15th European Skeptics Congress

ESCape to Clarity

19 speakers

32 sessions

Day 1 Thursday 22nd August 2013

• 3:00pm Registration

• 5:00pm Nytt och trendigt inom alternativmedicinen

  presented by Dan Larhammar

• 6:40pm Våra opålitliga hjärnor: hur fel vi uppfattar världen och hur fel vi tänker om det vi uppfattar

  presented by Maria Berglund

Day 2 Friday 23rd August 2013

• 8:00am Registration

• 9:30am Coffee, Book sales

• 10:00am A Fact-based Worldview Through Animated Data

  presented by Ola Rosling and Hans Rosling

• 10:40am Critical-thinking Teaching Materials for Schools

• 11:20am How Magicians Fool Our Brains

  presented by Kristine Hjulstad

• 12:00pm Lunch, group activities

• 1:30pm Sciences, Critical Thinking and Intellectual Self-defense

  presented by Dénis Caroti

• 2:10pm Solving Mysteries to Learn Science (and Vice Versa)

  presented by Beatrice Mautino

• 2:50pm Coffee and group activities

• 3:30pm Panel debate on Educational Means for Learning Critical Thinking

• 4:30pm The Art of Deception

  presented by Tom Stone

• 7:00pm Evening Performance: Thinking in person

  presented by Max Maven

Day 3 Saturday 24th August 2013

• 9:00am Registration and coffee

• 9:00am Skeptical Activism and Crowdsourcing

  presented by Shane Greenup

• 10:00am Undercover Health Journalism

  presented by Anna Bäsén

• 10:40am Bad News. PR and Spin in the Media

  presented by Michael Marshall

• 11:30am ESA: Did You Know That You Too Are Co-Owner of a Space Agency?

  presented by Christer Fuglesang

• 12:00pm Lunch, group activities

• 1:30pm A Close Look at Brain Gym

  presented by Dr. Barbro Walker

• 2:10pm Is Psychology a Cargo-Cult Science?

  presented by Tomasz Witkowski

• 2:50pm Coffee and activities

• 3:30pm Panel debate: Journalism and critical thinking

  presented by Shane Greenup

• 4:30pm Pseudoscientific Addiction Treatments

  presented by Catherine de Jong

• 7:00pm Skeptic's gala dinner, drinks and discussions.

Day 4 Sunday 25th August 2013

• 9:00am Registration and coffee

• 10:00am Psychological Perspectives on Paranormal Belief and Experience

  presented by Chris French

• 10:40am A Skeptic's Guide to Ghost Hunting

  presented by Hayley M Stevens

• 11:20am Why We Do This: The Higher Values of Skeptical Inquiry

  presented by Kendrick Frazier

• 12:00pm Lunch and Farewell

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