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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.

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12:00am CDT

Real Aliens: Using Hard Science to Design Alien Planets and Ecosystems Aramis StreamClare Levijoki Writing Craft Chat (Saturday) Felton Stream

9:00am CDT

Editing as and with a Self-Published Author Athos StreamNick Hembery • Alex Shvartsman • L.S. Johnson • Kelley Frodel • Premee Mohamed

10:00am CDT

Sustainability and What Literature Can Do Aramis StreamKen Liu

11:00am CDT

Full publishing process Porthos StreamJoshua Bilmes • Nick Martell Misconceptions about Medieval History in Fantasy Athos StreamJennifer Della'Zanna, MFA • Rebecca Slitt • Hannah Charlton 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

Effective Story Openings Porthos StreamMur Lafferty • K. Tempest Bradford • Elsa Sjunneson • Suzanne Vincent • Wendy Nikel

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

Worldbuilding in YA Porthos StreamLaShawn Wanak • Rosiee Thor • Rachel Hartman • Nafiza Azad

5:00pm CDT

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

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

9:00pm CDT

Whose Escape Room Is It Anyway? An Improv Design Adventure Athos StreamAaron Hooper • Leanne Yong

10:00pm CDT

Demystifying Self-Publishing: Thinking about self-pub? Here's what you're in for Aramis StreamSarah Faxon • Catherine Lundoff • Dean Kershaw Putting The Words In The Right Order: A "Fifty Shades" Line-Editing Demonstration Athos StreamKurt Pankau

12:00am CDT

Publishing Industry Chat (Sunday) Constance Stream

5:00am CDT

SFF Worldbuilding & Law Aramis StreamJ.R.H. Lawless

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 Using Mythology in SFF: How to draw on mythology to build stronger worlds and story arcs Porthos StreamVida Cruz

9:00am CDT

An Interview with Ken Liu Aramis StreamJohn Murphy • Ken Liu

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 Research Tools for Worldbuilding Porthos StreamJenny Rae Rappaport • Kat Otis • Phoenix Alexander • JT Greathouse

12:00pm CDT

Infinity and Beyond Porthos StreamRosiee Thor • Becky Chambers • David D. Levine • Valerie Valdes • Emily Skrutskie

1:00pm CDT

The Art of Storytelling Aramis StreamM. S. Ewing • Wendy Xu • Victoria Ying • Hannah Charlton

2:00pm CDT

Behind the Scenes at a Speculative Literary Magazine Porthos StreamVictoria Sandbrook • Elsa Sjunneson • Neil Clarke • LaShawn Wanak Behind the Scenes in the Submission Pile Athos StreamCislyn Smith • Bridget Smith • Diana M. Pho • Liz Gorinsky • Sam Morgan

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

Freelancing for Writers Athos StreamJennifer Della'Zanna, MFA • Travis Heermann • Clare Levijoki Scribere Ex Machina: Writing A.I. In Genre Fiction Porthos StreamKurt Pankau • William Ledbetter • N. R. M. Roshak • Martha Wells • Laurence Brothers

5:00pm CDT

How Much Can I Charge for My Labor of Love? Aramis StreamJulia Meitov Hersey • Anatoly Belilovsky • Neil Clarke • Liz Gorinsky Maintaining a Creative Practice While Parenting Porthos StreamJacob Baugher • Karen Osborne • Molly Atkins Creating Your Own (Fictional) Religion Athos StreamAlexei Collier

6:00pm CDT

What Book Reviewers Really Want Athos StreamJacob Baugher • Paul Allen

7:00pm CDT

Career Visioning for Creatives Porthos StreamTiffany Stockham • José Pablo Iriarte • Elle Ire • Oscar Joyo 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