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 |