There is a useful summary of recent activities and comments relating to the upcoming Annapolis meetings here.
The Brookings Institution's Saban Forum was fortunate that its annual meeting in Jerusalem (November 3-5) occurred in advance of the Annapolis conference, resulting in the involvement of key players including Mahmoud Abbas, Salam Fayyad, Ehud Olmert, Tzipi Livni ,Tony Blair and Condoleezza Rice.