LAcon V: The 84th World Science Fiction Convention previously announced that the annual business meeting of the World Science Fiction Society, which takes place during each Worldcon, will be held online in 2026.
On December 6, 2025, the LAcon V Committee announced the schedule for the annual WSFS Business Meetings, conducted virtually over four sessions during the summer of 2026. As part of the announcement of a virtual meeting, members of the society — which includes all those with memberships in the 2026 Worldcon LAcon V — were encouraged to fill out a survey which will be used to help schedule the online business meeting sessions. The results of this survey, which garnered 147 responses from the science fiction and fantasy community, led the committee to select the following dates for the virtual sessions:
- Friday, July 17, 2026
- Sunday, July 26, 2026
- Saturday, August 1, 2026
- Sunday, August 9, 2026
All virtual business meetings will commence at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Detailed login information and agendas will be distributed to members and interested parties closer to the dates.
Results of the business meeting survey can be found here.
The committee emphasizes that the critical Site Selection Business Meeting, where the results of the voting for the host of the 2028 World Science Fiction Convention will be officially announced, will remain an in-person event. This key session will be held during the main LACon V convention in Anaheim. Should any agenda items from the four virtual meetings require further discussion or resolution, they will be addressed immediately following the in-person Site Selection announcement.
“The business meeting is one of the most important aspects of a Worldcon. This is where debates take place over the future of fandom, where we hear competing visions of what the convention is and who it is for. It is where issues of Hugo Award governance are hashed out, and where issues of equity are raised,” LAcon V chair Joyce Lloyd said. “Holding this meeting online is important because it means voices who might not otherwise be heard can have their say. We’ve been telling people that Adventure Awaits them at LAcon V, and we don’t want anyone to miss the adventure.”
This will be the second time that the business meeting is held online, following the groundbreaking decision by the 2025 Seattle Worldcon to do so. Much as took place in 2025, most of the sessions of the 2026 WSFS Business Meeting will be held online using a virtual platform. The Site Selection Business Meeting, where the results of the 2028 site selection will be announced, will still be held in person during the general convention dates in LA.
“A virtual Business Meeting means participation in the meeting isn’t limited to those with the physical and economic ability to travel, and it also allows committed members of the society who are busy working on the convention – as staff, volunteers, program participants, and dealers – to have a say.” WSFS business meeting chairperson Jesi Lipp said. “The Seattle virtual Business Meeting had more than 40 members who were able to attend for the first time. We are excited to build on that success.”
LAcon V’s original press release about the virtual meetings and the December 6, 2025 press release about the date selections, can be both found here.
