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Friday, July 11
 

5:00pm EDT

Unveiling Genetics: Healing, Innovating, and Exploring Ancestral DNA
Friday July 11, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Bethabara (Marriott) - Room can get COLD!!!
Enter the fascinating world of genetics, where gene therapy holds transformative healing powers and scientists are on a quest to revolutionize healthcare and uncover the mysteries of our ancestral DNA. Let's discuss the boundless opportunities genetics presents, embarking on a journey of discovery and innovation to unlock the full potential of this enchanting field.

requests:

Angela Giddings?
Jason Graves?
Randall Hayes?
Speakers
avatar for Meri Elena

Meri Elena

Literary Guest
I am a North Carolina speculative fiction writer, mostly of dark fantasy and paranormal, but I don't really color inside the lines. I published my first short story when I was fourteen, and my mom insisted I use a pen name. I took some creative license with my actual first and middle... Read More →
Friday July 11, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Bethabara (Marriott) - Room can get COLD!!!
  Science

9:30pm EDT

Ya Canna Change the Laws of Physics
Friday July 11, 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm EDT
Salem (Marriott)
Can you really rip a bodice ? (No) Every genre incorporates a set of assumptions, usually about how the world works. But how long can Our Hero swash the 2 lb. buckler shield arm fatigue sets on?  Could Dave Bowman make it back into Discovery One without his helmet?  Our panels of experts looks at the classic figures, setting, and situations to determine such puzzlers as the tensile strength of Rapunzel/s hair.
Speakers
avatar for Jim Beall

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 →
Friday July 11, 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm EDT
Salem (Marriott)
  Science
 
Saturday, July 12
 

9:00am EDT

Interdisciplinary Interactions: Engineering Subsets and Essential Skills for Success
Saturday July 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear - all subsets of Engineering.  Outside of the obvious, how do these different fields interact with each other and what skills should you take away if you want to a) have a career in engineering b) write an engineer or c) just know when it's completely wrong in film or TV.

Brandon?, Jim?


Speakers
avatar for Molly Ann McDonough

Molly Ann McDonough

Science Guest
Molly Ann McDonough is an author, poet, and multidisciplinary engineer with short stories featured in science fiction and fantasy anthologies. Jumpmaster Press has scheduled her debut fantasy novel, A World Apart, for release in 2026. When Molly isn’t reading, writing, or coding... Read More →
avatar for Jennifer Whitworth

Jennifer Whitworth

Science Guest
Jennifer Whitworth is an engineer and writer from Huntsville AL. Currently working at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, she supports Artemis and Gateway Payload Integration working directly with the science teams to help them through the various processes to design, build, test... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
  Science

10:30am EDT

Presentation: LiDAR - Science Fiction and Science Reality
Saturday July 12, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Salem (Marriott)
Join Doug Newcomb as he talks to you about Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) - the science fiction and science reality.
He will discuss:  
a) what is LiDAR data,
b) different types of LiDAR data,
c) how LiDAR data is used ( Digital Elevation Models, Vegetation analysis, Watershed delineation and water flow)
d) A demonstration of working with LiDAR data using QGIS and/or GRASS GIS

Speakers
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Doug Newcomb

Panelist
Doug Newcomb has a BS in Geography from the University of Illinois (CU) and an MA in Geography from the University of North Carolina (CH).  Doug is recently retired after a 34 year career with the Department of the Interior serving in various IT and GIS  capacities related to Remote... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Salem (Marriott)
  Science

12:30pm EDT

Communicating Science - Part 1 (The Panel)
Saturday July 12, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
Jenn Whitworth (if topic appropriate)
Speakers
avatar for Jim Beall

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 →
avatar for Robert Hampson

Robert Hampson

Science Guest
Dr. Robert E. Hampson is a neuroscientist, professor, and science fiction author who spends his days decoding how memories work and his nights trying to remember where he left his keys. With a Ph.D. in Physiology & Pharmacology, he’s been on a lifelong quest to figure out what’s... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
  Science

1:30pm EDT

Communicating Science - Part 2 (The Presentations)
Saturday July 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
Speakers
avatar for Jim Beall

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 →
avatar for Robert Hampson

Robert Hampson

Science Guest
Dr. Robert E. Hampson is a neuroscientist, professor, and science fiction author who spends his days decoding how memories work and his nights trying to remember where he left his keys. With a Ph.D. in Physiology & Pharmacology, he’s been on a lifelong quest to figure out what’s... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Terrace 1 (Embassy Suites)
  Science

3:00pm EDT

Bridging the Gap: Empowering Women for a Diverse STEM Future
Saturday July 12, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Salem (Marriott)
The importance of including and encouraging women to pursue careers in the male-dominated fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has been increasingly recognized due to the need for diversity, valuable contributions and perspectives, as well as to address disparities such as gender bias, lack of support, and stereotypes. Initiatives have been launched to provide mentorship, networking opportunities, and resources to support and empower women in STEM, aiming to increase visibility and representation through campaigns, events, and outreach programs. Let's discuss these women and how their unique talents and perspectives contribute to creating a more diverse, inclusive, and successful future.
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Whitworth

Jennifer Whitworth

Science Guest
Jennifer Whitworth is an engineer and writer from Huntsville AL. Currently working at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, she supports Artemis and Gateway Payload Integration working directly with the science teams to help them through the various processes to design, build, test... Read More →
avatar for Angela Giddings

Angela Giddings

Science Guest
Angela Giddings is a writer, scientist, and independent filmmaker from North Carolina.  She has a PhD in Microbiology and authored multiple scientific articles in virology, cell line design, and gene therapy.  She is the author of the futuristic dark fantasy series Dance of Ages... Read More →
avatar for Molly Ann McDonough

Molly Ann McDonough

Science Guest
Molly Ann McDonough is an author, poet, and multidisciplinary engineer with short stories featured in science fiction and fantasy anthologies. Jumpmaster Press has scheduled her debut fantasy novel, A World Apart, for release in 2026. When Molly isn’t reading, writing, or coding... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Salem (Marriott)
  Science

5:00pm EDT

Plants and Fungi in Horror
Saturday July 12, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
Speakers
avatar for Meri Elena

Meri Elena

Literary Guest
I am a North Carolina speculative fiction writer, mostly of dark fantasy and paranormal, but I don't really color inside the lines. I published my first short story when I was fourteen, and my mom insisted I use a pen name. I took some creative license with my actual first and middle... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Terrace 2 (Embassy Suites)
  Science

6:00pm EDT

Weird Science: Unexpected Ways to Put Science in Science Fiction
Saturday July 12, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Salem (Marriott)
In science fiction, we like to see FTL spaceships, strange alien species, resurrected extinct species, instantaneous communication, and similar things. But a lot of everyday items are afterthoughts in sci-fi. How will technology affect clothes? Food? Ordinary medical care? And what about the "soft" sciences, like industrial safety, environmental science, anthropology, or political science? How will those change the landscape of the future?

requests: Angela Giddings, Jim Beall, Jenn Whitworth, Dennis Myers, Rob Hampson
Speakers
avatar for Jo Boone

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 →
Saturday July 12, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Salem (Marriott)
  Science

6:30pm EDT

Presentation: Viruses vs the Immune System
Saturday July 12, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Piedmont (Marriott)
Speakers
avatar for Angela Giddings

Angela Giddings

Science Guest
Angela Giddings is a writer, scientist, and independent filmmaker from North Carolina.  She has a PhD in Microbiology and authored multiple scientific articles in virology, cell line design, and gene therapy.  She is the author of the futuristic dark fantasy series Dance of Ages... Read More →
Saturday July 12, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Piedmont (Marriott)
  Science
 
Sunday, July 13
 

10:00am EDT

What's Going on in the Lab?
Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Moravian (Marriott)
From Neuroscience to NASA, how has science and engineering changed and what do we have to look forward as we move further into the 21st Century?
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Whitworth

Jennifer Whitworth

Science Guest
Jennifer Whitworth is an engineer and writer from Huntsville AL. Currently working at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, she supports Artemis and Gateway Payload Integration working directly with the science teams to help them through the various processes to design, build, test... Read More →
Sunday July 13, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Moravian (Marriott)
  Science
 
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