Programme events usually include panels, workshops, talks, quizzes, competitions, an art show, and a Dealers room selling books and other items.
Groups of fans (typically 5-8 in number) get together to form "bid committees" and plan where they want to hold the Eastercon, who they want to be their guests of honour, what the theme of the convention will be, etc.
The Doc Weir award is voted on and presented each year at Eastercon to an "unsung hero" of British fandom.
The lecturer and subject are selected and paid for by the Science Fiction Foundation who offer this programme item to each year's Eastercon.
Since 2009 the British Science Fiction Association has presented a similar lecture and an award, drawing speakers from the arts and humanities.