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Conjecture is the 48th Australian SF Convention, and is due to be held in Adelaide, South Australia on the 5th – 8th of June, 2009. Inquiries should be directed to info@conjecture2009.org.

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NatCons 49 And 50

The 2010 NatCon, DudCon 3, will be held as part of the WorldCon in Melbourne, while the 2011 National Convention is to be held in Perth as SwanCon 36.
Awards

We’ve updated the Ditmar Awards page to show the list of winners. Congratulations to all of the winners, as well Rosaleen Love, who was given the A. Bertram Chandler Award, and especially local Sean Williams, this year’s winner of the Peter McNamara Award.
Fan Guests Of Honour – Steve And Catherine Scholz

Announcing our Fan Guests of Honour: Steve and Catherine Scholz.
Programme RC1

Release Candidate 1 of the programme is now available.
Friday, June 5
Saturday, June 6
Sunday, June 7
Monday, June 8
Voting For Ditmar Awards

Voting for the Ditmar awards is now open, with an online voting form and a downloadable pdf file.
CONJECTURE POLL

What is the best SF movie of all time?

Tremors
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

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Sunday, June 7, 2009
While it is always possible to see further refinement of this list, this represents the intended final programme for the convention (except as otherwise noted). Nevertheless, comments, volunteers and suggestions are always greatly appreciated, and can be sent to: info@conjecture2009.org

Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday

Track 1 Track 2 Children’s Track Workshops Special Events
9:00 Registration
What’s On Today (9:15 in the foyer)
9:30 Audio SF Gap Literature: Science Fiction and The Two Cultures Alien Masks Getting Published
10:00 Aussiecon 4 Climate, Energy & Geo-engineering
10:30 Wikipedia and Genre Fiction SF Papercraft
11:00 Break
11:30 Rising Sun Pictures The Women in Science Question: Lessons from Science Fiction Build a Tardis Business Meeting
12:00 EcoFutures
12:30 The Phantom Menace: 10 Years On Writing ghost stories for ghosts: science fiction, exegesis, cultural evolution, spectres of the future, and directions and problems with science fiction criticism Tardis Surprise
1:00 Lunch
1:30
2:00 ASFF Moral Ambiguity in the Dollhouse Vegetable Batteries
2:30 Julie E. Czerneda
3:00
3:30 Break
4:00 Norma K. Hemming Award Ian Nichols (Paper Presentation) Author Reading
4:30 Editors & Publishers The Future of Water and the Murray Darling Basin
5:00 Worldbuilding Hama Beads
5:30 Break Book Launch: “Horn” by Peter M Ball
6:00
6:30
7:00
7:30 TBC
8:00
8:30
Ditmar Awards Presentation

8:30
9:00
9:30
Movie Screening: “Family Demons” (Rated R)

10:00
10:30
Legend

Presentation
Interview
Panel
Event for Children
Formal Announcement
Notes

A number of workshops are being developed, but are awaiting final confirmation before being listed here
Even when nothing is specifically scheduled, the Children’s track will have a number of ongoing resources, such as books, DVDs and games
Author readings will be scattered throughout the programme, at times to be confirmed.