Event Schedule for 2026
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OC // Opening Ceremonies
Join our hosts, and introduce our partner Star Army, as we open our 8th Annual Khitomer Conference!
Presented By: Khitomer Hosts
1A // Writing for the Other
"The writer guides the way we imagine, but does not determine it."
Presented By: Beth (Sim Central)
1B // The Dark Side of Game Management
There's more to running a game outside of creating and running stories. Learn how to invest your time and energy wisely to cultivate success in your game.
Presented By: Greenfelt
2A // It’s Not Me, It’s You
Writing great character relationships
Presented By: Kim (Star Army)
2B // Realistic Engineering In A Star Trek World
It's easy to hand-wave and really make up some mumbo-jumbo to solve an engineering issue, but when you bring in Real Life solutions, you can turn a 'meh' solution into an amazing one!
Presented By: calypsoskyie (Pegasus Fleet)
3A // Care and Feeding of Artists
How to find and commission art of your RP characters
Presented By: Kim (Star Army)
3B // Large Scale Planning for Large Scale Conflict
Roleplaying mass battles with multiple sims effectively
Presented By: Ametheliana (Starship Kaiyō)
4A // Reliably Surprising and Surprisingly Reliable
Wes's best advice for game masters running
Presented By: Wes (Star Army)
4B // The Future of RPG SIMM Fan fiction writing, as we know it
How to stay active and relevent in the modern RPG ecosystem.
Presented By: Drydon (Bravo Fleet / 16th Fleet)
5A // Live RP Session
When you end up in the wrong universe...
Presented By: Wes (Star Army)
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Presented By: calypsoskyie (Pegasus Fleet)
6A // Using Google Sites to Make Content in Support of your Sim or Other Fiction Project
Maybe you’re writing your own story and you want it to be online in a place you can control. Maybe your sim has significant expanded lore and your Nova’s wiki just isn’t doing it justice. In this panel, Taral will show you how Google Sites can be used to host and/or enhance your fiction writing, and will demonstrate by creating a new site for one of his spin-off stories.
Presented By: Taral (Pegasus Fleet)
6B // Marines in Trek
Guide to making Marines beleivable in Trek.
Presented By: Sepandiyar (Obsidian Fleet)
7A // Where IC & OOC Meet
Join us for a cozy chat about how roleplaying has been a part of our lives and trade stories about how we've grown and developed from the experience of collaborative storytelling!
Presented By: Nikki (Obsidian Fleet)
7B // Clothes Make the Man
People judge a person’s character, status, and value based on their outward appearance and clothing. Join me for a conversation about uniforms, and what certain uniform designs can help tell us about a character.
Presented By: AlexM (Pegasus Fleet)
8 // Awards, Future Plans, and Reflections
The Khitomer Hosts will be presenting the annual Khitomer Peace Awards, along with sharing future plans and reflections for the Khitomer Conference.
Presented By: Khitomer Hosts and Star Army
CC // Closing Ceremonies
Reflect with the Khitomer Hosts and Star Army as the 8th Annual Khitomer Conference comes to a close.
Presented By: Khitomer Hosts and Star Army