Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.
The one-day Symposium in 1978 was held at Portland State University.
Orycon promotes science fiction and fantasy works of all kinds.
There are many panels and workshops discussing topics from how to write a great science fiction novel to current events in science, as well as numerous filk sessions and concerts.
Some of the recent panel topics have included: The Susan C Petrey Scholarship Fund Auction awards scholarships to the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (both in the East and West) The Endeavour Award is presented to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.