I-CON

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This article is about the convention on Long Island. For other science fiction conventions named "ICON" or "Icon", see List of ICON science fiction conventions.
I-CON
Status Active
Genre Multi-genre
Venue Stony Brook University
Location Stony Brook, New York
Country United States
First held 1982
Filing status 501(c)(3)
Official website www.iconsf.org

I-CON (short for "Island CONvention") is a yearly fan convention, held on the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook on Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. First held in 1982, I-CON has become a very eclectic convention. The programming there includes things normally found at different types of convention, like speeches by and talks with science fiction authors, extensive gaming, Anime fandom, furry fandom, multiple movie showings, and medieval programming, as well as live performances.

I-CON is jointly held by ICON Science Fiction, Inc., a tax-exempt educational foundation, and the I-CON Campus Chapter of Stony Brook.

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[edit] History

In 2009, I-CON moved to a temporary location at the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College, due to construction at the Stony Brook site. The convention was held at Stony Brook again in 2010, although the future is still uncertain as the construction is far from completion. There is also uncertainty because there were some sentiments from university administration that the convention was intruding too much by effectively taking over campus for a whole weekend. Others argued that it was a good promotional event for the university. Either way, this was further complicated by the fact that Stony Brook president Shirley Strum Kenny retired during the course of 2008.

Ultimately, due to economic difficulties, planned campus construction projects which were going to obstruct I-CON were canceled, and I-CON returned to the Stony Brook campus in 2010.

[edit] Event history

Dates Location Atten. Guests
1982 Stony Brook University Gene Roddenberry[1]
1983 Stony Brook University Isaac Asimov, George Takei[1]
1984 Stony Brook University George Takei, Walter Koenig[1]
1985 Stony Brook University Mark Lenard[1]
1986 Stony Brook University James Doohan, Jon Pertwee[1]
1987 Stony Brook University Mark Lenard, David Gerrold, Colin Baker[1]
1988 Stony Brook University Adam West, Richard Arnold, Anthony Ainley[1]
1989 Stony Brook University Michael Dorn, Guy Vardaman, Tasha Martel, Terry Nation[1]
1990 Stony Brook University Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Richard Arnold, Sylvester McCoy[1]
1991 Stony Brook University Majel Roddenberry, Robin Curtis, Dean Stockwell, Sylvester McCoy, John Levene, Wings Hauser[1]
1992 Stony Brook University Nichelle Nichols, Laura Banks, Sarah Douglas[1]
April 16-18, 1993 Stony Brook University Armin Shimerman, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, Michael O'Hare, Laura Banks[1]
April 15-17, 1994 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 George Takei, Lolita Fatjo, Michael O'Hare, J. Michael Straczynski[1]
March 31–April 2, 1995 Stony Brook University Siddig El Fadil, Andrew Robinson, Sophie Aldred, Jerry Doyle[1]
April 12–14, 1996 Stony Brook University Ethan Phillips, Bill Mumy, Steve Sansweet[1]
April 4–6, 1997 Stony Brook University René Auberjonois, J. Michael Straczynski, Michael O'Hare, Marvin Kitman[1]
March 27–29, 1998 Stony Brook University Nana Visitor, Claudia Christian[1]
April 9–11, 1999 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Robert Picardo, Kenny Baker, Sylvester McCoy[2]
March 31–April 2, 2000 Stony Brook University Nicholas Brendon, Mark Allen Shepherd, Jason Carter, Julie Caitlin Brown, Jack Stauffer, Richard Hatch, Richard Chevolleau, Robert Leeshock, Peter Woodward[2]
March 30–April 1, 2001 Stony Brook University Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, Bruce Campbell, Harlan Ellison
April 19–21, 2002 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
March 28–30, 2003 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Don Davis, Carrie Dobro, Carel Struycken, Robert Leeshock, Robin Curtis[3]
March 26–28, 2004 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Katee Sackhoff, Peter Jurasik, Vaughn Armstrong, Chase Masterson, Richard Hatch[4]
April 8–10, 2005 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Jewel Staite, Peter Mayhew, Jason Carter, Rockne S. O'Bannon[4]
March 24–26, 2006 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 George Takei, Terry Brooks, Kevin Sorbo, Michael A. Pondsmith, Michael Uslan[4]
March 23–25, 2007 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Claudia Christian, Denise Crosby, Dean Haglund, Jamie Bamber, Roger Corman[5]
April 4–6, 2008 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Tracy Scoggins, Harlan Ellison, Ernie Hudson[6]
April 3–5, 2009 Suffolk County Community College
Brentwood, New York		 Sean Astin, Sala Baker, Nicki Clyne, Tory Belleci, Gary Graham[7]
March 26–28, 2010 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Sarah Douglas, Charisma Carpenter, Tiffany Grant, Tony Todd, Ronald D. Moore[8]
April 15–17, 2011 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Julie Benz, Thomas Jane, Denise Crosby, Nicki Clyne, Joe R. Lansdale, Frank Mentzer[9]
March 30 - April 1, 2012 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York		 Sylvester McCoy, Daphne Ashbrook, Sarah Douglas[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Media Guests". iconsf.org. Archived from the original on 2000-05-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20000526082414/http://www.iconsf.org/bios/media/media.html. 
  2. ^ a b "I-CON Media Guests archive". iconsf.org. Archived from the original on 2001-04-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20010405190419/http://www.iconsf.org/about/media_archive.html. 
  3. ^ "I-CON 22". iconsf.org. Archived from the original on 2003-02-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20030212053717/http://iconsf.org/index.html. 
  4. ^ a b c "I-CON 23". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon23/. Retrieved 2010-05-05. 
  5. ^ "I-CON 26". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon26/. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
  6. ^ "I-CON 27". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon27/. Retrieved 2009-06-01. 
  7. ^ "I-CON". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/archive/icon28/. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
  8. ^ "I-CON". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/. Retrieved 2010-03-22. 
  9. ^ "I-CON". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/. Retrieved 2011-05-01. 
  10. ^ "I-CON". iconsf.org. http://www.iconsf.org/. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

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