Dragon*Con 2009

Here is my final schedule for Dragon*Con 2009:

Fri 04:00 pm: Autism and Vaccination – The Rumored Connection Location (Hilton Room 202): The latest issues regarding this controversy, how it started, and a primer for talking with someone who believes that the two are related.

Fri 05:30 pm: Books and Ideas Podcast – Live!(Hilton Room 204)?: Ginger Campbell, MD interviews NASA’s Les Johnson about his upcoming book “Paradise Regained”. Can space travel save planet earth?

Mon 10:00 am  Brazilianisms – Live! (Hilton Room 204)?: Kinsey Swartz brings his international podcast about an American living in Brazil, to Dragon*Con!?? Guests include Ginger Campbell, MD and Pamela Gay, PhD.

Mon 11:30 am: The Gender-Gap in Science – Myths and Realities? (Hilton Room 202)?: A look at current research on why boys and girls get into (and out of!) science and mathematics, and what can change things for the better.

Mon 01:00 pm: Holy War – The Discovery Institute’s Assault on Neuroscience?: CANCELED!!!

Mon 02:30 pm: When Things Go Wrong? (Hilton Room 204)?: Our annual session of podcasting horror stories. When things go from bad to wrong to worse in your podcasting process.