BabelCon

BabelCon is a sci-fi and multigenre convention, held in North America annually in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 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 raised thousands of dollars for local charity.

History
BabelCon was launched in 2006, as a project of a local science fiction and gaming group, Star One Delta (SOD). In 2008, BabelCon was legally separated from Star One Delta, and a new non-profit organization, the Science & Engineering Education Foundation (SEEF), was created to run the convention.

BabelCon was named after the "Babel Conference", a Star Trek Federation diplomatic gathering held in 2268 on the neutral planet code named "Babel". The episode was entitled "Journey to Babel". In the episode, "Babel" is pronounced bay-bull, rather than the Biblical pronunciation bah-bull, so they 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 media, comic books, costuming, Ren Faire, science, online media, independent film, filk, paranormal, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Consortium of Genius rock concert, a Mardi Gras parade float, Renaissance feast, the Scinema Film Festival, USS Kidd Ghost Hunt, and general programming which specific guests stars attend.

Images
2008 T-shirt logo.