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Preliminary Program Grid for John AshmeadThis is the Preliminary program schedule. John Ashmead may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention. |
| Friday 8:30 pm: The Arts and Alternative History (Ends at: 9:25 pm) Jackson Participants:Carolyn Ives Gilman , James Morrow (M), John Ashmead, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Tom Doyle We love imagining the ripple effects of worlds changed by a single shift in culture or missing political figure. The influence of our greatest authors, artists, and composers is no less compelling. Panelists discuss what alternate histories emerge when the arts change course. What other realities are possible when we do not lose certain brilliant artists so young? Can the fickle tastes of one prominent patron change the artistic history of an era? |
| Friday 10:00 pm: Weird Tales at 100 (Ends at: 10:55 pm) Eisenhower Participants:Darrell Charles Schweitzer (M), John Ashmead, Keith R.A. DeCandido Weird Tales magazine was an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger. The first issue came out in 1923 and ran through 1954 with several attempts over the years to revive it. Now published by Weird Tales Inc., Weird Tales #366 – Swords And Sorcery Issue came out in 2022. Let's celebrate and take a look back at this piece of SFF history. |
| Saturday 2:30 pm: The Pilot and the Future of Personal Technology (Ends at: 3:25 pm) Washington Theater Participants:Adeena Mignogna, David Keener, John Ashmead (M), Sarah Pinsker, Suzanne Palmer Sarah Pinsker's novel, We Are Satellites, introduces a brain implant called the Pilot that offers the power to split one's mental focus into multiple streams of attention. This method of true multitasking ability raises questions about the future of virtual reality and similar advancements in personal technology. What is the evolution from cell phones and smart glasses to brain implants? What tradeoffs inevitably follow? |
| Saturday 5:30 pm: Interactions of Sound & Light: Extraordinary Physics & Many Uses (Ends at: 6:25 pm) Washington Theater Participants:John Ashmead (M) Light and sound have had a close relationship since the first stroke of lightning triggered the first sound of thunder. But it is only lately that science has entered the picture. From sonoluminescence (light emitted by imploding bubbles), to the use of the acousto-optic effect to use sound to control lasers, to polarons & plasmons (quantum particles which are strange hybrids of sound and light), we look at the science of sound and light as it is now — and how it might evolve in the future. |
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