Sirens combines elements of academic conferences, professional retreats, and fan conventions into a different sort of event that welcomes scholars, authors, educators, librarians, professionals, and readers alike. Please use this section to explore our conference, and discover whether you'd like to attend—and if you've already decided to attend, please use this section to learn what's in store for you.

As you can see from our schedule, Sirens features several different elements over four days. The core of our conference is our programming, which is proposed and presented entirely by our attendees. Our accepted programming page provides summaries of our accepted programming topics for 2010.

In addition to our programming, Sirens will feature keynote presentations by each of our guests of honor, and each guest will present her work as well. Please see our guests of honor page for more information on our 2010 guests: Holly Black, Marie Brennan, and Terri Windling.

Finally, Sirens includes some events and activities that are more interactive or just plain fun. Please see our featured events page for more about our Faery Lights Ball, or check out our activities page to learn about some of our more hands-on programs. Also, if you are interested in our Sirens Supper, an additional-cost dinner hosted by the conference staff on Wednesday, October 6, please see our featured events page for that information as well.