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laceblade ([personal profile] laceblade) wrote2013-06-13 11:03 am

Unofficial WisCon 38 Programming Idea-Generation Fest

Let’s talk about what we would like to see at WisCon 38 for programming, any topic.

Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! Anyone can suggest panel ideas: People who run the convention, authors, attendees, or people who have never attended WisCon and never will. Please feel free to join in!

If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in a discussion, you can submit your own panel idea here on WisCon's website.

Here's a link to the Dreamwidth post on which we came up with ideas for WisCon 37, specifically anime/manga programming. It's an example of how this works. Threaded comments FTW.


Things to know:
--Not every panel idea that gets suggested ends up on the schedule. For WisCon 37, programming chairs had to cut about 50% of the panels due to space/time constraints.
--Much closer to WisCon 38, people will be able to vote on WisCon's website for panels they'd like to attend, & also indicate their interest in being a panelist or a moderator. These votes matter.
--Programming minions edit panel titles/descriptions after they've been submitted. Sometimes they combine multiple panels on the same theme into a single panel.



Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
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[personal profile] oyceter 2013-06-14 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooo, I like this, especially the bit about what aspects of anime could SFF learn from? (I feel there's been more focus on what anime has taken from Western SFF in terms of epic fantasy and cyberpunk SF a la elves and cyborgs and etc., but possibly I am making this up?)
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[personal profile] starlady 2013-06-14 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that was what I was thinking!

TBH, I also sort of feel like if you say you like SFF and you don't watch anime…what is the deal with that?