ordinal number |
year |
dates |
city |
guests of honour |
notes
|
1
|
1986
|
|
Helsinki
|
Brian Aldiss
|
|
2
|
1989
|
|
Helsinki
|
John Brunner, Tom Ölander
|
|
3
|
1991
|
|
Helsinki
|
Iain Banks
|
|
4
|
1993
|
|
Helsinki
|
Terry Pratchett, Bryan Talbot
|
|
5
|
1995
|
|
Jyväskylä
|
Bruce Sterling, Vonda McIntyre, Storm Constantine
|
|
6
|
1997
|
|
Helsinki
|
Norman Spinrad, Ian McDonald
|
|
7
|
1999
|
|
Turku
|
Connie Willis, Philip Pullman
|
|
8
|
2000
|
|
Helsinki
|
Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod
|
|
9
|
2001
|
|
Jyväskylä
|
Jonathan Carroll, David Langford, Stelarc, Richard Stallman, Johanna Sinisalo
|
also the year's Baltcon
|
10
|
2003
|
|
Turku
|
Michael Swanwick, Jonathan Clements, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Bjørn Tore Sund, Boris Hurtta
|
also the year's Eurocon, Baltcon, and Animecon
|
11
|
2004
|
|
Jyväskylä
|
Robin Hobb, Gwyneth Jones, John Clute, Cheryl Morgan
|
also the year's Animecon
|
12
|
2006
|
18–20 August
|
Helsinki
|
Jeff VanderMeer, Risto Isomäki, Justina Robson, Rickard Berghorn
|
also the year's Animecon
|
13
|
2007
|
14–15 July
|
Jyväskylä
|
Ellen Datlow, Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, Elizabeth Hand, Cheryl Morgan, Ben Roimola
|
also the year's Animecon
|
14
|
2008
|
26–27 July
|
Tampere
|
Petri Hiltunen, Charles Vess, Farah Mendlesohn, M. John Harrison
|
also the year's Animecon
|
15
|
2009
|
10–12 July
|
Helsinki
|
George R. R. Martin, Alastair Reynolds, Adam Roberts, Jari Lehtinen
|
also the year's Animecon
|
16
|
2010
|
17–18 July
|
Jyväskylä
|
Ellen Kushner, Pat Cadigan, Sari Peltoniemi, Liisa Rantalaiho
|
|
17
|
2011
|
15–17 July
|
Turku
|
Nalo Hopkinson, Richard Morgan, Himeka, Yukihiro Notsu
|
also the year's Animecon
|
18
|
2012
|
20–22 July
|
Tampere
|
Lois McMaster Bujold, Liz Williams, Irma Hirsjärvi
|
|
19
|
2013
|
5–7 July
|
Helsinki
|
Aliette de Bodard, J. Pekka Mäkelä, Peter Watts, Stefan Ekman
|
|
20
|
2014
|
11–13 July
|
Jyväskylä
|
Elizabeth Bear, Hannu Rajaniemi, Jukka Halme
|
|
21
|
2016
|
1–3 July
|
Tampere
|
Jasper Fforde, Anne Leinonen, Catherynne M. Valente, Eeva-Liisa Tenhunen
|
|
22
|
2018
|
14–15 July
|
Turku
|
Lauren Beukes, Maria Turtschaninoff, Merja Polvinen
|
|
23
|
2019
|
5–7 July
|
Jyväskylä
|
Charles Stross, Kersti Juva, Raine Koskimaa, Cheryl Morgan
|
|
24
|
2020
|
10–12 July
|
Tampere (virtual)
|
Mike Carey, Helena Waris, Diane Duane, Vesa Sisättö, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
|
|
25
|
2022
|
8–10 July
|
Espoo
|
Marianna Leikomaa, Malka Older, Magdalena Hai, Marko Hautala
|
|
26
|
2023
|
7–9 July
|
Tampere
|
Diane Duane, Helena Waris, Vesa Sisättö, Marek Oziewicz
|
upcoming
|