ConGregate 11: Full Schedule

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10:00am EDT

Aliens and Hurtful Stereotypes

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT

Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)

Aliens are so tired of hurtful stereotypes! Many sci-fi alien species are defined by a single dominant characteristic: Warlike or peaceful, hot-tempered or zen, wise or foolish. What makes an alien culture "alien," and how can you create a rich alien culture that defies stereotyping based on a single trait?

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Speakers

Dennis M Myers

Literary Guest

Born and raised in central Minnesota, Dennis M. Myers developed a serious reading habit early in life due to the influence of his grandmother. In late high school he read one particularly "awful" book and, with all that teenage hubris, decided that he could do better.After spending... Read More →

Jim Beall

Science Guest

Jim Beall (BS-Math, MBA, PE) has been a nuclear engineer for 50 years, beginning as a nuclear engineering officer in the US Navy. Civilian experience includes design, construction, inspection, enforcement, and assessment with a nuclear utility, an architect engineering firm, and the... Read More →

Jo Boone

Literary Guest

Jo Boone is the author of the Combined Service series: The Magnetar, Elaninae, and The Celestial Sea, published by Chris Kennedy Publishing/Theogony Press. Jo’s science fiction and fantasy stories have appeared in Remnants of Empire and (under the byline Jennifer Busick) in the... Read More →

Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)

Film/TV/Media Arts

11:30am EDT

Writing for the Body: Engaging the Readers' Senses

Sunday July 13, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)

Speakers

Randal Hayes

Science Guest

Randall grew up on a working farm in Kentucky before studying biology at UK and then doing a PhD in neuroscience at a medical school in Rochester, NY. He did research there and in Texas before teaching at the high school and college levels. Now he runs the biology department's internship... Read More →

Michael G. Williams

Online Media Guest

Michael G. Williams writes queer-themed horror and science fiction celebrating the monstrous and the macabre. His books include the award-winning vampire series The Withrow Chronicles (Laine Cunningham Award); the thrilling urban fantasy time travel series Servant Sovereign; the sci-fi... Read More →

William C. Tracy

Literary Guest

William C. Tracy (he/him) writes and publishes queer science fiction and fantasy through his indie press Space Wizard Science Fantasy. His largest work is the Dissolutionverse: a space opera with music-based magic including nine books and a TTRPG. He’s also published Fruits of the... Read More →

Sunday July 13, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)

Literary/Writing

1:00pm EDT

Crazy Online Media Mistakes to Avoid

Sunday July 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)

From connecting your bluetooth to your partner's car or just plain forgetting to turn on the camera, what are those so embarrassing moments that you want to hide your face while livestreaming?

Sunday July 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)

Online Media