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Vancouver SkeptiCamp 2011 Event Details
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Date: Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Time: 10 am to 7 pm, but you can show up or leave whenever you like
Location: Victoria Learning Theatre
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Room 182
1961 East Mall V6T 1Z1
Maps: Google map or UBC’s Wayfinding map
This will be Vancouver’s fifth SkeptiCamp event, and we expect it to be the biggest and best yet. Come out to see and hear local skeptics give presentations, perform demonstrations, and discuss a wide range of topics related to science, skepticism, and critical thinking. Your participation will help make this event a success.
Admission: Free!
Invite your skepti-curious friends and help promote skepticism.
Talks will be lightning presentations of 10 minutes or less, so presenters will need to trim their content down to just the essentials. There’s always an opportunity for questions and audience interaction after each presentation.
Vancouver SkeptiCamp 2010 T-shirts will be available at the event for $10 each.
There is free wifi Internet access at UBC on the “ubcvisitor” network, so feel free to live-blog and Twitter during the event, and post your photos to Flickr. Use the tag “#VanSkeptiCamp” so others can search for your tweets and pictures.
Vancouver SkeptiCamp 2010 II Event Details
0Date: Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Time: 10 am to 7 pm, but you can show up or leave whenever you like
Location: UBC’s Wesbrook Bldg. Room 100, 6174 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC
Maps: Google map or UBC’s Wayfinding map
This will be Vancouver’s fourth SkeptiCamp event, and we expect it to be the biggest and best yet. Come out to see and hear local skeptics give presentations, perform demonstrations, and discuss a wide range of topics related to science, skepticism, and critical thinking. Your participation will help make this event a success.
Admission: Free!
Invite your skepti-curious friends and help promote skepticism.
Talks will be lightning presentations of 10 minutes or less, so presenters will need to trim their content down to just the essentials. There’s always an opportunity for questions and audience interaction after each presentation.
Vancouver SkeptiCamp 2010 T-shirts will be available at the event for $10 each.
There is free wifi Internet access at UBC on the “ubcvisitor” network, so feel free to live-blog and Twitter during the event, and post your photos to Flickr. Use the tag “#VanSkeptiCamp” so others can search for your tweets and pictures.
Presentation Schedule (subject to change)
10:00 AM
Doors open
10:30 AM
Orientation
Intro to SkeptiCamp - Fred Bremmer
Wisdom of Crowds exercise (announcement) - Jesse Brydle
Skeptical Mischief on Google Maps - Jesse Brydle
Ear Candles & Illegal Medical Devices – Jamie Williams
Ten to the What?! – The Numbers of Homeopathy - Lars Martin
Why We Should Support Skeptical Organizations - Ethan Clow
12:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:45 PM
Back from lunch announcements
Interaction-free Measurement in Quantum Mechanics - David Steele
“I have no choice but to believe in X” - Takuro Ishikawa
Renewable Energy - Joel Atwater
The Logic of Statistics and/or Criminal Profiling - Masha Tkatchouk
Break
3:30 PM
Homeopathy Demonstration - Graeme Kennedy
Reason Vancouver - Ian Bushfield
Political Skepticism - Donald McLenaghen
Hamlet: The Skeptic Prince - Joe Fulgham
Break
5:10 PM
The Myth of Homework - David Wees
Rationalist Rap - Baba Brinkman
Students for Science Based Medicine Club (announcement) - Anthony Bryson
Wisdom of Crowds Results - Jesse Brydle
6:20 PM
Prize Draw & Wrap up