If you, as a skeptic, feel a tad isolated, then why not consider the idea of going along to a weekend conference to meet up with other skeptics and also hear some fabulous talks given by some truly amazing people.
I’ve two suggestions for you …
- Both are April 11-13 (yes the exact same weekend, so you can’t do both)
- One is US based (New York) and the other is UK based (Manchester)
Both have an amazing lineup of speakers. Curious? OK, here are some details …
In the US: Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism
- The website to see all the details and signup is here.
- Costs are reasonable … For the weekend … adults $145 … students $45. They do charge extra for workshops as well and have a menu you can choose from so you can simply pay for the lot, or just pick a couple you are interested in.
OK, one highlight … the list of speakers they have lined up is just amazing …
Now that just must make it all very very tempting.
In the UK : QEDCon
- The website to see all the details and signup is here.
- As in the US, the costs are reasonable … For the weekend … adults £99 … students £69.
- Additionally (for free) they are running on the Friday a Skepticamp (details here)
And they also have a truly fabulous list of speakers, for which I offer a small sample (because I’m too lazy right now to cut and paste the lot so click here for the complete list which is still growing) …
So there you go … yet another fabulous line-up.
Is that all there is?
Nope, not at all, here via Tim Farley is the latest list of what is on …
Event | Start | End | City | Country |
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Int’l Conference: Atheist Centre 75 years | 1/5/2014 | 1/6/2014 | Vijayawada | India |
FoCo Skepticamp 2014 | 1/11/2014 | 1/11/2014 | Fort Collins, CO | United States |
CFI NE Ohio Secular Summit 2.0 | 1/28/2014 | 1/28/2014 | Columbus, OH | United States |
25th Anniversary Conference of the University of Humanistic Studies (UvH) | 1/30/2014 | 1/31/2014 | Utrecht | The Netherlands |
FtBConscience 2 | 1/31/2014 | 2/2/2014 | Online | United States |
Surfcoast Summer Skepticamp 2014 | 2/1/2014 | 2/1/2014 | Aireys Inlet, Victoria | Australia |
Darwin on the Palouse | 2/6/2014 | 2/9/2014 | Moscow, ID & Pullman, WA | United States |
Darwin Day (Tampa) | 2/8/2014 | 2/8/2014 | Clearwater, FL | United States |
CFI/AU Indiana Civic Day | 2/8/2014 | 2/8/2014 | Indianapolis, IN | United States |
Southern California Secular Humanist Conference | 2/15/2014 | 2/15/2014 | San Diego, CA | United States |
Budapest Conference of Skeptics | 2/22/2014 | 2/22/2014 | Budapest | Hungary |
SASHA Con | 3/15/2014 | 3/16/2014 | Columbia, MO | United States |
ReasonFest 4 | 4/4/2014 | 4/5/2014 | Lawrence, KS | United States |
Skep Tech 2 | 4/4/2014 | 4/6/2014 | Minneapolis, MN | United States |
SkeptiCamp Chicago 2014 | 4/5/2014 | 4/5/2014 | Chicago, IL | United States |
SkeptiCamp Manchester | 4/11/2014 | 4/11/2014 | Manchester | United Kingdom |
QED 2014 | 4/12/2014 | 4/13/2014 | Manchester | United Kingdom |
Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism | 4/11/2014 | 4/13/2014 | New York, NY | United States |
Freethought Festival 3 | 4/11/2014 | 4/13/2014 | Madison, WI | United States |
American Atheists 2014 National Convention | 4/17/2014 | 4/20/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT | United States |
Northwest Arkansas LogiCon | 4/19/2014 | 4/20/2014 | Fayetteville, AR | United States |
American Ethical Union 99th Annual Assembly | 5/1/2014 | 5/4/2014 | Skokie, IL | United States |
Freedom From Religion Foundation Mini-Convention 2014 | 5/2/2014 | 5/3/2014 | Raleigh, NC | United States |
Orange County Freethought Alliance Conference 2014 | 5/3/2014 | 5/3/2014 | Fullerton, CA | United States |
Women in Secularism 3 | 5/16/2014 | 5/18/2014 | Alexandria, VA | United States |
Imagine No Religion 4 | 5/16/2014 | 5/18/2014 | Kamloops, BC | Canada |
Balticon 48 skeptic track | 5/23/2014 | 5/26/2014 | Baltimore, MD | United States |
SkepKon 2014 | 5/29/2014 | 5/31/2014 | Munich | Germany |
Future of Ethical Societies Conference 2014 | 5/30/2014 | 6/2/2014 | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
SkeptiCal 2014 | 5/31/2014 | 5/31/2014 | Oakland, CA | United States |
American Humanist Association 73rd Annual Conference | 6/5/2014 | 6/8/2014 | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
Secular Coalition 2014 Lobby Day & Policy Summit | 6/12/2014 | 6/14/2014 | Washington, DC | United States |
Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference – West | 6/20/2014 | 6/22/2014 | Phoenix, AZ | United States |
Convergence – Skepchickcon | 7/3/2014 | 7/6/2014 | Minneapolis, MN | United States |
The Amaz!ng Meeting 2014 | 7/10/2014 | 7/13/2014 | Las Vegas, NV | United States |
Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference – East | 7/11/2014 | 7/13/2014 | Columbus, OH | United States |
Humanism at Work 2014 (FBBCon) | 7/18/2014 | 7/20/2014 | Chicago, IL | United States |
North Texas Secular Convention | 7/26/2014 | 7/27/2014 | Denton, TX | United States |
The Skeptic’s Toolbox | 8/7/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Eugene, OR | United States |
World Humanist Congress 2014 | 8/8/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Oxford | United Kingdom |
Nine Worlds Geekfest skeptic track | 8/8/2014 | 8/10/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
FreeOK 2014 | 8/9/2014 | 8/10/2014 | Tulsa, OK | United States |
DragonCon Skeptrack | 8/29/2014 | 9/1/2014 | Atlanta, GA | United States |
2014 Pennsylvania State Atheist/Humanist Conference | 8/29/2014 | 8/31/2014 | Pittsburgh, PA | United States |
Denkfest | 9/11/2014 | 9/14/2014 | Zurich | Switzerland |
Apostacon | 9/19/2014 | 9/21/2014 | Omaha, NE | United States |
Kritisk Masse (Critical Mass) | 9/26/2014 | 9/28/2014 | Oslo | Norway |
Carolinas Secular Conference | 9/26/2014 | 9/28/2014 | Charlotte, NC | United States |
Florida Secular Rally | 10/5/2014 | 10/5/2014 | Tallahassee, FL | United States |
Freethought Day | 10/11/2014 | 10/11/2014 | Sacramento, CA | United States |
Secular Conference: Religious-Right, Secularism and Civil Rights | 10/11/2014 | 10/12/2014 | London | United Kingdom |
Freedom From Religion Foundation 37th Annual National Convention | 10/24/2014 | 10/25/2014 | Los Angeles, CA | United States |
Australian National Skeptics Convention 2014 | 11/28/2014 | 11/30/2014 | Sydney | Australia |
New Zealand Skeptics Conference 2014 | 12/5/2014 | 12/7/2014 | Auckland | New Zealand |
16th European Skeptics Congress | 9/10/2015 | 9/13/2015 | London | United Kingdom |
Freedom From Religion Foundation 38th Annual National Convention | 10/9/2015 | 10/10/2015 | Madison, WI | United States |