BabelCon

BabelCon is a North America multigenre convention, held annually in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 750-plus-member convention takes place at the Cook Hotel and Lod Alumni Center, and is hosted by a 25-member volunteer staff.

Since its inception in 2006, it has raise thousands of dollars for local charities.

History
Dragon*Con was launched in 2006, as a project of a local science fiction and gaming group, the Star One Delta (SOD).

In Star Trek, the "Babel Conference" was a Federation diplomatic gathering held in 2268 on the neutral planet code named "Babel". In all, 114 delegates, 32 of whom were ambassadors, attended the conference, representing planets including Earth, Vulcan, Tellar, and Andoria. The immediate intention of the conference was to finalize the admittance of Coridan into the United Federation of Planets. Despite several minor quarrels, Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan, who spoke in favor of Coridan's admittance, cast the final vote. The episode was entitled "Journey to Babel".

In the episode, "Babel" is pronounced bay-bull, rather than the Biblical pronunciation bah-bull, so we say "Bay-bull Con" (as opposed to Babble Con).

Programming
The 3-day event comprises approximately 250 hours of panels, seminars, demonstrations, and workshops, with over 20 specialized programming tracks that include writing, art, anime, gaming, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, comic books, costuming, science, online media, independent film, filk, paranormal, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, the Scinema Film Festival, and general programming which specific guests stars attend.