E komo mai! Welcome to the third annual HawaiiCon SEPTEMBER 15-18, 2016 We can’t wait to share everything we have been work- ing on all year with you, but first a few things to note: · Look over the schedule and plan ahead. Panels are all included in your Pass, but many special paid events (tours especially) fill up quickly and sell out! · Stay hydrated! There is so much awesome stuff happening you might forget, but drink up. Bring a water bottle, but if no can, most panel rooms have free water. · Having a blast? Buy tickets for next year now. This saves 40% and helps us put together an even bet- ter convention for our 2017 Star Wars and Whedon/ Espenson Celebration. · Post your pictures to Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook with #HawaiiCon. Our greatest joy after putting this on is to see your photos too! · Finally, Cosplay is not consent! Just because you want to touch, doesn’t mean you can. If you want to take a picture, ask first. We’re all family, so treat each other like your favorite brother or sister. Questions? The HawaiiCon Concierge Desk is op- posite the Registration area in the Mauna Lani main lobby. You can also book all extra goodies like tours and photo-ops there. Make sure to stay in touch via www.hawaiicon.com, on Facebook.com/HawaiiCon, Twitter@HawaiiCon, Snap- chat hawaiicon, and Instagram.com/HawaiiCon. Enjoy the Con and the beach! with much Aloha, The HawaiiCon ‘Ohana PROGRAM GUIDE Guest Stars’ Bios ............................................................ 2 Guest Scientists & Moderators ......................................9 Hotel Map & Floorplan ................................................11 HawaiiCon Master Schedule ......................................12 Panel and Event Descriptions ....................................16 Stars’ Schedules ...........................................................22 Gaming ...........................................................................24 Special Events ...............................................................26 Program Cover: Bill Morrison Program Design: Eve.Furchgott / Blue Heron Multimedia HawaiiCon 2016 1 hawaiiconSPECIAL GUE ST2016 STARS Fileena Bahris Fileena Bahris lives on the island of Maui and is the Co-Owner of Designs by Fileena Jewelry for Film & Television, and Madbahr Productions. Fileena is well known throughout the Film industry for her one of a kind Jewelry designs. After designing Jewelry for Star Wars Episode III, Revenge Of The Sith, the $6,000 Mace Windu-inspired “Shooting Star Collection” Official Star Wars Charity Necklace was donated for auc tion to help Artists for a New South Africa. Fileena began designing jewelry for Television and Film, as well as designing for the Academy Awards, Gold- en Globes, Grammys, Emmys, and Cannes Film Festival. Her work as a celebrity jewelry designer has been featured on MTV, Desperate Housewives, Gene Simmons Family Jewels and Big Bang Theory, to name a few. “Designs by Fileena” has been Featured in films such as Vice, Stuck, Crocs, The Ninth Cloud The Way, Never Surrender, Stuck and Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. Gina Kealiʻinohomoku “G.K.” Bowes The Voice of this Pacific Islander princess reigns supreme! Gina Keali’inohomoku “G.K.” Bowes is multi-talented voiceover actress whose performances can be heard every day on television, radio, film, animation, anime, video games, toys, and even amusement park rides! Her portfolio includes Senna in the anime movie Bleach: Memories of Nobody. She has provided the voice of Barbie for Mattel, Mairu Orihara in Durarara and Durararax2, the voice of Lupit in the highly acclaimed Marvel Comics anime series Blade, and the voice of Kiyal in several episodes of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. In addition to her characters in Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain, Resident Evil, Guild Wars 2, Dying Light, and the new Minecraft Story Mode, some of her other notable video game credits include the voice of Felicia in Marvel VS Capcom 3, the voice of Asuka Kazama in Street Fighter VS Tekken, Warachu in Neptunia, Kunoichi in Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi, Sun Shang Xiang in Dynasty Warriors and the new fan favorite Laura Matsuda in Street Fighter V. G.K. can also be heard in several episodes of Disney’s Phineas and Ferb, Special Agent Oso, Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, and their new series The Lion Guard. Sam Campos Born and raised in Hawai‘i, Sam was 14 years old when he conceptualized Pineapple Man. A decade later featured him in what would become a critically acclaimed comic books se- ries, and Sam went on to teach graphic and sequential art for the University of Hawai‘i. He’s also worked in television and film, doing fight choreography, costume and weapons design and storyboards. After picking up and going to work in Hollywood for a time, Sam returned home to develop Dragonfly, a supernatural martial arts series that takes place in Hawai‘i. The show combines the things he loved while growing up: action movies, Hawaiian legends and 2 science fiction. In the process, he pioneered the use of 3D rapid prototyping technology in costume fabrication. Founder of the Hawai‘i Hero Alliance, a group of costumed actors that spread Aloha to children and adults. Also founder of the Hawai‘i Comic Book Alliance, a group of Artists and pub- lishers. Though still busy with Pineapple Man and Dragonfly, Sam is working on other film projects, directing and editing music videos. Tatiana DeKhtyar Tatiana DeKhtyar is an actress, model and cosplayer, who hails from St. Petersburg, Rus- sia. She began modeling at the age of 14, then moved to America to pursue opportunities in acting. Formally trained in modeling, acting, dance and martial arts, she recently has come to the attention of the comic-con scene with her regular appearances on the You- Tube series “Super Power Beat Down” produced by Bat in the Sun, www.youtube.com/batinthesun which has won a Geeky Award for Best Web Series and was nominated for Best Action or Sci-Fi at the Streamy Awards. Bat in the Sun currently holds over 1.4 million YouTube subscriptions. Tatiana has also been featured numerous times in Cosplay Culture Magazine. Aaron Douglas Aaron Douglas is best known for his portrayal of Chief Galen Tyrol on Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica. Before joining the Battlestar cast, Aaron had roles on many films and TV shows including X-Men 2, iRobot, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Outer Limits and many, many more. Since Battlestar Galactica, we have found Aaron in his own show, The Bridge, and as the evil Bill Marsh on Hellcats. Aaron guest starred in an episode of Eu- reka, an episode of CBS’ Flashpoint, and in a couple of Syfy creature features, Ghost Storm and Killer Mountain, where Aaron is teamed, for the first time since Battlestar, with his good friend and former cast mate Paul Campbell. Most recently, Aaron played Sheriff Tom Sworn in Hemlock Grove and Evan Henderson in the Killing. Aaron does a lot of work for charities, and the majority of his efforts go to the Canadian Cancer Foundation and Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Kate Elliott Kate Elliott has been writing stories since she was nine years old, which has led her to believe that writing, like breathing, keeps her alive. As a child in rural Oregon, she made up stories because she longed to escape to a world of lurid adventure fiction. She now writes fantasy, steampunk, science fiction, and YA, including recent works Black Wolves, Court of Fives, and Cold Magic. It should come as no surprise that she met her future husband in a sword fight. When he gave up police work to study archaeology, they and their three children fell into an entirely new set of adventures amid dusty Mexican ruins and mouthwatering European pastry shops. Eventu- ally her spouse’s work brought them to Hawai‘i, where she took up outrigger canoe paddling. With the three children out of the house, they now spoil the schnauzer. Jonathan Frakes Jonathan Frakes is an American actor, author and director and is best known for his por- trayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Genera- tion and subsequent films. Having moved towards directing in recent years, Frakes di- rected and also starred in Star Trek: First Contact as well as Star Trek: Insurrection. Besides directing many of TNG television episodes, he also directed a number of shows for Leverage, Burn Notice, Castle, NCIS: Los Angeles and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Frakes also hosted the television series Be- 33 yond Belief: Fact or Fiction, challenging viewers to discern his stories of fact-based phenomena and fabricated tales. In June 2011, Frakes narrated the History Channel documentary Lee and Grant. He is also the author of a book called The Abductors: Conspiracy. Amy Hoff Amy Hoff spent years travelling across the United States, living out of cars and cheap motels. She was a weightlifter and streetfighter, collecting monster legends across the country. Eventually she left the USA and continued travelling around the world. She is now a folklorist and historian specialising in monsters. She has never owned more than what can fit into a backpack and a suitcase. She is also a model, actress, writer, and director. She founded a theatre company in Glasgow, Scotland, where she directed various cult classics for five years. She adapted Man in the Iron Mask and Good Omens for the stage. Cult Classic Theatre then became the foundation for her production company, Cult Classic Pictures. Her web series, Caledonia, about a police station in Glasgow run by monsters, has been nominated for awards at festivals all over the world. The third installment, a fantasy horror feature film entitled Burns Night, is currently in post-production. Manu Intiraymi Manu Intiraymi is best known as Icheb on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.