Status Active Country United States | Location(s) Brentwood, New York Inaugurated 1982 | |
Genre Fan convention, multi-genre Venue Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus | ||
I-CON (short for "Island CONvention") is a [roughly] annual fan convention, held on various college campuses in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. First held in 1982 on the campus of Stony Brook University (then State University of New York at Stony Brook), I-CON became a very eclectic convention. The programming included things normally found at different types of convention, like speeches by and talks with science fiction authors, extensive gaming, anime fandom, comics fandom, furry fandom, multiple movie showings, and medieval programming, as well as live performances. There was also a science track discussing recent developments in various branches of science and exploring the real science behind science fiction technologies. I-CON was jointly held by ICON Science Fiction, Inc., a tax-exempt educational foundation, and the I-CON Campus Chapter of Stony Brook.
I-CON announced I-CON 32, March 17–19, 2017, at Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus, Brentwood, New York
History
I-CON was preceded by SUNYcon (April 14, 1973), Mudcon (May 8, 1977), and Brookcon (October 28–30, 1977), held on the Stony Brook campus.
In 2009, I-CON moved to a temporary location at the Brentwood campus of Suffolk County Community College, due to planned construction at the Stony Brook site. The convention returned to Stony Brook again for 2010, 2011 and 2012.
In the spring of 2012, I-CON was informed that the Stony Brook Sports Complex would be unavailable due to construction in 2013. ICON Science Fiction, Inc. scouted several possible locations on Long Island as an alternative venue, eventually entering into an agreement with Hofstra University. Due to many compounding issues including finances and delays caused by Hurricane Sandy, the board made the decision to postpone I-CON 32 in 2013 with plans to raise funds via smaller events and return in 2014, but made no announcements about future dates.
I-CON worked various smaller conventions, LI-CON, at various locations. In March 2017, I-CON resumes at SCCC.