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• SFU Skeptics
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• Cafe Scientifique
• Reason Vancouver
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Our sponsors

• The James Randi Educational Foundation
• CFI Vancouver
• Radio Freethinker
• Vancouver Skeptics

Related Links

This great program will automatically warm your monitor’s color later in the day: http://stereopsis.com/flux/

Interested in an atheist women’s meetup in Vancouver? Email Natalie Nikolaeva!

Physics, General Relativity, Curvature, etc. additional information by Jim Richardson

Salman Khan’s TED talk about new educational techniques at Khan Academy.

10:15am

Orientation and Intros – Joe Fulgham/Fred Bremmer

Infallible IQ Test – Carrie Chapman

Friendships, Skepticism and Social Media- Kerry Hassan

Psychological and Rhetorical Pitfalls in Oppositional Dialogues - Mavaddat Javid

Martial Arts and Magical Thinking – Lisa Gemino

BREAK

11:30am

Mormonism from a Skeptic’s Perspective – Ginny Landry

Why You Should Support CFI - Jamie Williams

Green Washing and Bogus Health Claims in the Lighting Industry – Marilee Welch and Douglas Welch

LUNCH BREAK

1:45pm

Back from lunch announcements – Joe Fulgham

Physics, General Relativity, Curvature, etc. – Jim Richardson

The Psychology of Religious Extremism – Simon Pratt

Mind/Body Dualism - Veronika Dikoun

Colour Science: Colour Only Exists in Your Brain – Ray Maxwell

BREAK

3:30pm

Infallible IQ Test Results – Carrie

“Mr. Nice Guy”: How to be an Interfaith Ambassador - Jakob Liljenwall

Mexican Government’s Use of GT200 to Detect Drugs – Lino Coria Mendoza

Applying Science to Science Education – Sonia Milbradt

A Mythology of Skepticism? - Rob Tarzwell

BREAK

5:15pm

Mystery Topic - Miranda Boire

The Evolution-Creation Debate – Greg Bole

Invisible Monsters, Fatal Vaginal Infections and Skeptical Thinking - Jennifer Adamson

Wrap up

6:30pm

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.

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

We loved it so much we asked for larger-sized artwork to upload as desktop wallpaper and he graciously complied.  It’s been extended and sized it to fit on both 4×3 and 16:10 (widescreen) displays.

Right-click to save the larger size.

4×3:

16×10:

NEW: Cinemadisplay (2560×1440)

Let’s make this one even bigger and better than the last!

If you’re coming but not presenting but would like to attend the after-party please also fill out the registration form so we can get an idea of how big a reservation we’ll have to make!  Thanks!

Date: Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Time: 10 am to 7 pm

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!

Register at: http://vancouver.skepticamp.org/ to be eligible for cool door prizes and guarantee your spot. Invite your skepti-curious friends and help promote skepticism.

Want to give a presentation? Talks will be lightning presentations of 10 minutes or less, so trim your content down to just the essentials. There’s always an opportunity for questions and audience interaction after each presentation. Anyone can volunteer to give a talk, but slots are limited. Register now, indicate your desire to give a presentation, and let us know your intended topic.

Vancouver SkeptiCamp 2010 T-shirts will be available at the event for $10 each.

There is free wifi Internet access at UBC, 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.

Register through the website today!

We don’t have a lot to say officially yet, but the current plan is to do this in late October 2010, and we’re going to try to tighten up the presentation time so we can get more great SkeptiCamp talks in the time we have.  Start working on your projects now and rehearse them so that they take about 10 minutes and there’ll be some extra time for questions.

There’ll be more info, an accurate date, and the return of the registration form soon!

We’ll try to get some photos, reports and maybe even video up here soon, but for now the organizers are taking some time off… before planning the next Vancouver SkeptiCamp!  Stay tuned for info!