Panel Day	Panel Time	Panel	Room	Panel Description	Panelist
Friday
	5:00 PM	Assistive Technology in Science Fiction Settings	Petoskey	How is disability defined in a science fictional setting, How is assistive technology defined in science fictional settings?	Michael Marcus, Daniel Dugan (M)
	8:00 PM	Forensics and the Science of Crime.	Keweenaw	The science of forensics has grown from fingerprinting to DNA Analysis. Find out how modern day Sherlock's are catching modern day Moriarty's.	Diana Rowland, Julie Lesnik, Jen Haeger, Alex Kourvo
Saturday
	9:00 AM	Kaffeeklatsch with Kentaro Toyama	Club Lounge	Join our Science Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.	Kentaro Toyama
	10:00 AM	Armor 102	St. Clair	Ken Redington (AKA Thurkill L'Armerurier SCA) demonstrates materials and techniques in making your own armor	Ken Redington (M)
	11:00 AM	The Socioeconomic Impact of Science	Saugatuck	How does scientific advancement impact social chance and economic advancement? Do these advancements have a real impact in communities worldwide, or only for the groups prepared for them?	Andrew Zimmerman, Julie Lesnik, Kentaro Toyama, Pablo Vazquez
	12:00 PM	There's an App For That?!	Saugatuck	Is the ability to interact with online applications a determining factor of human productivity? What are the benefits and pitfalls of app-based interactions with the world around you?	Tobias S. Buckell, Andrea Phillips, Daniel Dugan, Kentaro Toyama (M)
	1:00 PM	Food Science in Science Fiction	Leelanau	Agriculture and terraforming in extreme environments or small domes. Sustainable food production in space station environments. What's Martian taters, precious?	Patrick Tomlinson, Julie Lesnik, Elizabeth Shack, Daniel Dugan (M)
	2:00 PM	BALONIUM	Interlochen	Time to discuss the good and bad science and engineering from the previous year (or so) from TV and movies and books.	David M. Stein (M), Michael Marcus, Chris Clayton, Kentaro Toyama
	3:00 PM	Geek Heresy: What Technology Can’t Do for Society, and Why Some of Our Best Science Fiction Gets It Wrong	Saugatuck	Some of the most popular science fiction imagines a future in which advanced technology eliminates hunger, illness, and ignorance. Based on a critical examination of the present, this talk reveals why even in the future, it will take a lot more than techn	Kentaro Toyama
	3:00 PM	A World Without Drivers	Manitou	With Google Car on California roads, the autonomous vehicle is on the horizon. The panel of creatives will delve into the nuts and bolts of what this technological advancement will change about our lives and what kinds of stories could be told around it.	Bradley P. Beaulieu (M), Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Shack, Gordon Smith, Andrea Phillips
	4:00 PM	Power Armor and Rail Guns: The Science of Future Wars	Leelanau	Military technology in science fiction settings: Who wore the powersuit better?	David Klecha (M), Patrick Tomlinson, Marko Kloos, Matt Pearson
	7:00 PM	Researching the Science: Where Do You Find the Science for Your Science Fiction?	Saugatuck	Resources for finding good science. Where to go, what to look for and how to cite it.	Catherine Shaffer, Kristine Smith, Lawrence Schoen, Daniel Dugan, Gordon Smith
	8:00 PM	Mars Rising: Lights, Panels, Action!	Interlochen	The rise of Mars as a space science superstar and media darling, and the rising popularity of planetary science on social media.	Jeff Beeler, Michael Marcus, Matt Pearson
Sunday
	10:00 AM	Singularity for the Rest of Us	Isle Royale	Is post-humanism really as straight, white, and Western as it often seems? How can science fiction talk about post-body identities without diminishing or dismissing embodied identity and experience? This panel will discuss the stories out there that complicate the uploaded experience.	Wesley Chu, Jason Sanford, Tom Doyle (M), Andrea Phillips, Cameron McClure
	11:00 AM	Writing About Science	Saugatuck	Examples and rationale of writing including and excluding science in your writing.	Catherine Shaffer, Julie Lesnik, Jen Haeger