Eric L. Watts, the former director of Star Trek programming for Dragon*con who was replaced by Garrett Wang for 2010, sent out a press release today announcing the creation of the TrekTrax Atlanta convention. It is scheduled for February 18-20, 2011 at the Holiday Inn Select Perimeter in Atlanta, Georgia.
This isn’t entirely unexpected, as Watts was essentially running a full Star Trek convention within Dragon*con for the past 17 years.
The full press release is below, which details guests and pricing.

Phoenix Comicon is an Arizona (USA) convention being held May 27 – 30, 2010 at the Phoenix Convention Center and The Hyatt Regency. Entering its ninth year, Phoenix Comicon is expected to draw over 10,000+ attendees in 2010. Believe me when I say I am totally jealous of all 10,000+ people that are getting to attend this killer convention. You’ll know what I mean when you hear about the guest list, I promise you. (And yes, the image above is a hint.)
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VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA — May 22, 2010: The Zenkaikon staff is pleased to announce the opening of pre-registration for Zenkaikon V, as well as a room block for convention attendees in the Scanticon Hotel Valley Forge. Pre-registration includes new benefits for both standard and VIP members.
Zenkaikon Pre-Registration
For the first time, all pre-registered members will be able to pick up their convention badges on the Thursday evening before the convention. “We hope this new benefit will give our members even more time to enjoy convention events, as they will be able …

The ConQuest Convention Scheduler is the latest edition to the Phoenix Comicon website.
Phoenix, AZ May 12, 2010: Phoenix Comicon fans and site users can now create an account to have their own personal panel and event scheduling assistant at phoenixcomicon.com with the new ConQuest Convention Scheduler.“This is perfect, now members can easily plan out their Comicon experience for later this month.” Said Anabel Martinez, Director of Marketing for Phoenix Comicon.
The ConQuest Convention Scheduler opened up to the public mid-April, and already is …

The internet has been buzzing about some serious issue plaguing the 2010 Hurricane Who convention. Hurricane Who is a Central Florida (USA) Doctor Who convention scheduled for October, 2010. However, the convention has been dealing with a series of guest cancellations, and financial restructuring that now has put the convention in jeopardy.
Rumblings had apparently originated on the Gallifrey Base message boards. In early April, the following message was posted (re-posting here in full because the board requires registration just to view the forums) …
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