OryCon 44: Full Schedule

Welcome to the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time schedule for OryCon 44! Seriously - we’re still hard at work on the schedule, but we want to give you an idea of what wonders await you in just a few more weeks. Please check back frequently for changes and additions, and see you in October!

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10:00am PDT

Mixing Genres

Sunday October 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT

Madison

Science fiction mysteries? Yes please! Genre cocktails for the win! What works? What doesn't? Recommendations.

Moderators

Tara Campbell

Fiction Editor, Barrelhouse

Tara Campbell is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction co-editor at Barrelhouse. She received her MFA from American University. Previous publication credits include SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Wigleaf, Booth, Jellyfish Review, Strange Horizons, and CRAFT Literary... Read More →

Panelists

Kat Richardson

Maquel A. Jacob

Erik Grove

Sunday October 20, 2024 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Madison

SCIENCE FICTION

11:00am PDT

Making Space to Make

Sunday October 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT

Madison

Where do you set yourself up to create? What does your writing, drawing, or crafting space look like now? How would your ideal studio look and what's in it? Do you claim a table, bedroom, or rent a studio? Do you focus on setting an inspiring mood, or keep it clean and functional, or is it a chaotic hoard of tools and content?

Moderators

Mark Chapman

Panelists

EM Prazeman

Matthew 'Fish' Dockrey

L. Pierce Ludke

Sunday October 20, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Madison

LIVING CREATIVELY

12:00pm PDT

Post-scarcity Automation and the Future of Work

Sunday October 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT

Madison

With robots occupying more low and middle-skill level jobs, from warehousing to driving, and AI getting better than humans at reading MRIs and diagnosing disease, how will societies deal with the end of work-as-we-know-it? What can science fiction and fantasy worlds tell us about the real world of the future?

Moderators

Frank Hayes

Panelists

Bart Kemper

Rory Miller

Erica L. Satifka

Daimei Jaybird Marmaduke

Sunday October 20, 2024 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Madison

SOCIETY POLITICS AND HISTORY

2:00pm PDT

The Concept of "Civility": Needful Myth or Trap?

Sunday October 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT

Madison

Definitions of "being civil" span a range in communities with wide world views. How does the idea of "civility" influence writing, art, and media in the sci-fi/fantasy creation community? Does "being civil" limit free expression, or expand it?

Moderators

Shoshana Glick

Panelists

Rhiannon Louve

Erica L. Satifka

Andrew Nisbet

Admiral Wordsmith

Sunday October 20, 2024 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
Madison

SOCIETY POLITICS AND HISTORY

3:00pm PDT

Utopia: Literature Social Theory and Community

Sunday October 20, 2024 3:00pm - 3:50pm PDT

Madison

Created equal and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." Is the Declaration of Independence a utopian document? The right to vote, the abolition of slavery, the forty-hour work week: these were once the stuff of utopian dreams and yet they have come to be through real struggle, embodying the potential new world in words and actions. Is contemporary utopian literature possible? What is the society you want to live in and what are you doing to make it happen?

Moderators