Thursday, Jan. 26 |
12-5 PM Registration 1-5 PM Workshop: Chip Denman and Jamy Ian Swiss: Information and Misinformation 5-7 PM Reception: Cash bar and selection of hot & cold appetizers 7-8:30 Mac King show 9:00 PM Optional: Jamy Ian Swiss - Magic: In-Concert |
Friday, Jan. 27 |
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast 8:20 Welcome: Randi/Introduction of Hal Bidlack, MC 8:30 Christopher Hitchens 9:30 Michael Shermer 10:30 break 10:45 Murray Gell-Mann 11:45 Buffet Lunch Break 1:00 Auctions/etc. 1:15 Stanley Krippner 1:45 James Randi with Ed Lu 2:30 Penn & Teller 3:15 Break 3:30 Nadine Strossen 4:30 Panel “Science in Politics and the Politics of Science” 6:30-8:30 Optional: Dinner w/Randi, Julia Sweeney, Murray Gell-Mann, Nadine Strossen, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman,Kari Byron, Lawrence O’Donnell, Jamy Ian Swiss and Daniel Dennett. Dinner limited to 60. 9:00 PM Todd Robbins: Carnival Knowledge 11:00 PM Optional: Jamy Ian Swiss - Magic: In-Concert |
Saturday, Jan. 28 |
7:30-8:30 Continental breakfast 8:30 Welcome: Michael Shermer, MC 8:35 Richard Wiseman 9:30 Daniel Dennett 10:30 Break 10:45 Carolyn Porco 11:30 Auctions 12:00 Buffet lunch 1:15 Mythbusters: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman 2:15 Lawrence O’Donnell 2:45 Break 3:00 Paul Provenza 3:30 Ellen Johnson 4:15 Hal Bidlack 4:45 Panel: “Can a skeptic believe in God?” 7:00 PM Optional: Jamy Ian Swiss - Magic: In-Concert 9:00 PM Optional: Jamy Ian Swiss - Magic: In-Concert |
Sunday, Jan. 29 |
8-8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30 Phil Plait 9:15 Paper Presentations 1 & 2 9:45 Paper Presentation 3 & 4 10:15 Paper Presentation 5 & 6 10:45 Break 11:00 Paper Presentation 7 & 8 11:30 Paper Presentation 9 & 10 12:00 Paper Presentation 11 & 12 12:30 Closing Remarks |