I-CON

I-CON
Status	Active
Genre	Multi-genre
Venue	Stony Brook University
Location(s)	Stony Brook, New York
Country	United States
Inaugurated	1982
Filing status	For-profit
Website	http://www.iconsf.org/

I-CON (short for "Island CONvention") is a yearly fan convention, originally 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.

History

In 2009, I-CON will move to a new location at the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College, due to construction at the Stony Brook site. It is uncertain if the convention will move back to Stony Brook in 2010. This is 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 is further complicated by the fact that Stonybrook president Shirley Strum Kenny retired during the course of 2008, and the Stonybrook administration may relax its position with her departure.

Event history

Dates	Location	Atten.	Guests
April 4-6, 2008	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York	6,000-7,000	Billy West, Ray Park, Tim Russ
April 3-5, 2009	Suffolk County Community College Selden, New York		Sean Astin, Sala Baker, Nicki Clyne, Tory Belleci, Gary Graham

External links

• I-CON