A Gathering of Convention Organizers

Membership

Attending membership: US$85
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Hotel

DoubleTree Seattle Airport
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Doubletree Seattle Airport
Room rate: $129
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What’s Where

Program rooms (Cascade 9/10, Cascade 7, Cascade 8) are on the second floor of the Tower.

The hospitality suite is the Presudebtial Suite, room 1370, on the Penthouse level of the tower.

Registration is at tables outside the elevator lobby on the second floor of the tower.

Featured Speaker: Jim Wright

SMOFCon 41 is excited to announce our guest speaker, Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station. Jim is a writer, a photographer, a renowned political commentator, a social media force of nature, and so much more. He’s going to speak to us about his experience in analysis and commentary, with a special focus on the Sad Puppies’ attempt to hijack the Hugos, and how he helped turn that into a positive experience for fandom. We look forward to meeting him in person, listening to him speak, and plying him with Seattle coffee!

How Cool Is Seattle?

This year’s Smofcon is being held in SeaTac, a suburb of Seattle, WA. SeaTac has grown around the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport due to the amount of air travel that happens in Seattle. Not only is our location very convenient to the airport, it’s also on the light rail line into Seattle. Seattle is the premier destination city of the Pacific Northwest, a center of technology, aerospace, commerce, entertainment and of course, coffee. Seattle is an outward-focused community known for progressive values, great dining and occasional showers. We’re excited to welcome you to the Emerald City of Seattle as part of your experience at Smofcon 41. (learn more) Wikipedia about Seattle

What’s a Smofcon?

Smofcon is an global gathering of convention organizers in the science fiction, fantasy, and related communities (gaming, filking, costuming, horror, etc.) held annually in different cities. We have panels and workshops on programming, hotels, registration, budgets, masquerades, and other convention functions. Smofcon was held in 2019 in Albuquerque, online in 2020, in Lisbon in 2021, and in Montreal in 2022.
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Who We Are

Chair: Marah Searle-Kovacevic
SWOC, originally the “Seattle Westercon Organizing Committee”, has hosted four Westercons, a NASFiC, and a Worldcon in 2015, as well as 27 ConComCons, a regional conrunning convention (like Smofcon but smaller). (learn more).