6th World Skeptics Congress 2012

Promoting Science in an Age of Uncertainty

27 speakers

Coverage of 6th World Skeptics Congress 2012

14 sessions

Day 1 from 8:30am to 6:15pm Friday 18th May 2012

• 11:00am Session 1: Creationism – A Challenge to Science

  presented by Dittmar Graf and Eugenie Scott

• 2:00pm Session 2: Creationism in Islam

  presented by Johan Braeckman and Anila Asghar

• 4:00pm Session 3: Pseudoscience in Education - Why Can't a Teacher Be More Like a Scientist?

  presented by kyliesturgess

• 5:30pm Session 3: Pseudoscience in Education - Engaging Children in Science

  presented by Samantha Stein

• 6:00pm Session 3: Pseudoscience in Education - Myths of Origin in the Classroom

  presented by Gita Sahgal

• 8:15pm Award Session

  presented by Simon Singh, Luigi Garlaschelli, Edzard Ernst, Amardeo Sarma and Willem Betz

Day 2 from 8:30am to 6:15pm Saturday 19th May 2012

• 9:00am Session 4: Alternative Medicine 1

  presented by Gerd Antes and Jürgen Windeler

• 11:00am Session 5: Alternative Medicine 2

  presented by Harriet Hall and Benedikt Matenaer

• 2:00pm Session 6: (Ir)rationality and Risk Assessment

  presented by Holm Hümmler and Walter Krämer

• 4:00pm Session 7: Psychology and Pseudoscience

  presented by Chris French, Ray Hyman and Tomasz Witkowski

Day 3 from 8:45am to 5:45pm Sunday 20th May 2012

• 9:15am Session 8: Keynote

  presented by Randi Foundation and Massimo Polidoro

• 11:00am Session 9: (Pseudo)Science and Society 1

  presented by chrismooney_ and Sven Ove Hansson

• 2:00pm Session 10: (Pseudo)Science and Society 2

  presented by Simon Perry, Simon Singh and Rebecca the Undead

• 4:00pm Session 11: Magical Good-bye

  presented by Randi Foundation, Massimo Polidoro and Ray Hyman

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