This panel was at 11:00 on Saturday morning, and all the panelists were able to make it! Woo! I couldn't write fast enough to catch everything, so these notes will omit things and paraphrase heavily. Corrections are welcome. Please consider the comments for this entry as an open discussion forum.

Here's the official description:

So many alternate histories spin off "battles that went the other way?" Or, important kingpins that get killed? Why is that? Why don't more people use non- military turning points? We'll discuss more obscure—and possibly more interesting—branch points that might make for cool alternate history stories. What if Ann Boleyn's son had grown up? If Jesus were a woman? If the Greeks had phonograph records? If Titanic hit a warm spell? If Shakespeare wrote novels? If chocolate stayed inedible?

Beth Bernobich, Michael F. Flynn, Peter J. Heck, Edward James (m), Jo Walton

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This whole panel was fascinating. The panelists all obviously knew their history, and had a lot of interesting insights. My favorite bit was the anecdote about Sarah Kahn, which I thought of again during the next panel I attended, The Evil Temptress.