Schedule
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FUTURE·CON▸2021
PROGRAM AND PANELS
Watch this year's edition on the FUTURE·CON YouTube channel as well as ALCIFF's channel and Facebook live
FRIDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER
1st Panel | 6h in Santiago | 7h in Brasilia | 12h in Rome | 14h in Dubai | 18h in Beijing
UNITED FUTURES OF AFRICA: A Whole Continent Rising to the Global Conversation. Themes and elements of contemporary Science Fiction from African countries
Cheryl S. Ntumy (Ghana/ Botswana)
Dilman Dila (Uganda)
Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald (Nigeria)
Mame Bougouma Diene (US/Senegal/France)
Tlotlo Tsamaase (Botswana)
Fábio Fernandes (Brazil, host)
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2nd Panel | 9h in Santiago | 10h in Brasilia | 15h in Rome | 17h in Dubai | 21h in Beijing
IS THE FUTURE A WESTERN IDEA? How Language Shapes the Future
César Santivañez (Peru, host)
David Bowles (United States)
Eliana González (Paraguay)
Malka Older (United States)
Uwe Post (Germany)
Xia Jia (China)
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3rd Panel | 12h in Santiago | 18h in Rome | 20h in Dubai | 0h+ in Beijing
WILL FOOD OUTSMART US? Science Fiction Books on Food: How Nutraceutics, Augmented Substances and Other Innovations Are Affecting The Way We Sustain Ourselves?
Francesco Verso (Italy, host)
Jana Bianchi (Brazil)
Lauren Beukes (South Africa)
Lavanya Lakshminarayan (India)
Salik Shah (India)
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4th Panel | 15h in Santiago | 21h in Rome | 23h in Dubai | 3h+ in Beijing
NATIVE INNOVATION: Decolonize the Present and Imagine Your Own Future. How Science Fiction Can Free The Future from the Forces That Are Steering It Towards the Dominant Global Culture?
Allison Mills (Canada/US)
Gautam Bhatia (India)
Mame Bougouma Diene (US/Senegal/France)
Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez (Colombia, host)
Steph Troeth (Malaysian Borneo/Australia/Canada/UK)
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5th Panel | 17h in Santiago | 23h in Rome | 1h+ in Dubai | 5h+ in Beijing
CLIMATE INJUSTICE: Meteotopias Around the Globe. Who Controls the Weather Controls the Future?
Ana Rüsche (Brazil, host)
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay (India/Norway)
César Santivañez (Peru, host)
Gabriela Damián Miravete (Mexico)
Seran Demiral (Turkey)
Vandana Singh (United States/India)
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SATURDAY 4th SEPTEMBER
1st Panel | 6h in Santiago | 12h in Rome | 14h in Dubai | 18h in Beijing
ARAB FUTURISM: Geoengineering Mindscapes
Cristina Jurado (Spain, host)
Emad El-Din Aysha (Egypt)
Fadi Zaghmout (United Arab Emirates/Jordan)
Khadijah Aljabri (Saudi Arabia)
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2nd Panel | 9h in Santiago | 15h in Rome | 17h in Dubai | 21h in Beijing
POSTHUMOUS POSTHUMANITY: What’s Beyond The Human Species? Augmentation, Hybridization and Externalization; New Identities Arising in Contemporary Science Fiction
Aliette de Bodard (France)
Chen Qiufan (China)
Daniela Guzmán (Mexico)
Renan Bernardo (Brazil)
Victor Ocampo (Singapore/Philippines)
Leonardo Espinoza Benavides (Chile, host)
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3rd Panel | 12h in Santiago | 18h in Rome | 20h in Dubai | 0h+ in Beijing
ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE: Ruins, Smartcities and Indigenous Solutions in Building A Space to Live In
Gu Shi (China)
Hugo Espinoza (Peru)
Lavanya Lakshminaryan (India)
S. B. Divya (United States)
Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez (Colombia, host)
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4th Panel | 15h in Santiago | 21h in Rome | 23h in Dubai | 3h+ in Beijing
WHAT PUNK ARE YOU? Past, Present and Future Trends in Anti-capitalists Science Fiction
Fábio Fernandes (Brazil, host)
Jay Springett (UK)
Nicoletta Vallorani (Italy)
Pepe Rojo (Mexico)
Samit Basu (India)
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SUNDAY 5th SEPTEMBER
1st Panel | 7h in Santiago | 12h in Rome | 14h in Dubai | 18h in Beijing
ARTIFICHINA: The Way of Da(Ta)o. Is Big Data a New Path to Enlightenment or a Stairway to Algorithm Hell?
Chen Qiufan (China)
Congyun 'Mu Ming' Gu (China/United States)
Tang Fei (China)
Zhang Fan (China)
Xia Jia (China, host)
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2nd Panel | 12h in Santiago | 17h in Rome | 19h in Dubai | 23h in Beijing
TRADUTTORE-PROMOTORE: Please, Get These Books Closer to Your Language. A Translator’s Round-Table to Find Out Which Book To Translate Next!
Chiara Cigarini (Italy)
Diego Cepeda (Colombia)
Emily Jin (China)
Iana A. (Brazil)
Rachel Cordasco (United States)
Fábio Fernandes (Brazil, host)
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3rd Panel | 16h in Santiago | 21h in Rome | 23h in Dubai | 3h+ in Beijing
FUTURE MATTERS: Small Presses and Magazines Doing Big Things
Cristina Jurado, SuperSonic (Spain, host)
Eliana González, Constelación (Paraguay)
Francesco Verso, Future Fiction (Italy)
Libia Brenda, Odo Ediciones (México)
Mazi Nwonwu, Omenana (Nigeria)
Sergio Motta, Mafagafo (Brazil)
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4th Panel | 18h in Santiago | 23h in Rome | 1h+ in Dubai | 5h+ in Beijing
PANAMERICANA: Próxima parada en la ciencia ficción americana (In Spanish)
Gabriela Damián Miravete (México, host)
César Santivañez (Perú)
Karen Andrea Reyes Barrera (Colombia)
Leonardo Espinoza Benavides (Chile)
Martín Felipe Castagnet (Argentina)
Toni Moraes (Brazil)
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