Time Table
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Saturday 15:00～ |
Live Paint: Naoyuki Katoh at Hall |
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Saturday 15:30～ |
Autograph: Joe Haldeman, Naoyuki Katoh at Hall |
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Saturday 18：30～20：30 |
GoH Party at Plaza Hotel Urawa, 2nd Floor Banquet hall "Sakura-sou" We will have a party with Joe Haldeman and Naoyuki Katoh, mixing people with different languages, cultures, and generations. You may happen to see a different side of Guests of Honor. Come and join us with great food and good conversation. * You will need an additional fee to participate the party. |
Floor Map
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Program Guide
The information of program items are subject to change.
Room 7-9
- 11:00～ Opening program
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The Opening program is the very first program to start up Hal-con 2013.
We will introduce our Guests of Honor, our programs, and then will have a Quiz game with all attendees competing in teams. - Program Participants: Hal-con committee
- 12:00～ JAXA Program 'The achievement of the 'Daichi' satellite, and the status and the future of the 'Shizuku' satellite.
- This year's Hal-con is held in Saitama prefecture. In Saitama prefecture, JAXA's Earth Observation Research Center is operating in Hatoyama-cho. A researcher from Earth Observation Research Center will have a talk regarding 'Daichi' satellite and 'Shizuku' satellite. Earth Observation Research Center will be open to public on 11th May.
- Program Participants: Masato Ohki
- 14:00～ The 4th Sogen Science Fiction Short Story Contest Final Selection Meeting
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The final selection meeting of 'The 4th Sogen Science Fiction Short Story Contest' to select the aspiring new writer will be held at Hal-con, open to Hal-con members. The selection committee Nozomi Oomori, Sanzo Kusaka, and EnJoe Toh will evaluate the final nominees and announce the winners.
Program Participants: Nozomi Ohmori, Sanzo Kusaka, EnJoe Toh, Tetsuya Kohama (Tokyo Sogensha)
Room 3
- 12:00～ Super Time Space Con-Site Varicon
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The place where the chair is in is the Varicon con-site. This time I would like to reveal the untold stories of Varicon, and will have question from the audience. What happened during the preparation to the convention? The reason why the dead dog party is still not happening.....
Program Participants: Itsuki Mimori - 13:30～ KOICON ROOM, the 52 Japanese SF Convention
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In addition to explaining KOIKON, the 52 Japanese SF Convention, and the programming planned for it, we will introduce (useful?) information about Hiroshima where KOIKON will take place. With this information in-hand, KOIKON and Hiroshima will become more fun and interesting!… maybe.
Program Participants: KOICON Committee - 15:30～ A room of Local Conventions
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There are many small local SF conventions all around Japan. We will introduce these local conventions and how to enjoy them.
Program Participants: Shigeru Hayashida, etc
Room 4
- 12:00～ A room of Paranormal Romance
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Paranormal Romance is very popular in western world, however it is not so in Japan. We would like to introduce interesting Paranormal Romance novels and talk about it.
Program Participants: Hiller-may, Kyoko Ogushi - 13:30～ Get To Know the Guests of Honor
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This will be an interview of the two Guests of Honor designed to help you learn more about them. There will also be time set aside for them to take audience questions.
Program Participants: Joe Haldeman, Naoyuki Katoh - 15:00～ Interview with Gay Haldeman
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What's it like to live with a famous SF author? Aspiring writer Regina Glei will talk with Joe Haldeman's wife Gay about her exciting SF journey together with Joe.
Program Participants: Gay Haldeman,Regina Glei - 16:30～ Reading by Joe Haldeman
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Guest of Honor Joe Haldeman will read an excerpt from his novelettes in Hal-con Books 'Blood Sisters'.Japanese participant will also read translated Japanese version.
Program Participants: Joe Haldeman, Ikeda-Kun
Room 10
- 13:30～ Build The World
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Ever wanted to play god? Here's your chance!Along with your fellow HAL-CON members, design a world from scratch, from the physical formation of the planet to the civilizations that that evolve there.This year we will have more time to discuss.
Program Participants: Hal-con committee - 15:30～ The Association for the Advancement of Science Fiction and Fantasy Program, Bibliobattle
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We want children and young people to learn the joys of SF! We will help build the future generations of SF Fans by donating SF books to elementary school libraries and holding Bibliobattles with students. (A Bibliobattle is a competition to see who can give the best introduction of a book in a given amount of time.)
Program Participants: The Association for the Advancement of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Music room 5
- 13:00～ Sound of Anime
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The slim type television does not have good speakers. I would like to demonstrate the actual sounds of Anime using Bose Solo TV sound system playing several Anime Blu-ray packages.
Program Participants: Suguru Yoshikawa