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Guests

The following is a list of some of the people that will be part of the program on Eurocon 2007. The list is ordert by nationality.

Please notice that program changes can occur

Denmark

Svend Åge Madsen

Svend Åge Madsen was born in 1939, had his debut as a writer in 1963 with the novel Besøget (The Visit), and has since published a large number of novels, short stories, radio plays and children’s books. His early writings are characterised by an experimental attitude towards literature, which results in some fairly abstract works. By the end of the sixties, however, Madsen begins to experiment with the elements of storytelling and literary models. Among the frameworks included in his work are patterns taken from the science fiction genre. Both the novel Liget og Lysten (The Corpse and the Craving, 1968) as well as the collection of short stories Maskeballet (The Masked Ball, 1970) thus contain elements of sci-fi. However, Madsen’s science fiction writing only really gets underway around the mid-seventies, where he has developed his storytelling in a new direction. As opposed to earlier abstraction, he now clearly moves toward the more specific, as regards his characters who now resemble ”normal” novel characters to a higher degree, as well as his geography. From this point onwards, nearly everything written by Madsen takes place in the same fictional universe, geographically centred around Århus with a temporal spread from the sixteenth century to well into the 21st.
About Svend Åge Madsen on sciencefiction.dk (in Danish)
Profile at litteratursiden.dk (in Danish)
Overview of literary awards won by Svend Åge Madsen

Programme with Svend Åge Madsen:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - A conversation between Svend Åge Madsen and Niels Dalgaard
Friday 16.00-17.00 - Svend Åge Madsen reads
Friday 17.00-18.00 - Svend Åge Madsen Booksigning

Lene Kaaberbøl

Lene Kaaberbøl's love of horses lead to the publication of her first books featuring young girls and horses, while she was still a teenager. Some years later she wrote a fantasy novel, "Morgenlandet", and was soon to become one of the best known Danish fantasy writers. Her most popular books are the series about the Shamer and her children, which are translated into many languages. Kaaberbøl's fantasy is often very original. For example, in the Shamer's Daughter, the first in the series, we learn that the Shamer and her daughter have a special power that makes people feel shame. All except one man. This single magic power is then used to build both interesting characters and a large part of the plot. Kaaberbøl's latest book is "Skyggeporten" a story about a young Danish girl whose mother has disappeared, and who discovers a gate that leads to another world. Apart from her own fantasy, Kaaberbøl has also written a number of W.I.T.C.H.-books for Disney.
www.kaaberboel.dk

Programme with Lene Kaaberbøl:

Sunday 17.00-18.00 - Lene Kaaberbøl – interviewed by Flemming R P Rasch (in english)

H. H. Løyche

Author, born 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Educated classic artist at The Academy of Art and worked and travelled in Mediterranean countries, the Middle East and Africa. Back home in Copenhagen, he became editor of NYE VERDENER and CIRKEL SERIEN and co-worked on 64 SIDER. Has published articles and short stories in countless magazines and newspapers since 1989. Løyche’s official debut as an author came with his novel Støj (Baffling Noise) in 1996. His second novel, Mission til Schamajim (Mission to Schamajim), is listed among the three finest Danish science fiction novels ever. Critics agreed, that he belongs to the elite of Danish authors. January 1999 The National Art Foundation (Statens Kunstfond) rewarded Løyche with a two-year writing grant. Among his recent works is a science fiction story for movie director Tómas Gislason, and a selection of H.C. Andersen’s “Future Poetry” stories. He is currently writing on a new novel trilogy.

Programme with H. H. Løyche:

Sunday 12.00-13.00 - PANEL: Stanislav Lem (the author, the translations, the impact) (in english) Ellen M Pedersen, Erik Simon, Mark von Schlegell, and H H Løyche. Moderated by Flemming R P Rasch.
Sunday 16.00-17.00 - H H Løyche interview by Tue Sørensen

Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesen

Anne-Marie Vedsiø Olesen has been called "The Danish Anne Rice" by the press. She has studied, among other things, mathematics, computer science, Greek mythology and archeology. She took her degree in medicine in 1993 and lives in Copenhagen. Her first novel, Salernoi's Sun was published in 2000. In 2002, The Devil's Interval followed and in 2004, Third Icarus.
www.amvo.eu

Programme with Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesen:

Friday 19.00-20.00 - Anne Marie Vedsø-Olesen reads. (in english) Danish author of a Fantasy trilogy about egyptian gods walking around in present day Copenhagen, reads a chapter from her latest book (third in the trilogy) and discuss her writing with the audience. Take the chance to meet an interesting Danish author!
Sunday 10.00-11.00 - Anne Marie Vedsø-Olesen reads. (in Danish)
Sunday 11.00-12.00 - Anne Marie Vedsø-Olesen booksigning

Peter Adolphsen

Like Dennis Gade Kofod, who visited Fantasticon last year, Peter Adolphsen went to the Danish elite writer’s school Forfatterskolen. His first book was a collection of very short stories, and in 2003 he published the novel Brummstein, which is a complete novel, but only about 70 pages long. Adolphsen often uses science as a way to make the known world a very strange place, but rarely uses supernatural or speculative fantastic elements in his stories. He has written a one-page novel, and his latest work is a book that contains one million stories, but easily fits in a pocket.

Programme with Peter Adolphsen:

Sunday 12.00-13.00 - Peter Adolphsen reads (in English) Peter Adolphsen's first books were collections of very short stories, and his two novels, Brummstein and Machine, are complete novels, but only about 70 pages long. Adolphsen often uses science as a way to make the known world a very strange place, but rarely uses supernatural or speculative fantastic elements in his stories.

Ellen Miriam Pedersen

Allow Me to Present: Joseph the Golem

An artificial person created by a rabbi is the legendary precursor of science fiction's androids and robots. I'll sum up the sequence of stories associated with Rabbi Löw ben Bezalel, give a brief outline of the legend's context and contexts, and discuss this point in textual history where, as it has been suggested, fantasy ends and science fiction begins.

Programme with Ellen Miriam Pedersen:

Friday 16.00-17.00 - Ellen Miriam Pedersen: Rabbinske spor i utopien: Tilbage til Bloch. (in Danish)
Sunday 12.00-13.00 - PANEL: Stanislaw Lem (the author, the translations, the impact) (in english) Ellen M Pedersen, Erik Simon, Mark von Schlegell, and H H Løyche. Moderated by Flemming R P Rasch.
Sunday 14.00-15.00 - Ellen Miriam Pedersen: Allow Me to Present: Joseph the Golem (in English)

Anders V. E. Eriksen

Anders V. E. Eriksen is an IT consultant, who has written a fantasy novel, Lucifer’s Fængsel, set in Spain in the middle ages, but in a world where magic and the supernatural are real, in the way many people of that time thought. Anders will talk about the process of writing a book, working with an editor, and get a book published.

Programme with Anders V. E. Eriksen:

Sunday 16.00-17.00 - Anders V. E. Eriksen: Den første bog. (in Danish)

America

Ralan Conley

Ralan Conley is an American from 1947 who has lived in Denmark for over twenty years. He spends much of his time writing and running his writer resource web site, www.ralan.com. His short fiction work has appeared in numerous print and electronic publications. Many of these have won contests, awards, and reader's polls, among which are three nominations for the Bram Stoker Award, and one final for the Sapphire Award. He also writes longer fiction and is in the process of doing the final edits on his first novel. He has an illustrated fantasy story book, "Tales of Weuup: Little People Must Surrender," coming out in a few months from Sam's Dot Publishing. Copies should be available for sale at EuroCon 2007. It is planned that this will be a series of story books that will eventually encompass a novel-length work.

Programme with Ralan Conley:

Friday 16.00-17.00 - A writer´s ressources - a guide.
Saturday 16.00-17.00 - The Eurocon 2007 short story Contest. Flemming R P Rasch & Ralan presents the contributors (in english)
Sunday 10.00-11.00 - Marketing your fiction
Sunday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: SF in the smaller European Countries with Ralan, John Sexton, John Kenny, Robert Nielson

Bruce Holland Rogers

Bruce Holland Rogers is an American writer living temporarily in London. He has won two Nebula awards, a Stoker, and two World Fantasy Awards for his fiction, though since he is mostly a writer of short stories, he is not as well known as a novelist might be with those credentials. His stories has been translated into a variety of European languages, including Finnish, Polish, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, German and Danish. As well as conventional publishing, he also distribute his short-short stories by e-mail subscription and has had paying subscribers for this service for five years now. Bruce Holland Rogers teach creative writing at a low-residency MFA program as a member of the permanent faculty.

Programme with Bruce Holland Rogers:

Friday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: Writing this genre (in english) Bruce Holland Rogers, Ruth Nestvold, Mark von Schlegell, & Elisabeth Kerner
Saturday 11.00-12.00 - Writing the short short story
Saturday 13.00-14.00 - Bruce Holland Rogers Reads
Saturday 14.00-15.00 - Booksigning
Sunday 11.00-12.00 - Being an internet writer by Bruce Holland Rogers (in English). Rogers talks about using the internet actively as a writer. Ideal for selfpublishing? Or lost in information?
Sunday 13.00-14.00 - On Creative Writing
Sunday 14.00-15.00 - Round table. 10 fans gets the opportunity to sit and talk with Bruce Holland Rogers. This event requires that you sign up to participate.

Elisabeth Kerner

Writer of : Song in the Silence, The Lesser Kindred og Redeeming the Lost, the initial trilogy of a series based upon humans re-establishing contact with dragons, who fled mortal lands thousands of years ago for reasons unknown. http://elizabethkerner.com/

Programme with Elisabeth Kerner:

Friday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: Writing this genre (in english) Bruce Holland Rogers, Ruth Nestvold, Mark von Schlegell, & Elisabeth Kerner

Belgium

Roelof Goudriaan

Roelof Goudriaan edited and published an English-language pan-European newsletter in the 1980s, Shards Of Babel. Some 40 issues appeared of this magazine, which aimed to improve the exchange of ideas between East and West European national fandoms. In the 1990s, Roelof got active publishing fantastic fiction from Dutch-speaking authors - SF, Fantasy and especially imaginative work difficult to categorize & label. His small press publishing houses Babel Publications (in the Netherlands) and Verschijnsel (in Belgium) have published some fifty titles to date, and continue to publish four to six books per year. Roelof was co-editor of the Irish slipstream magazine Albedo One and the Irish small press publishing house Aeon Press (www.aeonpress.com). He is the recipient of the Harrison Award and a winner of the GUFF fan fund, and his publishing activities have received a number of European SF Society Awards. He has lived in his native Holland & in Ireland and now resides in Burgundian Flanders. He is currently co-organizing the 2007 Beneluxcon in Louvain (www.futurevisions.be), where he hopes to celebrate his 50th, and is expanding his small press publishing into a portal for original Dutch-language SF, www.verschijnsel.com (where you can also find info on the two English-language books he has published by Dutch authors Paul Harland and Paul Evenblij).

Programme with Roelof Goudriaan:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: Editing this genre. (in english) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson, and Roelof Goudriaan.
Friday 18.00-19.00 - PANEL: Is The Most Interesting Work in the Field Being Done in Comics Now? (in english) Roelof Goudriaan & Robert Nielson discuss where THE REAL THING is happening in the genre right now.

Frank Roger

"A blend of genres and styles: fantasy, satire, surrealism, science fiction and black humour, all constantly cross-pollinating each other." That is what critics have to say about the work of Belgian-born Frank Roger (b. 1957) from Ghent, Belgium.

He graduated the of University of Ghent in 1981 with a dissertation on Philip K. Dick, the man who gave us Blade Runner.

His first story appeared In 1975 in Belgian magazine SF-Magazine, followed by many others, all signed Frank Roger, in a wide variety of Belgian and Dutch magazines and anthologies.

From the late eighties onwards, he also started writing in English and translating his work into French. Since then his stories appear in an increasing number of languages in all sorts of magazines, anthologies and other venues, and since 2000, story collections are published, also in various languages. Apart from fiction, he also produces collages and graphic work in a surrealist and satirical tradition.

By now he has more than 600 short story publications (including a few short novels) to his credit in 24 languages: Dutch, English, German, Danish, Icelandic, Afrikaans, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Lithuanian, Breton, Welsh, Finnish, Hungarian, Hebrew, Chinese, Esperanto and Volapük. Everything seems to indicate that this list of publications and languages will grow even more impressive.

Find out more at www.frankroger.be .

Programme with Frank Roger deltager:

Friday 17.00-18.00 - Writing SF in English as a foreign language: advantages and drawbacks. (in english) "A blend of genres and styles: fantasy, satire, surrealism, science fiction and black humour, all constantly cross-pollinating each other." That is what critics have to say about the work of Belgian-born Frank Roger (b. 1957) from Ghent, Belgium.
Saturday 11.00-12.00 - Round Table with Frank Roger
Saturday 16.00-17.00 - SF in Belgium: a complicated matter (in english)

United Kingdom

Harry Harrison

Harry Harrison was born 12th March 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, where he spent the first two years of his life. His family then moved to Brooklyn, and a few years later settled in Queens, another borough of New York City, where Harry grew up and went to school. Harry has as a youngster and in his grown-up life moved around the world. Among other places he lived in Denmark from 1959 until 1966 (according to Harry Denmark is "the most gorgeous country in the world"). Today Harry and his family lives in The Republic of Ireland and still travels a lot. Harry Harrison has written many things over time, both novels and short stories. He also did some non-fiction. The most known titles are probably things like Bill The Galactic Hero, Deathworld, Make Room! Make Room! and the Stainless Steel Rat-series. A few of these titles have been translated into Danish. On Eurocon 2006 Harrison got a Honorary Award as European Grand Master.
See also: www.harryharrison.com for a complete biography and bibliography.

Programme with Harry Harrison:

Friday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: Why do we go to a Convention? Anne McCaffrey, Zoran Zivkovic, Harry Harrison.
Friday 17.00-18.00 - Round table. 10 fans gets the opportunity to sit and talk with Harry Harrison . This event requires that you sign in to participate

Cheryl Morgan

Cheryl Morgan is best know for editing the online book review magazine, Emerald City, which was published monthly from 1995 to 2006. Cheryl and the magazine have been nominated for eight Hugo Awards and won one in 2004.

Programme with Cheryl Morgan:

Saturday 12.00-13.00 - Round Table with Cheryl Morgan. (in english) Go to this round table discussion. 45 min discussions without an audience, just you and 9 other fans. Get up close with your favorite VIP.
Saturday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: Revieweing this genre Cheryl Morgan, and others
Sunday 14.00-15.00 - The Science Fiction Quiz by Cheryl Morgan (in english) With prizes!

France

Jean-Pierre Laigle

He was born in 1947 in Toulon (French Riviera) and I am still living 40 km from it. I began reading SF & Fantasy when I was 8 and I never stopped. I first contributed to fanzines, then to the french edition of Fantasy & SF. Then I launched my own semipro mag, Antarès in 1981 (47 issues). It was dedicated to translations from exotics languages: scandinavian, portuguese, spanish, catalan, provençal, italian rumanian, dutch, german, russian, bulgarian, lithuanian and also french and english. I was the printer and the editor. After it folded out, I launched a mail-order business for old stuff and I reprinted old SF & Fantasy books and comics. Then I myself became a scholar specialized in thematic essays and a writer professionally published mostly in Canada, Rumania and France. I am also a translator (12 languages) and a collector with an extensive library.

Følgende programpunkter deltager Jean-Pierre Laigle i:

Saturday 10.00-11.00 - Some comments on French language SF, by Jean-Pierre Laigle and J.C. Dunyach (in english)
Sunday 12.00-13.00 - Collecting this genre (panel) with Jean-Pierre Laigle, Niels Dalgaard, and others

Germany

Thomas R.P. Mielke

Thomas R.P. Mielke attended WORLD SF ANNUAL MEETING 1991 in Chengdu, China. They where 15 international SF-writers (including Brian Aldiss, Frederick Pohl, E.A. Hull and the famous Jack Williamson(83)), invited by the technical university of Sechuan. 300 rich chinese fans had to pay for all events, e.g. tea-meeting with the gouvernor, sechuan opera, buddha-temple, frog- and worm-dinner, yangtse-irrigation etc. Mielke will be showing a 50 minuttes private footage from the convention, and be telling about the even. It is exactly 50 years ago he joined his 1st SF-con = the worldcon 1957 in London. http://www.trpm.de

Programme with Thomas R.P. Mielke:

Saturday 18.00-20.00 - Dinner. With "Brian Aldiss Speaks". From the XIV Festiwal Fantastyki at Neidenburg Castle in Poland/Masuria. A video edited and introduced by Thomas R P Mielke (20 min).
Sunday 15.00-17.00 - A rare filmrecording. Thomas R.P. Mielke attended WORLD SF ANNUAL MEETING 1991 in Chengdu, China. 15 international SF-writers (including Brian Aldiss, Frederik Pohl, E.A. Hull and the famous Jack Williamson), invited by the technical university of Sechuan. Mielke will be showing a 50 minuttes private footage from the convention

Ruth Nestvold

Ruth Nestvold is an American writer living in Germany. She has sold stories to numerous markets, including Asimov's, Strange Horizons, Scifiction, Gardner Dozois's Year's Best Science Fiction, and several anthologies. Her novella "Looking Through Lace" made the short list for the Tiptree award in 2003 and was nominated for the Sturgeon award. In March 2007, the Italian translation won the "Premio Italia" award for best international work. Some of her favorite authors include Ursula Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, and Ted Chiang. She maintains a web site at www.ruthnestvold.com.

Programme with Ruth Nestvold:

Friday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: Writing this genre (in english) Bruce Holland Rogers, Ruth Nestvold, Mark von Schlegell, & Elisabeth Kerner
Saturday 10.00-11.00 - Ruth Nestvold: Engendering Utopia & Who Needs Feminist Science Fiction?
Sunday 10.00-11.00 - Electronic Community and the End of the Lone Writer. Ruth Nestvold talks about the changed role of the author in a society of instant copmmunication (in english)
Sunday 12.00-13.00 - 10 fans gets the opportunity to sit and talk with Ruth Nestvold. This event requires that you sign up to participate
Sunday 16.00-17.00 - Ruth Nestvold reading. The author (& critic) reads and discuss with the audience. (in English)

Mark von Schlegell

Mark von Schlegell is a dual Irish and American citizen. He resides in Cologne and/or Los Angeles, writing what's been called "radical," "experimental" and "old-fashioned pulp" science fiction. Many of his stories first appeared in Copenhagen in association with Danish art publisher Pork Salad Press. Mark holds a ph. D in English Literature from New York University and is also a critic of some standing, penning freelance SF criticism on contemporary art, rock and roll and literature for publications the world over. His first novel, 2005's VENUSIA, from M.I.T./Semiotext(e), has been compared to Philip K. Dick, Samuel Delany, William Blake and Salvador Dali -- sometimes favorably. MERCURY STATION, next novel in the SYSTEM SERIES, is coming soon.

Mark von Schlegell's web-page www.sff.net/people/schlegell

Venusia Page www.sff.net/people/schlegell/venusia.html

"High Wichita" www.highwichita.com

Programme with Mark von Schlegell:

Friday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: Writing this genre (in english) Bruce Holland Rogers, Ruth Nestvold, Mark von Schlegell, & Elisabeth Kerner
Sunday 12.00-13.00 - PANEL: Stanislav Lem (the author, the translations, the impact) (in english) Ellen M Pedersen, Erik Simon, Mark von Schlegell, and H H Løyche. Moderated by Flemming R P Rasch.
Sunday 13.00-14.00 - Booksigning
Sunday 14.00-15.00 - Mark von Schlegell reading. The author reads and discuss with the audience (in English)
Sunday 16.00-17.00 - Round table. 10 fans gets the opportunity to sit and talk with Mark von Schlegell. This event requires that you sign up to participate

Erik Simon

Born 1950 in Dresden, Germany, where he graduated from the Technical University with a degree in physics, but never worked in the field. As an activist of the Dresden science fiction club however, he became known as an amateur writer, translator, and critic. In 1974 he was offered a job as editor for Das Neue Berlin – the leading publisher of adult science fiction in the German Democratic Republic. The combination of his activities as editor, writer, translator, critic, and anthologist made him a prominent figure in GDR SF. When Das Neue Berlin (like all East German publishing houses after the anschluss) closed down their line of science fiction, he turned to work as a free-lance translator for West German publishers, especially Heyne Verlag, and in the later nineties he resumed working as an anthologist. The 25 anthologies edited (or co-edited) by Simon include seven editions of Light Year almanacs, a three-volume-anthology of international pre-war science fiction classics, an anthology of Alternate History texts and, most recently, two quite successful fantasy anthologies. He has translated books from English, Russian (especially by the Strugatskys), Polish and Bulgarian, and a few stories from other languages. Simon has written about 100 science fiction stories since 1970, including some stories in verse; three collections of his short stories, published in the seventies and eighties, were popular with readers and critics. In 2002 the Berlin small press publisher Shayol launched an new edition of his Collected Stories – Simon’s Fiction. Since 1991 he has won the German Kurd Laßwitz Award five times as a writer, anthologist, and translator, and in 1988 he received World SF’s Karel Capek Award.

Programme with Erik Simon:

Sunday 11.00-12.00 - Our Ghost of Honour: About Stanislaw Lem, a talk by Erik Simon (In English). Erik Simon longtime translator and publisher of Lem gives a sketch of the many merits of our Ghost of Honour.
Sunday 12.00-13.00 - PANEL: Stanislaw Lem (the author, the translations, the impact) (in english) Ellen M Pedersen, Erik Simon, Mark von Schlegell, and H H Løyche. Moderated by Flemming R P Rasch.
Sunday 13.00-14.00 - 10 fans gets the opportunity to sit and talk with Erik Simon. This event requires that you sign up to participate

Ireland

Dave Lally

Involved with all 3 Irish SF Conventions: Octocon-the Irish NatCon-held every October since 1990, Mecon-the Northern Ireland Con-held every August since 1997 and P(hoenix)-Con-the Irish literary Con-held every Spring since 2000. He acts as their UK agents also.
He runs the video/media programme for Ocotocon and also for the UK NatSFCon (Eastercon) which is held of course over Easter. He also runs the video/media programme every November for Novacon-the 2nd longest UKSF Con-which is usually held near Birmingham.
He also chairs the UK's "Eastercon Forum" -an annual event held at each recent Eastercon which considers long term issues re those UK Cons.
He was elected Treasurer to ESFS at Eurocon 2003 (Chotebor, Czech Rep) and then became Chairman at Intersection/Worldcon/Eurocon:Glasgow Scotland in 2005. He like the other ESFS elected offciers faces re-election at Copenhagen.
He specialises in TV and Film SF and has one of the largest collections of SF TV advertisments anywhere (they are being shown at Eurocon/Copenhagen 2007: not to be missed-see the programme). His own special interests are (1) the 1967 cult SF TV show from Portmeirion : "The Prisoner" and (2) the cult 1973 Scottish film "The Wicker Man".
He is in the Financial Services industry (Pensions) in the City of London. He holds Irish nationality (and when there are no other Irish Nationals present at any Eurocon, he votes on behalf of Ireland then).This is not the case in Copenhagen where a no of his fellow Irish SF fans are present.

Programme with Dave Lally:

Friday 18.00-19.00 - European SF Society - A presentation. Bridgit Wilkinson, Dave Lally, Olav Christensen, Roberto Quaglia.(in english)
Friday 21.00-23.00 and Saturday 22.00-24.00 - Lallys Commercials - Dave Lally shows his collection of science fiction related TV-commercials

David Murphy

Cork-born David Murphy has lived near Dublin for the past thirty years. His novels, Arkon Chronicles and Longevity City were published in the USA in 2003 and 2005 respectively. The best of his award-winning short fiction (Lost Notes won the inaugural Maurice Walsh Award) was gathered in the collection Lost Notes (published by Dublin’s Aeon Press). His short stories have appeared over eighty-five times in magazines and anthologies worldwide. He has just finished a near-future novel set against the backdrop of global warming. He is a founder editor of the Irish fiction magazine Albedo One.

Programme with David Murphy:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: Editing this genre. (in english) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson, and Roelof Goudriaan.
Friday 16.00-17.00 - PANEL: Where are the Leprechauns. (in english) Being Irish in an American World. A panel on Celtic Fantasy, etc By The Albedo One crew: Robert Nielson, Frank Ludlow, David Murphy, etc.
Saturday 10.00-11.00 - PANEL: Small Press - Cutting Edge or Utter Crap. with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 11.00-12.00 - PANEL: Irish SF now. (in english) David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson presents us with a picture of the Irish science fiction scene. + The AEON Award. (in english) A presentation by The Albedo One Crew of this years nominees and the rules for next year.
Satruday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: A shrinking market for short fiction? with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 16.00-17.00 - David Murphy Reads. From Lost Notes

Robert Neilson

Robert (Bob) Neilson was born in Dublin, Ireland and still lives there with his wife, three children, one granddaughter, two dogs a cat and a sentient toaster. He is one of the founding editors of Albedo One and Aeon Press. He is a past president of the Irish SF Association, presented a SF radio show on Anna Livia FM in Dublin for a year, has had two plays performed on Irish National Radio (RTE) and another on a Dublin station. In the early eighties he sang with a new wave band who broke up over musical differences (he stole the drummer's girlfriend). He has had over fifty short stories, a graphic novel and three comics published and has well over one million words in print (including interviews and book reviews). His work has appeared in schools test papers in Ireland and Scotland. He has a new story collection being published by Elastic Press in the UK in June.

Programme with Robert Neilson:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: Editing this genre. (in english) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson, and Roelof Goudriaan.
Friday 16.00-17.00 - PANEL: Where are the Leprechauns. (in english) Being Irish in an American World. A panel on Celtic Fantasy, etc By The Albedo One crew: Robert Nielson, Frank Ludlow, David Murphy, etc.
Friday 18.00-19.00 - PANEL: Is The Most Interesting Work in the Field Being Done in Comics Now? (in english) Roelof Goudrian & Robert Nielson discuss where THE REAL THING is happening in the genre right now.
Saturday 10.00-11.00 - PANEL: Small Press - Cutting Edge or Utter Crap. with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 11.00-12.00 - PANEL: Irish SF now. (in english) David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson presents us with a picture of the Irish science fiction scene. + The AEON Award. (in english) A presentation by The Albedo One Crew of this years nominees and the rules for next year.
Saturday 13.00-14.00 - Robert Nielson Booksigning
Saturday 14.00-15.00 - Robert Nielson reads
Saturday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: A shrinking market for short fiction? with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Sunday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: SF in the smaller European Countries with Ralan, John Sexton, John Kenny, Robert Neilson
Sunday 17.00-18.00 - Round Table with Robert Nielson. 45 min discussions without an audience, just you and 9 other fans. Get up close with your favorite VIP.

John Kenny

John Kenny has been co-editor of Albedo One since its inception in 1993 and a fan of science fiction since the late 70s. Before his involvement with Albedo One, he wrote extensively for Stargate, the magazine of the Irish Science Fiction Association and was editor of FTL, the successor to Stargate. Apart from being involved in producing several books published by Aeon Press, he is also a writer of short fiction and has been published in First Contact, Woman's Way, Emerald Eye (an Anthology of the Best of Irish Imaginative Fiction) and others. He is co-administrator of the Aeon Award for Short Fiction and numbers Brian Aldiss, J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Howard Waldrop, Lucius Shepard, Jonathan Carroll, Paul DiFilippo and many, many others among his favouraite authors. Needless to say, he is currently working on his first novel.

Programme with John Kenny:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: Editing this genre. (in english) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson, and Roelof Goudriaan.
Friday 16.00-17.00 - PANEL: Where's the Leprechauns? Being Irish in an American World. (A panel on Celtic Fantasy etc.) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 10.00-11.00 - PANEL: Small Press - Cutting Edge or Utter Crap. with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 11.00-12.00 - PANEL: Irish SF now. (in english) David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson presents us with a picture of the Irish science fiction scene. + The AEON Award. (in english) A presentation by The Albedo One Crew of this years nominees and the rules for next year.
Saturday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: A shrinking market for short fiction? with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow
Saturday 15.00-16.00 - The Two Johns Read. John W Sexton & John Kenny. Selections from the Emerald Eye - An athology of Irish speculative fiction.
Sunday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: SF in the smaller European Countries with Ralan, John Sexton, John Kenny, Robert Neilson

Frank Ludlow

Frank Ludlow, born and resident in Ireland, is a member of the editorial team of Albedo One, Ireland's magazine of fantasy, SF and horror, and is a judge in the International Aeon Award short speculative fiction contest. He has published articles and opinion pieces on various aspects of speculative fiction, numerous book reviews, and most recently has co-edited (with Roelof Goudriaan) a collection of Irish SF, fantasy and horror stories, Emerald Eye, published by Aeon Press. His most recent short fiction will be appearing in the US print magazine, Rogue Worlds. He also teaches writing in the genre, and runs a three weeks Speculative Fiction Writing course as part of the Centre for Talented Youths yearly summer program in Dublin City University.

Programme with Frank Ludlow:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: Editing this genre. (in english) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson, and Roelof Goudriaan.
Friday 16.00-17.00 - PANEL: Where's the Leprechauns? Being Irish in an American World. (A panel on Celtic Fantasy etc.) with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 10.00-11.00 - PANEL: Small Press - Cutting Edge or Utter Crap. with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson
Saturday 11.00-12.00 - PANEL: Irish SF now. (in english) David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson presents us with a picture of the Irish science fiction scene. + The AEON Award. (in english) A presentation by The Albedo One Crew of this years nominees and the rules for next year.
Saturday 14.00-15.00 - PANEL: A shrinking market for short fiction? with David Murphy, John Kenny, Frank Ludlow, Robert Neilson

John W. Sexton

John W. Sexton was born in London, of Irish parents, in 1958. He is the author of one collection, The Prince's Brief Career (Cairn Mountain Publishing, 1995). He has published two childrens' novels, The Johnny Coffin Diaries & Johnny Coffin School-Dazed ( The O’Brien Press). He has also recorded an album with legendary Stranglers frontman, Hugh Cornwell, entitled Sons Of Shiva, which has been released on Track Records. His play, Voices Of Light And Darkness, was broadcast by Radio Kerry in 1995, and he is the creator and scriptwriter of the RTÉ children's series The Ivory Tower. He lives in Kenmare, County Kerry.
info from: http://www.irishwriters-online.com/johnwsexton.html

Programme with John W. Sexton:

Saturday 15.00-16.00 - The Two Johns Read. John W Sexton & John Kenny. Selections from the Emerald Eye - An athology of Irish speculative fiction.
Sunday 15.00-16.00 - PANEL: SF in the smaller European Countries with Ralan, John Sexton, John Kenny, Robert Neilson

Romania

Valentin Capotescu

Valentin Capotescu is a Romanian SF- fan. He is an architect and currently works with a project THE HOUSE OF THE 25th Century” - in fact about living in a spaceship. His participation will be an exhibition of his collection of seven spaceships models, fully handmade models, constructed from different debris components. He will also give a talk about his project.

Programme with Valentin Capotescu:

Friday 15.00-16.00 - Future Living

Finland

Timo Vuorensola

Timo is a 27-year-old film director from Tampere, Finland. Before Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, his first feature film, Timo had worked on a couple of short films and music videos. His growing interest on Internet as a great distribution and production channel begun, when communality started to play a big part on Star Wreck. Timo and Atte Joutsen, and rest of the Energia Productions Ltd, the production company of Star Wreck, have created what is to be called Star Wreck Studios, a crowd-sourced production platform for films on the Internet.

Programme with Timo Vuorensola:

Saturday 10.00-13.00 - Shows the movie Star Wreck - In the Pirkinning. After the movie he tells about the movie and ansvers questions

Holland

Laurens Postma

Laurens has spent the last twenty-five years directing and producing features, television dramas and series around the world. His latest feature EXITZ starring Malcolm MacDowell shown in Cannes in 2006. In addition to his feature and television work Laurens has traveled the world directing and producing films and series for various Networks. Among his award-winning films are DEREK JARMAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN..., honoured by the Cork Film Festival, and HEAVEN, MAN, EARTH, an award winner at Italy’s Festival Dei Popolei. The JOURNEY won the Gold at the Warsaw Film Festival. In 1979 he formed his own film company, YoYo Films, with producer Phillip Bartlett.
In addition to his Television and Feature Film work, Laurens remains active in the theatre, where he made his start as an actor. He directed and produced FILM FILM FILM, an adaptation of King Lear, that was staged in London’s West End Bernard Shaw Theatre. Laurens recently staged Sholom Aleichem’s, Now you are Talking at the New End Theatre, London. He is an Associated Director of the Bridge Lane Theatre. Laurens read Literature and Drama at the University of Amsterdam and in the early 70’s moved to England where he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and later the London International Film School. He lives in London, Jo’burg and Mumbai with his wife and three children.

Programme with Laurens Postma:

Saturday 10.00-13.00 - Shows the movie EXITZ . After the movie he tells about the movie and ansvers questions

Spain

Carlos Suchowolski

Programme with Carlos Suchowolski:

Lørdag 12.00-13.00 - Carlos Suchowolski reads. (in english) The Argentinian born, Spanish author, reads an english translation of his work, and discuss his writing with the audience. Get a rare glimpse into spanish-language science fiction. Prints of the text in english will be availlable.