| Program For Alan Stewart | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Zombie Flesh Eaters Ate my Baby! | The many forms of zombiism. Are they just misunderstood souls with a penchant for long pig? | Robert Hood | Robert Stephenson | Kirsytn McDermott | Alan Stewart | Panel | ||
| Program For Alessio Bresciani | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | Where the futurists got it wrong | Aaah, the 21st century at last. But where's my personal rocket pack, and why doesn't my mobile work in Hall's Gap? | Joel Shepherd | Stuart Mayne | Alessio Bresciani | Panel | |||
| Program For Andrew Macrae | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The lure of the apocalypse | Whether it's The Rapture you're after or something darker, there's just something so nice about contemplating the "end times". Why? | Andrew Macrae | Cat Sparks | Robert Hood | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Program For Angela Rosin | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 17:00-18:00 | Fandoms in Europe and Australia: Getting Up and Getting Down | GUFF sends fans between Australia/NZ and Europe. Damien and Juliette tell of their adventures meeting fans across northern Europe in 2005. English fan Ang Rosin talks of her current trip to Australia to meet fans here. | Angela Rosin | Juliette Woods | Damien Warman | Panel | |||
| Program For Avi Bernshaw | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sun 12:00-13:00 | Making a Business from Comics | Craig Hilton | Fred Gallagher | Avi Bernshaw | Panel | AV | |||
| Conference 3 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Otaku-Rama, Cool Japanese and Korean Madness | Anime, film, TV, Japanese pop culture in general. Korean genre films. | Terry Frost | Avi Bernshaw | Media | AV | |||
| Program For Cat Sparks | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Conference 1 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The lure of the apocalypse | Whether it's The Rapture you're after or something darker, there's just something so nice about contemplating the "end times". Why? | Andrew Macrae | Cat Sparks | Robert Hood | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Program For Cath Ortlieb | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 19:20-20:00 | Opening night ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Conference 3 | Sat 17:00-18:00 | Teen Angst | Why can't kids be happy? Abuse, death, family separations, poverty, isolation and alienation. Why can't teenage YA characters have normal, fulfilling lives? | Catherine Smyth-McMullen | Lucy Sussex | Cath Ortlieb | Panel | |||
| Conference 3 | Sat 20:00-21:30 | The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 | Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | |
| Conference 3 | Sun 11:00-12:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy in the School Curriculum | Where and what is it? Should we be excited or disappointed? | Ian Nichols | Sue Bursztynski | Cath Ortlieb | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 13:00-14:00 | Grumpy old fans | Old fans talk about the fandom of today and what's wrong with it. In the style of the TV show Grumpy Old Men. | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Cath Ortlieb | Terry Frost | Ian Nichols | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Mon 11:00-12:00 | Cath Ortlieb Fan Guest of Honour Speech | Cath Ortlieb | Special | ||||||
| Conference 1 | Mon 15:00-15:30 | Closing ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Program For Catherine Smyth-McMullen | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 17:00-18:00 | Teen Angst | Why can't kids be happy? Abuse, death, family separations, poverty, isolation and alienation. Why can't teenage YA characters have normal, fulfilling lives? | Catherine Smyth-McMullen | Lucy Sussex | Cath Ortlieb | Panel | |||
| Program For Charles Spiteri | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Writing for the screen | Why it's so different from writing for print. | Charles Spiteri | Paul Kidd | Mark Shirrefs | Claire Mckenna | Panel | ||
| Program For Chris Barnes | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sun 12:00-13:00 | Lay down your mystical amulet and grab hold of this! | Medieval battle, like life, was nasty, brutish and short. Learn what it was really like to lift a bloody big sword. | Chris Barnes | Paul Kidd | Stuart Mayne | Panel | |||
| Program For Claire Brialey | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from | It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? | Robert Stephenson | Claire Brialey | Dianne de Bellis | Paul Haines | Keith Stevenson | Panel | |
| Program For Claire McKenna | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Foyer | Sun 19:00-19:30 | Orb issue #7 launch and The Liminal pre-movie cocktails | Orb speculative fiction magazine is back, and The Liminal has arrived. Celebrate the launch of the starship issue #7 with its spaceworthy authors and artists, along with the cast and crew of the new film, over complementary drinks and nibbles. | Sarah Endacott | Claire McKenna | authors | actors and artists | Special | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 19:30-21:00 | The Liminal - twenty tentacles, a bucket of slime and a Handycam | Over a year in the making, using all the resources of Bunnings, Spotlight and eBay at her command, Claire McKenna is proud to bring you in glorious colour, the first-time screening of a man, a squid-girl, and technology gone wrong. | Claire McKenna | cast and crew | Special | AV | |||
| Program For Claire Mckenna | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Writing for the screen | Why it's so different from writing for print. | Charles Spiteri | Paul Kidd | Mark Shirrefs | Claire Mckenna | Panel | ||
| Program For Craig Hilton | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 13:00-14:00 | How to Create a Comic Strip | Presentation. Craig Hilton takes you from an idea, a blank sheet of paper. and a fat texta to a finished strip. (Dealers room.) | Craig Hilton | Presentation | FC | ||||
| Conference 2 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | I hate my cover! | What sells and what does not. What is "commercial art"? | Isobelle Carmody | Craig Hilton | Dave Freer | Panel | |||
| Conference 3 | Sun 12:00-13:00 | Making a Business from Comics | Craig Hilton | Fred Gallagher | Avi Bernshaw | Panel | AV | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | A Tag-team, Create Your Own Space Opera Session | Audience suggestions for a space opera. Narrated by Paul Kidd and illustrated by Craig Hilton. Wacky and zany fun. | Paul Kidd | Craig Hilton | Panel | FC | |||
| Program For Damien Warman | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 17:00-18:00 | Fandoms in Europe and Australia: Getting Up and Getting Down | GUFF sends fans between Australia/NZ and Europe. Damien and Juliette tell of their adventures meeting fans across northern Europe in 2005. English fan Ang Rosin talks of her current trip to Australia to meet fans here. | Angela Rosin | Juliette Woods | Damien Warman | Panel | |||
| Program For Dave Cake | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | A second life - why would I want one? | Second Life, World of Warcraft, Everquest... what's the attraction of these burgeoning virtual worlds? What do people do there? Who's making a living from them - and in them? What does this mean for real-world economics, human relationships and our very notion of what is real? | Russell Blackford | Dave Cake | Paul Poulton | Panel | AV | ||
| Conference 3 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Wild Palms | A Brian de Palma TV series made in the 1980s set in 2007. Its reaction to Reagonomics in the 80s is a powerful message in post 9-11 America. Bizarre and studied madness. | Terry Frost | Dave Cake | Panel | AV | |||
| Conference 3 | Sat 16:00-17:00 | Digital Rights | Free downloads of art, music, books and software. Is it a good thing? | Trish Smyth | Dave Cake | Dave Freer | Panel | AV | ||
| Conference 2 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Orc Liberation Front | Are the Orcs a racist stereotype? | Jane Routley | Dave Cake | Dave Freer | Panel | |||
| Program For Dave Freer | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 19:20-20:00 | Opening night ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Conference 3 | Sat 16:00-17:00 | Digital Rights | Free downloads of art, music, books and software. Is it a good thing? | Trish Smyth | Dave Cake | Dave Freer | Panel | AV | ||
| Conference 3 | Sat 20:00-21:30 | The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 | Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | |
| Conference 2 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | I hate my cover! | What sells and what does not. What is "commercial art"? | Isobelle Carmody | Craig Hilton | Dave Freer | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 14:40-15:00 | "Pyramid Power" - Dave Freer | Reading - humour. "My Kingdom for a Norse." The alien Krim battle humanity in a world of Norse myth... with Thor on a 12-point plan, and the midgard serpent wrestling with anorexia. Mytholgy, misadventure and bad puns. | Dave Freer | Reading | |||||
| Conference 1 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Approaching the craft | Just how do you get from flash of inspiration to finished novel? The paths can be many and strange. | Isobelle Carmody | Dave Freer | Kate Forsyth | Paul Kidd | Ian Irvine | Panel | |
| Conference 2 | Sun 17:00-17:20 | "A Mankind Witch" - Dave Freer | Reading - humour. A pagan relic has been stolen. Princess Signy stands accused of magical murder and theft. Cair, captured and enslaved by the Norse, does not believe in this superstious claptrap. But he will rescue her, if he has to take on Grendel himself. | Dave Freer | Reading | |||||
| Conference 2 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Orc Liberation Front | Are the Orcs a racist stereotype? | Jane Routley | Dave Cake | Dave Freer | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Mon 15:00-15:30 | Closing ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Program For Dianne de Bellis | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Conference 3 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from | It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? | Robert Stephenson | Claire Brialey | Dianne de Bellis | Paul Haines | Keith Stevenson | Panel | |
| Program For Donna Hanson | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 12:00-13:00 | Are we just the 51st state? | Is there such a thing as a distinctive Australian voice in speculative fiction? And if so, what in tarnation is it? | Russell Blackford | Jack Dann | Donna Hanson | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Program For Fred Gallagher | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 19:20-20:00 | Opening night ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Foyer | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Megatokyo Q&A | (Dealers room.) | Fred Gallagher | Special | |||||
| Conference 3 | Sat 20:00-21:30 | The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 | Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | |
| Conference 1 | Sun 11:00-12:00 | Fred Gallagher Guest of Honour Speech | Fred Gallagher | Special | FC | |||||
| Conference 3 | Sun 12:00-13:00 | Making a Business from Comics | Craig Hilton | Fred Gallagher | Avi Bernshaw | Panel | AV | |||
| Foyer | Sun 13:00-14:00 | Piro - Megatokyo signings | (Dealers room.) | Fred Gallagher | Special | |||||
| Conference 1 | Mon 15:00-15:30 | Closing ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Program For George Ivanoff | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sun 14:20-14:40 | "Nigella and the Clockwork Man" - George Ivanoff | Reading - horror. From Shadow Plays (edited by Elise Bunter). | George Ivanoff | Reading | |||||
| Conference 2 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Inspirational Journeys | Fans and writers talk about the stories they read in their early years which gave them their sense of wonder, and how those tales inspired their own work in the field. | Jane Routley | George Ivanoff | Richard Harland | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The YA format - shh, don't tell the parents | Just what can you get away with in a YA novel, what is still "taboo", and should we be concerned? | George Ivanoff | Kate Forsyth | Sue Bursztynski | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Mon 11:00-12:00 | Themed or Unthemed - what is the better type of anthology? | Are themed collections just gimmicks? Does a theme expand or limit a writer's outuput? Is "Australian" a theme? Authors, editors and readers discuss the relative merits of each approach, reflect on their experiences and show off some famous examples. | George Ivanoff | Sarah Endacott | Robert Hood | Nicole Murphy | Panel | ||
| Program For Gillian Polack | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Where are the new dangerous visions? | Have SF and fantasy gone safe and sound to avoid alienating the mainstream audience? Where are the risky, edgy works in the fields of politics, sexuality, racism and real-world issues? | Jack Dann | Lucy Sussex | Gillian Polack | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | World building 101 | Ready to create new worlds? Great! But are you sure you've thought of everything? | Ian Irvine | Gillian Polack | Robert Stephenson | Keith Stevenson | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Sat 16:00-16:30 | Eating Ancient Food: historical foodways for writers, readers, fans and chocolate lovers | How can food hold societies together and split them asunder? Why should writers pay attention to it? Gillian illustrates her talk with anecdotes about butchers, suicidal ancient Roman gourmands, and a sample of medieval viagra. | Gillian Polack | Presentation | |||||
| Conference 2 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Subvert the Dominant Paradigm | Alternatives to epic Europe-derived fantasy can still be found. Which are the best and what can they teach us about breathing new life into the genre? | Jenny Blackford | Glenda Larke | Joel Shepherd | Gillian Polack | Panel | ||
| Program For Glenda Larke | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Is fantasy really about good verus evil? | Tansy Roberts | Glenda Larke | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Subvert the Dominant Paradigm | Alternatives to epic Europe-derived fantasy can still be found. Which are the best and what can they teach us about breathing new life into the genre? | Jenny Blackford | Glenda Larke | Joel Shepherd | Gillian Polack | Panel | ||
| Program For Graham Garfield | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | Anthology of Interest and Dark Carnival Short Film Collection | Brilliance on a budget! Shorts on a shoestring! Barnard's Star Productions proudly presents some of the best and most imaginative of recent Australian-made science fiction short films for your viewing enjoyment and critique. | Graham Garfield | Media | AV | ||||
| Program For Ian Irvine | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | Harry Potter - hero or zero? | Is JK Rowling's creation the gold standard of YA fiction, or just another hack-written burnt offering? | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Sue Bursztynski | Ian Irvine | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | World building 101 | Ready to create new worlds? Great! But are you sure you've thought of everything? | Ian Irvine | Gillian Polack | Robert Stephenson | Keith Stevenson | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sun 12:00-12:30 | How to Promote your Book | So, you sold your idea to the publisher and the book's in print. But there are thousands of new titles out there, so how do you make yours rise above the competition and generate some real sales? | Ian Irvine | Presentation | AV | ||||
| Conference 1 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Approaching the craft | Just how do you get from flash of inspiration to finished novel? The paths can be many and strange. | Isobelle Carmody | Dave Freer | Kate Forsyth | Paul Kidd | Ian Irvine | Panel | |
| Program For Ian Nichols | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Conference 1 | Sat 11:50-12:10 | "Son et Lumiere" - Ian Nichols | Reading. Complete short story from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (2007). Does a person choose to live without joy, without all the things which give him pleasure, which make him what he is, or to die as a whole person? The choice is light, then dark, or dwindling grey for much longer. How much is colour worth to you? Music? Taste? How much? | Ian Nichols | Reading | |||||
| Conference 2 | Sat 16:30-17:00 | Fiddlin' with History | Are alternative histories just parody, or are there some deeper literary or other purposes to them? | Ian Nichols | Presentation | |||||
| Conference 3 | Sun 11:00-12:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy in the School Curriculum | Where and what is it? Should we be excited or disappointed? | Ian Nichols | Sue Bursztynski | Cath Ortlieb | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 13:00-14:00 | Grumpy old fans | Old fans talk about the fandom of today and what's wrong with it. In the style of the TV show Grumpy Old Men. | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Cath Ortlieb | Terry Frost | Ian Nichols | Panel | ||
| Program For Isobelle Carmody | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 19:20-20:00 | Opening night ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Conference 1 | Sat 11:30-11:50 | "The Man Who Lost His Shadow" - Isobelle Carmody | Reading. From Dreaming Down-Under (edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb). | Isobelle Carmody | Reading | |||||
| Conference 1 | Sat 14:00-15:00 | Isobelle Carmody Guest of Honour Speech | Isobelle Carmody | Special | ||||||
| Conference 3 | Sat 20:00-21:30 | The Australian SF (Ditmar) Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians for work published or released during 2006 | Ditmar Awards Presentation Ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | |
| Conference 2 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | I hate my cover! | What sells and what does not. What is "commercial art"? | Isobelle Carmody | Craig Hilton | Dave Freer | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Sun 12:30-12:50 | "The Dove Game" - Isobelle Carmody | Reading. From Gathering the Bones (edited by Jack Dann, Ramsey Campbell and Dennis Etchison). | Isobelle Carmody | Reading | |||||
| Conference 1 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Approaching the craft | Just how do you get from flash of inspiration to finished novel? The paths can be many and strange. | Isobelle Carmody | Dave Freer | Kate Forsyth | Paul Kidd | Ian Irvine | Panel | |
| Conference 3 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | A Talk with Isobelle Carmody | Richard Harland talks with Isobelle Carmody about writing, fantasy and fiction for young readers. Plus anything else under the sun. A couple of readings are strongly predicted, and a cat's tail and ears are almost guaranteed! | Isobelle Carmody | Richard Harland | Panel | ||||
| Conference 1 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Looking for the hook? | Do authors consciously look for a hook to catch the reader? Can you have too many hooks? Authors and readers discuss. | Isobelle Carmody | Lucy Sussex | Pamela Freeman | Joel Shepherd | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Mon 12:00-13:00 | Keeping it Real | A talk focused on good characterisation. Speculative fiction sometimes favours world building over character building. But world building is only another kind of characterisation, and without good characters, there is no deep connection with a reader. | Isobelle Carmody | Presentation | |||||
| Conference 1 | Mon 15:00-15:30 | Closing ceremony | Isobelle Carmody | Fred Gallagher | Cath Ortlieb | Dave Freer | committee | Special | ||
| Program For Jack Dann | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Conference 2 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Where are the new dangerous visions? | Have SF and fantasy gone safe and sound to avoid alienating the mainstream audience? Where are the risky, edgy works in the fields of politics, sexuality, racism and real-world issues? | Jack Dann | Lucy Sussex | Gillian Polack | Panel | |||
| Conference 3 | Sat 12:00-13:00 | Are we just the 51st state? | Is there such a thing as a distinctive Australian voice in speculative fiction? And if so, what in tarnation is it? | Russell Blackford | Jack Dann | Donna Hanson | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sat 16:00-17:30 | Creativity - the Improbable Aircraft - Mark Shirrefs and Jack Dann | A discussion about creativity as it applies to science fiction and fantasy in film and novels. A screening of the Academy Award nominated film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello from Mark Shirrefs, a reading from Jack Dann's bestseller The Memory Cathedral. Mark and Jack will also be discussing their exciting new projects. Plenty of giveaways. | Jack Dann | Mark Shirrefs | Jenny Blackford | Panel | AV | ||
| Program For Jane Routley | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | What are the big cliches of fantasy? | What are the big cliches of fantasy? Do you avoid them, use them or exploit them? | Jane Routley | Jenny Blackford | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Sun 14:00-14:20 | "Melded Child" - Jane Routley | Reading - fantasy. Sequel to the Three Sisters published pseudonymously under the name Rebecca Locksley. Yani, eldest of the Three Sisters, has been kidnapped and the trial leads back to Necromancers in Miraya. But is the trail too obvious? | Jane Routley | Reading | |||||
| Conference 2 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Inspirational Journeys | Fans and writers talk about the stories they read in their early years which gave them their sense of wonder, and how those tales inspired their own work in the field. | Jane Routley | George Ivanoff | Richard Harland | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Orc Liberation Front | Are the Orcs a racist stereotype? | Jane Routley | Dave Cake | Dave Freer | Panel | |||
| Program For Jason Nahrung | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Foyer | Sat 19:00-20:00 | Dark Space - Marianne de Pierres and The Darkness Within - Jason Nahrung | Hachette Livre Australia invites you to celebrate the launch of two exciting new books. Refreshments will be provided. | Marianne de Pierres | Jason Nahrung | Hachette Livre | Special | |||
| Program For Jenny Blackford | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | What are the big cliches of fantasy? | What are the big cliches of fantasy? Do you avoid them, use them or exploit them? | Jane Routley | Jenny Blackford | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sat 16:00-17:30 | Creativity - the Improbable Aircraft - Mark Shirrefs and Jack Dann | A discussion about creativity as it applies to science fiction and fantasy in film and novels. A screening of the Academy Award nominated film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello from Mark Shirrefs, a reading from Jack Dann's bestseller The Memory Cathedral. Mark and Jack will also be discussing their exciting new projects. Plenty of giveaways. | Jack Dann | Mark Shirrefs | Jenny Blackford | Panel | AV | ||
| Conference 2 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Subvert the Dominant Paradigm | Alternatives to epic Europe-derived fantasy can still be found. Which are the best and what can they teach us about breathing new life into the genre? | Jenny Blackford | Glenda Larke | Joel Shepherd | Gillian Polack | Panel | ||
| Program For Joel Shepherd | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | Where the futurists got it wrong | Aaah, the 21st century at last. But where's my personal rocket pack, and why doesn't my mobile work in Hall's Gap? | Joel Shepherd | Stuart Mayne | Alessio Bresciani | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 17:40-18:00 | "Sasha" - Joel Shepherd | Reading - fantasy. From Sasha Volume I of A Trial of Blood and Steel by Joel Shepherd. A sneak preview of this soon-to-be-released exciting new epic. | Joel Shepherd | Reading | |||||
| Conference 1 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Looking for the hook? | Do authors consciously look for a hook to catch the reader? Can you have too many hooks? Authors and readers discuss. | Isobelle Carmody | Lucy Sussex | Pamela Freeman | Joel Shepherd | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Subvert the Dominant Paradigm | Alternatives to epic Europe-derived fantasy can still be found. Which are the best and what can they teach us about breathing new life into the genre? | Jenny Blackford | Glenda Larke | Joel Shepherd | Gillian Polack | Panel | ||
| Program For John Richards | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Outland - "Max has a shameful secret... he's a science fiction fan..." | The Ditmar-nominated short film Outland. A gay comedy of geek shame played at film festivals around the world. Followed by a Q&A with the film makers. Stars Adam Richard, Wes Snelling, Scott Brennan, Narrelle Harris and Anthony Menchetti. | John Richards | Media | AV | ||||
| Program For Juliette Woods | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 17:00-18:00 | Fandoms in Europe and Australia: Getting Up and Getting Down | GUFF sends fans between Australia/NZ and Europe. Damien and Juliette tell of their adventures meeting fans across northern Europe in 2005. English fan Ang Rosin talks of her current trip to Australia to meet fans here. | Angela Rosin | Juliette Woods | Damien Warman | Panel | |||
| Program For Justin Ackroyd | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 12:00-13:00 | Fannish Auction | Items on auction will be sold by individuals or by the Fan Funds: GUFF, DUFF, FFANZ and NAFF. Justin Ackroyd as auctioneer. | Justin Ackroyd | auction helpers | Special | ||||
| Program For Kate Forsyth | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Approaching the craft | Just how do you get from flash of inspiration to finished novel? The paths can be many and strange. | Isobelle Carmody | Dave Freer | Kate Forsyth | Paul Kidd | Ian Irvine | Panel | |
| Conference 3 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The YA format - shh, don't tell the parents | Just what can you get away with in a YA novel, what is still "taboo", and should we be concerned? | George Ivanoff | Kate Forsyth | Sue Bursztynski | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Program For Keith Stevenson | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | World building 101 | Ready to create new worlds? Great! But are you sure you've thought of everything? | Ian Irvine | Gillian Polack | Robert Stephenson | Keith Stevenson | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sat 18:00-18:30 | I wish I'd thought of that! | Just how difficult is it to be creative, to come up with something shockingly new? This is not a "seven-step plan", but it just might fan an ember or two out there. | Keith Stevenson | Presentation | FC | ||||
| Conference 3 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from | It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? | Robert Stephenson | Claire Brialey | Dianne de Bellis | Paul Haines | Keith Stevenson | Panel | |
| Program For Kirsytn McDermott | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Zombie Flesh Eaters Ate my Baby! | The many forms of zombiism. Are they just misunderstood souls with a penchant for long pig? | Robert Hood | Robert Stephenson | Kirsytn McDermott | Alan Stewart | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | Slippage on the Liminal | True horror is found in those moments of spooky hesitation, where the familiar slips into something else. | Rjurik Davidson | Robert Hood | Paul Haines | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The lure of the apocalypse | Whether it's The Rapture you're after or something darker, there's just something so nice about contemplating the "end times". Why? | Andrew Macrae | Cat Sparks | Robert Hood | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Fantasy's dark cousin | Dark fantasy - that's where the really innovative stuff in the genre is going on. | Kirsytn McDermott | Lucy Sussex | Richard Harland | Miranda Siemienowicz | Panel | ||
| Program For Lucy Sussex | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Where are the new dangerous visions? | Have SF and fantasy gone safe and sound to avoid alienating the mainstream audience? Where are the risky, edgy works in the fields of politics, sexuality, racism and real-world issues? | Jack Dann | Lucy Sussex | Gillian Polack | Panel | |||
| Conference 3 | Sat 17:00-18:00 | Teen Angst | Why can't kids be happy? Abuse, death, family separations, poverty, isolation and alienation. Why can't teenage YA characters have normal, fulfilling lives? | Catherine Smyth-McMullen | Lucy Sussex | Cath Ortlieb | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Looking for the hook? | Do authors consciously look for a hook to catch the reader? Can you have too many hooks? Authors and readers discuss. | Isobelle Carmody | Lucy Sussex | Pamela Freeman | Joel Shepherd | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Fantasy's dark cousin | Dark fantasy - that's where the really innovative stuff in the genre is going on. | Kirsytn McDermott | Lucy Sussex | Richard Harland | Miranda Siemienowicz | Panel | ||
| Program For Lucy Zinkiewicz | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | Harry Potter - hero or zero? | Is JK Rowling's creation the gold standard of YA fiction, or just another hack-written burnt offering? | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Sue Bursztynski | Ian Irvine | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 13:00-14:00 | Grumpy old fans | Old fans talk about the fandom of today and what's wrong with it. In the style of the TV show Grumpy Old Men. | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Cath Ortlieb | Terry Frost | Ian Nichols | Panel | ||
| Program For Marianne de Pierres | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Foyer | Sat 19:00-20:00 | Dark Space - Marianne de Pierres and The Darkness Within - Jason Nahrung | Hachette Livre Australia invites you to celebrate the launch of two exciting new books. Refreshments will be provided. | Marianne de Pierres | Jason Nahrung | Hachette Livre | Special | |||
| Program For Mark Shirrefs | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sat 16:00-17:30 | Creativity - the Improbable Aircraft - Mark Shirrefs and Jack Dann | A discussion about creativity as it applies to science fiction and fantasy in film and novels. A screening of the Academy Award nominated film The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello from Mark Shirrefs, a reading from Jack Dann's bestseller The Memory Cathedral. Mark and Jack will also be discussing their exciting new projects. Plenty of giveaways. | Jack Dann | Mark Shirrefs | Jenny Blackford | Panel | AV | ||
| Conference 3 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Writing for the screen | Why it's so different from writing for print. | Charles Spiteri | Paul Kidd | Mark Shirrefs | Claire Mckenna | Panel | ||
| Program For Miranda Siemienowicz | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Fantasy's dark cousin | Dark fantasy - that's where the really innovative stuff in the genre is going on. | Kirsytn McDermott | Lucy Sussex | Richard Harland | Miranda Siemienowicz | Panel | ||
| Program For Mitch | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | What's Coming Up | What movies are people looking forward to seeing soon? Trailers and teasers shown. | Mitch | Terry Frost | Media | AV | |||
| Program For Nicole Murphy | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Mon 11:00-12:00 | Themed or Unthemed - what is the better type of anthology? | Are themed collections just gimmicks? Does a theme expand or limit a writer's outuput? Is "Australian" a theme? Authors, editors and readers discuss the relative merits of each approach, reflect on their experiences and show off some famous examples. | George Ivanoff | Sarah Endacott | Robert Hood | Nicole Murphy | Panel | ||
| Program For Pamela Freeman | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | What are the big cliches of fantasy? | What are the big cliches of fantasy? Do you avoid them, use them or exploit them? | Jane Routley | Jenny Blackford | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Is fantasy really about good verus evil? | Tansy Roberts | Glenda Larke | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Looking for the hook? | Do authors consciously look for a hook to catch the reader? Can you have too many hooks? Authors and readers discuss. | Isobelle Carmody | Lucy Sussex | Pamela Freeman | Joel Shepherd | Panel | ||
| Program For Paul Haines | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | Slippage on the Liminal | True horror is found in those moments of spooky hesitation, where the familiar slips into something else. | Rjurik Davidson | Robert Hood | Paul Haines | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from | It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? | Robert Stephenson | Claire Brialey | Dianne de Bellis | Paul Haines | Keith Stevenson | Panel | |
| Conference 2 | Sun 17:20-17:40 | "Doof Doof Doof" - Paul Haines | Reading - fantasy/horror. From Doorways for the Dispossessed. Aurealis-nominated horror short story that follows the pitfalls of Wolf in his romantic pursuit of Red Riding Hood, while attempting to deal with his nemeses the Three Little Pigs. It sure ain't kosher. Rated R. | Paul Haines | Reading | |||||
| Program For Paul Kidd | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Foyer | Fri 20:00-20:50 | Kitsune Press | Paul Kidd launches Kitsune Press, his new print-on-demand publishing effort. His novels Lilith, Dreamscape, Petal Storm, Mus of Kebridge and Neu Europa will all be hot off the press. Food and drinkies provided! Fortify yourself for the night's panels! | Paul Kidd | Special | |||||
| Conference 2 | Sun 12:00-13:00 | Lay down your mystical amulet and grab hold of this! | Medieval battle, like life, was nasty, brutish and short. Learn what it was really like to lift a bloody big sword. | Chris Barnes | Paul Kidd | Stuart Mayne | Panel | |||
| Conference 1 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Approaching the craft | Just how do you get from flash of inspiration to finished novel? The paths can be many and strange. | Isobelle Carmody | Dave Freer | Kate Forsyth | Paul Kidd | Ian Irvine | Panel | |
| Conference 2 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | A Tag-team, Create Your Own Space Opera Session | Audience suggestions for a space opera. Narrated by Paul Kidd and illustrated by Craig Hilton. Wacky and zany fun. | Paul Kidd | Craig Hilton | Panel | FC | |||
| Conference 3 | Mon 10:00-11:00 | Writing for the screen | Why it's so different from writing for print. | Charles Spiteri | Paul Kidd | Mark Shirrefs | Claire Mckenna | Panel | ||
| Program For Paul Poulton | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | A second life - why would I want one? | Second Life, World of Warcraft, Everquest... what's the attraction of these burgeoning virtual worlds? What do people do there? Who's making a living from them - and in them? What does this mean for real-world economics, human relationships and our very notion of what is real? | Russell Blackford | Dave Cake | Paul Poulton | Panel | AV | ||
| Program For Richard Harland | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | What are the big cliches of fantasy? | What are the big cliches of fantasy? Do you avoid them, use them or exploit them? | Jane Routley | Jenny Blackford | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sat 11:00-11:30 | History of imaginative fiction for YA/children | Richard Harland | Presentation | ||||||
| Conference 2 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Is fantasy really about good verus evil? | Tansy Roberts | Glenda Larke | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Inspirational Journeys | Fans and writers talk about the stories they read in their early years which gave them their sense of wonder, and how those tales inspired their own work in the field. | Jane Routley | George Ivanoff | Richard Harland | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | A Talk with Isobelle Carmody | Richard Harland talks with Isobelle Carmody about writing, fantasy and fiction for young readers. Plus anything else under the sun. A couple of readings are strongly predicted, and a cat's tail and ears are almost guaranteed! | Isobelle Carmody | Richard Harland | Panel | ||||
| Conference 3 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The YA format - shh, don't tell the parents | Just what can you get away with in a YA novel, what is still "taboo", and should we be concerned? | George Ivanoff | Kate Forsyth | Sue Bursztynski | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Mon 12:30-12:50 | "A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead" - Richard Harland | Reading - fantasy/horror. The Egyptians were the greatest navigators of the land that lies on the other side of death. The inspiration for this short story, to be published in Dreaming Again (edited by Jack Dann), was a map in an ancient tomb in the Valley of the Kings. | Richard Harland | Reading | |||||
| Conference 1 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Fantasy's dark cousin | Dark fantasy - that's where the really innovative stuff in the genre is going on. | Kirsytn McDermott | Lucy Sussex | Richard Harland | Miranda Siemienowicz | Panel | ||
| Program For Rjurik Davidson | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | Slippage on the Liminal | True horror is found in those moments of spooky hesitation, where the familiar slips into something else. | Rjurik Davidson | Robert Hood | Paul Haines | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Program For Robert Hood | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Conference 3 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Zombie Flesh Eaters Ate my Baby! | The many forms of zombiism. Are they just misunderstood souls with a penchant for long pig? | Robert Hood | Robert Stephenson | Kirsytn McDermott | Alan Stewart | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 10:00-11:00 | Slippage on the Liminal | True horror is found in those moments of spooky hesitation, where the familiar slips into something else. | Rjurik Davidson | Robert Hood | Paul Haines | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The lure of the apocalypse | Whether it's The Rapture you're after or something darker, there's just something so nice about contemplating the "end times". Why? | Andrew Macrae | Cat Sparks | Robert Hood | Kirsytn McDermott | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Mon 11:00-12:00 | Themed or Unthemed - what is the better type of anthology? | Are themed collections just gimmicks? Does a theme expand or limit a writer's outuput? Is "Australian" a theme? Authors, editors and readers discuss the relative merits of each approach, reflect on their experiences and show off some famous examples. | George Ivanoff | Sarah Endacott | Robert Hood | Nicole Murphy | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Mon 12:00-12:30 | The revenge of the past: Ghosts, Zombies and other Aesthetics of Horror | "Horror" as a genre is a muddy concept. It's often discussed in terms of physical threat - violence, serial killers, lunatics, torture. Naturalistic "thriller" tropes are not the whole story. Maybe they're not the story at all. Robert Hood examines just how relevant the immaterial can be in a materialistic society. | Robert Hood | Presentation | AV | ||||
| Program For Robert Stephenson | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 11:00-12:00 | Zombie Flesh Eaters Ate my Baby! | The many forms of zombiism. Are they just misunderstood souls with a penchant for long pig? | Robert Hood | Robert Stephenson | Kirsytn McDermott | Alan Stewart | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | World building 101 | Ready to create new worlds? Great! But are you sure you've thought of everything? | Ian Irvine | Gillian Polack | Robert Stephenson | Keith Stevenson | Panel | ||
| Conference 3 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | Awards - not worth the gilded plastic they're stamped from | It's a thrill to get one, or to appear in a year's best, but isn't it all just a non-representative wank? | Robert Stephenson | Claire Brialey | Dianne de Bellis | Paul Haines | Keith Stevenson | Panel | |
| Program For Rose Michael | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Fri 20:50-22:00 | Great Debate - Mainstream media is killing science fiction | Mainstream media is killing the science fiction and fantasy genre. Is "the same only better" a path to excellence or just endless repetition? Dianne de Bellis, Rob Hood, Cat Sparks, Ian Nichols, Rose Michael, Dave Freer, Jack Dann. Rated M. | Dave Freer | Jack Dann | Ian Nichols | Cat Sparks | Rose Michael | Panel | |
| Program For Russell Blackford | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 1 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | A second life - why would I want one? | Second Life, World of Warcraft, Everquest... what's the attraction of these burgeoning virtual worlds? What do people do there? Who's making a living from them - and in them? What does this mean for real-world economics, human relationships and our very notion of what is real? | Russell Blackford | Dave Cake | Paul Poulton | Panel | AV | ||
| Conference 3 | Sat 12:00-13:00 | Are we just the 51st state? | Is there such a thing as a distinctive Australian voice in speculative fiction? And if so, what in tarnation is it? | Russell Blackford | Jack Dann | Donna Hanson | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Program For Sarah Endacott | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Foyer | Sun 19:00-19:30 | Orb issue #7 launch and The Liminal pre-movie cocktails | Orb speculative fiction magazine is back, and The Liminal has arrived. Celebrate the launch of the starship issue #7 with its spaceworthy authors and artists, along with the cast and crew of the new film, over complementary drinks and nibbles. | Sarah Endacott | Claire McKenna | authors | actors and artists | Special | ||
| Conference 3 | Mon 11:00-12:00 | Themed or Unthemed - what is the better type of anthology? | Are themed collections just gimmicks? Does a theme expand or limit a writer's outuput? Is "Australian" a theme? Authors, editors and readers discuss the relative merits of each approach, reflect on their experiences and show off some famous examples. | George Ivanoff | Sarah Endacott | Robert Hood | Nicole Murphy | Panel | ||
| Program For Stephen Gleeson | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Mon 12:00-13:00 | Blacksmithing | "Of the four elements, air, earth, water and fire, man stole only one form the gods: fire. And with it man forged his will upon the world." Where did the woodcutter get his axe? The carpenter his hammer and chisels? The farmer his hoe and plough? The soldier his armour and sword? The butcher and cook their knives? | Stephen Gleeson | Presentation | AV | ||||
| Program For Stuart Mayne | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 12:00-13:00 | Are we just the 51st state? | Is there such a thing as a distinctive Australian voice in speculative fiction? And if so, what in tarnation is it? | Russell Blackford | Jack Dann | Donna Hanson | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Conference 2 | Sun 12:00-13:00 | Lay down your mystical amulet and grab hold of this! | Medieval battle, like life, was nasty, brutish and short. Learn what it was really like to lift a bloody big sword. | Chris Barnes | Paul Kidd | Stuart Mayne | Panel | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 15:00-16:00 | Inspirational Journeys | Fans and writers talk about the stories they read in their early years which gave them their sense of wonder, and how those tales inspired their own work in the field. | Jane Routley | George Ivanoff | Richard Harland | Stuart Mayne | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sun 16:00-17:00 | Where the futurists got it wrong | Aaah, the 21st century at last. But where's my personal rocket pack, and why doesn't my mobile work in Hall's Gap? | Joel Shepherd | Stuart Mayne | Alessio Bresciani | Panel | |||
| Program For Sue Bursztynski | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 10:00-11:00 | Harry Potter - hero or zero? | Is JK Rowling's creation the gold standard of YA fiction, or just another hack-written burnt offering? | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Sue Bursztynski | Ian Irvine | Panel | |||
| Conference 3 | Sun 11:00-12:00 | Science Fiction and Fantasy in the School Curriculum | Where and what is it? Should we be excited or disappointed? | Ian Nichols | Sue Bursztynski | Cath Ortlieb | Panel | |||
| Conference 3 | Sun 17:00-18:00 | The YA format - shh, don't tell the parents | Just what can you get away with in a YA novel, what is still "taboo", and should we be concerned? | George Ivanoff | Kate Forsyth | Sue Bursztynski | Richard Harland | Panel | ||
| Program For Tansy Roberts | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 2 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Is fantasy really about good verus evil? | Tansy Roberts | Glenda Larke | Pamela Freeman | Richard Harland | Panel | |||
| Program For Terry Frost | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 15:00-16:00 | Wild Palms | A Brian de Palma TV series made in the 1980s set in 2007. Its reaction to Reagonomics in the 80s is a powerful message in post 9-11 America. Bizarre and studied madness. | Terry Frost | Dave Cake | Panel | AV | |||
| Conference 2 | Sun 13:00-14:00 | Grumpy old fans | Old fans talk about the fandom of today and what's wrong with it. In the style of the TV show Grumpy Old Men. | Lucy Zinkiewicz | Cath Ortlieb | Terry Frost | Ian Nichols | Panel | ||
| Conference 1 | Sun 14:00-15:00 | What's Coming Up | What movies are people looking forward to seeing soon? Trailers and teasers shown. | Mitch | Terry Frost | Media | AV | |||
| Conference 3 | Mon 14:00-15:00 | Otaku-Rama, Cool Japanese and Korean Madness | Anime, film, TV, Japanese pop culture in general. Korean genre films. | Terry Frost | Avi Bernshaw | Media | AV | |||
| Program For Trish Smyth | ||||||||||
| Location | Time | Panel Title | Description | Panellist 1 | Panellist 2 | Panellist 3 | Panellist 4 | Panellist 5 | Stream | Multimedia |
| Conference 3 | Sat 16:00-17:00 | Digital Rights | Free downloads of art, music, books and software. Is it a good thing? | Trish Smyth | Dave Cake | Dave Freer | Panel | AV | ||