Empiricon

Empiricon was a convention held in New York City and sponsored by TESSFA. All Empiricons except the last were held at hotels in Manhattan.

Convention	Dates	GoHs	Chair	Location
Empiricon 1	July 14-16, 1978	Alfred Bester		Taft Hotel
Empiricon 2	July 4-6, 1980	David G. Hartwell, Marc Glasser; musical guests The Bermuda Triangle, Fred Kuhn, Andy Breckman	Jon Estren	Prince George Hotel
Empiricon 3	July 3-5, 1981	Theodore Sturgeon, Arthur Hlavaty, Phil Foglio, Rick Bryant	Thom Anderson	New York Statler
Empiricon 4	July 1-4, 1983	Isaac Asimov, Art Saha	Giani Siri	Milford Plaza
Empiricon V	July 6-8, 1984	G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy), Juanita Coulson, Buck Coulson, Jim Odbert	Brian Burley	Sheraton Inn at LaGuardia
Empiricon 6	July 5-7, 1985	Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Phil Foglio		Sheraton Inn at LaGuardia

• There is no record of a single person designated as chair. The convention committee was Jon Estren, Ken Gale, Marc Glasser, Susan Rothman, and Giani Siri.

Better known as the Hotel Pennsylvania of "PEnnsylvania 6-5000" fame.

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Convention
	1978—1985

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