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Convention Program

Friday November 22

TimeEventLocation
6.00pmWelcome social eventOccidental Hotel, York St, Wynyard

Saturday November 23 – Spreading the Science

TimeEventSpeaker
9.00amWelcome and introductionAlanta Colley + Jessica Singer
9:15amCommunicating scienceDr Karl Kruszelnicki
10.00amScience projectsYoung Skeptics
11.00amMORNING BREAK
11.30amTeaching sciencePhilippa Miller, STA NSW
12.00 noonAnnie McCubbin
12.30pmParanormalBen Radford
1.00pmLUNCH
2.00pmHow to start up a successful Skeptics in the PubAmelia Willmer
2.30pmHuman rights & pseudoscienceSue Ieraci
3.00pmAFTERNOON BREAK
3.30pmRobyn Williams
4.00pm15 minutes of infamySpecial guests
5.00pmClose of first day

Saturday November 23 – gala dinner

TimeEventLocation
6.30pm – 10.30pmGala dinnerRydges Sydney Central, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills – bookings essential

Sunday November 24 – The World Around Us

TimeEventSpeaker
9.30amWelcome and awardsAlanta Colley + Tim Mendham
9.45amAcupunctureAlanta Colley
10.15amUFOs & cryptidsPanel – Ben Radford, Bill Chalker, Paul Cropper, Richard Saunders
11.15amMORNING BREAK
11.45amAnimal mythsMacquarie Uni Behavioural Ecology Lab
12.45pmChallengesIan Bryce
1.15pmLUNCH
2.15pmBushfires and climate changeJason Evans
2.45pmLove life of spidersCaitlin Creak
3.15pmSquaring the Zone podcastsBen Radford, Richard Saunders + guests
4.15pmClosing 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.