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The following guests are tentative and subject to change based on availability, unless otherwise
noted.
During the Saturday evening banquet, special seating with our guests will be available for an
additional fee; this fee will help offset overall costs and allow more funds to be donated to
charity.
The IC 2007 Committee is proud to announce that Tim Russ, Star Trek: Voyager’s "Tuvok", has given a
verbal commitment to promote and appear at IC 2007 baring any unforeseen schedule conflicts. Current plans
have Tim arriving at the IC on Friday, after a convention appearance in Las Vegas, and performing his
unique style of jazz at the evening social mixer, to be held in The Supreme Court, one of Downtown
Denver’s premiere jazz night clubs, right inside our hotel. He has agreed to participate in a supporting
role during the General Session with awards, promotions, and ship launchings/commissionings. His appearance
on stage Saturday afternoon will be a unique event as he will bring into focus the importance of fandom.
He will also be attending the Saturday evening banquet, and is planning on attending the Sunday morning
breakfast, and the closing ceremonies in which he will encourage everyone to attend the 2008 IC in
Ithica. Tim’s versatility and enthusiasm will be a great addition to the 2007 STARFLEET IC.
Links:
The Official Tim Russ Website,
Tim Russ on IMDb,
Tim Russ on Wikipedia.
 The National Space Society
(NSS) will be hosting panels and sharing their vision of space: the final frontier. Even from 5,280 feet,
Denver is within reach of the stars.
The NSS is an independent, educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring
civilization. Founded as the National Space Institute in 1974 and merged with the L5 Society to form
NSS in 1987. NSS is widely acknowledged as the preeminent citizen's voice on space, with over 50 chapters
and thousands of memeber around the world. The society also publishes Ad Astra magazine, an award-winning
periodical chronicling the most important developments in space.
 
Guest Eric Boethin (left) has had an interest in space exploration since early childhood, and has been
heavily involved in the space activist community, starting with the National Space Society in 1991.
At that time he joined Denver-based chapter of the NSS, the Front Range L5 chapter, having been elected
chapter president in 2005. Eric will be hosting a presentation on Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles
for the Space Program.
Guest Karl Henriksson will host a presentation on the Direct Launch Architecture designed for Deep Space
Missions.
Links:
National Space Society.
Christopher M. Salas grew up in Pueblo Co. where he was introduced to science fiction movies, comic books,
and listening to his Uncle Augustine recap a horror movie he had seen the night before like; Dawn of the
Dead and The Exorcist. He now lives in Colorado Springs Co. where he is currently working on the second
installment of Dark Eclipse and other various projects. Christopher has been studying Martial Arts for
twenty-two years, under three disciplines (Hapkido, Kenpo, and Jujitsu), and is the drummer for the band
11th STRAND.
Chris will be hosting two writing panels on "The Big Idea" and "How to Bring Your Character to Life", and
will also have a table in the dealers area.
Links:
Books,
T-Shirts,
11th STRAND.
Lawrence Left Hand Bull is a Sicangu Lakota Indian (Rosebud Sioux), from a reservation in
south-central South Dakota. He is currently the Chair of the Mayor's American Indian Advisory Council for
Denver, and has devoted many years to helping his Native peoples; working in patient advocacy, community
health, youth mentorships and police oversight. He is excited to be presenting a discussion on Native
spiritual beliefs and how they relate to the Trek Universe. If you would like to discuss specific things
for the gathering ahead of time, you can email him directly
here.
Lawrence will be hosting a panel on Native Americans and the Trek Philosophy.
Links:
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Website,
Serpent Moon is a group of dancers and
performers who strive to widen the definition of bellydance in America. Performances include essences of
Turkish, Egyptian Cabaret, American Tribal and more. Serpent Moon hopes to bring graceful motion, unusual
music and a dash of whimsy to their audience. With shimmying hips, glinting swords, flickering candles
and swirling veils the dancers captivate and entertain...in celebration of the feminine energy...and in
celebration of the dance.
"We have an absolute blast as the girls in green!"
The Trill Dancers will be performing tastefully and signing autographs at the Social Mixer on Friday
at 7:30pm
The Orion Slave Girls will be performing tastefully and signing autographs at the IC Dance on Saturday
at 9:00pm
Links:
Serpent Moon.
Andy Wolf is a southern California native, where he performs his comedy songs in clubs around town as
well as sings in two a cappella vocal jazz groups, Swing Shift and In Transit. A Northwestern
University graduate, he is a writer, producer, and an actor, having most recently appeared on the pilot of
"Dirt" as Courteney Cox's photographer. He was the Production Manager and an actor in "Battlestar
Galactica: The Second Coming" with Richard Hatch. He produced and acted in the indie feature
"Dreammaker" which has won awards at every film festival it's appeared at, and the film noir spoof
"The Dead Detective" which he also co-wrote. An accomplished puppeteer, he can currently be seen on
the pre-school program "KooKooRiKoo" as Doobie, a Hebrew-speaking bear, and at the Skirball Cultural
Center, at the Noah's Ark exhibit.
Andy will be performing Friday night at the Social Mixer both before and after Tim Russ, and will be
signing autographs as well. Also, visit his table in the dealers area.
Links:
Andy Wolf on IMDb,
Dreammaker on IMDb.
Colorado Paranormal Research and Investigations is a scientifically based team with a twofold mission
to assist individuals with issues pertaining to the paranormal, and to further research within the scientific
field of Paranormal Studies. While they acknowledge genuine psychic ability, they do not rely on psychic
testimony as a basis of proving or disproving a haunting or paranormal phenomenon.
Jessica Harris was born in Colorado and has been involved in the Paranormal since she was old enough to
realize that the cool ´floaty guys´ in her childhood home were not the normal variety of
imaginary friends for a 4 year old, or that doors didn´t open and close by themselves, and that the
lights generally did not tend to turn themselves on and off at her friends´ houses. Realizing that,
lead to another realization-- that there was an entire world out there of the unknown, or Paranormal.
And thus her obsession with experiencing and learning about that world began.
Jessica is now a Director of CPR's Metro Chapter, and has been fortunate enough to realize a life long desire
of not only getting to experience, document and learn about the Paranormal first hand, but has also been given
the wonderful opportunity to be able to help those in need when it comes to hauntings and spirits.
Jessica Harris will be hosting two panels on Saturday.
Links:
The Official Website of Colorado Paranormal
Research and Investigations (under construction).
Sentient Reptilian Spieces and Extinct creatures from Earth's Prehistoric Past
Gorns, Cardassians, Trygarians.... Oh my ! The Star Trek universe is filled with a hoard of unusual
alien species and some of the most evocative are the sentient reptilian humanoids. These creatures
are a link between the prehistoric past of planet Earth and our future contacts in space. A panel
of experts (two paleontologist) will discuss some of the recent advances in vertebrate paleontology
and how our view of the past is changing. These experts will also discuss what the study of fossil
bones can tell us about how extinct animals may have looked and lived. In addition, the study of
fossilized footprints and the insight they give into the environment prehistoric animals walked and
even how they may have behaved will be discussed. Also featured Artist Michael Carroll and the other
panelist will compare the Star Trek aliens with creatures from prehistoric earth and hypothesize on
what other life forms are waiting to be discovered in the reaches of space.
Neffra Matthews will be hosting a the above panel joined by two paleontologists and dinosaur
& space artist Michael Carroll.
Links:
Artist Michael Carroll's Website
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Dr. Steven Lee is Curator of Planetary Science and Chairman of the Department of Space Sciences
at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS), and is a Research Scientist at the Space Science
Institute (SSI) in Boulder, CO. He is a curator and science advisor to the DMNS Space Odyssey exhibition
and Gates Planetarium, and was the Science Content Coordinator for SSI’s MarsQuest traveling exhibition.
Lee's principal research interests are the interaction between the surface and atmosphere of Mars
(utilizing spacecraft and telescopic observations) and data visualization techniques. He is a
Co-Investigator on the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) and Context Imager (CTX), two of the camera systems
launched to Mars aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission in August 2005; these cameras just
started returning data from Mars orbit in September 2006.
The Denver National Museum of Nature and Science is the Rocky Mountain region’s leading resource for
informal science education. A variety of exhibitions, programs, and activities help Museum visitors
experience the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe.
Dr. Steven Lee will be hosting a Saturday panel on Mars Exploration Update.
Links:
Dr. Steven Lee,
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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Additional guests include:. Details will be posted soon.
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