Ladies and Gentlemen, Genders of your Choice, Children of all Ages, Assorted Sentients and Sophonts,
Here’s my schedule for When Words Collide 2026. This is the stuff I’ll be actually doing. Basically, three low impact items, meet and greet, autographs and stuff. And three big items – Panels on AI, Presentations on Copyright and Contracts. You’ll find my notes on the big items on this website. Feel free to stop by and sit in. I’m very entertaining. If you’re very entertaining too, so much the better!
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Thursday, August 13, 2026; 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
MEET AND GREET MIXER
Attendance – Participants
Thomson Social Hub Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre St S,
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Friday, August 14, 2026; 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARGUMENT
Moderators: D.G. Valdron Presenters: Jason Pearce, Cleodel Khrishna, Alison McBain
Imperial Ballroom Five, Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre St S, Calgary,
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Friday, August 14, 2026; 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
A CRASH COURSE IN CONTRACTS FOR WRITERS
Presenter: D.G. Valdron
Imperial Ballroom Seven. Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre St S,
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Friday, August 14, 2026: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
AUTHOR SIGNINGS
Author: D.G. Valdron
Merchant Room, Imperial Ballroom One-Three Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre St S,
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Saturday, August 15, 2026; 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
A CRASH COURSE IN COPYRIGHT
Presenter: D.G. Valdron
Imperial Ballroom Seven. Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre St S, Calgary,
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Sunday, August 16, 2026: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
AUTHOR ALLEY, MERCHANT ROOM
Volunteer: D.G. Valdron
Merchant Room, Imperial Ballroom One-Three, Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre St S,
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Apart from this, I”ll be planning on wandering the halls, attending panels, striking up conversations and getting into trouble. No agenda, just relaxing, doing a little networking, enjoying the time off, taking in the sites and hanging out with people. If you see me, say hello. I’ll gladly chill out and chat with anyone.
Remember – I’m perfectly safe. I don’t bite. And if I do bite, the Convention has trained medical staff on hand for intervention, skilled in amputation, the Hotel has a Hazmat team standing by, so everything is completely safe and there’s nothing to worry about. The chances of contamination are negligible. And I’d like to point out, the whole Thunder Bay outbreak was contained in a matter of months, and there’s active planning to open up the area for human resettlement in the next few years, we learned a lot from that and are confident that things can be handled much more effectively. And anyway, your insurance is all paid up. So there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. You can come right up and talk to me like I was an actual human, and nothing apocalyptic will happen.
Probably.
If we’re old friends, do look me up, and send me a message through text, facebook or my emails, and we’ll schedule coffee. It’s always great to see familiar faces.