16.00 - 19:00hrs:

Registration, social meeting, handing out the conference material at Maritim Hotel Reichshof

19.00 hrs: Informal invitation by Peter Rawert „Cheese & Wine

10.00 to 12:30 hrs.

Visit to the traditional and world famous „Hansa Theater“ in groups of 20 to 30 people each

10.15 to 13:30 hrs:

Visit to Germany‘s first magic gallery

„Galerie-W“ in groups of 20 to 30 people each

14:00 hrs. Official opening of the 5th EMHC

          introducing Guest of Honour: Eddie Dawes

14:30 hrs. Eddie Dawes:

        The Eighteenth Century Bestseller

15:15 hrs. Birgit Bartl-Engelhardt:

Bartl and the British Connection

15:50 hrs. Fergus Roy: The Birth of a Magic Kingdom

16:25 hrs. Michael Colley: The Young Magicians - The History of a Competition

17:00  hrs. Grand Buffet at the Destille-Restaurant of the Museum – free to all registrants

19:30 hrs.

Award ceremony for the passing down of the Hofzinser-Ring

20:00 hrs.

Magic theatre show with five members of the Flicking Fingers will perform „Fragments“

09:30 hrs. Paul Freeman: The Iconic Magician’s Assistant

10:10 hrs. Bill Spooner: A Study of Conjuring Wands

10:50 hrs. Marco Pusterla: Chefalo‘s Posters

11:25 hrs. Schuster/Taut/Witt: Marvelli

12:00 hrs. Rare fotages: Marvelli, Adrion, etc.

12:30 to 13:50 hrs. Lunch Break / 1st Visit to Friedländer Posters with Dr. Doering, Group 1

14:00 hrs. Peter Rawert: The Spirits that I Called - Some Reflections on the History of Ghost-Rising Entertainment

14:40 hrs. Steffen Taut: A Sensational Find: Trick Sword of the late 1st / 2nd Century AD

15:15 hrs. Jacques Voignier: Old Magic French Pamphlets

15:50 hrs. Helmut Schwarz: Magic Toys

100. C.Baudenbacher of Nuremberg - A Company History
     

16:25 hrs. Denis Behr: Archiving Miracles

17:00 hrs. Time for dinner - individual

20:00 hrs. Magic theatre show: Timothy Trust & Diamond Between Illusions and Reality

09:30 hrs. Peter Busch/Wittus Witt: Walter Wenger - Magician and Graphic Designer

10:10 hrs. Bill Kalush: Harry Houdini in Germany

10:50 hrs. Pietro Micheli: New revelations on the 18th century conjurer Tomaso Palatino.

11:25 hrs. Volker Huber: The Clock in Form of  a Sculpture of Legerdemain and as a Magician's Device

12:00 hrs. Magic Christian: The magic company Zauber-Klingl of  Vienna and it‘s catalogues

12:30 to 13:50 hrs. Lunch Break /2nd Visit to Friedländer Posters with Dr. Doering, Group 2

14:00 hrs. Rüdiger Deutsch: The Invisible Help

14:40 hrs. Anne Davenport: Maskelyne & Cooke: The early years

15:15 hrs. Flip: International price winning magicians from Holland

15:50 hrs. Thomas Fraps: The Science of Magic -

                   100 Years and None the Wiser

16:25 hrs. 3rd Visit to Friedländer Posters with Dr. Doering, Group 3

17:00 hrs. Time for Dinner - individual

20:00 hrs. Magic theatre show: Ken Bardowicks’ Best of

Please note: Each presentation includes a discussion of 5 to 10 minutes.