Follow @SkeptiCamp5280 on Twitter or Facebook for details and updates of Colorado's EIGHTH event!

SkeptiCamps are open, participatory events that focus on distributing knowledge within communities of skeptics. We encourage each attendee offer a short talk on a topic related to science or skepticism, but giving a talk is not required to participate. At the very least we ask that everyone be actively engaged, asking questions during the talks.

For an introduction to these newfangled open events, see Reed's recent article Top 7 Reasons Why SkeptiCamp Sucks

Contents 1 Colorado leads the way! 2 Where and when is the event? 3 Register to attend! 3.1 Registered participants 3.2 "Over Capacity List" 4 What needs to be done? 5 Participate by giving a talk 5.1 Scheduling policies and guidelines 5.2 Schedule 6 Contact 6.1 Ride Share 7 Feedback

edit Colorado leads the way!

Skepticamp started in Colorado and has succeeded largely due to the herculean efforts of Reed Esau. Reed's innovation was that people with a skeptical or scientific outlook would get together and, as a community, share what they know about subjects of mutual interest. The innovation of open events in skepticism started at the Tivoli in Denver with the first experimental SkeptiCamp in 2007. Now coming upon our sixth event in the Metro Area, we build on past events in Denver, Castle Rock and Boulder. There have also been Skepticamps in Colorado Springs and Fort Collins!

These events have reached far from Colorado, with events all over the North America, Europe, and Australia (History of events).

edit Where and when is the event?

Our previous venues for the metro area have been Denver, Castle Rock, Denver (again), and Boulder (twice). This year we return to the south metro area, and will host the first ever skeptical open event in beautiful Parker, Colorado.

Where: Parker Public Library, 10851 S Crossroads Dr Parker,Colorado 80134. Large Meeting Room

When: May 5, 2012. 9:20 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.

edit Register to attend!

This is the official signup page for this event. There is no cost to attend.

All you need to do to register to attend is to edit this wiki page and insert your name into the list of registered participants. We will allow for 70 people to register. If you are higher than number 70, please consider yourself on a waiting list, but please come anyway. We have had waiting lists in the past and there have always been no-shows on the date of the event, and no person on the waiting list has ever been turned away. If you don't feel comfortable editing a wiki page in order to register (it is really easy, though), please send an email to richorman@q.com and you will be added in.

edit Registered participants

To add your name (individuals only please!) click the 'edit' link to the right and add yourself to the END of the list. No need to create an account!

1. Rich Orman (Lead Organizer) , [twitter link @richorman] (twitter)
2. Reed Esau Recent articles at the IndieSkeptics blog @reedes on Twitter
3. Stuart Robbins (desserteer, MC for Lightning Round) - Exposing PseudoAstronomy Podcast and Blog, on @PseudoAstro on Twitter
4. Jason Musgrave
5. John Schuermann - A Horror Film for Skeptics The Last Vampire Movie
6. Bryce Batchman
7. Shawn Yasutake
8. Matthew Baxter
9. Bryan Bonner
10. Dr. Karen Stollznow
11. Jill Maxwell
12. Suzy Lewis
13. Andrew Mlynar
14. Claudette StPierre
15. Chris Bossom @chrsbssm on Twitter
16. Dane Torbenson
17. Rick Duffy
18. Rich Ludwig (from Meetup.com)
19. Dave Richards (from Meetup.com)
20. Pat Acks (from Meetup.com)
21. Pat Acks+1
22. Rachael Acks @katsudonburi on Twitter
23. Cat MacKinnon @catdumpling on Twitter
24. Jon Watson (from Meetup.com)
25. Tobias Phillips
26. Orson Olson
27. Ian Brazee-Cannon AmateurSkeptics
28. Britt (from Meetup.com)
29. Morgan Levy, MD
30. Tristan Havelick
31. Kimberly Saviano AmateurSkeptics
32. Ari Armstrong Blog @ariarmstrong
33. Mike Spalding
34. Gloria Haley
35. Kimberly Parker
36. Don Smith
37. Dr. Robert Zubrin
38. Nick (from Meetup.com)
39. Ralph Pullmann
40. Joe Anderson (Master of Cermonies) @JoeAnderson on Twitter
41. Kevin Stanton
42. Dr. Bud Martin (Libertarian)
43. Desertphile Desertphile on YouTube
44. Corey Denver
45. Michael Clifton AgentOfDoubt on YouTube
46. Miranda Celeste Hale mirandaceleste.net, @mirandachale on Twitter
47. Keith "Rockerbob" Lewis
48. Pat Brodbent
49. Kathleen Stapleton
50. Edward Stapleton
51. Eric T Walker
52. Andrew Little (from Meetup.com)
53. Rowan Walters (rednecktrucker1969 on YouTube)
54. Beth Cochran
55. Chalmer Wren
56. Steve Aldrich
57. Mike Smith @M1k303
58. Norman Schultz (from meetup.com)
59. George Kahoke
60. Jeff Binning
61. Terry DeClue
62. Len Berg
63. Yvonne Berg
64. Evan Anderson
65. Tyler Eshnaur
66. Nigel Casantini
67. Ryan McCort
68. Joel Guttormson
69. End Of List--At Capacity

edit "Over Capacity List"

This the "over capacity list" We have a set limit on the number of people in the room (per the fire marshal). We usually have about a 15 percent no-show rate, and we have always had room for people on the over capacity list. Still, we have to have an upper limit on our main list. We have never turned anyone away from a Skepticamp event, so please put your name on the list below and come!.

1. Ian Terry
2. Mindi Holz
3. Frank Haskett
4. Jason Warf
5. Craig Farnum
6. Arthur Wilderson
7. Nicholas Felag
8. Zachary Francis

edit What needs to be done?

These are collaborative, community-organized events. We need many people involved to make this event happen, such as to offer talks, to help recruit good speakers, to man the registration table and especially to help promote the event.

edit Participate by giving a talk

The talks are what Skepticamp is all about! Think of a topic that will be of interest to your fellow skeptics, research it, prepare it, and voila, you have your talk! Previous topics have involved so-called "ghost hunters," pseudo-astronomy, pseudo-science, pseudo-history, linguistics, geology, theater superstitions, "free" energy, and much much more.

As SkeptiCamp is about sharing knowledge, we strongly encourage each participant to offer a short talk on a topic related to science or skepticism (though giving a talk is not required to participate.)

edit Scheduling policies and guidelines

Talks will be either 12 minutes with 3 minutes between talks or 25 minutes with five minutes between. The organizational committee can agree to longer times, if necessary, but only if there is more time available than there are people that want to speak. As is tradition, Rocky Mountain Paranormal will have approximately one hour after lunch, subject to change. If there are more people that want to give presentations than there is time allowed, the organizational committee may ask speakers to volunteer to take shorter times, and if there are not any volunteers the organizational committee may shorten all participants' speaking time to make room for more speakers, but this is within the discretion of the organizational committee.

This year we will be having a LIGHTNING ROUND (or rounds if enough people sign up) which will be structured as follows: 1.)Each person that signs up for the lightning round will have 5 minutes to give a talk on a topic of their choice. 2.)There will be no question or answer session following the 5 minute talk. 3.)Each presenter for the lightening round must have their presentation to the organizational community by April 21st so that the material can be pre-loaded onto a computer to decrease preparation time between lightning round talks. 4.)There will be a vote by the Skepticamp participants deciding who's talk was the most convincing or informative. 5.)Scheduling of the lightning round will be first given to those who are not giving a 15 minute or 30 minute talk.

First-time speakers are STRONGLY encouraged to get their feet wet with one of the shorter talks, but this is not a hard and fast requirement.

We will have AV equipment that should be able to project any powerpoint or PDF presentation you want to present. We encourage all participants to put any presentation into both a powerpoint (or open office) format AND pdf format as well.

We now have a schedule figured out for Skepticamp 2012. We have listed it below. This schedule is not written in stone, and may have to be changed due to unforeseen circumstances. Please note that the schedule is full (as of 4/24/12). Last year we had a couple of speakers who failed to show up, so you can still sign up as an alternate speaker, and there is a good chance that you might get to speak.

edit Schedule

(Subject to change)

• 9:20 Intro and announcements. Rich Orman and MC Joe Anderson
• 9:30-9:45 Miranda Celeste Hale - "Pragmatic Rhetoric for Idealistic Skeptics" (I've posted links to my sources here)
• 9:45-10:00 Kimberly Parker - Punk Rock Science and Skepticism
• 10:00-10:30 Stuart Robbins - "GAPs Young-Earth Creationists Must Believe or Ignore"
• 10:30-11:00 Ari Armstrong - A Critical Evaluation of Sam Harris's Ethics
• 11:00-11:30 John Schuermann - A Horror Film for Skeptics - 25 minutes
• 11:30-12:00 Michael Clifton - Election myths and voter apathy
• 12:00-12:45 LUNCH
• 12:45-1:15 Orson Olson - "'Global Weirding' Weather? Climate Science Theory in Crisis" - 25 min

SCIENTISTS DEBATE GLOBAL WARMING--LINKS POSTED HERE. http://www.meetup.com/DenverSkeptics/messages/boards/thread/23014512

• 1:15-2:15 Bryan and Baxter - CAM in Colorado vs. B&B or "Here come the lawsuits!"
• 2:15-2:30 Desertphile "Godless car thieves" or "Richard Dawkins stole my Toyota" http://desertphile.org/links.txt (Links to my sources)
• 2:30-2:45 Lightning Round (Kimberly Savaino, Rick Duffy, and Reed Esau)

Atheists for Humanity (www.atheistsforhumanity.org) (Warning this page seems to execute scripts from a known malware distro site: visiti11ngsmoot.rr.nu) AAA Conference (Aug 30-Sept 3) (atheistallianceamerica.org) Into The Churches (www.intothechurches.com) Secular Hub (no website yet - stay tuned!)

• 2:45-3:15 Steve Aldrich psychic demo
• 3:15-3:45 Morgan Levy, MD- THE NEUROSCIENCE OF RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR -25 min
• 3:45-4:15 Chalmer Wren IV, 25 Minutes, presentation titled "AIDS Denialism: Death Machine"
• 4:15-4:45

Alternate Speakers:

• Joel Guttormson, representing the JREF, Pseudoscience Fair (Sorry Joel, as library closes at 5pm. See FB message from Reed.)

• Jason Warf, 13 minutes, Myths about Cannabis

• Mike Spalding, 15 minutes, Skeptical Resources

edit Contact

You can reach the organizing committee by sending an email to richorman@q.com. Please include the word "Skepticamp" in the title line. If we have more people that want to do presentations than the time allows, the organizing committee reserves the right to modify (shorten) the amount of time allowed for each presentation.

edit Ride Share

Do you need a ride to Skepticamp? Willing to provide one? Post your name, general location and contact info. below to match up with someone from your area.

Jill Maxwell. Willing to drive or chip in for gas. I live in Lafayette near Baseline and 287. E-mail jilljunk@earthlink.net

Stuart Robbins. I'm leaving from Boulder (Table Mesa & US-36) no later than 8AM and can drive up to 3 people. E-mail stuart @sjrdesign.net

edit Feedback

With our meeting now over, many of you indicated you had feedback and suggestions for improvement. Please feel free to post your feedback here, or if you prefer for it to be private, you can send it to richorman@q.com.

• Thank you so much to the organizers for this wonderful and educational experience!
• Regarding the presentation wherein the denier of the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, I will debunk and refute every single one of the 30+ (I stopped counting at 30) asinine, false, idiotic, insulting and absurd assertions make by this presenter on my DESERTPHILE YouTube channel: please stay tune there.