Ages 19-99

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Builders of Deep-Think Make-Believe

Venue 2 - Kahani Manch

Hosts: Frances Hardinge, Sayoni Basu

On-Stage Conversation

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Dystopia as Warning

Venue 2 - Kahani Manch

Host: Samira Ahmed

On-Stage Individual Talk

12:00 PM – 12:50 PM

Mining for Excellence

Venue 2 - Kahani Manch

Hosts: Aparna Kapur, Bijal Vachharajani, Namrata Tripathi, Shobha Viswanath

On-Stage Panel Discussion

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

Tracking Futures

Venue 2 - Kahani Manch

Host: M T Anderson

On-Stage Individual Talk

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Artistic Paths

Venue 2 - Kahani Manch

Host: Corinna Luyken

On-Stage Individual Talk

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

2026 Neev Book Award (NBA) Winners Ceremony

Venue 2 - Kahani Manch

Hosts: Ann Lazim, Gita Varadarajan, Katie Day, Nadine Bailey, Rasil Kaur Ahuja, Sujata Noronha, Suji DeHart

On-Stage Interaction