Programme

Friday Evening

Opening ceremony and quiz.

Saturday

Time	Panel Room 1	Panel Room 2
10.00am	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – new genre TV	Children's literature
11.00am	Hard SF is for boys, Fantasy is for girls – Discuss	Revisiting kids TV as adults
12 noon	Flash Fiction	Why haven't they made ( insert book) into a film/tv series?
1.00pm	From comic to screen – the success or otherwise of screen adaptations	The state of British science fiction
2.00pm	Dr Who season 4 overview	Anime for Beginners
3.00pm	Guest of Honour hour – Charlie Stross	Closed
4.00pm	Comics Workshop	Music in Science Fiction shows
5.00pm		Dalek racing
6.00pm	Book launch – 'The Inferior' by Peadar O'Guilin	Closed

Saturday night will feature a charity casino night in the bar (provisional).

Sunday

Time	Panel Room 1	Panel Room 2
10.00am	Charity coffee morning and chocolate panel	Closed
11.00am	Charity coffee morning incorporating the Mecon bookclub
12 noon	Charlie Stross reading – Saturn's Children
1.00pm	Room 101	Fan fiction – a breeding ground for new talent?
2.00pm	Effects of the American Writers strike	Technology we would like to see and unexpected uses thereof
3.00pm	Writing for tv/film/books	The worlds of HP Lovecraft
4.00pm	Superheroes are for children – Discuss	The stochastic panel
5.00pm	Dr Who companions	What is Science Fiction?
6.00pm	Closing ceremony	Closed

And fo course there will be the usual drinking, chatting, getting things signed etc that you would expect at a science-fiction (and fantasy and other releated genres) convention.