ConJosé was the 60th World Science Fiction Convention, held in San José, California on August 29-September 2, 2002. The convention was held in the McEnery Convention Center, as well as the Fairmont San José and the Hilton San José & Towers.[1]
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Glasgow won the vote for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 2005, as the only bid that filed.
Patrick Stewart made a special appearance at ConJose. He talked about upcoming films Star Trek Nemesis and X-Men 2, as well as his experiences on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
ConJose was organized under the auspices of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions.
In late 2001 and early 2002, some members of the SFSFC board expressed dissatisfaction about the progress made to date by convention management. It was proposed that the board remove Tom Whitmore as convention chair. The board decided to compromise by naming Tom Whitmore and Kevin Standlee as co-chairs of the convention.
At the Hugo Awards presentation, Arthur C. Clarke gave a speech via direct video link from his home in Sri Lanka.
There was a Goth dance as well as a rock and roll dance at the convention (they took place on different nights).
| Preceded by 59th World Science Fiction Convention Millennium Philcon in Philadelphia, USA (2001) |
List of Worldcons 60th World Science Fiction Convention ConJose in San Jose, California, USA (2002) |
Succeeded by 61st World Science Fiction Convention |