Chronicles of CONduit    

CONduit XVIII — May 23-25, 2008


Downtown Radisson Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah

CONduit XVIII: Chronicles of CONduit
Possible Programs

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Programming at CONduit will feature lots of panels on writing, worldbuilding, crafts, costuming, science, and media. There will also be some great workshops! Michael R. Collings, former poet-in-residence at Pepperdine University will be doing THREE workshops at CONduit this year. His amazing one-on-one poetry workshop (where he goes over your poem, line by line, and tells you how to make it better), a bookbinding workshop that will teach you how to make your own books, and a jewelry-making workshop. All three are fantastic.

Add to that, the amazing talents of Theresa Mather, artist of amazing dragon paintings and Michael A, Stackpole, noted writer of many Star War novels, and CONduit is going to be a must-attend convention this year!

Below is a listing of programs under discussion for CONduit XVIII. Not all of these programs will be presented. If you would like to be a speaker or presenter for any of the programs listed, go to the Contact Us form and let us know.

Possible Anime Programs

Anime Jeopardy Buyers Guide to Anime
Robots in Anime and Manga AMV Contest
Full Metal Anime 10 Essential Anime
Character Design. Get creative by learning how to design your very own anime character! Learn the basic foundations to make any character come alive with vibrant gestures, vivid emotions and animated characteristics. By learning simple techniques, such as multiple views and expressions and gestures, anyone can master the ins and outs of character design. Fantasy Settings in Anime: Not your NORMAL fantasy setting

Possible Art Programs

Monster in an Hour Self-Publishing Your Art
Traditional Art Techniques Watercolor Demo
Matting: How to Properly Mat and Display Your Art Marker (Drawing with Markers) Anime Art
Computer Art Miniature Painting Workshop (Craft)
Modifying Model Kits Drawing Scales
Acrylic Art Demo by Theresa Mather Making a Living on the Art Show Circuit.
How to Buy Art. What to look for, where to go, how to bid. Art Collecting. How to take care of your art once you buy it. Shipping your purchases from a con, have someone who will accept a shipment if it gets there before you do.
I Can See You As.. (Panelists look at a person and tell them who THEY think the person could dress up as.) (Art/Costuming) Jewelry Making Techniques. Chain mail jewelry, beaded jewelry, jewelry with stones. Come learn how to make your own jewelry!
Using Alternate Media to Create Art. Painting on rocks, wood, etc. instead of just paper and canvas. Art for Games and CCGs: how is this art different from cover art? What do you need to know or do to break into this market?

Possible Costuming Programs

Iron Costumer Yukata Presentation
Kilt-Making/Wrapping Dressing Scottish
Hand Sewing 101 Costuming Your Body Type (models?)
How to Read and Modify a Pattern Sewing for Dummies: Sewing 101
Machine Sewing 101. How to read a pattern, how to use a sewing machine. Fabric Use. Fabrics that stretch, bias, laying out patterns, sewing a hem or a nap.
Thrift Store Costuming. Re appropriating normal "Muggle" clothes to make a spiffy costume. Costuming From Your Closet. Reappropriating normal "Muggle" clothes to make a spiffy costume.
The Devil is in the Details: that little touch that makes your costume better? I Can See You As.. (Panelists look at a person and tell them who THEY think the person could dress up as.) (Art/Costuming)
Build Your Own Costume OR Quick and Dirty Costuming. Bring a skirt, a shirt or pants, we will have scraps of material and people to help you create your own costume.

Possible Filk Programs

Harmony 10 Essential Filks
Filk in an Hour (2 hours) Filk Contest.
Theme Filk (filk circles) Dragon filk Star Wars filk Filk in the Classroom. How can filk songs be used in the classroom to help kids learn and remember?
My Favorite Filk. Come share your favorite filk song, and learn about others' favorites. "What the Filk is Going On?" What is filk, where is it going on and how to find it.

Possible Gaming Programs

Why Your Kids Love Gaming My Favorite Characters BoF
World building for Gamers Board Games. What's out there and what's good?
Game Historia (history of tabletop gaming) Game Hysterica (humor in gaming)
Social and Psychological Aspects/Problems with Gaming. Old D&D fears. Dispelling old mythings in gaming. Game Hysteria and the Truth. Up and Coming Games: what's coming up and what do you need to look for?

Possible KidCon Programs

Filk at KidCon: one hour a day KidCon Readings : one hour a day
KidCon Filking Crafts for Teachers and Classrooms

Possible Media Programs

B-movie Panel 100 Years of Horror in Film
Red Dwarf Panel Doctor Who Panel
The Best of What's on TV Now Disaster Films
Webcomics Fan Fiction
Star Trek Online: The future is out there. Comic Book Novels/superhero novels
Podcasting Your Work Podcasts: Everyman's Mouthpiece
Direct-to-Video TV Shows: Life After Cancellation. Direct-to-Video: The Future of Filmmaking
Strange-Gir Than Pinky: Comic Sidekicks We Can't Live Without TV of Yesteryear (Lost in Space, Swiss Family Robinson, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, etc.)
Cartoons Then and Now. How do today's cartoons stack up to the cartoons the baby boomers grew up on? Mythbusters BoF. Are you a fan of the TV show "Mythbusters?" Never seen it and want to learn more? This is the place to talk about your favorite episodes or learn why everyone loves the "Mythbusters!"

Possible Science Programs

What's Up in Astronomy? Archaeology
Anthropology for Writers Membrane Theory
Cyberspace Environments (VR worlds) Geology: Why Rocks Matter in World building
Stars and Star Formations Geneticists: What Is Being Done in Science?
Making the Implausible Plausible: Sound in Space Skeptics: Debunking Psychic Phenomena and UFOs.
Autumn w/ UEN live interview at CONduit? The Sciences At Which Armatures Excel (astronomy, geology, digging for bones, new discoveries in dinosaurs)
Science in SF Movies: The good, the bad and the bizarre Blowing Up Your World. 101 ways to destroy the world you have created.
Future Archaeology. what would our descendants think of US based on what we leave behind. Planets and Other Solar Systems. What we know. Why Pluto got demoted and what's out there.
M-Class Planets: The Truth is Out There. What IS an m-class planet? How many are actually out there? What do they need to exist?  

Possible Writing and Literature Programs

Story in an Hour Edgar Allen Poe
Up-and-Coming Books and Authors Utah writers
YA SF Zelazny's Contribution to SF
Writing RPGs Editor Blogs and Learning the Markets
Writers/Publishers/Editors Social Writing a Series: Keeping the Story Interesting
Writing: Keeping Things Consistent (Internal consistency) Mary Sue Who? Fan and beginning writers fiction on the Internet
Audiobooks (Why audiobooks. Where to get good ones. What to listen to.) Playing in Other People's Sandboxes Or Writing Star Wars.
Classic SF&F Books. You should be familiar with these.(20th Century, pre-1990, earlier than 20 years ago) World building 101. What do you really need to know to create a world for your writing?
Time Travel in Books and Movies. How is it used? How is it effective? What can writers do to make time travel seem more "real?" What movies do it well and which are hard to believe? Panel on Marketing Research on the Web. Sites like Miss snark, Ralan.com, etc. How you can research markets, magazines and publishers online.

Possible Workshops

Writing Workshop Poetry Writing Workshop
Beading Workshop  

Possible Miscellaneous Programs

Self-Publishing Art: John W. Campbell's Soup
SCA Demo? Game Show
The Mike Show Belly Dancing 101
Halloween Props Build Your Own LiS robot
Military Weapons Demo Swordsmanship Demo
Stage Fighting/LARP Fighting Presentation by Paul N. Hyde
World building Project Continued From Mountain-Con The Morphing of Language How language has changed and why it changes
Local Conventions. What's out there and what do they DO? Future Archaeology. A contest for everyone to send in their ideas
Local Clubs: who's out there and how do I get involved? Camarila, Seventh Fleet, 501st LARP 101: What is a LARP? How do I get involved? Weapon use / costumes / location
Running a Comic Book or Specialty (SF&F) Store. How can you run a successful specialty store in today's market?  

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