Our Bid Committee

• Kayla Allen (she/her) – Chair of the 2002 World Science Fiction Convention held in San Jose, USA

• James Bacon (he/him) – Chair of the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention held in Dublin, Ireland

• Tammy Coxen (she/her) – Chair of the 2014 North American Science Fiction Convention held in Detroit, USA

• David Hyttenrauch (he/him) – English professor (retired) at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta

• Jesi Lipp (they/them) – Frequent Worldcon volunteer, chair of the WSFS Business Meetings in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

• Farah Mendlesohn, (they/Farah) Professor Emerita Anglia Ruskin, three-time Eastercon chair, head of Worldcon Programme at Anticipation and DCIII

• Premee Mohamed (she/her) – Aurora and Nebula-winning author, past writer-in-residence at the Edmonton Public Library

• Winston Pei, Bid Co-Chair (he/him/they/them) – Reader, designer, bookseller, book artist, free range librarian, and community builder based in Edmonton

• Edmund Picard (he/him) – Lawyer and community volunteer based in Edmonton, Alberta

• Olav Rokne, Bid Co-Chair (he/him) – Photographer and Hugo-nominated blogger, frequent World Science Fiction Convention volunteer based in Edmonton

• Randall Shepherd (he/him) – Chair of the 2013 World Science Fiction Convention held in San Antonio, USA

• Kris Snyder (they/them) – Frequent division head at World Science Fiction Conventions, and convention organizer

• Amanda Wakaruk, Bid Co-Chair (she/her) – Librarian and Hugo-nominated blogger, frequent World Science Fiction Convention volunteer based in Edmonton

• Paul Weimer (he/him) – Photographer and Hugo-winning fan-writer, frequent World Science Fiction Convention volunteer

Our Indigenous Advisory Committee

• Kateryna Barnes, Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Kanienkehaka)

• Jessie Loyer, Cree-Métis, Michel First Nation

• Colette Poitras, citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government/Métis Nation of Alberta