Apr 4, 2008 - Barry Malzberg Cancellation - We regret to announce that Barry Malzberg will not be appearing at I-CON 27.

Apr 4, 2008 - Jon Rosenberg and Steven Cloud will not be appearing - Due to circumstances beyond our control, Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Cloud are unable to appear at I-CON 27.

Mar 28, 2008 - Conrad Brooks Cancellation - Due to circumstances beyond our control, Conrad "The Gielgud of Bad Movies" Brooks will not be appearing at I-CON.

Mar 27, 2008 - Rocky Horror Picture Show! - It's a contest! You can be a mad scientist, biker zombie, or suburban housewife losing her inhibitions. Win fabulous prizes!

Mar 18, 2008 - RepRap Demo Cancelled - We regret to announce that RepRap.org's Zach Smith will be unable to attend I-CON. The RepRap demonstration has been canceled.

Mar 16, 2008 - BattleStar Galactica Season Premiere! - Come see the season premiere of the hit series on a big screen, with 700 of your closest friends. Win BSG DVD sets!

Mar 9, 2008 - GM Signup - Interested in running an RPG? Sign up to be a GM.

Mar 9, 2008 - Awards Banquet - Tickets are now available online for the Awards Banquet. This event is held each year honoring guests for outstanding achievements in their field or genre. This year, the Awards Banquet will be held at the Holiday Inn Ronkonkoma on Saturday April 5, 2008 starting at 5:30pm. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit the Awards Banquet page

Mar 9, 2008 - Cosplay Competition - This I-CON 27 Cosplay Competition is now open to all types of cosplay, not just anime! Registration closes March 28, so hurry over to the Anime page to register online!

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John Rennie is only the seventh editor in chief in the 162-year history of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine. Since his appointment in late 1994, he has been the executive force behind the modernization and reinvigoration of this great publishing institution.

Rennie joined the staff of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN as a member of the Board of Editors in 1989, having previously worked as a science writer covering biology, technology, and medicine for a variety of publications. He helped plan and edit several of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN’s distinguished single-topic issues, including Mind and Brain (Sept. 1992, the best-selling issue in SA’s history) and Life, Death and the Immune System (Sept. 1993, later republished as a book by W.H. Freeman).

As editor in chief, Rennie oversaw such single-topic issues as Key Technologies for the 21st Century (Sept. 1995), What You Need to Know About Cancer (Sept. 1996) and A Matter of Time (Sept. 2002) All three of these issues were nominated for National Magazine Awards; What You Need to Know About Cancer and A Matter of Time both won for editorial excellence as Single-Topic Issues.

In Sept. 2003 the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies honored Rennie with its Navigator Award for distinguished service in support of national science and technology policy. In 2000 the Council of Scientific Society Presidents bestowed on Rennie its Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science, which is given annually “to honor those who have become concurrently accomplished as researchers and/or educators, and as widely recognized magnifiers of the public's understanding of science.”

Rennie was born in 1959, outside Boston. He received his bachelor of science degree from Yale University in 1981, after which he worked for several years in a laboratory at Harvard Medical School before embarking on his career as a science writer. His writing has appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, Longevity and other publications. His numerous television and radio appearances include the ABC World News Weekend, PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, A&E specials Eureka! 15 Top Inventors of the 20th Century and Scams, Schemes, and Scoundrels, Fox News Channel, Entertainment Tonight, ABC News Overnight, CBS Early Show, National Public Radio’s Science Friday and Minnesota Public Radio’s Marketplace. As a frequent public speaker, Rennie has appeared before audiences as diverse as those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Tennessee School of Journalism, and Middlebury College; he has also been featured twice at the World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, France, and at a variety of other conferences.