The FedCon (short for Federation Convention ) is a German convention on the topics of science fiction , fantasy and mystery . It is organized by the event company of the same name, FedCon GmbH.
Federation Convention According to the organizer, FedCon is now the largest Star Trek and science fiction event in Germany.
In 1992 the first FedCon was organized as a fan meeting by and with friends of the Raumschiff Enterprise series with an actor (see overview) as a star guest in Augsburg. Over the next few decades, the conventions continued to grow larger and more professional. The focus expanded from Star Trek to all areas of science fiction.
The Federation Conventions form (apart from the TreWaCons) for the other events the template for the conventions listed above.
At the center of the event are so-called panels in which guests (actors, voice actors, authors, producers, scientists, NASA and ESA astronauts, etc.) give lectures and answer questions from fans. A compilation of the panels will later be available on DVD.
There are also workshops where stunt staff, makeup artists, choreographers, language trainers, etc. teach their skills. Films and series episodes are shown as excerpts or in full length. There are costume competitions and exhibitions of fan art, choirs, dance performances, model buildings. In the evening there is always a disco with a live DJ, where the celebrity guests mingle with the fans on the dance floor.
A personal meeting of the fans with the star guests for an autograph or a joint photo is possible (against payment).
A number of dealers (autographs, fan products of all kinds, food, etc.), as well as exhibitions on science fiction projects of all kinds (films, series, PC games, board games, role-playing games) with test versions and promotional gifts can be found on the event site.
Previous FedCons
FedCon
Period
place
Star guests
FedCon I
1st - 3rd May 1992
Tower Hotel Augsburg
Walter Koenig
FedCon II
1st - 3rd April 1994
Arabella Hotel Munich
George Takei - Robin Curtis - Richard Arnold
FedCon III
June 30 - July 2, 1995
Sheraton Hotel Munich
Jonathan Frakes - Brent Spiner - Eric Stillwell - Lolita Fatjo - Richard Arnold
FedCon IV
10-12 May 1996
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Walter Koenig - Denise Crosby - Armin Shimerman - Garrett Wang - Robert Picardo - Richard Arnold - Lolita Fatjo - Marc B. Lee
FedCon V
9-11 May 1997
Maritim Hotel Bonn
William Shatner - Roxann Dawson - Nana Visitor - Ethan Phillips - Chase Masterson - Mira Furlan - Marc B. Lee
FedCon VI
17th-19th April 1998
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Kate Mulgrew - Robert Beltran - Tim Russ - Max Grodénchik - Nichelle Nichols - Richard Arnold - Marc B. Lee
FedCon VII
April 30 - May 2, 1999
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Leonard Nimoy - Robert Duncan McNeill - Jeri Ryan - Gates McFadden - John de Lancie - Bruce Boxleitner - Robin Atkin Downes - Richard Arnold - Marc B. Lee
FedCon VIII
19. – 21. May 2000
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Richard Arnold - Lolita Fatjo - Richard Herd - René Auberjonois - Marina Sirtis - Michael Dorn - Jerry Doyle - Richard Biggs - Brent Spiner - Alice Krige - Robin Atkin Downes - Jackie Edwards - Denise Crosby - Tim Russ - Chase Masterson - Marc B. Lee
FedCon IX
6-8 April 2001
Maritim Hotel Bonn
LeVar Burton - Colm Meaney - Alexander Siddig - Jennifer Lien - Claudia Christian - Richard Biggs - Robert Leeshock - Von Flores - Ted Raimi - Marjorie Monaghan - Alexandra Tydings - Manu Intiraymi - Stewart Moss - Richard Arnold - Marc B. Lee
FedCon X
10-12 May 2002
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Walter Koenig - Avery Brooks - Nicole de Boer - Robert Beltran - Robert Duncan McNeill - Garrett Wang - Dominic Keating - Dirk Benedict - Herb Jefferson - BarBara Luna - Manu Intiraymi - Carolyn Seymour - Erin Gray - Richard Arnold - Judson Scott - Richard Hatch - Peter Williams - Marc B. Lee
FedCon XI
2-4 May 2003
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Vaughn Armstrong - Nana Visitor - Linda Park - John Billingsley - Ethan Phillips - Marina Sirtis - Cirroc Lofton - Anthony Stewart Head - Ray Park - Leni Parker - Jason Carter - Gil Gerard - Robert Leeshock - Tony Amendola - Tracy Scoggins - Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry - Marc B. Lee
FedCon XII
21-23 May 2004
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Nichelle Nichols - Tim Russ - Robert Picardo - Connor Trinneer - Anthony Montgomery - Grace Lee Whitney - Robert O'Reilly - JG Hertzler - Musetta Vander - Virginia Hey - Ed Wasser - Julie Benz - Tom Lenk - Amber Benson - Lolita Fatjo - Larry Nemecek - Richard Arnold - Marc B. Lee - Robert Vogel
FedCon XIII - The lost convention
FedCon XIII did not exist. FedCon XIV followed in 2005 immediately after FedCon XII 2004.
FedCon XIV
6-8 May 2005
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Jolene Blalock - Dominic Keating - Andrew Robinson - Stephen Furst - Gary Graham - Corin Nemec - Clare Kramer - JG Hertzler - Bobbie Sue Luther - Rick Searfoss - James Horan - Monika Schnarre - Michael David Ward - Leonard Nimoy - Brent Spiner - Kevin Sorbo - Robert Vogel - Leonard McLeod - Hubert Zitt - Marc B. Lee
FedCon XV - The Undiscovered Country
19. – 21. May 2006
Hotel Esperanto Fulda
Patrick Kilpatrick - Walter Koenig - George Takei - Gates McFadden - Robert Beltran - Connor Trinneer - Nicole de Boer - Cirroc Lofton - Mira Furlan - Gigi Edgley - Christian Kane - Menina Fortunato - Marc Singer - Claudia Christian - Dean Haglund - Gary Jones - Clare Kramer - Andy Hallett - Tim Brazeal - Alexandra Velten - Dr. Rainer Nagel - Hubert Zitt - Richard Arnold - Marc B. Lee - Robert Vogel
FedCon XVI - Droned Heart
8-10 June 2007
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Kate Mulgrew - Jonathan Frakes - Avery Brooks - Jewel Staite - Paul McGillion - Garrett Wang - Armin Shimerman - Laura Bertram - Orli Shoshan - Robert O'Reilly - JG Hertzler - Suzie Plakson - Cirroc Lofton - Anthony Montgomery - Hubert Zitt - Alexandra Velten - Dr. Rainer Nagel - Robert Vogel - Marc B. Lee
FedCon XVII - The Lost World
18.-20. April 2008
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Brent Spiner - Marina Sirtis - LeVar Burton - Jamie Bamber - Mary McDonnell - Bruce Boxleitner - Michael Shanks - Kevin Sorbo - Michelle Forbes - Nicki Clyne - Leah Cairns - Julie Caitlin Brown - Peter Jurasik - Steve Bacic - René Auberjonois - John de Lancie - W Morgan Sheppard - Robert Vogel - Richard Arnold - Marc B. Lee
FedCon XVIII - The Golden Future
1st - 3rd May 2009
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Edward James Olmos - Summer Glau - Nichelle Nichols - Colin Ferguson - Jordan Hinson - Christopher Judge - James Callis - Michael Hogan - John Billingsley - Robert Picardo - Nana Visitor - Connor Trinneer - Dominic Keating - Mark Sheppard - Marc Alaimo - Jeffrey Combs - Max Grodénchik - Erin Gray - Richard Hatch - Jonathan Woodward - Hubert Zitt - Alexandra Velten - Dr. Rainer Nagel - Richard Arnold - Mike Hillenbrand - Thomas Höhl - Robert Vogel - David Messina - Marc B. Lee
FedCon XIX - Beyond Imagination
April 30th to May 2nd, 2010
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Joe Flanigan - Luciana Carro - James Marsters - David Hewlett - Terry Farrell - Michael Dorn - Gareth David-Lloyd - Aaron Douglas - Kandyse McClure - Tahmoh Penikett - Gordon Michael Woolvett - Martha Hackett - Cliff Simon - Chase Masterson - Tsuneo Sanda - David Messina - Manu Intiraymi - Suzie Plakson - Robert Vogel - Franco Urru - James Cawley - Ed Wasser
FedCon XX - The Sci-Fi Experience
April 28 to May 1, 2011
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
Richard Dean Anderson - Scott Bakula - Robert Duncan McNeill - Lance Henriksen - Wil Wheaton - Paul McGillion - Marina Sirtis - Jeremy Bulloch - Daniel Logan - Nicole de Boer - Sean Maher - Bonnie Piesse - Dirk Benedict - Tony Amendola - Kate Hewlett - Arlene Martel - Kate Vernon - Carel Struycken - Garrett Wang - Hubert Zitt - Lieven Litaer
Captains Table - A FedCon Special
Sep 10-11 2011
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
Patrick Stewart - Daniel Stewart - Kate Mulgrew - Avery Brooks - Hubert Zitt - Garrett Wang (moderator)
FedCon XXI - The Sci-Fi Experience
17th to 20th May 2012
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
Richard Dean Anderson - William Shatner - Jonathan Frakes - Gates McFadden - Joe Flanigan - Walter Koenig - Joel Gretsch - JG Hertzler - Robert O'Reilly - Nicholas Brendon - Felicia Day - Casper Van Dien - Kai Owen - Keith Szarabajka - Erick Avari - Teryl Rothery - Kavan Smith - Matthew Bennett - Jenette Goldstein - Ricco Ross - Carrie Henn - Virginia Hey - Eddie Paskey - Garrett Wang
FedCon XXII - The Sci-Fi Experience
9-12 May 2013
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
John Barrowman - Robert Beltran - Claudia Black - Ben Browder - Tracee Cocco - Casper van Dien - Gigi Edgley - Colin Ferguson - Matt Frewer - JG Hertzler - Dina Meyer - Anthony Montgomery - Patrick Muldoon - Eve Myles - Jasika Nicole - Robert O'Reilly - Linda Park - Ethan Phillips - Mark Allen Shepherd - Andrea Thompson - Garrett Wang - Patti Yasutake
FedCon XXIII - The Sci-Fi Experience
May 29 to June 1, 2014
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
Jay Acovone - Richard Dean Anderson - Nicole de Boer - Susanne Braun - Holly Marie Combs - Tony Curran - Roxann Dawson - Shannen Doherty - Aron Eisenberg - Max Grodénchik - Natasha Henstridge - Barry Jenner - Nalini Krishan - Bai Ling - Diana Muldaur - Nichelle Nichols - Michael Shanks - Alexander Siddig - Amanda Tapping - Nana Visitor - Garrett Wang - David Warner
FedCon XXIV - The Sci-Fi Experience
May 21 to 24, 2015
Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
Rob Archer - Jonathan Del Arco - Carmen Argenziano - Colin Baker - Grant Bowler - James Callis - Aaron Douglas - Jerry Doyle - Eva Habermann - Tricia Helfer - David Hewlett - Manu Intiraymi - Bai Ling - Paul McGann - David Nykl - Edward James Olmos - Tim Russ - Jeri Ryan - Sean Young
FedCon XXV - The Sci-Fi Experience
May 13-16, 2016
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Chase Masterson - Connor Trinneer - Dominic Keating - Ethan Phillips - George Takei - Hallie Todd - James Morrison - Julie Benz - Karl Urban - Manu Intiraymi - Marina Sirtis - Rekha Sharma - Robert Beltran - Robert Maschio - Robin Curtis - Terry Farrell - Tucker Smallwood - Walter Koenig - William Shatner -
FedCon XXVI - The Sci-Fi Experience
June 2nd to 5th, 2017
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Chase Masterson - Marina Sirtis - Gates McFadden - Michael Dorn - John de Lancie - LeVar Burton - Colm Meaney - Denise Crosby - Casper Van Dien - David Hasselhoff - Jenna Coleman - Matt Smith - Bern Collaco - Sasha Roiz - Mark Dacascos - Hubert Zitt - Christian Humberg
canceled: Brent Spiner - Jonathan Frakes - Tia Carrere
FedCon XXVII - The Sci-Fi Experience
May 18-21, 2018
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Jason Isaacs - Brent Spiner - Jonathan Frakes - Robert Picardo - John de Lancie - Edward James Olmos - Mary McDonnell - Tricia Helfer - James Callis - Grace Park - Michael Trucco - Rekha Sharma - Tahmoh Penikett - Katee Sackhoff - Alessandro Juliani - Aaron Douglas - Michael Hogan - Kandyse McClure - Daphne Zuniga - Zach Galligan - Cliff Simon - Brian Muir - Hubert Zitt - Robert Vogel - Christian Humberg - Anika Klüver - Lori Dungey
canceled: Karl Urban - Jamie Bamber
FedCon XXVIII - The Sci-Fi Experience
June 7-10, 2019
Maritim Hotel Bonn
Kevin Sorbo - Bruce Boxleitner - Corin Nemec - Robert Duncan McNeill - Mira Furlan - Aaron Ashmore - Luke Macfarlane - Anson Mount - Shazad Latif - Wilson Cruz - Cas Anvar - Dominique Tipper - Frankie Adams - Shohreh Aghdashloo - Ethan Peck - Ken Leung - Wes Chatham - Steven Strait - Anthony Daniels - Benjamin Stöwe - Lori Dungey - Hubert Zitt - Christian Humberg - Lieven Litaer
Future conventions
Web links Individual evidence
↑ Robert Eiba: FedCon 29 - shift to 2021. FEDCON. August 26, 2020, accessed on August 27, 2020 (German).
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