[For our review of the 2nd International Week of Science & SF click here]
Monday May 19th
2003|
Time |
Item |
Location |
|
18.00 |
Launch of the International Week with the President of the Timisoara Branch of the Romanian Writers' Association |
Orizont |
|
20.00 |
Welcome drinks reception sponsored by the Welsh SF Association |
The Grizzly |
Tuesday May 20th Orientation day
|
Time |
Item |
Location |
|
10.00 |
Coffee and fanzine interviews of Guests |
City centre |
|
12.00 |
Choice of 3 Timisoara tours |
All over the city |
|
15.00 |
Afternoon break |
|
|
17.00 |
Ultraviolet - 3 episodes of the modern 'vampire' series. Our free range days are over |
Orizont |
Wednesday May 21st Publication launch day
|
Time |
Item |
Location |
|
10.00 |
Coffee and fanzine interviews of Guests |
City centre |
|
12.00 |
„Caduouri de Craciun" (Christmas Presents) book launch by Sergiu Somesan, Anticipatia SF magazine and US Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine presentation session. (There will also be a re-launch of Sergiu's „Carte de magie" (A Book of Magic)) |
Muzeul Banatului, Piata I. Huniade nr. 1 (The Banat Museum in the City Centre) |
|
14.00 |
Free afternoon Your chance to do your own thing by yourself or with members of the convention |
Anywhere you want |
|
17.00 |
Ultraviolet - 3 episodes |
Orizont |
|
20.00 |
Pizza evening for visitors - sponsored by the Science Fact& Fiction Concatenation |
The Grizzly, a local hostelry |
Thursday May 22nd - Hungarian Day
|
Time |
Item Jimbolia Day for Timisoara visitors only |
Location |
|
10.00 |
Visitors-to-Timisoara Depart for Jimbolia |
|
|
11.00 |
Tour of Jimbolia and Cultural Museum |
Jimbolia |
|
12.00 |
Istvan Nemere's presentation to Hungarian community and SF visitors-to-Timisoara |
Jimbolia |
|
13.30 |
Lunch - sponsored by the Jimbolian Hungarian community |
Jimbolia |
|
15.30 |
Return to Timisoara to re-join Timisoaran SF community |
|
|
Evening for everyone - Visitors and Timisoara SF community |
||
|
17.00 |
Internet Exotica video demonstration by Dan Heidel surfing the internet for science & SF exotica.(for all participants, both visitors & locals) |
Orizont |
|
18.00 |
The Gogs and Ultraviolet - 2 episodes |
Orizont |
|
20.00 |
Dinner for visitors - sponsorship for visiting Eastern Europeans and Guests by Alan Boakes (Concatenation webmaster) |
The Grizzly |
Friday May 23rd
|
Time |
Item |
Location |
|
10.00 |
Coffee and fan interviews of Guests (last chance for group chats and interviews with the Guests) |
City centre |
|
11.00 |
Group photograph of the International Week participants - bring your camera |
On the lawn by Bega floral clock next to the Continental Hotel |
|
12.00 |
Choice of three Tours of Timisoara |
All over the city |
|
15.00 |
Afternoon break |
|
|
17.00 |
Travels in space and mind - slide show exploring technical images of future space travel past and present by Jonathan Cowie |
Orizont |
|
18.00 |
Film - Minority Report (2002) - based on the Philip K. Dick short story |
Orizont |
|
21.45 |
Free evening (to save energy for the convention tomorrow) |
Your choice |
Saturday May 24th - H. G. Wells Day
|
Time |
Item |
Location |
|
10.00 |
Film:- The Time Machine (2001) - loosely based on the H.G Wells novel |
Orizont |
|
12.00 |
HG Wells' Ghost of Honour |
Orizont |
|
13.00 |
Afternoon break |
|
|
14.00 |
Film: - AI |
Orizont |
|
16.00 |
Ian Watson's - Guest speech |
Orizont |
|
17.00 |
The broadcast that panicked America - Orson Welles' War of the Worlds |
Orizont |
|
18.00 |
Istvan Nemere's - Guest speech |
Orizont |
|
19.00 |
Timisoara and Scotland vs The Rest of the World TV SF quiz |
Orizont |
|
20.00 |
Drinks reception - sponsored by Concat-enation editor Jonathan Cowie |
The Grizzly |
Sunday May 25th - Working-up-an-appetite day
|
Time |
Item |
Location |
|
10.00 |
See your 'Read Me' booklet in your programme pack |
Spare programme space |
|
11.00 |
SF Video shorts from the Internet |
Orizont |
|
12.00 |
Danut Ungureanu's - Guest speech |
Orizont |
|
13.00 |
Mid-day lunch break (your chance to grab a coffee and witness a post-revolution phenomena as the elderly generation of the city gather in the main square to chat (this used to be illegal)) |
|
|
14.00 |
TV documentary of the 1996 Worldcon |
Orizont |
|
15.00 |
Running the World - Vince Docherty's Guest speech |
Orizont |
|
16.00 |
The Grand SF Interview of all the Guests by Roberto Quaglia |
Orizont |
|
17.00 |
Break to prepare for the evening |
Orizont |
|
19.30 |
Assemble for pre-prandials |
|
|
20.00 |
Banquet With Orizont's Cornel Ungureanu |
The Central Hotel |
|
21.30 |
End of Banquet and Week speeches |
The Central Hotel |
|
23.00 |
Dead dogging - so you are as dead as a dog, but there is that last opportunity to chat with old and new friends |
Monday May 26th
|
14.00 |
Western Guests and fans depart |
Timisoara Airport 14.30 - 15.30 |
[For our review of the 2nd International Week of Science & SF click here]
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