- 3rd-10th August 2013, followed by the Congress Tour.
The Themes of the Congress are:
- Shetland in the Viking World
- Mapping the Viking World
- Viking Identities and Traditions
- Viking Islands
- Viking Homelands
Organising Committee:
- Jimmy Moncrieff, Chairman, Shetland Amenity Trust
- Olwyn Owen, Scotland Co-ordinator. Historic Scotland.
- Val Turner, Shetland Co-ordinator, Shetland Amenity Trust
- Colleen Batey, University of Glasgow
- Catrina Carter, Shetland Amenity Trust
- Andrew Jennings, Centre for Nordic Studies, UHI
- Brian Smith, Shetland Amenity Trust
- Doreen Waugh, School of Scottish Studies