ConArchives > WillyCon 5 (April 4-6, 2003)

—Guests of Honor:

Author: Wil McCarthy
Artist: Lucy A. Synk
Fan(s): John and Belinda Jamison

—The Convention's T-Shirt Design

—The Convention's Poster

—Oops! Electronic Photo Album from the convention not available at this time due to lack of planning - we'll look for pictures...

—Programming Samples:

• Both our artist and author held workshops for budding authors and artists!
• We had the the Masquerade Show, managed by Fan GoHs John and Belinda, with prizes given away!
• We had an excellent Art Show and Auction!
• "Becoming a Science Fiction Author" - Wil McCarthy
• "From Dragons to Dinosaurs - how an SF illustrator became a natural history muralist" - Lucy A. Synk
• "The State of Nebraska/Kansas/Missouri Fandom" - John Jamison, Justin Lewis, Josh Hesse, et. al.
• "Quantum Dots and Programmable Matter" - Wil McCarthy
• "Astronomy Visualization Tools for the Internet" - Dr. Kevin Lee, UNL
• "Urban Rise versus Suburban Sprawl, past Predictions and Present Environmental Conditions" - Dr. Barbara Hayford, WSC
• "Robotics: Into the Body" - Dr. Paul Karr, WSC
• "Euphoria - Just say NO to complicated programming languagesl" - Lori Nicholson
• "Stalking the Wild Mundane" - Terry Hickman and Gene Stewart
• "Genetics - Our Genes, Our Choices: Who Gets to Know?" - Dr. Paul Karr, WSC
• "Mourning the Loss of Farscape" - Jodie Meyer
• "History of Science Fiction" - Stan Gardner
• And of course, gaming was clearly in evidence, with the addition of a Vampire LARP!
• Filksinging, children's programming, and the Planetarium Show also made appearances.