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The convention streams are all on this page: https://www.eventbrite.com/x/flights-of-foundry-2020-registration-101961294978

The schedule is in Chicago time, timezone CDT(GMT-5). If you’d like a different timezone, click one of the links below:

North America: New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Juneau, Honolulu
South America: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Bogota
Europe: London, Athens, Paris, Helsinki, Tallinn, Moscow
Africa: Tunis, Johannesburg, Cairo, Addis Ababa
Asia: Kamchatka, Kolkata, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Jakarta, Manila, Amman
Australia/Pacific: Sydney, Perth, Auckland

If you don’t see a city you know is in your timezone, email us at registration@flights-of-foundry.org.

Be careful importing your schedule into a personal calendar -- times may convert to your local.

Marissa van Uden

Dark Matter Ink
Acquisitions Editor
Vermont, US

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12:00am CDT

Real Aliens: Using Hard Science to Design Alien Planets and Ecosystems Aramis StreamClare Levijoki

8:00am CDT

David D. Levine - Kaffeeklatsch Felton StreamDavid D. Levine

9:00am CDT

Editing as and with a Self-Published Author Athos StreamNick Hembery • Alex Shvartsman • L.S. Johnson • Kelley Frodel • Premee Mohamed Essential Episodes Aramis StreamCat Rambo • TJ Berry • Dan Stout • J.R.H. Lawless Writing Games with Branching Plots Porthos StreamTracy Canfield

11:00am CDT

When Conflict becomes Combat Aramis StreamK. R. Monin • Henry Lien • Valerie Valdes • Fran Wilde • Melissa Caruso

12:00pm CDT

Beyond Craft: 10 Things You Need to Know About the Business/Legal Side of Being a Creative Person Porthos StreamDavid D. Levine • Bridget Smith • Ken Liu • Joshua Bilmes • Sam Morgan

1:00pm CDT

Choice of Games: Writing Interactive Fiction Aramis StreamRebecca Slitt • Jim Dattilo • Erin Roberts • Kate Heartfield • Bendi Barrett Visual Worldbuilding Athos StreamGrace Fong

2:00pm CDT

Engineering in Fantasy Aramis StreamLaurence Brothers • Ken Liu • John Murphy • Fran Wilde • S Andrew Swann Networking for Creatives Porthos StreamWilliam Ledbetter • Bridget Smith • Joshua Bilmes • LaShawn Wanak • Premee Mohamed

3:00pm CDT

Writing for Games with Established IPs Aramis StreamJ.R.H. Lawless • Travis Heermann • Eddy Webb • Lauren Roy

4:00pm CDT

Prose vs. Game Writing Aramis StreamTravis Heermann • Erin Roberts • F.C. Yee • Kate Heartfield • Andrea Phillips Character Sheets to Build your Author Skillset Milady StreamSarah Faxon • Theresa Halvorsen • Morrigan Puhr • M. S. Ewing

5:00pm CDT

SF&F&F: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Folklore Porthos StreamMarie Brennan

6:00pm CDT

Geography, Maps, and SFF Porthos StreamJT Greathouse • Marie Brennan • Henry Lien • Marie Croke RPG Design Athos StreamLiz Gorinsky • Paul Dean • Eddy Webb • Lauren Roy

7:00pm CDT

Spec Community Panel Athos StreamM. S. Ewing • Morrigan Puhr • Sarah Faxon • Theresa Halvorsen The Power of Enthusiasm in Author Branding Aramis StreamHenry Lien

8:00pm CDT

Elements of Mystery & Noir Athos StreamJoshua Bilmes • John Murphy • Kat Clay • Laurence Brothers Neuroscience for Writers: The Evolved Brain Porthos StreamBenjamin C. Kinney

10:00pm CDT

Putting The Words In The Right Order: A "Fifty Shades" Line-Editing Demonstration Athos StreamKurt Pankau

6:00am CDT

The Short Story Submission Landscape Athos StreamPhoenix Alexander • Victoria Sandbrook • José Pablo Iriarte • Andy Dudak

7:00am CDT

Short Fiction Publishing Q + A by Editors at Luna Station Quarterly Aramis StreamAngelica Fyfe • Linda H. Codega • Izzy Varju

8:00am CDT

Killer Interview Strategies: Finding Facts for Your Fiction Aramis StreamTJ Berry

9:00am CDT

An Interview with Ken Liu Aramis StreamJohn Murphy • Ken Liu Embracing Failure Porthos StreamWilliam Ledbetter • L.S. Johnson • Nick Martell • Dan Stout

10:00am CDT

Plot & Revision Athos StreamVictoria Sandbrook • Valerie Valdes • Martha Wells • Melissa Caruso

11:00am CDT

Building Characters Aramis StreamA.C. Wise • SL Huang • Ken Liu • Rachel Hartman • Suzanne Walker Creating (Or Not) In Hard Times Athos StreamTheresa Halvorsen • Miri Baker • Scott A. Johnson • LaShawn Wanak • Molly Atkins

1:00pm CDT

Authors who Are Podcasters Panel Athos StreamK. Tempest Bradford • Alasdair Stuart • Mur Lafferty • Trace Kerr

2:00pm CDT

Behind the Scenes at a Speculative Literary Magazine Porthos StreamVictoria Sandbrook • Elsa Sjunneson • Neil Clarke • LaShawn Wanak

3:00pm CDT

How to Stand Out in the Short Story Submission Pile - Advice For How to Get Your Stories Noticed by Professional Markets Porthos StreamBenjamin C. Kinney • David Steffen • Mur Lafferty • Neil Clarke

4:00pm CDT

Scribere Ex Machina: Writing A.I. In Genre Fiction Porthos StreamKurt Pankau • William Ledbetter • N. R. M. Roshak • Martha Wells • Laurence Brothers

6:00pm CDT

What Book Reviewers Really Want Athos StreamJacob Baugher • Paul Allen

7:00pm CDT

Speculative Horror: A Modern Survival Guide Athos StreamJT Greathouse • Scott A. Johnson • Catherine Lundoff • Kat Clay

8:00pm CDT

#Squadgoals: Group Dynamics In Fiction Athos StreamK. Tempest Bradford • SL Huang • Becky Chambers • Valerie Valdes