The Northeast's Largest Convention of Science Fiction, Fact, and Fantasy
Friday, March 28 - Sunday, March 30, 2003 at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,  NY 11790
(click here for directions)

Special Events

I-CON is proud to announce the following Special Events:

Awards Banquet

Space permitting, a limited number of tickets will be made available for the public to attend our Award Banquet on Saturday evening, March 29th. Dinner will be a sumptuous buffet starting at approximately 5:30 PM with most of our guest speakers in attendance. Presentation of the Gallun, Moskowitz, ICONosphere and John Pilkington Memorial awards will take place afterwards. Tickets are not available in advance of the convention but will be sold during I-CON weekend (probably at the door). Tickets will be approximately $20 each.

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Once again, I-CON will be holding an (almost) No-Minimum Bid Charity Auction in the Dealer's Room both on Saturday and on Sunday. (The minimum bid is actually one dollar.)

For comments and/or suggestions or to find out how you can donate something to be included in the auction, please contact auction@iconsf.org

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The Masquerade will be judged in 3 categories this year: Comics/Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Period Costuming. We are looking forward to another great group of celebrity judges and a good time to be had by all. The Masquerade will be held off campus at the Holiday Inn, Ronkonkoma, Saturday evening from 10pm to 2am. Hope to see you there.

For information please contact masquerade@iconsf.org

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Meet the Pros Party

Meet our guests in an informal setting for autographs and friendly conversation. Check the pocket schedule for times and locations.

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Star Gazing

STARGAZING IS BACK!

Special guests this year are Jupiter, Saturn and the first quarter moon. Jupiter and Saturn can not stay the entire evening, so come early if you wish to see them.

Weather permitting, stargazing will take place on Friday and Saturday nights from 9 pm to midnight at Mt Stony Brook Observatory. A star talk on the modern and medieval night sky will be followed by observing with the University's 14" telescope. If the weather is slightly cloudy and you are not certain whether the viewing will take place, ask at one of I-CON's info desks.

The observatory is on the roof of the Earth and Space Science Building (ESS). ESS is the L-shaped building at the west end of the Academic Mall. You can see the roof-top dome from most places on campus. To get to the roof, you can take either stair nearest to the corner of the L all the way to the roof. Or you can take the elevator in the corner of the L to the top floor; then go either straight ahead or to the left and climb the stairs one fllight to the roof. Unfortunately, the observatory is not handicap-accessible.

Thanks to the Department of Physics and Astronomy for letting I-CON use the observatory.

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03/24/2003