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Further Confusion 2020

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Meetups:
Miss your chance to submit a panel? Want to reserve a time for a group photoshoot? In addition to regular panels we are offering space around the convention center where attendees can host their own meetups. Click here to view the schedule and sign up for a time.

Map:
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11:00am PST

Bats LIVE!

This year the bat panel is joined by Corky Quirk: bat rehabilitator and expert, and founder of NorCal Bats. Come see live (yes, live!), local microbats. The projector ensures an up-close look at everyone's favorite flying mammal :O
Be ready to ask her your burning bat questions.

Speakers

Corky Quirk

Corky Quirk is the founder of NorCal Bats, an organization that provides care for injured bats and educational programs for libraries, school, nature programs, fairs and other events throughout the region. Corky has been working intensely with native bats since 2004 and has educated... Read More →

Drek the Bat

Hello! This is my 6th FC!! You may see me in my bat eyes and/or bat kigu :)I am here for fun times and to express my batty identity@Drekthebat on twitter and telegram

Friday January 17, 2020 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Hilton: Santa Clara

3:00pm PST

Get on the Fur-net (Amateur Ham Radio Intro for QTPOC and Friends)

This is a friendly introduction to amateur Ham radio! Get the tools - and get connected with the right folks - to join the Fur-net. Stay in touch with your friends in the wilderness, emergencies, or whatever your habitat. We will share what the hobby is about, why it is important for emergency preparedness, discuss equipment, what you can use it for, and demo some Furtalk.

Although we center the experiences of Queers, Transfolks, Women, Femmes, and Furries of Color in our workshop, all Furries (and friends) are welcome! Experienced Hams are welcome, however this workshop is built for Furries new to Ham radio and disaster response.

Speakers

Berry Pie

Berry Pie (she/her) loves growing things, baking pies, and being out in nature. She's always thinking about the impending apocalypse, and so has been learning the skills she and her community need to survive, like learning about long-distance communication once all the cell towers... Read More →

Fireline Coyote

A long time member of the furry community, he is best known as the coyote pushing a stroller full of bunnies.

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Gecke

Friday January 17, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Marriott: Almaden

3:00pm PST

Native and Indigenous Cultures

Tonya Song (O'otham) and Wolf (Comanche), & other guests present the rich and diverse Native cultures of North America through their many aspects such as art, music, dance, storytelling, and other mediums. In addition, they will talk on what life is like for Native people in the 21st century as well as Native people in the fandom. A Q&A will conclude the panel for any questions you've always been curious to ask about.

Speakers

Tonya Song

Tonya Song is an American Indian (O'otham) musician and composer. She also has worked serving Native communities in projects toward sovereignty, cultural preservation, social services, and human rights. In the fandom, she has gotten to be a part of many performances and projects but... Read More →

Wolf Kin

Friday January 17, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Hilton: Santa Clara

3:00pm PST

The Rad AF Animal Quiz Show

Join Little Bean Tiger, a writer and zoo worker, in a comedic Jeopardy-style quiz show all about the fandom's favorite species—and win rad plushies, art prints, stickers, and more! (She'll also let you touch a coyote skull and examine a binturong pawprint, if you ask nicely.)

Speakers

Little Bean Tiger

Little Bean Tiger (also known as Polaris Bear) is a writer, on-off zoo worker, social media/communications expert, and a thousand other random things that she's somehow accrued over the course of her adorably short life. You can find her on Twitter @chelseayrbff.

Friday January 17, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Marriott: Blossom Hill

5:00pm PST

Bunny Behavior Revealed!

Why does my bunny do that? Let's talk about what goes on under those long ears. They will surprise you with their intelligence and deep emotional attachments. They will thrill you with their antics.
(Live bunnies will be happy to demonstrate)

Speakers

Fireline Coyote

A long time member of the furry community, he is best known as the coyote pushing a stroller full of bunnies.

Sharon Hom

Presenter of the Bunny Panel since 2007.

Friday January 17, 2020 5:00pm - 6:30pm PST
Hilton: Santa Clara

7:00pm PST

Transhumanism in the Furry Fandom [18+]

A recurrent theme in cyberpunk fiction is the enhancement of the human body through technological means, otherwise known as transhumanism. This panel explores how transhumanist themes appear in furry fandom such as fursona creation, fursuit making, and art/writing.

Speakers

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brooke

Friday January 17, 2020 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST
Marriott: Willow Glen III

10:30pm PST

#TurntScience [18+]

In this ethanol-fueled scientific colloquium, come hear from sauced scientists themselves as they attempt to give a conference-style presentation about a specific subject relevant to their study while withstanding the wrath of a drinking game: #TurntScience

Speakers

Laz

Rocket Scientist

Hailing from Los Angeles, Laz is an aerospace engineer whose spent nearly a decade working on various programs in the aerospace industry. He also builds and flies his own high-power rockets. He currently works at Griffith Observatory bridging the gap between complex engineering ideas... Read More →

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Prof

Prof (they/them) is a mathecatician, educator, globepurrotter, and ocatrinist.

Friday January 17, 2020 10:30pm - Saturday January 18, 2020 12:00am PST
Marriott: Blossom Hill

11:00am PST

How to Build A Rocket!

Let's light this candle! There are very few things that can top the awesomeness of a rocket sending something to space, and we'll talk about what it takes for the really big ones to fly, but did you know: You can build your own rocket? This panel will cover the physics and design aspects of rockets in an easy to understand manner, and then show how you can join the ranks of high-power rocketry and start a build of your own!

Speakers

Laz

Rocket Scientist

Hailing from Los Angeles, Laz is an aerospace engineer whose spent nearly a decade working on various programs in the aerospace industry. He also builds and flies his own high-power rockets. He currently works at Griffith Observatory bridging the gap between complex engineering ideas... Read More →

Saturday January 18, 2020 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Marriott: Almaden

4:30pm PST

About Scuba Diving

A panel about how it was to get started into scuba diving as a recreational diver, and the journey into becoming a certified scientific research diver.

Speakers

Zed Shirogane

Third year UCSC student with a marine biology major. Been in the furry fandom for 4+ years, diving for 3 years.

Saturday January 18, 2020 4:30pm - 6:00pm PST
Marriott: Almaden

10:00pm PST

Drunk Zoology [18+]

The liquored-up narration of zoology fact and fiction, hosted by zoologist Dr. Wildlife. With an ever-changing assortment of special guests, Dr. Wildlife will guide attendees through crazy animal facts that seem too weird to be true as well as answer all those questions you would normally erase from your Internet history.

Speakers

Aery Kitty

Aery is a fursuiter, online entertainer and furry personality within the fandom. They lead curated, positive and multi-media forward social media accounts, and heading into 2020, they're excited to begin their youtube and twitch platforms! Their goal is to keep progressing their involvement... Read More →

Dr. Wildlife

Dr. Wildlife, often known as "Doc," is a queer and trans zoologist dedicated to enhancing science accessibility through work in zoos and aquariums. With over fifteen years of experience, Doc's global contributions range from rehabilitating injured seabirds in South Africa to tracking... Read More →

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Nasidoe

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vSabertoothv

Saber is a Canine King of vast and plentiful medieval kingdoms and ruler of all the lands that surround it. But when Saber isn’t being a huge looming king he’s also a Photographer in the fandom!

Saturday January 18, 2020 10:00pm - 11:30pm PST
Marriott: Blossom Hill

11:00am PST

Pluto: A New Horizon

We’ll cover the history the exploration of Pluto, why we explored it, how we did so with New Horizons and why, especially now that all of the highest quality data has been examined, it was such a mindblowing event, review the latest data from the flyby of Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth, and the fate of New Horizons in interstellar space.

Speakers

Laz

Rocket Scientist

Hailing from Los Angeles, Laz is an aerospace engineer whose spent nearly a decade working on various programs in the aerospace industry. He also builds and flies his own high-power rockets. He currently works at Griffith Observatory bridging the gap between complex engineering ideas... Read More →

Sunday January 19, 2020 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Marriott: Almaden

3:00pm PST

How to Pick'n'Buy PC Parts

A general informational panel on how to choose the best combination of parts for your PC. Whether you use it for gaming, editing, art, coding, or general-use, you'll learn what all the parts in a PC do so you can budget and/or splurge effectively on the right stuff!

Speakers

Balryk Bjorn

A techie fur with a passion for tinkering >:3!I know a lot about the hardware industry and can help ya navigate the whole mess! I'm also a big huggable Yeen~ catch me on telegram @Balryk !

Panel pdf

Sunday January 19, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Hilton: Santa Clara

5:00pm PST

Life in the Universe

Will we ever answer the ultimate question: Is there other life in the Universe? We’ll take scientific but easy to understand look into the discipline of astrobiology, explore the leading ideas as to what life off of Earth may be like, look over data from real-right-now missions like NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, and look to the future of the hunt for life off of Earth.

Speakers

Laz

Rocket Scientist

Hailing from Los Angeles, Laz is an aerospace engineer whose spent nearly a decade working on various programs in the aerospace industry. He also builds and flies his own high-power rockets. He currently works at Griffith Observatory bridging the gap between complex engineering ideas... Read More →

Sunday January 19, 2020 5:00pm - 6:30pm PST
Marriott: Almaden

10:00pm PST

Stepping Stones in Dreaming

A practitioners introduction to lucid dreaming. I believe lucid dreaming is learnable skill which holds benefits to the user. The panel covers an array of steps to reach a lucid dreaming state with a Q&A afterward.

Speakers

Ishaway Friestad

Ishaway

An illustrator of ethereal things, dreams and dream retention are important elements of my work. Normally I am found in the Dealers Den, selling my wears and artwork. I am giving a panel on Lucid Dreaming, a skill I believe is learnable and helpful for any person.

Sunday January 19, 2020 10:00pm - 11:30pm PST
Marriott: Almaden

10:00pm PST

What We Like After Dark [18+]

Come explore what we like as furries through the lens of the art site e621. Using more than 10 years of data from submissions and tags, supplemented by data from the Furry Survey we'll look at art, artists, species, characters, and media franchises.

Speakers

M

Makyo

Sunday January 19, 2020 10:00pm - 11:30pm PST
Hilton: Santa Clara