May 15-16, 2010 (Friday evening, and all day Saturday)
Location is TBD for now.
edit Saturday, May 15, 2010
| Time
| Name
| Topic
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| 10:00 AM | | Poster Presentations
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| 10:30 AM | | Poster Presentations
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| 11:00 AM | | Poster Presentations
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| 11:30 AM | Taylor Proctor | Skepticism: Where Do You Fit In?
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| 12:00 PM | | LUNCH
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| 1:00 PM | Jennifer Henning | The Truth Behind Nuclear Power
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| 1:30 PM | Eve Siebert | Hwaet seo hel? Creationist Interpretations of Beowulf
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| 2:00 PM | Russ Schussler | What the US AIDS crisis taught me about Skepticism
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| 2:30 PM | | BREAK
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| 2:45 PM | Christian Walters | What Alternative Medicine Does RIght
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| 3:15 PM | Ginger Campbell | How Neuroscience Made Me a Skeptic
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| 3:45 PM | Laverne Knight-West | The Virgin Skeptic: My first year in Skepticism
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| 4:15 PM | | BREAK
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| 4:30 PM | Veronica Robertson | Greenwashing: Can Buying Eco-friendly Products Save the Earth?
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| 5:00 PM | Brian Jones | An Irrational Argument for Critical Thinking
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| 5:30 PM | John Snider | Trivia Challenge with Prizes
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| 6:00 PM | END |
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edit Sunday, May 16, 2010
| Time
| Name
| Topic
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| 10:00 AM | | Roundtable Discussion: Skepticism for Everyone through Social Media
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| 11:00 AM | Laura Ross | Old Wives' Tales
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| 11:30 AM | Simon Menanteau-Ledouble | A stroll along the evolutionary pathways
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| 12:00 PM | | LUNCH
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| 1:00 PM | Kenneth Lipp | Cognition and Ethology
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| 1:30 PM | John Clements | Martial Arts Magic Mysteries
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| 2:00 PM | Andrew Sevrinsky | What You Should Have Learned In School: Science For Skeptics
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| 2:30 PM | | BREAK
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| 2:45 PM | Sean Sullivan | Stock Market Skepticism: Can it Prevent another Financial Crisis
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| 3:15 PM | Bob Blaskiewicz | Skeptical Teaching and Teaching Skeptically
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| 3:45 PM | Tim Farley | Promoting Skepticism via Wikipedia
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| 4:15 PM | | BREAK
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| 4:30 PM | Adam Levenstein | Archaeology and the Book of Mormon; What the Evidence Says About the Nephites and Lamanites
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| 5:00 PM | Stephen King & Maria Walters | Atlanta Skeptics Update
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| 5:30 PM | Maria Walters | Wrap Up
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| 6:00 PM | END |
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Lead Organizer: Taylor Proctor
Check in at atlantaskeptics.com for additional updates!
Video: Skepchicks A Kovacs & Surly Amy welcome attendees