The Program
The schedule is still being worked out, but here is a taste of what will happen! More detailed info will appear soon. Note that there will be some events Monday morning, including the closing ceremony.
- Bona Espero (Ursula & Giuseppe Grattapaglia)
- Japanese sushi, including greenstar "maki" (Haruo ROS')
- Esperanto translation of an amusing work by William Penn BRANNAN (Haruo ROS')
- Native American literature (Haruo ROS')
- Interfaith dialog (Haruo ROS')
- Translations of short prose pieces by Hermann Melville (Haruo ROS')
- Translation of article about Martin Luther King from a Seattle radical journal (Haruo ROS')
- Info about new library and Culbert foundation (Haruo ROS')
- Japanese haiku (Donald Jacob Uitvlugt)
- The need for science in Esperanto (Fred Meyer)
- Why to help Vikipedio (Fred Meyer)
- Several different classes and conversation groups for beginners (various presenters)
- Cardgames and boardgames for practicing Esperanto (various presenters)
- The strategy game Go (Anderson Mills)
- Various films (some in Esperanto, e.g. about Bona Espero, and some with Esperanto subtitles)
- Foreign language imperialism against Nigerian languages and culture (Oladipo Emmanuel Olusegun)
- Comics in Esperanto (Russ Williams)
- Free chair massages by Esperantist professional massage therapist (Tracy)
- Excursion to see the famous bats under the Congress Avenue bridge (if sufficient interest)
- Pub crawl on Sixth Street (if sufficient interest)
If you would like to present something, please let us know. The more interesting and diverse the subjects, the better!
If you have sent a program proposal to the ELNA office, the KEA office, or somewhere else, and you don't see it here, it may have gotten lost, so please notify Russ at kongreso2005@hewgill.com, to be sure it gets included.
ATTENTION: Despite the 2nd bulletin, this page is still not finished. Sorry for the confusion. Ignore the table below. Various last-minute changes are happening about the program.
| Friday, June 10 |
Room 2 | ||
| 8:00 - 5:00 | ELNA estraro meeting (all are invited to
watch) |
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| 4:00 - 9:00 | Registration | ||
| 7:00 - 10:00 | Interkona Vespero - have a bite to eat, and meet old and new friends through games and conversation | ||
| Saturday, June 11 |
Room 2 | Room 3 | |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Opening of the congress Phil Dorcas and others | nothing | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Group Photo | ||
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch together | ||
| 1:00 - 1:50 | ELNA members meeting | ||
| 6:00 - 10:00 | Banquet | ||
| Sunday, June 12 |
Room 2 | Room 3 | |
| 8:00 - 8:45 | nothing | Christian service (about John 14:6) - Haruo ROS' | |
| 8:45 - 9:20 | nothing | Nondenominational service - Haruo ROS' | |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch on your own | ||
| 1:00 - 1:50 | Edwin de Kock | ||
| 7:00 - 9:00 | |||
| Monday, June 13 |
Ĉambro 2A | Ĉambro 2B | |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | AAIE kunsido – Phil Dorcas | ||
| 10:00 - 10:50 | |||
| 11:00 - 11:10 | |||
| 11:10 - 11:45 | |||
| 1:00 - 7:00 | Post-congress excursion (not yet finalized) |
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Contact: kongreso2005@hewgill.com