Experience live panels exploring Star Trek and paying homage to 60 years
PANEL DESCRIPTIONS:
Thursday, July 23th, 12:30pm, Room 24ABC
Star Trek’s Family Tree
For Star Trek's 60th anniversary, this panel explores the creative lineage that shaped the final frontier and the legacy it created in return. From early influences like Forbidden Planet and mid-century science fiction, to the groundbreaking ideas explored by Gene Roddenberry, and the countless films and series inspired by Trek, we map the franchise’s place in pop culture history. Featuring creators, historians, and special guests, this conversation highlights the ideas, ethics, and imagination that continue to define Star Trek across generations.
Friday, July 24th, 10:30am, Room 10
Designing the Future: 60 Years of Star Trek Visual Evolution
Star Trek’s vision of the future has been shaped as much by its design as its storytelling. From the clean optimism of the original Enterprise to the layered realism of modern Trek, this panel explores how artists and designers have defined the look and meaning of the future across six decades. Using rare materials from the Roddenberry Archive, we examine how design choices reflect changing ideas about technology and humanity.
Friday, July 24th, 7:00pm, Room 23ABC
Out New Life and New Civilizations: Star Trek and Real-Life Astronomy
When Jean-Luc Picard says the Enterprise’s mission is “to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before”—what does that mean? Science fiction powerhouse Roddenberry Entertainment has come together some of the preeminent scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and experts in astronomy to break down what making contact with alien civilizations might entail and how we are working to make this science fiction fantasy into a concrete reality.
About Roddenberry Entertainment
Roddenberry Entertainment is a science fiction leader, passionately providing thought-provoking, quality genre entertainment that sustains the legacy of our founder, Gene Roddenberry. The company is devoted to producing viewer-centric entertainment that actively recognizes the integral role audiences play in the creation of any franchise, as well as the role substantive entertainment can play in bettering society. Roddenberry Entertainment’s productions promote experience over observation; encouraging audiences to think, question and challenge the status quo of the world in which we live. As stewards of Star Trek, its most recent productions include: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Star Trek: Lower Decks among others.
