The
Helicon 2 Programme
General programme
| Friday 29th March 2002 | ||||
| Auditorium | Golden | Giffard | Verclut (TV) | |
| 12:00 | ||||
| 13:00 | ||||
| 14:00 | What Is Fandom That Thou Art Mindful Of It? | |||
| 15:00 | The Terribly Splendid And Worthwhile Opening Ceremony | |||
| 16:00 | In The First Second Of Forever: The Big Bang | Looking Behind: Items Of Interest In The Year Since Paragon | Jersey Local History | |
| 17:00 | GoH: Peter Weston | |||
| 18:00 | Alternative History: An Overview | Is Nitpicking A Legitimate Critical Technique In SF? | ||
| 19:00 | The Right Stuff | Creation Myths | ||
| 20:00 | Beethoven's Slippery When Wet: What could have been done with modern kit? | An Alternate History of Fandom | ||
| 21:00 | Alternative History: Choosing A Point Of Departure | Shifting The Paradigm: How Science Changes | United Fan Fund Auction | |
| 22:00 | Fan Room 101: Harry Turtledove | |||
| 23:00 | Fannish Readings | Filking 'Til Dawn | Overnight Radio | |
| Saturday 30th March 2002 | ||||
| Auditorium | Golden | Giffard | Verclut (TV) | |
| 10:00 | Points of Departure: The Reformation | Gripe Session | ||
| 11:00 | Can You Hear Me At The Back? A History Of Convention Tech. | Fandom: 40's - 50's | Kaffeklatsch Peter Hamilton | Film Appreciation Workshop 2 |
| 12:00 | Points of Departure: The American Civil War | Customs, Traditions And Silly Games. | ||
| 13:00 | George Hay Memorial Lecture | If We Knew Then What We Know Now…: Futures That Are Past It | ||
| 14:00 | Evaluating Sources | Through Poverty To The Stars! Desperation at the root of progress. | ||
| 15:00 | GoH: Harry Turtledove | |||
| 16:00 | Book Auction | Fanzines Which Shaped The Age | Differences in Gender Reactions To Visual Media | |
| 17:00 | Book Auction | Things To Do With Chocolate. | Bead Workshop | |
| 18:00 | Assumptions, McGuffins & Dei Ex Machina | Insufficiently Advanced Science (Is Indistinguishable From Magic) | Fan Room 101: Brian Stableford | |
| 19:00 | Choosing The Best Of Fannish Writing. | |||
| 20:00 | Banquet (Starlight) | Is That Like Star Trek? Archetypes And How To Survive Them | ||
| 21:00 | ||||
| 22:00 | ||||
| 23:00 | Fannish Readings | Filking 'Til Dawn | Overnight Radio | |
| Sunday 31st March 2002 | ||||
| Auditorium | Golden | Giffard | Verclut (TV) | |
| 10:00 | Points of Departure: World War II | Gripe Session | ||
| 11:00 | Bid For Eastercon 2004 | Film: Can A Subtle Story Survive A Big Budget? | Film Appreciation Workshop 3 | |
| 12:00 | If This Goes On… "Near Future" Political Fiction | Guitars Before Breakfast: The Growth Of Filking | ||
| 13:00 | Beyond Cyberdome | The Technobabble Quiz | Kaffeklatsch Harry Turtledove? | |
| 14:00 | Do we want to be taken seriously? | Art Auction | ||
| 15:00 | When It All Changed: Defining Moments And Their Consequences | Checking Universal Constants. Build Your Own Reality Detector | Art Auction | |
| 16:00 | GoH: Brian Stableford | |||
| 17:00 | Future History: Reconciling Robots With The Foundation | The Rise Of Media Fandom (And The Decline Of Everything Else?) | ||
| 18:00 | The Consumers Guide To Superfluous Technology | Peake Poems | ||
| 19:00 | Large Amounts Of Masquerade Go Here | The Shape Of Things To Come: What Went Wrong? | ||
| 20:00 | BSFA Award Announcement | Should Scientists write Science Fiction? | ||
| 21:00 | Masquerade Awards | Future History: Inventing Politics | ||
| 22:00 | FanRoom 101: Peter Weston | |||
| 23:00 | Fanish Readings | Filking 'Till Dawn | Overnight Radio | |
| Monday 1st April 2002 | ||||
| Auditorium | Golden | Giffard | Verclut (TV) | |
| 10:00 | Gripe Session | |||
| 11:00 | Babylon5: Sic Transit Vir | Bored Mindless In Utopia | Kaffeklatsch | Film Appreciation Workshop 4 |
| 12:00 | Future History: Shaping The Universe | Not The Clarke Award | Art Auction 2 | |
| 13:00 | Did Vir Kill The Naan? | …And The Universe Will Explode For Your Pleasure! | Art/Book Auction 2 | |
| 14:00 | If I Ruled The Universe. | TV: Can Committees Cope With Consequences? | Book Auction 2 | |
| 15:00 | Tales Of The End Of Days | Coming to a Lounge Bar Near You. Local groups where are they and what do they do? | Kaffeklatsch | |
| 16:00 | GoH: Brian Stableford, Peter Weston & Harry Turtledove | |||
| 17:00 | Is That All There Is?: The Closing Ceremony | |||
| 18:00 | ||||
| 19:00 | What Do You Want Next Year Then? | |||
| 20:00 | ||||
| 21:00 | Dead Duck Party (Starlight??) | |||
| 22:00 | ||||
| 23:00 | ||||