SkeptiCal 2015, Northern California Science & Skepticism Conference
Organization:
Bay Area Skeptics and Sacramento Area Skeptics
Category:
Political/Special Interest
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
6/6/2015
End Date:
6/6/2015
Start Time:
9:00 AM
End Time:
6:00 PM
Event
Info:
The 2015 SkeptiCal Science & Skepticism Conference brings science and critical thinking to Northern California.
The plenary speakers are:
* Dr. Peggy Lemaux, Professor of Plant Biology, UC Davis, on "Angst in the Grocery Aisle: The Debate over Genetically Modified Foods"
* Dr. Natalie Batalha, Director of the Systems Teaching Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, on "Toward Other Earths, Other Life: NASA's Kepler Mission"
* Dr. John Ioannides, Professor of Health Research & Policy, Stanford, on "Reproducible Research: True or False?"
* Dr. Ann Reid, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education, on "OMG virus!! Flu, Ebola, Measles and when you really should be afraid"
Other speakers include:
* The Exploratorium's Ron Hipschman on "Science (In) Fiction" * The Bay Area Skeptics' Isil Arican on "International Skeptical Activism" * The Center for Applied Rationality's Kenzi Amodei on "Your Inner Simulator: How to integrate logic and intuition" * The Sacramento Area Skeptics' Frank Mosher on "Workshop for Producing Skeptical Children" * The Comedy Magician, Robert Strong
You can meet the experts and embrace the controversies at SkeptiCal 2015. Please join us!
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