This event was hosted by the Cinema Studies Program, of The University of Melbourne, Australia on 21st November 2002.
Following are my transcribed notes taken on the day. They are representative of my opinions only and are my interpretation of what was actually going on.
Buffy: Critical approaches and Interpretations - Chair: Dr Angela Ndalianis
"Who am I? Who are you?": On the narrative imperative of not knowing who you are in Buffy. - Dr Sue Turnbull (La Trobe University)
Furnishing Buffy's House: The Buffyverse and my place in it - Leonie Cooper (University of Melbourne)
Careful What You Wish For: the magic of multiple worlds in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Saige Walton (University of Melbourne)
The Hum of the Box: Critical listening in the Buffyverse - Katy Stevens (University of New South Wales)
Fans, Fanfiction and Buffy Icons - Chair: Dr Felicity Colman
Sarah Michelle Gellar: a star for a new millenium - Peter Mattessi (University of Melbourne)
Buffy: the evolution of a valley girl - Janelle Tassone (University of Melbourne)
"Bollocks!": Spike fans and reception of Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Gwyn Symonds (University of Sydney)
Welcome to the House of Fun: Buffy fanfiction as a hall of mirrors - Linda Rust (Adelaide University)
Keynote Address
"I'm Like a Superhero": Buffy and Power - Dr Catherine Driscoll (University of Adelaide)
Monsters, Witches and Robots - Chair: Dr Sue Turnbull
Is Buffy a Lacanian? Sunnydale, or, what is enlightenment? - Dr Matthew Sharpe
Coming out on a Hellmouth - Edwina Bartlem (University of Melbourne)
"I think every home should have one of you": the serial killer disguised as the perfect husband - Dr Wendy Haslem (Universtiy of Melbourne)
Genres, Form and Cross-Media Buffsters - Chair: Dr Mark Nicholls
Step into the stylish yet affordable boots of Buffy Summers: Game style and narrative characteristics of Buffy on the X-Box - Dr Scott Knight (Bond University)
"We are not Demons": Homogenising the heroes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel - Dr Jennifer Dowling (University of Sydney)
What, No Romantic Ending? The horror of the hybrid sci-fi/fantasy musical television series - Diana Sandars (University of Melbourne)
A special issue of Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media was produced after this conference. It contains all the relevant papers and participants' bios.