75th Worldcon (2017)
The 75th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Worldcon 75, was held on 9–13 August 2017 at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland.
The convention chair was Jukka Halme, and the vice-chairs were Karo Leikomaa and Colette H. Fozard.
Participants.
Attendance was 7,949, out of 10,616 paid memberships and day passes.
Site selection.
The location was selected in August 2015 by the members of the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention (Sasquan) in Spokane, Washington.
The following committees announced bids to host the 75th World Science Fiction Convention and filed all of the required paperwork before the February 2015 filing deadline:
A bid for New York City in 2017 was floated for several years but dropped before reaching the commitment stage. The Montréal bid was originally announced for 2019 but shifted to the earlier date in 2013.
The 2017 site selected by the voters was announced during Sasquan's third World Science Fiction Society business meeting, on Saturday, 22 August 2015. With 1363 votes out of 2625 valid ballots, Helsinki won on the first ballot and will operate as "Worldcon 75". DC17 ran second with 878 votes. Montréal third with 228, and Nippon fourth with 120. Sites receiving write-in votes included Night Vale, Minneapolis in '73. Gallifrey, and All of the Above.
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