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DATE: May 25-28, 2018 VENUE: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore MD Balticon 52 Program Book:       [Available] Read the Balticon 52 Pocket Program A.K.A Schedule of Events       Read the Balticon 52 Rocket Mail Friday Edition at Con Updates and News       Read the Balticon 52 Rocket Mail Saturday Edition at Con Updates and News       Read the Balticon 52 Rocket Mail Sunday Edition at Con Updates and News       Read the Balticon 52 Rocket Mail Monday Edition at Con Updates and News GoH: Catherine Asaro Special Guest:Neil Clarke, Editor Special Guest: Larry Niven ART GoH: Galen Dara Music GoH: Tim Griffin 2018 Compton Crook Award Winner: Nicky Drayden 2017 Compton Crook Award Winner:Ada Palmer 2017 Heinlein Award Winner: Neal Stephenson (Award accepted by his editor, Jennifer Brehl) Fan GoH: Filthy Pierre Balticon 52 Committee & Staff: Chair : Marv Zelkowitz Past Chair : Ann Marie Rudolph Vice Chair : Rodger Burns Treasurer : David Walter Secretary : Patti Kinlock Hotel Liaison : Dale Arnold Hotel Liaison Staff : Arnold Blumberg, Meridel Newton Communications Balticon Website : Marilyn Mix, Brian Groover Social Media Team : Matt Shogren, Chelsea Goldsmith Print Publications : Patti Kinlock, Nora Echeverria BSFAN Editor/Advertising : Patti Kinlock Signage : Sam Lubell Pocket Program : Gwyn Fireman Rocket Mail Editor : Brian Groover Promotional & Event DVDs : Eric “Dr Gandalf ” Fleischer Promo Loop Slideshow : Eric “Dr Gandalf ” Fleischer Promo Loop Assistant : Danielle Ackley-McPhail Operational Areas Registration Coordinator : Megan Allen-Kingsland Registration Assistant : Elspeth Dodge-Clark Registration Staff : Ben Allen-Kingsland, Jay Clark, Sarah Kilkowski, Brian Kilkowsski, Greg Seidman, Stephanie Wideman Registration Data Entry (Pre-Con) : Patti Kinlock Computer Services : Michael Rafferty, Brad Ackerman, Greg Seidman At-Con Services (Volunteers and Information Desk) Coordinator : Paul O’Neil At-Con Services Senior Staff : Muriel “Dr Mom” Hykes At-Con Services Staff : Kenn Breckenridge, Sharessa Elliott Accessibility Desk Coordinator : Ellen Montgomery Accessibility Desk Staff : Sarah Sexton BerserkerLair : Mykeal Spivey Ops & Security Head : Steve Clark Team Medical Dragon : Beth Kee, Morgan Kit Logistics Coordinator : Lisa Adler-Golden Tech Technical Director : Samuel Kopel Assistant Technical Director : Robert Markowitz Technical Director Assistant : Sarah Sexton Build Captain : Larry Schroeder Godfather of Tech Saint : Marty Gear Master Electrician : Matt Klein Lighting Designer : Liana Olear Sound Designer : Eric Honour Video Designers : Eric “Dr Gandalf ” Fleischer, Jeff Poretsky Program A/V Head : Matthew Shogren Head Rigger : Jennifer Logsdon Science Program Tech : Paul Loeschke Science Program Assistants : Lauretta Nagel, John Appel. Henry Meier Tech Staff : Techno-Fandom and a cast of thousands Events GOH Liaison : Ann Marie Rudolph BSFS Books for Kids Charity Auction Coordinator : Kelly Shannon Pierce Charity Auction Assistant : Jim Wilmering BSFS Books for Kids Liaison : Ben Allen-Kingsland BSFS Books for Kids Auctioneer : Eric “Dr Gandalf ” Fleischer Masquerade Director : Karen Purcell Masquerade Green Room : Stephen Bartosz, Kim Price Den Parents : Mitch Hemhuter Masquerade Master of Ceremonies : Carl Cipra Masquerade Judges-Presentation : Anastasia Holt, Marianne Pease, Heidi Hooper Masquerade Judges-Workmanship : Jeannette Holloman, Gaia Eirich Masquerade Judges' Clerk : Ron Robinson Masquerade Photographer : Ken Warren Fan Photography Wrangler : Bear Field Film Festival : Marv Zelkowitz Concerts : Gary Ehrlich Writers’ Workshop Coordinator : Steve Lubs Poetry Workshops Coordinator : Brian Groover Fixed Functions Hospitality/Con-Suite : Leigh Eirich, Denise Cutair Con-Suite Staff : Mark Roth, Will Kennard, Sam Hogan Program Participants’ Green Room : Eileen Shaivitz Art Show Director : Nora Echeverria Art Show Co-Director : Anna Scott Art Show Assistants : Meredith Martini, Susan Wheeler Art Show Auctioneer : Eric “Dr Gandalf ” Fleischer Art Show Staff : Brad Ackerman, Joni Dashoff, Robert Ferguson, Jennifer Lenhoff, Nicole Lenhoff, John McWilliams, Kayla Scott Dealers’ Room : Kelly Shannon Pierce Dealers’ Room Staff : Jim Wilmering Video Room : Thomas “the Red” Horman Anime Room : Leona Thompson Gaming Coordinator : Michelle Hymowitz Hal Haag Memorial Game Room : Eric “hymie” Hymowitz Miniatures Gaming : Chuck Rosenberg RPG Gaming : Greg Robin LARP : Karen Miden Artist Alley : Ann Marie Rudolph Fan Tables & Parties : Jasen Stengel Balticon Badges & T-Shirt Design : Nora Echeverria Sales Table : Patti Kinlock Sales Table Staff : Carol Reynolds, Sharessa Elliott Hall Costume Contest Photographer : Bruce Press Restaurants/Parking Discounts : Miriam Winder-Kelly Programming Coordinator : Lisa Adler-Golden Assistants to Coordinator : Rodger Burns, John Walker Scheduling Software Wrangler : Eric Gasior Mobile & Website Schedule Designer : Gwyn Fireman Program Track Leads: After Dark : Nobilis Reed Anime : Leona Thompson Art : Lisa Adler-Golden Autographs : Rodger Burns Book Launches : Lisa Adler-Golden Children's : Eta Hack Comics : Lisa Adler-Golden Costuming : Karen Purcell Fan : Lisa Adler-Golden Filk (and Other Musical Mayhem) : Gary Ehrlich, Emily Lewis Gaming : Michelle Hymowitz, Eric "hymie!" Hymowitz Kaffeeklatsches : Lisa Adler-Golden Literary : Gaelin “Bugsy” Bryant, Elektra Hammond Makers : Tom Jewell New Media : John Walker Poetry : Lisa Adler-Golden Readings : Rodger Burns Science : Miriam Winder-Kelly Special Events : Lisa Adler-Golden Skeptics : J.D. Mack Teaching with SF : Art Boorman Television/Film : Lisa Adler-Golden Video : Thomas “the Red” Horman Awards Administration Compton Crook Award Committee : Donna Dearborn, Nora Echeverria, Jonette Butler, Sam Lubell Compton Crook Award Judges : The Members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society Jack L. Chalker Young Writers’ Contest : Miriam Winder-Kelly, Ben Kingsland, Marv Zelkowitz, Amy Kaplan Poetry Contest Coordinator : Patti Kinlock Poetry Contest Judges : Vonnie Winslow Crist, Katie Hartlove Amateur Writing Contest Coordinators : Tim Paggi, David Vaughan Amateur Writing Contest Judges : Karlo Yeager, John Zaharick, Szu-Chien (Ben) Wang, Lesa Gould, Sarah Pinsker, Miriam Winder-Kelly, Dale Arnold Robert Heinlein Award Coordinator : Dale Arnold Robert Heinlein Award Judges : The Heinlein Award Committee Administration Computer Admins : Nora Echeverria, Eric Gasior, Michael Rafferty BSFS President : Dale Arnold BSFS Treasurer : Maria Thompson Visit Baltimore Liaison : Peter Eirich Just a Simple Tailor : Eric Gasior Balticon 52 Ancecdotes and stuff: If you have any information concerning this convention that you would like to see included here, please send it to "webmeister at bsfs dot org" and look for it to be published here!!

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