Picocon 27 is currently scheduled to be held on Saturday 27th February 2010, in Imperial College Union.

 What is Picocon?

Picocon is the annual one-day Science Fiction & Fantasy convention run by the Imperial College Science Fiction society (ICSF). It usually takes place on a Saturday in February, in Imperial College's Student Union. We try not to clash with other conventions around the same time.

It is a small (hence the name), affordable and convenient convention for students in or near London, and London fandom. Registration usually opens at 10am, first event ~11, finishing up in the evening around 7-8pm. At a Picocon you will encounter:

• Guests of Honour doing talks and panels
• Destruction of Dodgy Merchandise (you're welcome to bring along donations)
• All-day LAN gaming (usually some form of Unreal Tournament)
• Stalls selling books and other stuff
• General socialising room
• Quiz and silly games
• Student Union bar

 When? Where?

Picocon 26 will take place on Saturday 28rd February 2009 the Imperial College Union Building, Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BB.

 Guests of Honour  

 Prices

Membership for the whole day is (probably going to be):

£5 for ICSF members
£8 concessions (with valid ID) - students/DHSS/OAP/children
£10 full price

Discounts for large parties (e.g. other University science fiction societies) are potentially available (email the Picocon Sofa at the address at the bottom of the page). Pasts Guests of Honour have free enterance.

ICSF membership is not required for attending Picocon.

 Directions to Picocon

Here's a general map of the area, pointing at the entrance to Beit Quad (which houses the Union) off Prince Consort Road.

The easiest way to get to Picocon is by tube; both Gloucester Road Station and South Kensington Station are within easy reach. The following TfL maps are accurate enough, as long as you ignore the place names: from Gloucester Road Station and from South Kensington Station.

The buses C1, 9, 10, 49, 52, 70, 74, 345, 360 and 414 all stop nearby. Please look here for the bus stops around the Royal Albert Hall (which is literally next door to the Union) or here for the bus stops around South Kensington Station.

Important Advice: If you get lost around South Kensington trying to find Beit Quad, ask for directions to the Royal Albert Hall, and once there, Beit Quad is the building on the left of the RAH as you face it's main entrance (if you arrive form the Hyde PArk side, not you will be at the rear of the RAH).

Our mail address is the following:

ICSF
Student Activites Centre
Imperial College Students' Union
Beit Quad
Prince Consort Road
SW7 2BB London
UK

 Timetable

The first Picocon was in 1984. If you're curious, we have a record of Picocons of years gone by.

For more information, please contact Chris Hutchison, the Picocon Sofa (as opposed to chair), at picocon@icsf.org.uk.