Schedule of Events
Each year, our team assembles four days jam-packed with the best in panels, workshops, and events to keep you in geek nirvana.
And now it’s here! The Norwescon 47 schedule of events! Get the rundown of every event happening all weekend long with our full event listings! Time to start planning!
New to Norwescon and not sure where the Cascade, Evergreen, Olympic, or other rooms are? See the hotel map on this page to get your bearings and you’ll be navigating the convention like you’ve been with us for years in no time!
Still being worked on, but coming soon: the daily grids, this year’s Guidebook app link, adding YouTube links to the schedule of streaming events for remote viewing, our program book and pocket programs, and (during the con) our daily ‘zine!
Hotel Map
Daily Schedules and Descriptions
Thursday, April 17
Friday, April 18
Saturday, April 19
Sunday, April 20
Once again, we have a stellar lineup of panels and events planned for your convention weekend. Have fun digging in and planning your time at Norwescon 47!
Streaming Panels and Events
If you can’t make it to Norwescon and would like a taste of what we have to offer (or are attending and need a little quiet time in your room but still want to see the con), we are streaming the following panels and events on our Twitch or YouTube channels! No account is needed to watch on either service, but a Twitch account is necessary to participate in the Twitch chat.
Panels being streamed to Twitch are now listed! Events being streamed to YouTube will be added soon.
Thursday, April 17
Presented by BritCon: Doctor Who: The Best Non-Earth Locations 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m. GMT)- Who Needs Gravity Wells? 3 p.m. PDT (6 p.m. EDT / 10 p.m. GMT)
- Poetry and Speculative Fiction 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT / 11 p.m. GMT)
- Young Adult: The Age of Moral Ambiguity 5 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT / midnight GMT)
- Women World Builders 7 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT / midnight GMT)
- Fan Love in the Time of Algorithms 8 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT / 1 a.m. April 18 GMT)
Friday, April 18
- The Next Truly Historic Achievement in the History of Human Spaceflight? 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT / 5 p.m. GMT)
- Readers and Writers: Who Reads YA? 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. GMT)
- Memorable NPC Design Noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. GMT)
- Patterns are Just a Suggestion 1 p.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. GMT)
- Words of Wonder: Intro to Speculative Poetry 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m. GMT)
- Digital Art Programs 3 p.m. PDT (6 p.m. EDT / 10 p.m. GMT)
- The Enduring Epic Journey 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT / 11 p.m. GMT)
- Deep Talk about Small Talk 5 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT / midnight GMT)
- Ranking Animation Across Generations 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT / 1 a.m. April 19 GMT)
- Worldbuilding: Military 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT / 2 a.m. April 19 GMT)
- Northwest Speculative: Norwescon Reading 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. EDT / 3 a.m. April 19 GMT)
Saturday, April 19
- Werewolf Torts and Undead Tax Liabilities 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT / 5 p.m. GMT)
- More than Words: Music, Characters, and Community 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. GMT)
- Turning Emotions into Art Noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. GMT)
- New Nukes Next Door 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT / 8 p.m. GMT)
- But That’s Not Fair! 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m. GMT)
- Ensemble Casts 3 p.m. PDT (6 p.m. EDT / 10 p.m. GMT)
- My Blood Suck King 4 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. EDT / 11 p.m. GMT)
- Transitioning From Traditional to Digital Art 5 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m. GMT)
- What is a “Person?” 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT / 1 a.m. April 20 GMT)
- Ready, Steady, Flash! 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT / 2 a.m. April 20 GMT)
- Characterization: Pushing Fictional People Beyond Their Limits 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. EDT / 3 a.m. April 20 GMT)
Sunday, April 20
- Star Trek: No Contact 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT / 5 p.m. GMT)
- Fanfiction and Original Writing 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT / 6 p.m. GMT)
- Do We Really Need to Go to the Moon as a Steppingstone to Mars? Noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. GMT)
- Failing Your Way into a Better Idea 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT / 8 p.m. GMT)
- Representing a Genre in a Gaming System with Game Mechanics 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m. GMT)