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Unofficial WisCon 43 Panel-Generation Post
Jan. 9th, 2019 08:21 pmHello! It's been a while since I've hosted one of these.
Comment with any thoughts you have, however semi-formed. One thread per panel, please.
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.
Things to know:
Here are a few thoughts to maybe get you going:
Programming recently posted a great blog post with an explanation of how to propose a panel. They also recommend now as a good time for updating your profile and inputting your availability, and provide instructions on how to do so.
Disclaimer: I am not on WisCon's Programming team and have no influence over their decision-making process. This is just a friendly place to generate some ideas and get them submitted!
Comment with any thoughts you have, however semi-formed. One thread per panel, please.
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.
Things to know:
- Not every panel idea that gets suggested ends up on the schedule. Programming typically has to cut about 50% of the panels due to space/time constraints.
- 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.
- The programming team edits panel titles/descriptions after they've been submitted. Sometimes they combine multiple panels on the same theme into a single panel.
- This year, the submission deadline is January 21st.
Here are a few thoughts to maybe get you going:
- Our Guests of Honor are Charlie Jane Anders & G. Willow Wilson. Which of their works do you want to talk about, and what kinds of themes?
- Are there any sci-fi or fantasy TV shows, movies, or anime that you've enjoyed this year?
- What about books? Ongoing comics, or manga?
- Which online conversations have you found the most interesting in the past year that you wish to revisit, or expand upon?
- Can we talk about how to document and preserve our fannish history when we keep having to pull up stakes and move house every few years?
Programming recently posted a great blog post with an explanation of how to propose a panel. They also recommend now as a good time for updating your profile and inputting your availability, and provide instructions on how to do so.
Disclaimer: I am not on WisCon's Programming team and have no influence over their decision-making process. This is just a friendly place to generate some ideas and get them submitted!
