New to this year's event are round table discussions. We have some exciting subjects and some amazing speakers.
* Some of these topics are tentative and subject to change.
Table 1. 7:00pm
Paranormal Investigations 101, science, debunking, experimental equipment and locations.
Host: Steve Genier
Table 2. 7:00pm
Meet the creators of "Breathing Port Robinson". Discuss the movie before you see it.
Host:Dave McRae, Bruce Dale
Table 1. 8:30pm
Healing Modalities.
Host: Sue Macleod Browning
Table 2. 8:30pm
Beyond, The Paranormal and Mystery TV Show and so much more....
Host: Stephen Rumbelow
Table 1. 10:00pm
Remote viewing for investigations
Host: Elvis Podvorac
Table 2. 10:00pm
Parapsychology education, science and more. Is there value for investigators?
Host: Lynn Jankowski
Steve Genier
 Of course like many others in this field, my interest was born out of a couple events that had happened to me over the years that I could only explain as being paranormal. These events lead me to begin actively investigating the paranormal in 1996.
I graduated from Trebas Inst. (Toronto) in 1996 with a full Television and Film degree. There I experienced several different aspects of the field, from production, most recently working on the set of AUTUMN, directed by Steven Rumbelow and starring Dexter Fletcher (Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels, Band of Brothers) and David Carradine (KILL BILL, KUNG FU).
It wasn’t until 2005 that I decided to expand my passion for this field by forming the investigation team of SOPS. For the last 4 years we can investigated some of North America's most haunted locations, places like Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky, Rolling Hills Asylum in Batavia, New York, Iron Island Museum, Buffalo, NY as well as the Winking Judge in Hamilton, Ontario to name only a few.
On the personal side of things, my main focus is trying to link history with the paranormal activity that is experienced in each location. The history of these locations has always been a great interest to me. Lately though, I have found it very interesting to help those who are just looking to start up, where and how to begin with the paranormal. I have had the pleasure of interacting with some of the most notable people in the paranormal community such as Keith Age (The Louisville Ghost Hunter’s Society and the documentary SPOOKED), Robbie Thomas (DEAD WHISPER, THE SALLIE HOUSE) as well as working with many groups across Canada and the US.
My ultimate goal with the paranormal especially here in Canada is to band together, network and give many of us a chance to try and solve many of the mysteries the paranormal holds, but as a community. Networking is key in any hopes of achieving this.
In 2006, I began to help co-producing two internet radio shows that dealt with all the aspects of the paranormal; Full Moon Radio www.fullmoonradio.com and Darker Side of the Moon Radio www.darkersideradio.com. As of August 2008 I decided to branched out and host my own show titled Nocturnal Frequency Radio www.blogtalkradio.com/Nocturnal_Frequency . A show that covers mainly the paranormal but dives into the wonderful world of horror films! With past guest that include, Keith Age, Brian Harnois, Robbie Thomas, David Hess (LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT), the Booth Brothers and many more!
Currently, I'm in post production with the documentary CHASING SHADOWS which deals with the entire 4 years of travels, investigations, experiences and evidence of the Southern Ontario Paranormal Society. Hopefully will be completed October 2009!
http://www.cinema-nocturna.com
http://www.sopsinvestigations.com
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Nocturnal_Frequency
http://www.autumnthemovie.com
Steve Rumbelow
 Steven Rumbelow has directed almost 200 productions (9 feature films, about 70 major stage productions, over 100 music videos plus TV Specials, opera, dance and commercials). These productions have won over 100 awards between them including three Outstanding Film of the Year at the London Film Festival and his production of Moby Dick (starring William L. Petersen and Ted Levine) was nominated for 11 Chicago Jefferson Awards of which it won four. His reputation has been built on cutting-edge, high-quality, independent production in all media. Productions that are highly conceptual and visually dynamic.
Feature Film
He has directed 9 feature films: King Lear, St. Joan, Faust, The Search, The Proteus Chronicles, Queen City Blowout, The Covenant, Lost Souls and Autumn. Between them they won over 20 awards at film festivals throughout the world. Upcoming films include Over the Edge and Cafe X.
Music Videos
He has directed 100 music videos for major labels such as A&M/Sony, WEA, Polygram, Atlantic etc. with A, B and C bands. His music videos have appeared on high rotation in all major television markets including MTV, Much Music, BET and BBC.
Television
Television experience is mainly special interest programming such as the anarchy event series “The New Television”, Toronto's improvised satellite station QTV and his 90 minute TV special “Ghosts” for The Space Channel. Most recently the 52 part series on the paranormal "Beyond" and "Rocking Horse Dreams" the 90-minute documentary about Canada's young Olympic equestrian hopeful for 2008: Andrina Calder.
Commercials
He has directed a number of Bessie Nominated or Awarded commercials. Worked as a staff director for Derek Van Lint (DVLA) directing high-end commercials during the 1990's
Stage
On stage, Steven has directed at The Old Vic, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Bristol Old Vic, Steppenwolf Theatre - Chicago, The Goodman Theatre - Chicago, The West End (7 productions), Performance Garage - New York, as well as having led production projects for Grotowski's Teater Laboratorium. He was founder of one of the world's foremost physical theatre companies, Triple Action Theatre and in Canada he has directed at many prominent theatres including Theatre Passe Muraille, Premiere Dance Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times. His stage production of Dr. Faustus was the longest running tour in British stage history which was last seen in Toronto in 1997. His theatre work was the subject of four books during the 1970's.
Acting
Wanting to be in touch with the actors' process Steven decided at age 18 to learn how to act and has played principal or leading roles in 7 feature films and over 30 stage productions since that time.
Writing
He has over 40 produced works to his credit in all media for writing. These include working as a B Writer for Paramount, freelance writing for NBC, several stage and feature film productions as well as one radio drama.
Teaching
Steven has lectured at 68 Universities and Institutes in Europe and North America executing experimental acting programs at many of them. He set up the Post Grad. Improvisation Program at York University in Toronto and also held a special course for the Communications Dept. at Northwestern and ran a project comparing human and primate communications at London Zoo. His workshop program "Leap In The Dark" was attended by over 10,000 actors around the world in the 1980's and most recently started his ACTRA accredited 'Edge' Series in Toronto and Regina have been attended by about 400 actors.
Other
He was co-founder of The Woman's Film Co-op and the Independent Theatre Council which is now Britain's main regulatory body for employment and safety standards in theatre. He also served on committees for the British Actors Equity Association and was instrumental in drafting and passing the Equity Co-op and the Equity C Touring agreements which facilitated the membership of over 2000 members who previously had been non-union working talent. Steven also ran several collaborations between Triple Action Theatre in the UK and Jerzy Grotowski's world reknowned Theatre Laboratorium in Poland.
Interests
He played for Bristol City Rugby Union, Boxed in the WABA semi-finals, broke the Western Junior Squat Record (lifting 480lbs) played at competition level Kendo, Judo and Fencing. Raced motorcycle combination for one season in the UK. Played competition Chess for Bristol City. Studied Chi Dance with Dr. Darwin Teng (Director of Cultural Studies - University of Shanghai). Has performed transpersonal field studies with five shamans in remote areas of the world concentrating on the mechanics of ‘literality' in performance and the anthropology of the performer. Computer Graphics, digital media and webcasts has also been a continuous process of learning and improvement for the past six years.
http://renegademotionpictures.com/rumbelow.html
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