Worldcon programme

So now's the time to read the Worldcon programme and wish you were going. I really should, Glasgow is the nearest it will ever be to where I live. But I'm not. :-(
Presumably there'll be a few blogs covering it.

Anyway, there's some great panels. Here's my favourites (forget the content, check out the writers!)

Sunday 10.00, L(Carron) - AI: the Aliens We Make?

Aliens and AI are both Other, but where one comes from Out There, the other lives Down Here. Are they really the same thing -- and either way, what difference does it make?
Cory Doctorow, David Gerrold, Ian McDonald, Charles Stross, Tricia Sullivan

Sunday 12.00, L(Lomond) - Genre Killing Ideas
"The Singularity is this enormous turd that Vernor Vinge crapped into the punchbowl of SF writing, and now nobody wanting to take a drink can ignore it." [Charlie Stross] What other ideas have had the same effect on the genre?
Ian McDonald, Alastair Reynolds, Karl Schroeder, Charles Stross

Friday 10.00, L(Dochart) - John Brunner Retrospective

Without a doubt, the most distressing event of the 1995 Worldcon was the death of John Brunner. Our distinguished panellists will pay tribute to his work, considering the legacy he left for science fiction.
Brian Aldiss OBE, Joe Haldeman, Christopher Priest, Robert Silverberg