Panels and Discussions hosted by DragonCon consisted of tracks listed through Main Programming (Presentations, performances, ceremonies, contests and largest panels), Southeast Trade and Retailers Symposium (Panels and workshops for retailers and store-owners), and Art Workshops and Programming (Art-related panels and programming with attending artists).  Tracks listed this year included: British Programming, Filk, Gaming/Tournaments, The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey, Space & Science, Star Trek TrekTrak, Star Wars: Matters of the Force, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Writer's Track, X-Track, Xena and Hercules, The American Independents, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth, Comics, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Electronic Frontiers Forums, North American Tribe Gathering, Robotics, and Anime.

DragonCon 2003
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Wheel of Time Olympics: Robert Jordan fans gather together once again to hold a fun and mind-bending trivia.  Using the power of illustrative arts, contestants vied for prizes to draw up pictures as clues to answers like Crown of Swords, Lord of Chaos, Fires of Heaven, Eye of the World, Dragon Reborn, and various other popular titles of the Wheel of Time universe.

Writers: When the Well Runs Dry: Fiction writers know it all too well.  From daily updates to epic novels, sometimes an author needs a little oomph to help them along.  Tips and tricks featured use of tangents, researching your comfort zone, making many drafts and revisions, keeping personal journals of writing progress, rereading aloud, and much more.

Buffy-verse: Cast Extravaganza: Buffy fans crowded the entire main hall as Buffy celebrities Andrew Hallett, James Leary, Danny Strong, Iyari Limon, and James Marsters presented their biggest Q&A session ever.  Topics covered details about the characters, castings, studio experiences, story development, good sex vs. nice guys, favorite artists and music, James on Angel for 2 seasons, and much more.
Buffy Fan Panel: Buffy parties don't just stop at the main events.  Fans also held a gathering that hosted trivia, prizes to win various merchandise, and additional fan-related discussions about the Buffy characters, episode highlights, horror magazines, and much more.

Additional panels and discussions held throughout the weekend included: North American Tribal Gathering, British Authors in American Literature, Harry Potter, Monty Python Experience, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Negotiating a Commercial Lease, Customer Service, 25th Anniversary of Battlestar Galactica, Anne and Todd McCaffery, Growing Up in Front of the Camera, Farscape Cast Reunion, Crossed Swords, Curious Lab's Poser 5, Museum Models to Mythical Beasts, The Art of Death: Ghostly Images in Art, Digital Faerie Tales, Chainmail Secrets Revealed, B5 Bibliotech, SG1 Mission Briefing, Lexx: Sci-fi's Redheaded Stepchild?, Crossing the Line: Love and Hate in Smallville, Evolution of Women in Sci-Fi, Star Wars: Meet the Rebel Legion, Star Wars: Prop Challenge, Weavings of the Web, How to Plot and Write, How to Write a Story in One Hour, Self-Publishing or Internet Publishing, Fightin' and Writin', Writing: Too Fast Too Furious, Welcome to Wyrefest, Welcome to Middle Earth, Wally Wood Art Tribute at 4th Annual Evening of Comic Fantasy and Illustration Art, Tolkien Looks Like Greek To Me, When It Absolutely Has To Be There Yesterday, From Book to Movie, Lure of the Vampire, Soundtracks and Scores, Star Trek Nemesis, The Great Anime Trivia Contest, Yaoi/Yuri, Buffy Fan Fiction Explored, SCO vs. IBM and the Threat to Free Software, Copyright Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Hitchhiker's Guide to Robotic Space Exploration, Cryonics: Cheating Death?, Your Next Interstellar Voyage: Gate or Trek?, The Columbia Accident Investigation, Interstellar Vehicles: You Must Be Crazy, ESP and Other Psychic Phenomena, GhostHunting 101, Cryonic Suspension: Can We Beat Death?, Robot Hollywood, The Female Action Hero, The Mystique of Zoot, Religion and Spirituality in Tribeworld, Thunderbirds Are Go!, Security and Scams, Dragonstorm: An Advance Look, Tips to Help You Get Your Art Seen, Let the Music Move Your Paintbrush, Fantasy Landscapes in Mojoworld, Andromeda Season Three: Adrift in the Slipstream?, The Weakest Spoke, Screenplays for Sale, Outer Limits, Defensive Writing, Series or Stand Alone?, Dragonlance, Puzzle Design for Online Games, Getting Your Digital Art Ready for Printing, Hobbit Hippies and Elven Elegance, Vivendi Universal, Future Imperfect, The Living Undead, Low Budget FX for Independent Films, Danger Woman: The LIVE Adventure!, Everything Old is New Again, TrekTrak Filksing, Magical Girl Shows, Origins of Cosplay, Intellectual Property for the Little Guy, Government Surveillance in the 21st Century, Web Cam Girls, Elvish 101, Hacking 101, Anime Music Video Festival, Webcomics: The Comics of the Future?, Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow, SETI: Where the Heck IS Everyone?, Space Exploration: Human vs. Machine, Ferengi in Space, Ghost Stories, Where Fact is Weirder Than Fiction, Real vs. "Reel", Meet the X-Files Authors, Building a Fighting Robot, Value of a Good Laugh, Xena Trivia, Doctor Who: 40 Years in the Tardis, How to Develop Your Wrestling Persona, James Bond: The Legend, Overcoming Artist;s Block, Fan Films in the Making, We're So Frelled!, Wheel of Time Wedding, A Night at the Winespring, Klaatu Banana What?, Mythology Based Fiction, Genre Bending, Living Greyhawk, Flying Through Air and Space, The Cylons are Coming!, Genius of Stanley Kubrick, Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars, Low Budget Time Machine, Dubs vs. Subs, Culture Gap, Happy Hour at Ten Forward, Fan-Based Media, Internet Free Speech, Quantum Computing, Network Security Basics, My So-Called Live Journal, Britain vs. Hollywood, Return to Dune, Buck Rogers and Beyond, High Power Rocketry, Things Your Mama Didn't Tell You, Beyond the Stargate 2003, and much MUCH more!

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