Les Johnson

STEM / Author

Les is a physicist, author, and NASA technologist. He has been a LibertyCon GoH 3 times, winner of the Phoenix Award, and was featured in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic. Les leads two NASA space missions, holds 3 patents, and is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Day	Start	Rooms	Name of Event	Description Small Text
Fri	3:00 PM	CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)	Space Update	Les Johnson moderates this update on what has happened in the past year in Space, and what might happen in the coming years.
Fri	5:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Opening Ceremonies	Come one, come all to Opening Ceremonies!
Fri	10:00 PM	CC - Mtg Room 5 (Main Event Programming)	UFOs	Panel discussion on UFOs led by Dr. Ben Davis.
Sat	11:00 AM	CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)	The Space Elevator - Is it Doable?	Les Johnson moderates this discussion on the feasibility of building a working Space Elevator.
Sat	2:00 PM	CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)	Baen Travelling Road Show	Toni Weisskopf will be running the crowd through the best of what's going on in the Baen universe in this perennial event. (And there will be giveaways!)
Sat	5:00 PM	CC - Mtg Rm 6 (Science Track)	Interstellar Research Group (IRG) (Formerly TVIW) Update	Interstellar Research Group (IRG) (Formerly TVIW) will provide a discussion of their past activities and upcoming symposia in Texas and Luxembourg during their yearly update. Stephen Euin Cobb moderates.
Sat	7:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors/Artists Alley	Authors/Artist Alley: Casey Moores, Les Johnson, Gray Rinehart, Tom Mays, David Alan Jones, Geoffrey Mandragora	Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!
Sat	10:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Mad Scientist Guest of Honor Edition Roundtable	Roundtable discussion of various and timely science topics moderated by Les Johnson. This is a remarkable panel dating back to the earliest LibertyCons. Everyone gets a say but no one gets to say too much. This year the participants will be the current STEM GOH and 4 Past Science Guests of Honor.
Sun	10:00 AM	M - Plaza Ballroom A/B	Kaffeeklatsch	Come out for a cup of coffee with the pros!
Sun	12:00 PM	M - Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine - Authors/Artists Alley	Authors/Artist Alley: Lyndie Ferguson, D. Jason Fleming, A.C. Dawn, Shami Stovall, Marina Fontaine, Les Johnson	Come by the Author's/Artist's Alley to chat, buy a book or get an autograph!

Tomorrow's Hope

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Les Johnson

STEM / Author

Tomorrow's Hope

A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars

The Spacetime War

Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World

The Founder Effect

Worlds Long Lost

The Ross 248 Project

Give Me LibertyCon

Les Johnson

STEM / Author

Tomorrow's Hope

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A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars

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The Spacetime War

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Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World

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The Founder Effect

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Worlds Long Lost

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The Ross 248 Project

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Give Me LibertyCon

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