Annalee Newitz Panels Day Start End Title Description Location Panelists Friday 5:00 PM 5:50 PM Reading: Annalee Newitz PETOSKEY Annalee Newitz Friday 7:00 PM 7:50 PM Opening Ceremonies Welcome to ConFusion Through the Looking Glass! Please join our ConChair and our Guests of Honor, Kate Elliott, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl, Annalee Newitz, and James Breakwell, along with our Special Guest, courtesy of Subterranean Press, Jim Butcher! Hear about all the exciting stuff you can expect from them, and us, this weekend! Dessert Reception to follow shortly after Opening Ceremonies conclude! BIG TOP Amy Sexsmith, Annalee Newitz, James Breakwell, Jim Butcher, Kate Elliott, Gail Cross, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl Saturday 11:00 AM 11:50 AM Kaffeeklatsch with Science GOH Annalee Newitz Join our Pro Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS. CLUB LOUNGE Annalee Newitz Saturday 2:00 PM 2:50 PM Limitations of Space There are still parts of the Universe that will be forever inaccessible to us , no matter the technology. Let’s talk about what we will never find there! SAUGATUCK Bob Trembley, Connie Trembley, Karen Burnham, Annalee Newitz Saturday 4:00 PM 4:50 PM Autograph Session (4 PM) Come meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.) ST. CLAIR Amal El-Mohtar, Annalee Flower Horne, Annalee Newitz, Carl Engle-Laird, David Anthony Durham, Delilah S. Dawson, Diana Rowland, Dominik Parisien, Dyrk Ashton, Ferrett Steinmetz, James Breakwell, James L. Sutter, Jason Sanford, Jason Sizemore, Jim Butcher, Jim C. Hines, Julia Rios, Mark Oshiro, Michael J. DeLuca, Michael R. Underwood, Monica Valentinelli, Mur Lafferty, Nisi Shawl, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Sara Dobie Bauer, Sarah Gailey, Scott H. Andrews, Seleste deLaney / Julie Particka, Stacey Filak, Suzanne Church, Tracy Townsend Saturday 5:00 PM 5:50 PM Star Wars: The Last Jedi as a Cast Study in Storytelling Our panel of writers discusses the structure, pacing, characters, themes, and world-building in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Also the swords, floaty rocks, and tiny fluffbeasts. ISLE ROYALE Amal El-Mohtar, Annalee Flower Horne, Annalee Newitz, Delilah S. Dawson, Julia Rios, Nisi Shawl Saturday 6:00 PM 6:50 PM Robots vs. Fairies Reading Join us to listen to authors from the Robots vs. Fairies anthology from Saga Press read from their work! BIG TOP Dominik Parisien, Jim C. Hines, John Scalzi, Max Gladstone, Navah Wolfe, Sarah Gailey, Delilah S. Dawson, Annalee Newitz Sunday 12:00 PM 12:50 PM The Robots are Here! 2018 is the year that robots officially took over. This panel will serve a guide on how to best appeal to your robot overlords. ISLE ROYALE Andrea Phillips, Annalee Newitz, Curtis Potterveld, Tracy Townsend Sunday 3:00 PM 3:50 PM Closing Ceremonies Come say goodbye to our Guests of Honor and Special Guests, and learn what we might have in store for you for next year! BIG TOP Amy Sexsmith, Annalee Newitz, Gail Cross, James Breakwell, Jim Butcher, Kate Elliott, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl