Festival Organizers

The ICon festival is managed and manned by volunteers from the three following non-profit organizations:

Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy

Website: www.sf-f.org.il

The Society was established in 1996 with the goal of promoting the field of science fiction and fantasy in Israel. Its activities include organizing or co-organizing of various conventions and of the ICon festival, screening of genre movies, giving science fiction lectures and workshops, and fostering and cooperating with various smaller organizations.

In its efforts to promote publication of translated and original fiction in the genre, the Society gives out the yearly Geffen awards for best science fiction and fantasy novel and short story.

In addition, the Society publishes the science fiction and fantasy magazine Tenth Dimension, and an official website that also functions as an online science fiction and fantasy magazine.


Starbase 972: The Israeli Star Trek Fan Club

Website: www.starbase972.com
Email: starbase@starbase972.com
Telephone No.: 972-9-8841192

Starbase 972 was established in 1998 in order to give a home to the entire community of Star Trek watchers and fans in Israel. Star Trek has been stirring the imagination of million of viewers for the last four decades, as one of the most important shows in television history, and the phenomenon has not skipped Israel. Star Trek is unique in being more than a science fiction show -- it is a series that deals with the essence of being and the human condition, and addresses social, moral, philosophical and scientific questions with an educational orientation. Since its establishment the Club has organized various types of events -- from local gatherings and screenings of Star Trek episodes in universities, through national-level events such as movie premieres, to co-organizing the yearly ICon festival. The Club also publishes a tri-monthly fanzine for its members and operates a website.

In the last few years, due to internal demands, the Club has expanded its interests: though Star Trek is still the core, Babylon 5, Stargate, the Transformers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and various other science-fiction related fandoms and areas of interest have been introduced in the varied projects being organized for the Club’s members and for the entire Israeli science fiction community.


The Israeli Role-Playing Society

Email: irps@roleplay.org.il
Website: www.roleplay.org.il

The Israeli Role-Playing Society was established in 1998 in order to promote the field of role-playing in Israel, to shape and nurture a nation-wide community of players, and to encourage new people to enter the field. The Society’s activities include organizing various role-playing gatherings, the most important among them being the yearly Bigor convention, as well as co-organizing the ICon festival in the last few years.

The Society also publishes a bi-monthly newsletter called The Gargoyle, which houses the community’s articles, reviews and works; it keeps a large and lively website, which also includes “The Guild”, a national database of role-players; it organizes lectures, workshops, social activities, live role-playing games, multi-participant events involving sets, costumes and props; manages a member’s club; and manages the diverse activities run by groups in various areas of Israel.