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DeepCon

DeepCon 25
StatusActive
GenreScience fiction / Fantasy / Horror conventions
Begins22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)
Ends25 May 2025 (2025-05-25)
FrequencyAnnually
VenueAmbasciatori Place Hotel
LocationsFiuggi Fonte, FR
Coordinates41°47′38″N 13°13′09″E / 41.7938°N 13.2192°E / 41.7938; 13.2192
CountryItaly
InauguratedMarch 2000 (2000-03)
Most recent14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)
Previous eventDeepCon 24
Next eventDeepCon 26
Activity
  • panels
  • art exhibitions
  • dealers' room
  • mingling
  • EatCon
  • gala dinner
  • costume contest
  • autograph signing sessions
Organised byDeep Space One
Websitedeepcon.it

DeepCon (also Deepcon) is an Italian science fiction, fantasy and horror fan convention, covering multiple (ideally all) entertainment forms and media (e.g.: film, television, literature, comics, music,[1] computer), mixed with a dose of actual, real-world science.

History

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The last two decades of the twentieth century were a relatively difficult time for science fiction in Italy,[2][3][4][5][6][7] regardless of medium.[8] Thus DeepCon was conceived to promote its visibility and viability as a genre, as well as a general SF fan convention.[9][10][11]

Collaborations were sought with television stations, distributors and authoring firms, both for promotion and for panels explaining the behind-the-scenes work needed in order to air or sell a TV show or a movie.[12][13] By the same token, TV and film actors and crew were present at all of the past DeepCons: actors, make-up artists, pre-production and post-production crew, scriptwriters, and so on.[12][14][15]

Literature was not neglected, either. For several years, the convention's organizing committee was entrusted by WorldSF Italia with running Italcon [it] (a convention for professionals) within DeepCon.[16] Since then, publishers, translators, international artists and writers participate and roam the venue.[17][18]

As a highlight, parent Italian fan club Deep Space One was awarded for 2009 by European Science Fiction Society the privilege of organizing Eurocon (a Europe-level convention), with guests from all over the continent.[19][20][21]

By that time, the SF focus of the convention had already broadened to include fantasy and horror as well.[22][23][24]

Since most attendees and even some guests had a strong interest in actual science, efforts were made to officially include scientific and quasi-scientific topics in the program: aeronautics, astronautics, astronomy, astrophysics, computer science, archaeology, the paranormal (both for and against).[18][21][22][25] Members of ASI, NASA, Northrop, CICAP were guests multiple times.

Deepcon 21, originally planned for March 2020, had to be delayed, then canceled in compliance with nation-wide countermeasures against COVID-19.[26] It was then rescheduled as DeepCon 21 + Eurocon 2021 + Italcon 47 for July 2021.

Typical features

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  • Entertainment-related panels[15]
  • Real world-related panels[21]
  • Art exhibitions[18]
  • Dealers' room
  • Mingling all convention long, often with the guests, too[10][12][13]
  • Charity auction[11]
  • EatCon (food- and drink-related attendee-driven sub-event)
  • Gala dinner[24]
  • Costume contest[10][24]
  • Autograph signing sessions
  • Sunbathing (rare, due to the unfavorable season)
  • Spa (charged separately)
  • Unplanned, impromptu extras[27]

Editions

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Edition Starting date Announced guests[28]
DeepCon 1 March 2000 (2000-03)
DeepCon 2 8 March 2001 (2001-03-08)
DeepCon 3 + Italcon 28 7 March 2002 (2002-03-07)
DeepCon 4 6 March 2003 (2003-03-06)
DeepCon 5 + Italcon 30 + Xenacon 1 11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)
DeepCon 6 + Italcon 31 17 March 2005 (2005-03-17)
DeepCon 7 + Italcon 32 23 March 2006 (2006-03-23)
DeepCon 8 + Italcon 33 22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)
DeepCon 9 + Italcon 34 13 March 2008 (2008-03-13)
DeepCon 10 + Eurocon 2009 + Italcon 35 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)
DeepCon 11 + Italcon 36 15 April 2010 (2010-04-15)
DeepCon 12 14 April 2011 (2011-04-14)
DeepCon 13 22 March 2012 (2012-03-22)
DeepCon 14 14 March 2013 (2013-03-14)
DeepCon 15 27 March 2014 (2014-03-27)
DeepCon 16 19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)
DeepCon 17[29] 17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)
DeepCon 18[30][31] 6 April 2017 (2017-04-06)
  • Peter Williams
  • Lavie Tidhar
  • Giuseppe Lippi
  • Eric A. Stillwell
  • Lolita Fatjo
  • Giampietro Casasanta
  • Marco Casolino
DeepCon 19[32] 19 April 2018 (2018-04-19)
DeepCon 20[33][34][35][36] 21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)
DeepCon 21 + Eurocon 2021 + Italcon 47[37][26][38][39][40] 15 July 2021 (2021-07-15)
DeepCon 22[41][42][43][44] 24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)
  • David Nykl
  • Lolita Fatjo
  • Licia Troisi
  • Garrett Wang
  • Francesco Verso
  • Eric A. Stillwell
  • Giuliano Giuffrida
  • Original Boardgames
DeepCon 23[45][46] 16 March 2023 (2023-03-16)
DeepCon 24[47][48][49] 14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)
DeepCon 25[50][51][52] 22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)

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