The European Science Fiction Society is an international organisation of professionals and fans who are committed to promoting

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and European science fiction worldwide. The organisation was founded at the first

Eurocon Eurocon is an annual science fiction convention held in Europe. The organising committee of each Eurocon is selected by vote of the participants of the previous event. The procedure is coordinated by the European Science Fiction Society. The first ...

(European Science Fiction Convention), which was held in 1972 in

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. Since that time, the organisation has organized Eurocons at least every two years. The organisation also administrates the European SF Awards. The society's officers (as re-elected in 2022 in

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) are:
European Science Fiction Society *Chairman: Carolina Gómez Lagerlöf, ( Sweden) *Secretary: Fionna O'Sullivan (

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) *Treasurer: Anouk Arnal (

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) *Vice Chairman: Saija Kyllönen (

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) *Award Administrator: Mikołaj Kowalewski (

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) Bridget Wilkinson served as a society officer for 25 years before standing down at the 2016

, held in

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. Before that, she ran Fans Across The World co-ordinating science fiction fans from the former

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with their counterparts in the West.

References

External links

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Report of the first Eurocon 1972, Italy

* ttp://rantalica.com/166/new-leadership-of-european-science-fiction-society/ New leadership of European Science Fiction Society 1972 establishments in Italy International professional associations based in Europe Arts organizations established in 1972 Science fiction organizations {{sf-stub