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LI-CON 2: August 14-16, 2015

I’m incredibly happy to announce that LI-CON 2 will be held from August 14-16, 2014, at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Ronkonkoma, NY. Pre-registration should open next week, and expect the announcement of some guest names (and a revamp of this web site) very soon indeed.

The Clarion is in Suffolk County, near MacArthur Airport. If you’re wondering why we moved, it is not because of any problems with the Best Western we used for LI-CON 1. The management and staff there could not have been more helpful and kind. It’s just that the facility is too small for everything we want to pack into our second effort. We look forward to working with the Clarion next year.

Please feel free to post any questions below as comments, or use the Contact Us page under Info to email us. However, as soon as we can put up anything about guests or registration or hotel reservations, that information will be posted, so subscribe to our newsfeed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter (link on the right of this window) and you’ll be the first to hear.

I look forward to seeing you at the convention.

Carl Fink
LI-CON 2 Chair

Carl's Philcon Schedule

If you’d like to say “Hi.” I’ll be on these Philcon panels:

Fri 7:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two (1 hour)
NATURE, RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW? (1789)

[Panelists: Lisa Adler-Golden (mod), Carl Fink, Jay Wile, L Hunter
Cassells, JJ Brannon]

Recent scientific findings indicate that chimpanzees are violent in
nature, committing acts that look like murder and even war. Does
this mean that intra-species violence is inevitable? Does it depend
on the species? And what could it mean for humanity to learn that
some of our closest relatives in the animal world are, like us,
inclined to violence

Sat 10:00 AM in Crystal Ballroom Two (1 hour)
STEM EDUCATION INSPIRATION (PT. 1) (1782)

[Panelists: Inge Heyer (mod), Earl Bennett, Carl Fink, John Monahan,
Robert C Roman, Katie Gardner]

American schoolchildren famously lag behind some of their
international peers in math and science knowledge. What are some
ways of making up this gap and enabling American children to be
global competitors in science and technology

Sat 12:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two (1 hour)
THE SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE (1788)

[Panelists: Carl Fink (mod), Brian Gray, John Monahan, Jay Wile,
Inge Heyer, Muriel Hykes]

Sun 1:00 PM in Plaza III (Three) (1 hour)
MARKETING SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTIONS (1869)

[Panelists: Carl Fink (mod), Gary Feldbaum, Savan Gupta, Inge Heyer,
Lynn E. Cohen Koehler, Sue Ellen Colter]

Science Fiction conventions must keep seeking and attracting new
members if we’re going to not only survive but thrive. This panel
will discuss the various ways in which we can reach out beyond those
who already attend conventions and to bring back those have not
wanted to return