Four Days
Schedule
Two tracks of programming, staggered by 30 minutes so you can move between sessions. Draft schedule — subject to updates as paper submissions come in.
LecturePanelSocialPremiereSpecial EventWorkshop
Thursday
August 20
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Opening Event
Marriott Bar
6:15 PM
Pop-Up Museum Opening & Opening Remarks
CS Fullerton Campus
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Live Dickheads Podcast & PKD in Orange County Trivia
Campus
9:00 - 10:30 PM
Social Hour
Marriott Bar
Friday
August 21
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Track 1: Lectures
Campus
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Track 2: Panels
Campus
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Track 1: Panels
Campus
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Track 2: Lectures
Campus
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Track 1: Readings
Campus
2:30 - 4:00 PM
Track 2: Lectures
Campus
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Guest of Honor Interview: Sarah Langan
Campus
7:00 PM
Radio Free Albemuth — Play Table Read with Lisa Morton
Marriott
8:15 PM
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch — TV Pilot Table Read
Marriott
Saturday
August 22
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Track 1: Panels
Campus
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Track 2: Lectures
Campus
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Tim Powers — Guest of Honor, Live Dickheads Podcast Interview
Campus
1:30 - 4:00 PM
Bus Tour of OC PKD Sites
Orange County (paid)
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Free Writing SF & Horror Workshop
Campus
5:15 PM
Brian Evenson — Guest of Honor Interview
Campus
7:30 PM
Pink Beam Awards Ceremony
TBA
Sunday
August 23
8:30 - 10:30 AM
Brunch
TBA
11:00 AM
Closing Address
TBA
Afternoon
Tour of LA Sci-Fi Sites
Los Angeles
Note: Sessions are grouped thematically — VALIS/Exegesis deep dives, popular sci-fi, biography tracks. Final schedule TBD pending paper submissions.
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