I-CON is a yearly fan convention

Fan convention

A fan convention, or con , is an event in which fans of a particular film, television series, comic book, actor, or an entire genre of entertainment such as science fiction or anime and manga, gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and...

, held on the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook

State University of New York at Stony Brook

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 on Long Island

Long Island

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, in Suffolk County

Suffolk County, New York

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, New York

New York

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. First held in 1982, I-CON has become a very eclectic

Eclecticism

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 convention. The programming there includes things normally found at different types of convention, like speeches by and talks with science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 authors, extensive gaming, Anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 fandom, furry

Furry fandom

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 fandom, multiple movie

Film

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 showings, and medieval

Middle Ages

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 programming, as well as live performance

Performance

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s.

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 moved to a temporary location at the Brentwood

Brentwood, New York

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 campus of Suffolk County Community College

Suffolk County Community College

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, due to construction at the Stony Brook

Stony Brook

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 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

Shirley Strum Kenny

Shirley Strum Kenny is an English scholar and retired university president. Kenny was the fourth president of the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1994 until the end of the 2008-2009 academic year. She was the first woman to hold that position...

 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.

Event history

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