Program Map

Changes to the program are possible.

Finncon Program:

Friday 13.7.

Research Seminar on Science Fiction
Friday 13.7. 14.00-18.00
University Main Building, room C4

The Second national research seminar on science fiction is organized with universities of Jyväskylä, Tampere, Turku and Oulu. Seminar will be opened by author Johanna Sinisalo. Open to public.
More information ulla.tissari@jkl.fi

Aspects of Machine-Consciousness: Art, Science and Spirituality
Friday 13.7. 11.00-19.00
University Agora building, Room 3, Mattilanniemi 2
Language of the seminar is English.

Among the speakers are author A. B. Yehoshua (Israel), hypermedia specialist Jean-Pierre Balpe (France) and computer performance artist Stelarc (Australia)
Registration tel. +358-(0)14-624 384, ulla.tissari@jkl.fi, fax +358-(0)14-214 808 Seminar fee 500 FIM (for those registered by June 20th) and 600 FIM the same day.

Stelarc demonstration at 18.00 is included to the seminar fee, otherwise tickets 60 FIM

Friday evening: Table-hockey tournament "Finncon-kampen" at restaurant Sohwi (Vaasankatu 21)

Saturday 14.7.

University Main Building, Seminaarinkatu 15
No entrance fee, all programs in University Main Building are free of charge
At the lobby: Info, exhibitions, book sellers, cafe

10.00 Doors open

10.30
Room C1 Opening video
Room C3 Baltcon-meeting (in English)

11.00
Room C1 Physicist Markku Lehto, University of Jyväskylä: Fundamental Structure of Cosmic Reality
Room C3 Baltcon-meeting continues (in English)
Room C4 Crybaby-panel: Scifi Is Dying!
Room C5 Video-program starts


12.00
Room C1 Atorox Awards
Room C3 Baltcon-panel: How About Future? (in English)
Room C4 A Chat with Stelarc
Room C5 Video-program


13.00
Room C1 Guest of Honour Jonathan Carroll (in English)
Room C3 Tom Ölander & Pekka Sirkiä: Birth of SF-Fandom
Room C4 Tero Mäyränen: Music with Commodore 64
Room C5 Video-program


14.00
Room C1 Guest of Honour Richard Stallman: Free Software (in English)
Room C3 Guest of Honour Johanna Sinisalo reads her texts
Room C4 Vytaytas Danilevicius: "Science Fiction Modeling the World" (in English)
Room C5 Night Visions - Maitland McDonagh, presentations, panels (partly in English)


15.00
Room C1 Guest of Honour Richard Stallman continues (in English)
Room C3 Finnish SF-Writers Meeting
Room C4 Finnish Star Wars Fans' Meeting
Room C5 Night Visions - continues
Cafe Jonathan Carroll and Johanna Sinisalo signing

16.00
Room C1 Guest of Honour Johanna Sinisalo: GoH Speech
Room C4 Finnish Star Wars Fans' Meeting continues
Room C5 Video-program


17.30
Program ends, doors close.


13.00 - 15.00
Tolkien-meeting at Kirjailijatalo.

19.00
Night Visions Movie Marathon - Too Much Is Never Enough!
Bio Elohuvi, Väinönkatu 32, Saturday 14.7. starts at 19.00
Tickets 40 FIM/film, marathonticket 160 FIM.

• 19.00: Cheh Chang: SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON / DONG KAI JI (Hong Kong 1974), with David Chiang and Lung Ti - Mythical martial arts masterpiece from the golden period of Hong Kong cinema and to close the marathon a surprise fifth feature. (K-18)
• 20.45: Mario Bava: DIABOLIK / DANGER: DIABOLIK (Italy/France 1967), with John Phillip Law and Marisa Mell - Cartoon essence of Italian super criminal with style to burn. (K-15)
  
• 22.30: Frank Packard: ABAR - THE FIRST BLACK SUPERMAN (USA 1977), with Art Jackson and Tina James - Angry fantasy about communist America controlled by The Black Panthers. (K-18)
  
• 24.00: Midnight Special: Andrew Dominik: CHOPPER (Australia 2000). (K-18)
• 01.45: Abel Ferrara: DRILLER KILLER (USA 1979), with Abel Ferrara - Urban nightmare with punk rock and a Black and Decker. (K-18)
  

20.00
Masquerade at Cafe Elohuvi.

21.00
Cosmos-technoparty at Messukeskus.

Sunday 15.7.

University Main Building, Seminaarinkatu 15
No entrance fee, all programs in University Main Building are free of charge
At the lobby: Info, exhibitions, book sellers, cafe

10.30 Doors open

11.00
Room C1 Toni Jerrman: Anime and Manga - plain porn or art?
Room C3 "Die, Mutant Alien Scum!" - SF in Computer Games -panel
Room C4 Finnish SF-Writers: Literature Is Sexy. Nova- and Kosmoskynä-Awards. Lumimies-Awards
Room C5 Video-program continues


12.00
Room C1 Guest of Honour Jonathan Carroll Reading (in English)
Room C3 Hiltunen & Blommila: Definitive Shark-panel
Room C4 SuoLi - Worlds Best Finnish Live Action Role Players' Association
Room C5 Video-program continues


13.00
Room C1 Guest of Honour David Langford: Speech (in English)
Room C3 SuoLi: Live Action Role Players' Panel
Room C4 Guest of Honour Richard Stallman: Copyright vs. Community (in English)
Room C5 Video-program continues


14.00
Room C1 Jussi Holopainen: Games and Consciousness
Room C3 Tolkien Quiz: Finnish Tolkien Association
Room C4 Guy Windsor: History of Medieval European Weapons and Martial Arts (in English)
Room C5 Video-program continues


15.00
Room C1 Wor(l)ds to Come Panel: Carroll, Stallman, Balpe (in English)
Room C5 Video-program continues


16.00
Room C1 Wor(l)ds to Come Panel continues
Room C5 Video-program continues

17.00 Doors close

Dead Dog Party at Kirjailijatalo, address: Seminaarinkatu 26, very close to university.