Examines approaches to sustainable lunar presence, proposed projects, their requirements, & what humanity's future on the moon could hold. Panel by NSDM staff moderated by Maj. Scott Macmann, USA/ret
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Several nations, including the US, have big plans for the moon. This panel examines possible approaches to sustainable lunar presence, specific proposed projects, their requirements, and what humanity's future on the moon could hold. Panel by NSDM staff moderated by Maj. Scott Macmann, USA/ret
Protect Yourself: Intellectual Property For Designers & The Hobby Games Industry
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Learn about patents, copyrights, trademarks, & other forms of IP (and how they fit in a normal design cycle) with 2 gamers & IP professionals who've educated on these topics for over 10 years.
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Learn about patents, copyrights, trademarks, & other forms of IP (and how they fit in a normal design cycle) with 2 gamers & IP professionals who've educated on these topics at gaming conventions for over 10 years. An overview of the most relevant forms of intellectual property available for game products and how to navigate (a) securing your company's IP registrations and rights, and (b) managing a game product's IP portfolio. Each discussed from the designer and the production/publisher perspectives. This seminar is a "IP Law 101" for Game Industry Professionals.
Making a TTRPG can be expensive, but its not impossible. This panel looks to provide some tips and tricks for creating games on a tight budget from industry veteran.
Puppet building pros with seriously great credits will talk about various puppet building techniques, such as the wedge method, flat patterning, sculpting, and more!
All puppeteers of color and allies are welcome to this seminar as we discuss the highs and lows of what it means to be a puppeteer from a different culture.
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While puppetry is a beautiful and inclusive artistry, in recent years, the push for visible racial diversity is at an all time high. This panel is a safe space to discuss what progress the puppetry community has made in making POCs (Puppeteers of Color) feel comfortable in creative spaces, as well as what the community needs to work on to make it that much more inviting to those who feel outnumbered in the room where it happens.
Writers and GMs are invited to consider ways their worlds could engage with sex, gender, romance, and more - and how they shape the characters who live in them. Open to LGBTQ+ folks and allies alike.
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Writers and GMs are invited to consider way their worlds could engage with sex, gender, romance, and more - and how they shape the characters who live in them. Open to LGBTQ+ folks and allies alike.
Ray Bradbury's Enduring Legacy In Modern Speculative Fiction
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Join us for a conversation about Bradbury's influence on modern spec fic and the formative influence Bradbury had on the authors' recent novels published by CLASH Books.
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Featuring: Daniel Kraus, Dr. Jason Aukerman, Errick Nunnally, Sheree Renée Thomas, T.J. Martinson, and in association with the Ray Bradbury Center of Indiana University
Bring your rules questions for Pathfinder and Starfinder and have them answered by designers!
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Having a compatibility crisis? Bring your Pathfinder Second Edition and Starfinder Second Edition rules questions to this interactive Q&A! Learn how to mix science fiction into your high fantasy (and vice versa) from the developers and designers of both systems!
Are you afraid of reading your work out loud? Want to better convey your story or poem to your audience? Let's make reading your work out loud a dynamic and memorable experience for your audience.
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Featuring: Brandon O'Brien, Bryan Thao Worra, C. S. E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, Karen Menzel née Bovenmyer