A conversation with Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, two of today's most popular and genre-transcending authors.

Keynote: Non-traditional military SF, and the battlefield in the head.

Panelists: Susan Matthews, Kristine Smith

Keynote: The role of the outsider (as character or as author) in speculative and fantasy fiction.

Panelists: Dave Duncan, Teresa Edgerton, Guy Gavriel Kay, Juliet McKenna

Keynote: What is the future of SF? Visionary SF writers discuss the near and far future of SF, and the direction in which they think the genre is headed.

Panelists: Gregory Benford, Dennis Danvers, Rebecca Ore, Pamela Sargent, Michael Swanwick

Keynote: Authors discuss the impact of seminal fantasy works/ideas (e.g., Tolkien, the Arthurian legend, etc.) on their writing, and other influences — literary or other — from within and outside the genre.

Panelists: Teresa Edgerton, Sean Russell, Sheri S. Tepper, Martha Wells, Janny Wurts

Keynote: The importance of science and technology to SF

Panelists: Lois McMaster Bujold, Tony Daniel, Jack McDevitt, Maureen F. McHugh

Keynote: Employing history and alternative histories as springboards for fantastic fiction

Panelists: Guy Gavriel Kay, Susan Matthews, Sean Russell, Pamela Sargent

Keynote: Discussing the ongoing need to find innovative ways to see, think and explore in speculative fiction.

Panelists: Tony Daniel, Jeffrey Ford, Rebecca Ore, Kristine Smith

Keynote: How and why some authors choose to write both SF and fantasy, and the creative freedom this affords them.

Panelists: Lois McMaster Bujold, Dave Duncan, Michael Swanwick