English programmes
Below are English programmes in Finncon. The number in brackets is the room number. There's also a programme map in pdf format.
Saturday 2.8.
10.00
Opening Ceremony (IX-X)
10.15
International Fandom is my way of life
Wilf James (X)Eurocon Meeting (215)
SF Auction
An auction filled with sci-fi and fantasy products sounds like an ideal place for a collector, and that it will be. Purchasers should allocate some cash and noise, the sellers are adviced to contact Riku Pepponen (+358 45 671 4019). (II)11.00
Trends in current sf - European sf experts give you tips on the writers you really shouldn't miss and talk about where sf is going
Petri Salin (chairman), Fionna O'Sullivan (Irish fan), Klaus Æ. Mogensen (Danish writer, translator & editor), Kimmo Lehtonen (Finnish writer), J-P Laigle (French writer & publisher) (IX)J.R.R. Tolkien and the ideal of Chivalry
Luigi de Anna (Professor of Italian language and culture) (XIII)Eurocon Meeting (continues) (215)
12.00
Worldcon building for dummies
Bjørn Tore Sund (chairman), Vincent Docherty (chair, Interaction), Colin Harris (vice-chair, Interaction) (XIII)Kaffeeklatsch: Steve Sansweet (Cafe Myssy)
13.00
The View From the Top of the World (Guest of Honor Speech)
Michael Swanwick(IX)14.00
Always in Motion, the Future is! A Star Wars Presentation
Steve Sansweet (IX-X)15.00
On to Mars - Simulations in Utah desert
Sini Merikallio (Planetary Scientist) (X)Tossing Jordan - World Championship in paperback tossing
Judge Halme (yard)Final Fantasies: A brief history of digital anime (Guest of Honor Speech - kunniavieraspuhe)
A brief history of digital anime, from the its first stirrings in Golgo 13, to the advanced computer graphics of today. What made companies work with computers? What impact did it have on the anime industry? What obscure digital anime is a sci-fi epic that takes place in post-apocalyptic Finland? How did the rise of computer games and digital animation affect the kind of story that got made? And what happens next? Jonathan Clements (I)16.00
Dungeons and Diapers - Children in Fantasy Books (Guest of Honor speech - kunniavieraspuhe)
Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos (IX)Trivia for chocolate
Put your mouth where your mind is! Be the first to correctly answer an Scifi trivia question and you get tossed a piece of chocolate. Winner is the person at the end with the most uneaten chocolate. Tero Ykspetäjä (XI)Foreign Anime Fandom - attendants from both Finland and abroad
What does anime fandom mean in different countries of Europe? (I)Cosplay-esityskilpailu
Anime masquerade - cosplay. Participate and vote for your favourite. (II)17.00
Reading
Michael Swanwick (IX)Tolkien and the Nordic countries
Johan Anglemark (chairman, Sweden), Olav M.J. Christiansen (Denmark), Luigi de Anna (Finland), Marianna Leikomaa (Finland), Bjørn Tore Sund (Norway) (XIII)From lightsabres to longswords
School of European Swordsmanship (yard)Animekaraoke / Sing-A-Long (II)
18.00
Science fiction as a way of life
Tero Ykspetäjä (chairman), Ahrvid Engholm, Toni Jerrman, Steve Sansweet, Bjørn Tore Sund (IX)Mem'nan - an interactive fantasy world which You can develop.
Mem'nan - introducing a new, interactive fantasy world, which You can develop by writing stories, drawing, designing characters, landscapes, histories... The presentation is held in English, by Riku Pepponen. (215)Sunday 3.8.
10.00
EuroFandom (215)
Bridget Wilkinson, David Lally etc.11.00
Eurocon Meeting (215)
Anapus
Lithuanian fantasy videofilm "ANAPUS" ("Beyond") (c) 2002 Studio TEN. Directed and photographed by Pranas Šarpnickis (II)12.00
Star Wars: From Idea to Icon (Guest of Honor speech)
Steve Sansweet (IX)Translating Japanese panel
Japanese seems quite a complex language to be translated. How do the translators feel about it? (I)13.00
Questions and Answers (kyselytunti)
Michael Swanwick (IX)Star Trek - The Way Future Is?
Marko Mahnala (Trekkerist) (XIII)The Landscape of the Fantastic Genres
Klaus Æ. Mogensen (writer, translator & editor) (XIII)Eurocon Meeting (continues) (215)
Questions and Answers (kyselytunti)
Jonathan Clements (I)Kaffeeklatsch: Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos (Cafe Myssy)
14.00
The Nordic Worldcon - an impossible dream
Bjørn Tore Sund (chairman), Johan Anglemark (Advocatus diaboli), Piotr Cholewa (chair, ESFS), Vincent Docherty (chair, Interaction), Irma Hirsjärvi (Finncon 1995 & 2001 organizer) (XIII)Autographs - nimikirjoitustilaisuus
Michael Swanwick, Steve Sansweet (215)Autographs - nimikirjoitustilaisuus
Jonathan Clements (I)Small Ships' Races
Build your own ship and bring it to the fountain to be admired while checking out the competition. The winner will be selected based on creative looks and ability to sail (floating counts). Max size is 50 cm * 50 cm. Participants should notify Fleet General Janna Jokela email-deleted in advance or just before the competion. (yard)15.00
Direct from Rancho Obi-Wan!
Steve Sansweet talks about his Star Wars collection with slides (IX)Science Fiction: dreaming of the impossible? (Guest of Honor speech)
Bjørn Tore Sund (X)Cosplay-pukukilpailu
Display your anime costume. (I)16.00
Questions and Answers (kyselytunti)
Steve Sansweet (IX)The Singularity - Transhuman Intelligence in Fiction and Futurism
Mikko Rauhala (XI)Baltcon Meeting and Baltastica (The Baltic Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest) (XIII)
17.00
Getting Published, Getting Famous?
Sf writers from USA, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and France discuss their experiences on publishing sf.
Jaakko Kankaanpää (chairman), Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, J-P Laigle, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Johanna Sinisalo, Michael Swanwick (X)Baltcon Meeting (continues) (XIII)
SF Auction
An auction filled with sci-fi and fantasy products sounds like an ideal place for a collector, and that it will be. Purchasers should allocate some cash and noise, the sellers are adviced to contact Riku Pepponen (+358 45 671 4019). (II)18.00
Closing ceremony (IX-X)
