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Join the Louisville Area Skeptics, the Lexington Society for Skeptical Inquiry, the Cin City Skeptics, and the Ashland, Ky, Freethinkers for this FREE Science and Skepticism Conference, SkeptiCamp Kentucky 2011!

Welcome to the Wiki Page. Here you can register free for the event, volunteer to give a talk, and get information on everything that will happen at our first-ever SkeptiCamp. Contact us at skepticampky@gmail.com if you have any questions.

SkeptiCamps are informal, community-organized conferences borne from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. Everyone from casual skeptics to the experienced participate, give talks and get to know each other. The first-ever SkeptiCamp Kentucky will be held on Saturday, June 25, at the downtown main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library.

This will be an open conference (not a kids' summer camp) with talks about topics of interest to skeptics and critical thinkers. See below for the current list of registered talks, and to sign up to give a talk. Where traditional conferences rely on registration fees paid by attendees, at SkeptiCamp you instead ‘pay’ through your active participation. We encourage everyone, from the newbie to the seasoned skeptic, to offer a short talk on a topic that drives your passion for science or skepticism. While giving a talk is optional, we nevertheless ask that you participate by engaging with the speakers and your fellow attendees.



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edit When and Where

When: Saturday, June 25, 2011
What Time: Arrive at 9:30am, talks begin at 10:00am. BYO Brown bag lunch 12:35 - 1:35pm. Talks end at 4:30pm.
Where: Centennial Room, Louisville Free Public Library, Louisville
Admission: FREE!

edit Directions and parking

Louisville Free Public Library Main Branch
Centennial Room
301 York Street,
Louisville‎ KY
(http://goo.gl/maps/LOSs)
A good parking map is available on the library's website at http://www.lfpl.org/branches/main-parking.htm

edit Schedule

9:00 Setup/Presenter Sign In
9:30 Participant Sign In
10:00 Welcome - Laurie Tarr and Paul Downs
10:05 Introduction to Skepticism - Colin Thornton
10:40 Understanding Logical Fallacies - Paul Downs
11:00 The Luck Factor: How to change your luck using science! - Laurie Tarr
11:20 What Religion Can Do For You - Miles Smith
11:40 The Mystery of the 1958 Floyd County School Bus Crash - Roy Crawford
12:15 Simulating the Monty Hall Problem - Rob Tarr
12:35 BYO Lunch and The Critical Eye Podcast - Blair Scott/Tom Hand/Paul Downs
1:35 Skepticism is a Philosophy... a Critical One - Ed Bridge
2:10 Homeopathy Demo: Diluted for Your Entertainment - Brian Sperger
2:30 Data Science and Visualization as Tools to Understand our World - A. L. Morris
3:05 Cognitive Biases and Skepticism - Dan Delaney
3:40 Why Sharks Are Scarier Than Swimming Pools - Alex Grigg
4:00 What is Cancer? and Why CAM Should Make You Very Angry - Robert Bevins
4:20 Closing Remarks - Laurie Tarr and Paul Downs
4:30 Clean Up
5:00 Library Closed. Meet at BBC 4th St., Theater Square, for the Skeptics in the Pub After Party.
http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Area-Skeptics/events/19829911/


edit Register to Attend

INSTRUCTIONS: To register to attend (individuals only please!) click the 'edit' link to the right and add yourself to the list where you see "add your name here." If you don't want to edit this wiki and instead would like us to register you, please send your name to skepticampky@gmail.com and we'll add you to the list. (Note - we have space for about 100 people.)

  1. Paul Downs
  2. Brian Sperger
  3. Laurie Tarr http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Area-Skeptics/
  4. Rob Tarr http://www.louisvilleareaskeptics.com/
  5. Keith Hautala
  6. Robert Bevins
  7. Mikel Hensley
  8. Ed Hensley
  9. Colin Thornton
  10. Carla Bevins
  11. JeffW
  12. Alex Grigg
  13. Amy A.
  14. Brian A.
  15. Hank Sutton
  16. Navin M
  17. Roy Crawford
  18. Carol Smith
  19. Ed Bridge
  20. Danielle B.
  21. Blair Scott http://criticaleyepodcast.com
  22. Marla Thompson
  23. Rick Thompson
  24. A. L. Morris
  25. Philip Browne
  26. Miles Smith
  27. Anthony Irwin
  28. Betty Conklin
  29. Lee Clark
  30. Bill Lawson
  31. Amber C
  32. Moira A
  33. Jo Folsome
  34. David I
  35. Melissa M. Miller
  36. Marcus Magere
  37. Tiffany Gerhart
  38. Tony D
  39. Troy Boyle, Vice President, National Atheist Party http://www.facebook.com/national.atheist.party
  40. Pamela Whissel, American Atheist Magazine editor
  41. Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director, American Atheists http://www.edwinkagin.com
  42. Frank Lovell [will try to attend or at least stop in]. http://www.kases.org
  43. Remington C.
  44. Tom Hand http://criticaleyepodcast.com
  45. Pat Goodman
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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 How you can help

You can volunteer for tasks by emailing us at skepticampky@gmail.com.

At the very least please promote your participation on your social media networks (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)


edit Room layout and A/V setup

The Centennial Room is located on the lower level next to the elevators in the new wing. There is seating for over 100, a raised dais, ceiling mounted LCD projector, a nice PA with 3 microphones, a lectern, a speaker's table and a small kitchen. Speakers should bring their own laptop if they will be using one. If using a Mac, iPad or similar device make sure you bring your VGA adapter! We will have a laptop available for those that need it. In that case you should save your presentation to an external drive. To ensure that your presentation will look the way you expect you are advised to save your PowerPoint presentation as a PowerPoint Show, or your Keynote presentation as a Quicktime file. Please contact us at skepticampky@gmail.com if you have any other questions or specific needs.


edit External links

The SkeptiCamp Kentucky Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/home.php?sk=group_128938750505756&ap=1

The Louisville Area Skeptics SkeptiCamp Kentucky meetup is at http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Area-Skeptics/events/17352985/

The Louisville Area Skeptics AfterParty meetup is at http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Area-Skeptics/events/19829911/

The Lexington Society for Skeptical Inquiry SkeptiCamp Kentucky meetup is at http://www.meetup.com/lex-ssi/events/21925091/

The Cin City Skeptics SkeptiCamp Kentucky meetup is at http://www.meetup.com/CinCitySkeptics/events/21941561/

The Critical Eye Podcast website is http://www.criticaleyepodcast.com/

edit Planning Notes

Last Minute Thoughts
Bring yourself a brown bag lunch, and enjoy The Critical Eye podcast during the lunch break.
We will provide water and light refreshments during the event. Free will donations accepted.
Unfortunately the library does not allow us to serve coffee or other beverages, to protect the carpeting.
We will have door prizes! (You must be present to win.)
You may come or go at any time, but please respect the presenters by moving quietly.
There will be short breaks between each presenter to allow attendees to get up and stretch, etc.

Please RSVP through the LAS meetup to come to the After Party at the BBC (4th and Broadway) at 5:00pm. You can park there in garage behind the Brown, then walk to Skepticamp at the library if you want. http://www.meetup.com/Louisville-Area-Skeptics/events/19829911/


edit Suggestions/feedback for next time

Supplies
Bring pens, lots of pens.
Bring sweaters or space heaters. :)

Schedule
Need social time, 15 minute breaks and/or lunch free to visit.

Snacks
Open it up as a pot-luck, just for snacks, or even for lunch?

Planning
Make surveys for everyone to give feedback.

Registration/Check-In
Have people register by sending an email to the gmail account, rather than editing the wiki themselves. Several people had problems and couldn't edit the wiki, and we had no way to contact the people who registered on the wiki. Once they send the email to register, that allows us to have their email address so we can send out announcements and reminders.
List all the jobs that are available on the wiki, including how many speaker spots are available, slots to help with food, slots to help with registration, slots to help with a/v, slots to help with brochures, slots to help with set-up, etc.
Have two people dedicated to the check-in table all day.
Make multiple sign-in sheets to speed up sign-in.

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