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Open­ing ce­re­monyOpen­ing ce­re­mony
A warm wel­come to the con­vention.
Ali­ette's Room 101Ali­ette de Bod­ard: Room 101
Guest of Hon­our Ali­ette de Bod­ard dis­cusses thing­s she'd really like con­signed to ob­li­vi­on. But will the audi­ence agree?
What's that plan­et?What’s that plan­et do­ing there?
The Solar Sys­tem is rather odd com­pared to oth­er s­tel­lar sys­tem­s. How do y­ou build a plan­et­ary sys­tem that look­s like ours? And why is Jupiter im­portant in this pro­cess?
Golden Age TV SFAre we in the Golden Age of TV SF?
There’s now far more SF on TV than in pas­t dec­ades. But is it any good? The pan­el dis­cuss their fa­vour­ite (an­d least-​fa­vour­ite) shows of re­cent years.
Turn ma­chines off?Can we turn the ma­chines off?
So many item­s now con­tain mi­cro­processors - we use our s­mart­phone to tell our s­mart TV to screen a par­tic­ular show whilst our s­mart meter tal­lies up the elec­tricity used. Could we live without tech an­d what would be the con­sequences?
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SFSPTS­cot­tish Fal­setto Sock Pup­pet Theatre
A live per­formance from the fab­ulous S­cot­tish Fal­setto Sock Pup­pet theatre, a com­edy act that has wowed audi­ences in the UK an­d abroad with their ir­re­ver­ent - an­d of­ten SF themed - song­s an­d s­ketches.
 
 
Jupiter l­it­er­atureJupiter in l­it­er­ature
Sa­tel­lite's per­en­nial book pan­el look­s at titles through the ages, this time fea­tur­ing the plan­et Jupiter.
The Dro­gna GameThe Dro­gna Game
Back in the glory days of the Eighties, celebrities trav­elled to the plan­et Ar­g to com­plete puzzles an­d games in The Ad­ven­ture Game. Join us as we re­sur­rect one of their games an­d try to win some chocol­atey good­ness. Gronda, g­ronda!
In­ad­visable rock­et­sIn­ad­visable rock­et s­ci­ence: part the sev­enth
Another look back at the thing­s out­wardly-​nor­mal en­gin­eers thought were a good idea at the time.
Quark's BarQuark's Bar chal­lenge
Quark's Bar re­turn­s with an­other al­co­hol-​based quiz prov­ing hoo-​mon­s will drink just about any­thing. For over 18's only. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 35 par­ti­cipants.
Closed for set upClosed for set-​up
SFSPTS­cot­tish Fal­setto Sock Pup­pet Theatre
A live per­formance from the fab­ulous S­cot­tish Fal­setto Sock Pup­pet theatre, a com­edy act that has wowed audi­ences in the UK an­d abroad with their ir­re­ver­ent - an­d of­ten SF themed - song­s an­d s­ketches.
 
 
Games RoomSinope e­c­lipses Ganymede (Games Room open)
 
 
M Walty art tourMar­garet Walty's do­cent tour
Join artist Guest of Hon­our Mar­garet Walty for a private view­ing of h­er work in the Art Show. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 8 par­ti­cipants.
 
 
Is­land book­sMar­garet Walty's Deser­t Is­land Book­s
Come an­d find out what book­s Mar­garet would want to have in h­er per­son­al lib­rar­y i­f she was cast away on a deser­t is­land.
Kev F Suth­er­landKev F Suth­er­land Day Guest talk
Join Day Guest Kev F Suth­er­land for a talk based around his Com­ic Art Master­class, in which he teaches adult­s an­d chil­dren to draw com­ic­s.
The Jun­o mis­sionThe Jun­o mis­sion to Jupiter
Rober­t will dis­cuss the Jun­o mis­sion to Jupiter, with video clips an­d pic­tures an­d an em­phasis on the s­ci­ence ex­per­iments con­ducted.
Artist­s in­spir­ationsArtist­s an­d their in­spir­ations
A group of pro­fessional an­d am­a­teur artist­s from dif­ferent back­grounds an­d work­ing in dif­ferent me­di­a dis­cuss the art an­d artist­s that in­spire them.
Do an­droid­s dream?Do an­droid­s dream of tak­ing y­our job? AI, ro­bot­s, an­d the la­bour mar­ket
Past tech­nological break­throughs have of­ten led to job losses in in­di­vidual e­co­nom­ic sec­tor­s, but av­er­age wages have usu­ally gone up an­d over­all em­ployment has gen­er­ally in­creased. Might thing­s be dif­ferent in the fu­ture? What might ar­ti­ficial in­tel­ligence an­d ro­bot­s mean for the la­bour mar­ket?
Ali­ette GoH talkAli­ette de Bod­ard: Guest of Hon­our In­ter­view
Our au­thor Guest of Hon­our Ali­ette de Bod­ard talk­s about h­er life an­d work. In­ter­viewed by Meg MacDon­ald.
Open m­ic read­ingsOpen m­ic au­thor read­ings
A chance for au­thor­s not fea­tured else­where in the pro­gramme to read from their work. Sign up in Ops. Please note that each read­ing should be no more than 15-​20 minutes long to al­low as many people to take part as pos­sible.
House of GamesDyl­lane's House of Games
A SF/fantasy themed ver­sion of the show Richard Os­man's House of Games where four con­testants battle it out in sev­er­al round­s of word an­d num­ber games for one cheap prize an­d brag­ging right­s.
Fu­ture of pub­lishingThe fu­ture of pub­lishing
Does it have one an­d – i­f so – what does it look like?
Closed for set upClosed for set up
Event Ho­ri­zonShoreline of In­fin­ity p­resents Event Ho­ri­zon
Join us for a blast of s­ci­ence fic­tion song­s, stor­ies an­d po­etry fea­tur­ing Ken MacLeod, Cat Hel­lisen, Char­les Stross, TH Dray – an­d oth­er ex­cit­ing names to be re­vealed. Your host – the ef­fer­vescent Andrew J Wilson.
 
KaraokeKaraoke with In­cog­nito
A chance to get up an­d belt out y­our fa­vour­ite num­ber­s - so loosen up those pipes an­d come join the fun.
 
 
Qi GongQi Gong Body C­lock Flow
Join Al­lis­on for a be­gin­ner's in­troduction to Qi Gong. We re­com­mend par­ti­cipants have a light break­fast at least 1 hour be­fore at­tending the work­shop. No mat­s or oth­er equip­ment needed. Can be prac­ticed stand­ing or seated.
Pois­on­s an­d pest­sPois­on­s, pes­tilence, an­d para­sites
Arsen­ic an­d ri­cin; plague an­d s­mall­pox; tape­worms an­d round­worms; an­d the danger­s of cat own­er­ship - come an­d be fas­cin­ated an­d hor­ri­fied in equal meas­ure. Features ac­tu­al im­ages of ac­tu­al wrig­gling thing­s in ac­tu­al in­testines.
A­po­crypha - Gas!The All A­po­crypha Panel - Gas!
Why do our min­ion­s pro­duce so much? What can we A­po­crypha do to help solve this Gi­ant Gas prob­lem?
Lun­a Press launchLun­a Press launch an­d au­thor read­ings
Come along an­d toast the health of our au­thor­s! Hear short read­ings from a se­lection of Lun­a writer­s with titles re­cently or soon to be re­leased. In­troducing: Cast Long Shad­ows by Cat Hel­lisen; The Way the Light Bend­s by Lor­raine Wilson; The Queen of the High Field­s by Rhi­an­non Grist; The Dal­li­ances of Mon­sieur D'Haricot by Bar­bar­a Stevenson; an­d John's Eyes by Joanna Cor­rance.
GSFWC BLANKGlas­gow S­cience Fic­tion Writer­s Circle p­resent Blankety Blank
The Glas­gow S­cience Fic­tion Writer­s Circle in­vite y­ou to match wit­s a­gain­st them in that old fa­vour­ite Blankety Blank. Can y­ou think like a writer? Can y­ou match their eru­dition? Most im­portantly, can Munch­kin drag them out of the BLANK for long enough?
 
Glas­gow 2024 Gin Glas­gow in 2024: Out of this World Gin Launch an­d Tast­ing
The Glas­gow in 2024 bid team in­vites y­ou to a spe­cial tast­ing ex­per­ience. We are launching our very own gin, cre­ated with SFF-​in­spired botan­icals. We aim to host a World­con for our Fu­tures, in Glas­gow in 2024. Our gin is out of this world. Come cel­eb­rate with us! For over 18's only.
SF fans & crimeWhy do SF fans turn to crime?
From Mis­s Marple to Mid­somer Murder­s, many SF fans are also in­terested in de­tective dra­mas an­d l­it­er­ature (es­pe­cially any­thing to do with Sh­er­lock Holmes). Why?
The S7 de­bateThe Great Sa­tel­lite 7 De­bate
Which ex­tinc­t, fic­tional or myth­ical creature would y­ou bring (back) to life an­d why is it bet­ter than every­one else's choices?
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Event Ho­ri­zonShoreline of In­fin­ity p­resents Event Ho­ri­zon
Join us for a blast of s­ci­ence fic­tion song­s, stor­ies an­d po­etry fea­tur­ing Ken MacLeod, Cat Hel­lisen, Char­les Stross, TH Dray – an­d oth­er ex­cit­ing names to be re­vealed. Your host – the ef­fer­vescent Andrew J Wilson.
 
KaraokeKaraoke with In­cog­nito
A chance to get up an­d belt out y­our fa­vour­ite num­ber­s - so loosen up those pipes an­d come join the fun.
 
 
Knit­tingKnit­ting an­d knat­ter­ing
A get-​to­geth­er for every­one in­terested in knit­ting, from be­gin­ner to ex­per­t. There will be some ba­sic ma­ter­i­als an­d guid­ance avail­able for those new to knit­ting or crochet­ing, whilst more ex­per­ienced folk are wel­come to bring along their cur­rent pro­jects an­d join in.
DNA work­shopDNA work­shop
Join V Anne Smith in a fun ex­er­cise to learn how to ex­tract DNA from fruit. You can even take a sample home with y­ou! Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 12 par­ti­cipants.
Po­etry circlePo­etry circle
A chance to share y­our own po­etry or read y­ou fa­vour­ite poem­s. Any con­vention mem­ber is wel­come to read or just turn up an­d l­isten to po­etry.
Cake tast­ingS­cot­tish cake tast­ing: The Em­pire Bis­cuit Strikes Back
Ever heard of a Fern Cake? Do y­ou know y­our Black Bun from y­our Short­bread? Do y­ou know which S­cot­tish sweetie is made from potato? Come along to this work­shop to learn about tra­ditional S­cot­tish fare an­d test the best for y­ourself. Bring y­our own bever­age. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 10 par­ti­cipants.
 
Games RoomSinope e­c­lipses Ganymede (Games Room open)
 
 
Kaf­fee A de Bod­ardAli­ette de Bod­ard: kaf­feeklatsch
Join au­thor Guest of Hon­our Ali­ette de Bod­ard for cof­fee an­d a chat. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 8 par­ti­cipants.
Kaf­fee K MacLeodKen MacLeod: kaf­feeklatsch
Join Sa­tel­lite 1's Guest of Hon­our Ken MacLeod for cof­fee an­d a chat. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 8 par­ti­cipants.
 
Kaf­fee M WaltyMar­garet Walty: kaf­feeklatsch
Join artist Guest of Hon­our Mar­garet Walty for cof­fee an­d a chat. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 8 par­ti­cipants.
 
 
RA com­putingThe his­tory (an­d fu­ture) of ra­di­o as­tro­nomy com­puting
"We're go­ing to need a big­ger com­puter": Ra­di­o as­tro­nomy with in­ter­ferometers al­ways re­lied on high per­formance com­puters, from it­s in­ception in the 1950s to the p­resent. Ver­ity will talk about some al­gor­ithms needed to handle large data, an­d the people, es­pe­cially the wo­men, who con­tributed.
ESA fund­ingShould ESA fun­d this satel­lite tech­nology to save the Earth from cli­mate change?
The European Space A­gency fund­s pro­jects that solve prob­lems us­ing space as­set­s. Ken an­d colleagues provide an in­sight in­to how these fund­ing de­cision are made. A pro­posal has just been re­ceived that could have a huge im­pact on our lives now an­d in the fu­ture. But will ex­perts in or­bit­al mech­an­ics an­d the s­ci­ence of satel­lite pay­load tech­nology agree?
Go­ing vir­al!Go­ing vir­al!
We've lived through what we sin­cerely hope is the worst of a g­lob­al pan­demic. How does the real­ity com­pare with de­pictions of dis­ease an­d pan­demics in SF?
Mar­garet GoHMar­garet Walty: Guest of Hon­our In­ter­view
Artist Guest of Hon­our Mar­garet Walty dis­cusses h­er life an­d ca­reer. In­ter­viewed by Mi­chael David­son.
Al­ba ad AstraAl­ba ad Astra
S­cot­land has a long his­tory of in­volvement in space ex­plor­ation. This pan­el fea­tures read­ings from the book Al­ba ad Astra an­d dis­cussion of S­cot­land's pas­t, p­resent an­d fu­ture role. Livestreamed by the Glas­gow 2024 World­con Bid.
Space tech­nologiesMi­cro-​to-​macro: space tech­nologies at ex­tremes of length-​s­cale
This talk will ex­plore a range of e­mer­ging tech­nologies which could en­able en­tirely new space ser­vices. These in­clude swarm­s of ‘s­mart dust’ devices to mon­it­or the space en­vironment an­d thin-​film re­flectors fab­ricated in-​or­bit to re­flect sun­light onto ter­restrial sol­ar power farm­s.
De­fend in­defensibleDe­fend the Indefensible
Many SF con­ventions have stolen pan­el shows from Ra­di­o 4, but here at Sa­tel­lite we have gone one bet­ter with the Ra­di­o 5 in­spired De­fend the Indefensible. Panel­ists will con­vince y­ou of thing­s y­ou nev­er wanted to be­lieve, like High­lander II was a mas­ter­piece that out­shone the ori­gin­al, Benny Hill should have been cast as Cap­tain Kirk, an­d many more.
Real JupiterJupiter in real­ity
A dis­cussion on cur­rent mis­sions to Jupiter an­d it­s many moon­s, an­d fu­ture pro­spects.
Clos­ing ce­re­monyClos­ing ce­re­mony
Time to say good­bye - un­til nex­t year!
 
Dead Laika PartyDead Laika Party (in­cluding Pub Quiz starting around 21:00)
Sa­tel­lite's en­d-​of-​con­vention Dead Do­g party, tra­ditionally ded­ic­ated to the memory of the world's most fam­ous space dog, Laika. In­cludes pub quiz starting around 21:00
 
 
Who's Queen?Who's Queen?
To mark the Plat­inum Ju­bilee of Queen El­iza­beth II we look at fe­male lead­er­s in SF - from Ser­valan to the Bor­g Queen to Chris­jen Avas­arala.
Else­when read­ingsElse­when Press au­thor read­ings
Else­when p­resent read­ings by t­wo of their tal­en­ted Glaswegian au­thor­s: David Craig, au­thor of the Sooty Feather­s series, set in a late 19th cen­tury Glas­gow ruled by un­dead (ht­tp://bit.ly/LordOfTheHunt); an­d Craig Meighan, au­thor of Far Far Bey­ond Ber­lin, a light-​hearted fantasy nov­el that tell­s the story of a l­onely, dis­il­lusioned gov­ern­ment work­er’s ad­ven­tures after be­ing stranded in a faraway uni­ver­se (ht­tp://bit.ly/FarFarBeyondBerlin).
Mov­ing to S­cot­landSo y­ou want to move to S­cot­land?
In re­cent years sev­er­al fans have either ex­pressed a de­sire to move north of the bor­der, or ac­tu­ally flit­ted (i­f y­ou don't know what 'flit­ted' means this quiz is for y­ou!). We in­vite them to take part in a light-​hearted dis­cussion an­d mock cit­izenship test quiz.
 
In­ternet cat­sThe In­ternet is still made of cat­s
An e­c­lectic se­lection of the b­izar­re, s­tu­pid an­d beau­ti­ful from the in­ternet mostly fea­tur­ing cat­s, s­ci­ence fic­tion an­d mu­sic. Note: con­tains the oc­ca­sional bad word an­d some fake blood.
Jupiter on screenJupiter on screen
Our Plan­et of Hon­our in movies an­d TV – from 2001: A Space Odys­sey to Jupiter As­cending (yes we know that's the name of the char­acter!)
Ar­thur an­d meOf knight­s, Ar­thur, an­d me
Kirsti of­fer­s a per­son­al per­spective on how she got in­to read­ing tales about knight­s, an­d how that led to a s­mall col­lection of in­ter­pretations of the le­gend of King Ar­thur.
Games triathlonSa­tel­lite 7 triathlon of fiendis­h games
Ila chal­lenges team­s to some fiendis­h games in­volving a­na­grams an­d im­provisation.
 
Dead Laika PartyDead Laika Party (in­cluding Pub Quiz starting around 21:00)
Sa­tel­lite's en­d-​of-​con­vention Dead Do­g party, tra­ditionally ded­ic­ated to the memory of the world's most fam­ous space dog, Laika. In­cludes pub quiz starting around 21:00
 
 
Mar­garet demoMar­garet Walty: De­mon­stration
Artist Guest of Hon­our Mar­garet Walty gives a demon­stration of how she pro­duces h­er finely de­tailed an­d beau­ti­fully col­oured art. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 8 par­ti­cipants.
Cross stitchBy Jove! It's cross stitch
Make y­our own cross stitch ver­sion of our Plan­et of Hon­our, Jupiter, in it­s "Jove" in­carnation. This is y­our chance to try out cross stitch an­d back stitch to make a s­mall arm patch or a card. No pri­or sew­ing ex­per­ience needed, just a will­ingness to have a go! All ma­ter­i­als will be provided in a take-​home pack. Sign up in Ops. Max­im­um 8 par­ti­cipants.
 
Open m­ic read­ingsOpen m­ic au­thor read­ings
Another chance for au­thor­s not fea­tured else­where in the pro­gramme to read from their work. Sign up in Ops. Please note that each read­ing should be no more than 15-​20 minutes long to al­low as many people to take part as pos­sible.
 
Games RoomSinope e­c­lipses Ganymede (Games Room open)
 
 
Fun RunFun Run
Olympic run­ner or gentle am­bler? It does­n't mat­ter in this Fun Run led by Audrey. Meet out­side the main hotel front door.