeeklatsch
Duncan Lay
Reading
Christian Tamblyn
Room open
10am (19) Panel
In Memorium
Karen Herkes, Lewis Morely
(20) Panel
Real Science in SF
Sabrina de Souza, Sharyn Liley, Ian Nichols, Simon Petrie(c)
(21) Panel
Publishing Options
Chris Barnes(c), Felicity Dowker, Alan Baxter, Jim Minz
11am (22) Panel
Writing Reviews
Jenny Blackford(c), Crisetta MacLeod, Ian Nichols
(23) Panel
The Secrets of Writing Humour
Richard Harland(c), Duncan Lay, Val Toh
Guest Of Honour
Marc McBride
Marc will do a painting demonstration and talk about his published work
Bead Making with Annie Morris in Creative Corner
Noon Launch
MageSign by Alan Baxter
Literary Beer with Dave Luckett
12:30pm (24) Panel
Fantasy Literature Panel
Sabrina de Souza, Duncan Lay, KJ Taylor, Jenny Blackford(c)
(25) Panel
Romance in SF, "Looking For Love In All the Write Places"
Erica Hayes, Nicole Murphy, Karen Nikakis
Author in Residence: Richard Harland Artists in Residence: Lewis Morely, Marilyn Pride
1:30pm (26) Panel
Where to From Here? After The First Novel
Richard Harland, KJ Taylor, Others TBA
(27) Panel
"Whodunit" Panel
Natasha Badinoff, Doug Graves MP, Father A. Long, Sandy Shore, Sum Ting Wong
Guests Of Honour
Emily Rodda and Marc McBride on collaborating as Author and Artist. For the Deltora Quest series
Author in Residence: Sabrina de Souza
2:30pm (28) Panel
Creative Writing Courses
Karen Nikakis(c), Ian Nichols, Dave Luckett, Yaritji Green
Auction Guest Of Honour
Jim Minz
e-Publishing
Masques promotion event
3:30pm (29) Panel
Mythology and Cultural Respect
Yaritji Green(c), Gilian Polack, Christian Tamblyn, Kyliue Seluka
(30) Panel
Writing 101 (or "The Things I Wish Some Had Told Me When I Was Starting Out")
Keri Arthur, Jim Minz, Nicole Murphy (c), KJ Taylor
(31) Panel
Steampunk Literature Panel
Richard Harland, Cat Sparks(c), Jane Virgo
Author in Residence: Dave Luckett Sukkot Event
4:30pm (32) Panel
Script Writing
Ross Hamilton(c), Panelists TBA
(33) Panel
Duct Tape and Paddle Pop Sticks - "McGuivering" in Literature and Media
Carol Bott, Karen Herkes(c), Tara Ott
ENEIT Press Launch
Life Through Cellophane (Gillian Polack) and In Bad Dreams 2 (editied Sharyn Lilley)
Everyone invited to write a comment on Nick's Birthday Cake!
5:30pm Book Launch
Slice of Life
Author in Residence: Alan Baxter
6:00pm (34) Panel
Survivor! Creating New Emergency Management Guides
Karen Herkes, Rob Hood, Jim Minz, Laura E Goodin
Literary Beer with Jack Dann
7:00pm Masquerade Trivia Competition
Danny Oz
Room Closed
8:30pm Guests: Ninjaz With Attitude Open Mike Session
Karen Herkes
9:30pm Nicology - Late night birthday celebration for Nick Stathopoulos

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Monday

Time Room A Room B Room C Room D
(Dealers)
Room D
(Creative Corner)
9:00am Room open
10:00am (35) Panel
Editing Anthologies
Bill Congreve, Donna Hanson, Alisa Krasnostein, Cat Sparks
(36) Panel
Food Food Food
Jenny Blackford, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Anna Tambour(c)
(37) Panel
The Orphan in Youn Adult Fiction
Richard Harland, Karen Herkes, Dave Luckett
Noon Lunch Guest Of Honour
Literary Beer with Jim Minz
12:30 (38) Panel
Beating Writers Block
Jack Dann, Richard Harland, Karen Herkes
Workshop
April Herzog - Caring For Your Collection
(39) Panel
Twitteratii
Alan Baxter, Rachel Kerr(c), Nicole Murphy
1:30pm (40) Panel
Fan Funds
Jean Weber, Karen Herkes, Others TBA
(41) Panel
The Next Big Thing in SF TV
Conor Bendle, Mik Bennet, Dietmar Ott
2:00pm (42) Panel
Fictional History
Jack Dann, Richard Harland, Dave Luckett(c), Gillian Polack
(43) Panel
Farewell Davide Tennant
Danny Oz, Val Toh, April Herzog
(44) Panel
Comic Artists and Writers in Australia
Liz Kenneally, Jon Sommariva
3:00pm (45) Panel
The Future of Trek
Conor Bendle, Mik Bennet, April Herzog
(46) Panel
The Transparent Society
Lawrie Brown, Roger Clarke, Rachel Kerr
Guest Of Honour
Jim Minz
What's The Secret Formula To Getting Published?
4:00pm Closing Ceremony Room Closed
4:30pm Dead Dog Party in Bar

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