Friday November 22
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00pm | Welcome social event | Occidental Hotel, York St, Wynyard |
Saturday November 23 – Spreading the Science
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00am | Welcome and introduction | Alanta Colley + Jessica Singer |
| 9:15am | Communicating science | Dr Karl Kruszelnicki |
| 10.00am | Science projects | Young Skeptics |
| 11.00am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 11.30am | Teaching science | Philippa Miller, STA NSW |
| 12.00 noon | Annie McCubbin | |
| 12.30pm | Paranormal | Ben Radford |
| 1.00pm | LUNCH | |
| 2.00pm | How to start up a successful Skeptics in the Pub | Amelia Willmer |
| 2.30pm | Human rights & pseudoscience | Sue Ieraci |
| 3.00pm | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3.30pm | Robyn Williams | |
| 4.00pm | 15 minutes of infamy | Special guests |
| 5.00pm | Close of first day |
Saturday November 23 – gala dinner
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 6.30pm – 10.30pm | Gala dinner | Rydges Sydney Central, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills – bookings essential |
Sunday November 24 – The World Around Us
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am | Welcome and awards | Alanta Colley + Tim Mendham |
| 9.45am | Acupuncture | Alanta Colley |
| 10.15am | UFOs & cryptids | Panel – Ben Radford, Bill Chalker, Paul Cropper, Richard Saunders |
| 11.15am | MORNING BREAK | |
| 11.45am | Animal myths | Macquarie Uni Behavioural Ecology Lab |
| 12.45pm | Challenges | Ian Bryce |
| 1.15pm | LUNCH | |
| 2.15pm | Bushfires and climate change | Jason Evans |
| 2.45pm | Love life of spiders | Caitlin Creak |
| 3.15pm | Squaring the Zone podcasts | Ben Radford, Richard Saunders + guests |
| 4.15pm | Closing remarks |
Note that the schedule may vary due to speaker availability and unforeseen circumstances
Note re catering:
While we will have tea and coffee available throughout the convention period, there will be no lunch served. However, the UTS venue and Railway Square are well supplied with a wide array of food outlets, ranging from up-market restaurants to take-aways, all within a few hundred metres of the convention venue.
RECORDING AND FILMING
You may blog and tweet about events. But please note that some speakers may not want to be filmed or recorded. In addition, attendees, whether in-person or online, have paid for the right to view the presentations. We ask therefore that attendees do not record or live-stream the presentations.
In any case, the entire convention will be live-streamed on a private channel and available to all attendees, whether online or in-person. The presentations will also be recorded and available exclusively to attendees after the event for post-convention viewing for a limited time.
Attendees recording and independent live-streaming of the presentations may be asked to leave.
Note also that those attending the convention do so with the implicit consent that they themselves may be filmed or photographed.