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Sci-Fi Fans will be coming to Melbourne for the world event, we may be there also.
| Quote: | September 13, 2008
Thousands of science fiction aficionados will make their way to Melbourne in 2010 to attend the 68th World Sci-fi Convention, it was announced.
The annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society, which has affiliations in more than 30 countries, will run for seven days in September 2010 at the Melbourne Convention Centre.
Major Projects Minister Theo Theophanous says the event - Aussiecon 4 - has universal appeal and he's expecting more than 3,000 fans to converge on Melbourne , generating about $18 million in economic benefit for Victoria.
" Melbourne was chosen to host this event because of its world-class Melbourne Convention Centre, which has already attracted 34 international conventions, bringing nearly 66,100 delegates to Melbourne and worth more than $350 million to the Victorian economy," Mr Theophanous said.
Aussiecon 4 will include panel discussions on a variety of science fiction subjects, such as technology of the future, writing, publishing, and the philosophical and sociological implications of the genre's works. |
taken from http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/ente...scifi-fans-coming-melbourne-2010/
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