Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science, and a Professorial Fellow of New College, Oxford	Douglas Adams, Author and Chief Fantasist at The Digital Village
Christopher Langton, Editor of the Artificial Life journal	Demetri Terzopoulos, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto
Larry Yaeger, Distinguished Scientist, Apple Computer Corporation	Margaret A. Boden is Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Sussex (no photo available)
Steven Rooke, self-organised community masquerading as an individual	Rudy Rucker, professor of computer science at San Jose State University
Stuart Gold, Chief Architectual Officer, DigitalSpace Corporation	Richard Harris, Research Director and one of the founding partners of the Digital Village
Aaron Sloman, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, The University of Birmingham	Gordon Selley and Jane Prophet, Technosphere (no photos available)
Bruce Damer, founding director of the Contact Consortium	Sue Wilcox, Journalist and A-life evangelist
Steve Grand, Director of Technology, CyberLife Technology, Ltd	Chris Winter, Development Director, CyberLife Technology, Ltd

Others to be announced. Abstracts from those who have submitted them for their discussion appear on their bio pages.