Committee Members
Meet the Worldcon in Brisbane 2028 Team! For the Brisbane in 2028 bid, we’ve assembled a team of some of Australia’s most experienced and innovative conrunners and dedicated fans. We bring a range of experience across both Australian and international conventions and festivals to our working party.
Advisory Board
Our committee is supported and advised by Australian speculative fiction experts and fanatics PRK and Perry Middlemiss, Seattle 2025 Chair Kathy Bond, and long-time US fan, Mike Glyer.
Ditmar Award Winner Perry Middlemiss was the chairman in 1999 of Aussiecon 3, the 57th World Science Fiction Convention, and co-chair in 2010 of Aussiecon 4, the 68th Worldcon. Hear more on his podcast, Two Chairs Talking, with David Grigg.
Fandom legend PRK regularly attends and assists in the organising of Swancon (chair in 2009), has been a board member of WASFF (the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation), and is a member of WASFF’s Convention Steering Committee.
Kathy Bond was chair of the Seattle 2025 Worldcon. She has served in major roles on other Worldcons in 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2015, and chaired Norwescon three times. Outside of fandom, Kathy is a recovering academic who is a hit at cocktail parties with obscure trivia about European judicial systems and labor law.
An LA-area fan and publisher of the long-running fanzine File 770, Mike Glyer chaired L.A.Con III (the 1996 Worldcon), co-chaired Loscon 3 in 1977, and Westercone in 1978. He has been Fan Guest of Honour at numerous conventions, and his contributions to fandom have earned him 12 Fan Hugo Awards and a Worldcon Special Award in 1982.
The umbrella organisation for the Brisbane in 28 bid is MACGUFFINS AUSTRALIA LTD.
A Thank You to Our Volunteers
We would like to thank our valued and growing team of volunteers who make up the Brisbane in 28 Worldcon team:
Kate Secor (US) – Project Management, SMOF Consultant
Cecil Wilde (AU) – Comms and Marketing
Rachael Wheeler (NZ) – Graphic Design, Social Media
Alexandra Pierce (AU) – Social Media
Adeline Teoh (AU) – Events Specialist
Alison Evans (AU) – Grants Writing
Martin Pyne (US) – Business Meeting Consultant
Alicia Hilton (US) – Accessibility
Rodger Burns (US) – Table Support
Cora Buhlert (DE) – Table Support
Fumi Akira (AU) – General Support
Gary S Blog (US) – General Support
Terry Gibbs (AU) – General Support
Christopher Hwang (AU) – General Support
Stephanie Johnson (AU) – General Support
Fionn MacPherson (AU) – General Support
A Thank You to Our Pre-Supporters
We would like to thank the people whose monetary contributions have helped make possible the bid for a Worldcon in Brisbane in 2028!
Ameel Zia Khan
Amy Chused
Barbara Petersen
Ben O’Mara
Carl Fink
Cath Jackel
Chris Kuan
Chris Marble
Cindy Parker
Cindy Scott
Darryl Aylward
David Gallaher
David Hook
Doug Faunt
Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink
Emilie Morscheck
Eric Sayle
Fionn MacPherson
Gary Blog
Geoffrey Doherty
Heather Jones
Heather Frantz
James Bacon
James Styles
Jennifer Thurgate
Jesper Stage
Joan Donnelly
Joann Lawler
Karen Schaffer
Kendall Bullen
Kin-Ming Looi
Larry Van der Putte
Linda Robinett
Lionel Davoust
Martin Blacklock
Martin Pyne
Michael Ward
Nancy Loomis
Nigel Parsons
Perrianne Lurie
Richard O’Shea
Robert Cauley
Sandra Spires
Scott Lefton
Taras Wolansky
Thomas Eivins
Thomas Recktenwald
Todd Allis
Val Ontell
William Parker
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Get in touch with us
Now that you’ve met the Worldcon in Brisbane 2028 team, be sure to reach out with all of your best queries and questions!