Contents 1 When 2 Where 3 What 4 Contact 5 Presentation Guidelines

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Saturday May 9th, from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm

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Tivoli Student Union in Denver - Baerresen Ballroom

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Skepticamp started as an experiment in Denver in 2007 to see if the successful BarCamp user-driven conference format had any traction in the world of modern skepticism. Now with seven(!) events in cities in the US and Canada in 2009 it looks like we’ve started something special.

This coming event will bring the idea to the next level, with an unprecedented effort to increase the level of participation, attracting larger numbers of organizers and speakers and providing multiple tracks of talks in a partitioned ballroom to make for an intense day of informative, interactive, eclectic and niche talks drawn from the skeptic and science communities of the Rocky Mountain region. LIVE FEED NEW!

We’ll be recording talks in at least one of the rooms. If the gods smile upon us, you can monitor the live feed Volunteers needed (Pick Something when you Register!)

   * Speaker-Wranglers (meeting on March 9th details)
   * Presenters!
   * Timekeeper/Scheduling Czar(ina)
   * Pre-event Promotional Bloggers
   * Post-Event Promotional Bloggers

Stuff that’s needed

   * Large Coffee Urn, Coffee, and Cups
   * Breakfast goodies

Our Sponsors

   * Fund for Thought (SkeptiCamp 2009 Banner)
   * Metro State Atheists (Lunch & space)
   * SJH Productions (T-shirts)
   * James Randi Educational Foundation (T-Shirts)

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Lead Organizer: Crystal Yates-White Sponsor Wrangler: Rich Ludwig Speaker Wrangler: Reed Esau

Many others not listed here are helping with the organization effort!

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Talks should focus on a topic related to modern skepticism or science. This covers a huge range of topics, from investigating the paranormal to consumer fraud to any niche of scientific research. Click here for hundreds of examples (scroll down to the ‘Session Ideas’ section’.) If you’re not sure about your topic, ask the organizers to see if it’d be a fit.

We encourage first-time speakers!

Speakers should plan to sign up for a time slot on the morning of the event (tentatively 9am). Slots are available first come, first served in blocks of 15 minutes, so your presentation length should target one of the following:

   * 12 mins, with 3 min break (total of 15 mins)
   * 25 mins, with 5 min break (total of 30 mins)
   * 40 mins, with 5 min break (total of 45 mins)
   * 55 mins, with 5 min break (total of 60 mins)

If there’s interest we could offer blocks of ‘lightning’ talks of five minutes in length each. These would usually be non-interactive due to their short length, but are ideal to present brief subject matter.

Organizers may adjust the schedule to synchronize breaks, consolidate talks by theme, or to counter-program popular talks against niche ones.

All presentations (except lightning talks) must be interactive, meaning they are not lectures to a captive audience. Speakers should expect and must take questions, so be sure to make your key points at the start of your talk, because you will run out of time! There’s also the Skepticamp rule: Be prepared to cite your sources on any claim that is likely to be challenged — the intent of this rule is simply to allow others to evaluate the substance of your talk for themselves.

Short video clips are fine; extended video clips are not. Organizers reserve the right to end any talk as well as to eject any participant. In other words, disruptive or abusive behavior will not be tolerated.

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