Leatherman, author, activist and pioneering psychotherapist - has worked clinically with erotically uncommon clients for the last 30 years. An acclaimed speaker, he has delivered keynote addresses for the Leather Leadership Conference, the International Master/slave Weekend & South Plains Leatherfest, the "Living in Leather" convention of the National Leather Association, the Austin Bash and the Dominion Gathering, to name a few. Of his published work, he is perhaps best known for his essays in DRUMMER magazine, many of which were collected in his 1993 book, TIES THAT BIND. His 2002 SLAVECRAFT, now in its fourth printing, offers a compelling and controversial look at the inner dynamics of erotic servitude in the Master/slave dynamic. In 1989, he was selected Mr. National Leather Association and the 11th International Mr. Leather, and is the only person ever to hold both titles concurrently. He has been awarded both the Pantheon and Dominion Lifetime Achievement Awards, and in 2000 was named "Centurion" by the Leather Archives & Museum - one of twenty in the 20th century recognized for outstanding contributions to Leather. He was among the first inductees to the Society of Janus Hall Of Fame in 2004 and received the first Master/slave Heritage Award at the 2009 Master/slave Conference. In 2008 he received the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's third-ever "Leather Leadership Award," in recognition of his lifelong commitment to the leather community.

Kinky sex has been one of Race Bannon's passions as a practitioner, organizer, educator, commentator, activist and leader since his first forays into the leather world in 1973. Since that time Race has ardently explored his own sexuality and encouraged others to do the same. Considered one of the community's reasoned voices, Race's many accomplishments include founder of Kink Aware Professionals, a non-profit service that refers people to kink-sensitive psychotherapeutic, medical and legal professionals; leader of The DSM Project that led to a beneficial change in the way the psychotherapeutic profession views kink; author of the best seller Learning The Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun SM Lovemaking (revised edition available as an e-book in early 2009); founder of Daedalus Publishing Company, the first publishing company dedicated to publishing non-fiction leather/SM/fetish books; writer of many articles on sexuality; former sex advice columnist; former producer and host of Bound To Talk, the first internet talk show about kinky sex; past Board member of NLA International, NLA Los Angeles and Avatar; and member of Chicago Hellfire Club. He is prominently featured in the documentaries Vice and Consent and Out of the Darkness: The Reality of S&M. Race is regularly interviewed by the press, radio, and television as an expert on kinky sexuality and he has spoken to thousands of people at over 325 speaking engagements. Race can be reached through his web site at www.bannon.com. He lives in San Francisco with his partners Mike Pierce and Jim Knight.

Allie is a High Femme from Portland, Oregon. For many years she has taken great glee in presenting on: D/s communication and contracting, Negotiation, High Femme Topping, and Etiquette for Service, for events such as IMsL, Kinkfest, Bad Girls, Pacific Friction and Wicked Women. She is also a communications consultant and C-Level Executive Coach. Allie believes that all life is a dance between freedom and constraint.